Actually, you can blame a lot of this on D.Gray-man -- I've been doing a lot in the workshop, and it's hot and stuffy out there, so when I come inside to cool off, I'm not up for sitting at the computer. Mostly I'm just sitting in front of the fan and trying to cool down, and want something mindless to look at for ten or so minutes at a time... and a whole lot of episodes that don't really require, y'know, thought are good for that. (If it were a series I liked more, I'd end up not getting back to the workshop b/c I'd be watching more attentively after getting caught up in a favorite story.)
And, gee, after the sixth episode of basically Lenalee turning on the waterworks yet again -- in between crying Allen's name like a damn broken record -- eventually it sinks in that, well, this is a really damn annoying thing to do to a character who started out as somewhat interesting. She was never at the level of a Winly or a Kallen or even a Sakura, really -- maybe more on a par with Tokine -- but there were glimmers of potential, and then one big sacrifice and from there on out it's helpless, helpless, helpless.
Dude, there's a point in the anime where they're all trapped on the ark, and Rhode shoots candle-knives at a human who'd ended up accompanying the exorcists. (I can't even recall now where the anime and manga diverge, but whatever.) So knives are in this guy's back, and Lenalee doesn't even try to remove the knives. She just kneels over the guy while screaming his name. Repeatedly. And crying. Oi, you twit, I wanted to yell, do you not even remember the first-aid you demonstrated only, what, thirty episodes ago? Total regression into nothing more than helpless damsel mode, complete and total. Absolutely frustrating and infuriating, really. If I weren't already lukewarm about the series, that maneuver on the mangaka's part probably would've ruined it totally for me, anyway.
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Date: 15 Sep 2010 04:51 am (UTC)And, gee, after the sixth episode of basically Lenalee turning on the waterworks yet again -- in between crying Allen's name like a damn broken record -- eventually it sinks in that, well, this is a really damn annoying thing to do to a character who started out as somewhat interesting. She was never at the level of a Winly or a Kallen or even a Sakura, really -- maybe more on a par with Tokine -- but there were glimmers of potential, and then one big sacrifice and from there on out it's helpless, helpless, helpless.
Dude, there's a point in the anime where they're all trapped on the ark, and Rhode shoots candle-knives at a human who'd ended up accompanying the exorcists. (I can't even recall now where the anime and manga diverge, but whatever.) So knives are in this guy's back, and Lenalee doesn't even try to remove the knives. She just kneels over the guy while screaming his name. Repeatedly. And crying. Oi, you twit, I wanted to yell, do you not even remember the first-aid you demonstrated only, what, thirty episodes ago? Total regression into nothing more than helpless damsel mode, complete and total. Absolutely frustrating and infuriating, really. If I weren't already lukewarm about the series, that maneuver on the mangaka's part probably would've ruined it totally for me, anyway.
But on the upside, it did get me thinking...