Re: Miss Keiichi


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from Sam <sbh24@student.canterbury.ac.nz>
subject Re: Miss Keiichi
date Mon, 04 May 1998 12:06:05 +1200
>> If I want stupid, painful comedy, I'll read Ranma (which I do). It doesn't
>> fit into AMS very well at all.
>
>That depends on your point of view. This isn't the first story of it's sort to
>show up in the manga so I'm curious what it was that set you off about it.

AMS is often very funny (though I don't think that's its primary purpose).
What it is not, however, is STUPID. Stupid works in Ranma (cross that:
Takahashi Rumiko in general, and plenty of other series) but not here.

>On the contrary, I think the Troubadour offered some excellent
>opportunities >for drama. Let's face it, as far as demons go, Mara is a
>definite wuss who is >often more of a threat to herself than to anyone
>else.

And evil characters are neccessary in AMS why, exactly? The fact that in
general the nastiest characters are just Mara and Aoshima (who are not
exactly Mrs and Mr evil :) always gave the series a nice feeling, a change
from the Nasty Bastards R Us societies one normally finds in
films/manga/whatever.

Sam



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