suckered, suckered

[kaigou]

You know you're hooked on a storyline when you find yourself downloading the raws just to get some idea of what happens next... even though two years of Mandarin is absolutely worthless when it comes to comprehending Korean characters. Doesn't matter! At least there are pictures!

*waiting anxiously for the next chapters of Bride of the Water God*


OMG, I'm reading shoujo and I freaking like it...

Comments

[onthehill]

I do that myself sometimes - then get as far as the second page and just give up. Its SO FRUSTRATING! I don't know this 'Bride of the Water God' - tell more.

ps. icon LOVE <3

[kaigou.livejournal.com]

I'll do a post on it later, just to get in some of the other things I've noted about the cultural differences.

[habibti.livejournal.com]

You know what? I'm liking shoujo too. I like character in a story as well as action and some shoujo does character really well - I'm thinking about Fruits Basket and Hana Kimi and Skip Beat. The characters might be teens but there is so much psychological depth and exploration that it totally satisfies me.

I came across an astrology site a few days ago that did the charts of Spiderman, Superman, etc and found that they fitted the characters really well. It's hilarious and spooky.

http://astrotabletalk.blogspot.com/2006/07/jupiter-chiron-and-superheroes.html

[kaigou.livejournal.com]

For some reason, I read "Fruits Basket" as "Ferris Beuller" and thought, wow, that's some crazy-ass shojo doujinshi there.

Folks have cited Skip Beat at me, but Furuba remains an exception IMO that proves the rule -- in that it's a seriously dark and sometimes disturbing tale and not just the harem-fantasy pap it pretends to be at first.

I am not going anywhere near superhero astrology. Wait, not, is the Flash a Gemini? Because if he's not, there's just no justice in this world. So to speak.

[ramenkuri.livejournal.com]

yup. looking at the raws is definitely a sign of desperation. Enjoyable yet frustrating.
This Bride of the Water God sounds interesting. I haven't liked much shoujo lately other than Skip Beat.

[kaigou.livejournal.com]

I'll do a longer post on it tonight or tomorrow, since I also wanted to point out some cultural details that are what made it particularly intriguing to me.

All I get from raws, sadly, is, "okay, and then she gets upset, and okay, now there's some new character, and, uh, lots of talking... no, now he's mad, hunh..." Drives me bonkers. I'm halfway tempted to send the raws to a Korean friend and threaten painful death if she doesn't at least call me back with a general summary per chapter. I don't even need details. Just some kind of clue!

[ramenkuri.livejournal.com]

Heh, at one point I was reading online summaries for a manga because I couldn't take the wait.

[siriusjazz.livejournal.com]

YES! I love this series, it's so gorgeously done...I wish Dark Horse would hurry up with the releases!