Narutaru Ch. 14-15 — Hard Questions

Narutaru,

Ch. 14 Summary: Shiina’s mother visits her father in the hospital to quiz him on what happened. Shiina also visits, and then attends the other pilot’s funeral. Akira asks Shiina for help, showing her a threatening note.
Ch. 15 Summary: Shiina and Akira discuss what to do in response to the note. Shiina says she will kill anyone who threatens her father.

In the car on the way to the funeral, Shiina asks her father’s friend a question he can’t answer:

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“What’s the point of being born if you’re just going to die?” Continue reading Narutaru Ch. 14-15 — Hard Questions →

Narutaru Ch. 11-13 — An Empty Husk

Narutaru,

Ch. 11 Summary: Shiina returns to the scene of the crime with Hiro. Satomi slaps her.
Ch. 12 Summary: Shiina visits her mom for her birthday. Her mom is a jerk.
Ch. 13 Summary: An angel-like dragon child attempts to kill Shiina’s father in a dogfight.

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We see the Kanji for Shiina’s name the first time in Ch. 12. It’s 秕, meaning “an empty husk.” One can imagine why she doesn’t like to use it. Continue reading Narutaru Ch. 11-13 — An Empty Husk →

Hanzawa Naoki and How You Should Watch It Even Though It’s an Asian Drama and Asian Dramas Suck

Discussion

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Normally I don’t watch dramas. All the ones I’d seen parts of before were crap. But the other week a friend of mine suggested I give this show called “Hanzawa Naoki” a try. It was only ten episodes, so I figured why not. In the worst case, I could later elucidate her on why she has shit taste.

Anyway, the lesson is, if all your friends jump off a bridge, you’d better hurry up and join them. Hanzawa Naoki is AMAZING. Continue reading Hanzawa Naoki and How You Should Watch It Even Though It’s an Asian Drama and Asian Dramas Suck →

Narutaru Ch. 8-10 — Of Dragons and Men

Narutaru,

Ch. 8 Summary: Shiina and Akira emo out at home after killing knife boy.

Ch. 9 Summary: Knife boy’s friends meet at a karaoke place to discuss their plans to bring about the world revolution.

Ch. 10 Summary: The government’s special research council on military balloons meets to discuss the dragons. Shiina’s mom attends and explains mythology to the bigwigs.

In short, three chapters of build-up. Ch. 8 follows up on the emotional impact of the previous chapter’s death. Ch. 9 and Ch. 10 introduce the two new major factions, the revolutionaries and the government.

Hoshimaru’s Exile

My favorite scene from these three chapters is when Shiina is moping around at home, and we see that she has exiled Hoshimaru to sleep outside on the roof:

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