Nobuta. wo Produce
Oct. 19th, 2008 07:08 pmGuys. I finally watched the rest of Nobuta. *checks date of previous post* Wow, only seven months later.
So. Hmm. Basically, I wonder why they even called it Nobuta. wo Produce. It's like that horrible movie of The Dark Is Rising, which changed pretty much everything in the story. I really don't even understand the point of that. Why not just come up with an original story?
Being a fan of the book, it's impossible to like this as Nobuta, because it's not. Now, the question is, can I like it on its own, as something that just happens to have the same name? Well...kind of. I found the magical realism off-putting, but what I disliked most was the utter ridiculousness of, well, just about everything. I think the way it was written might have worked okay for an anime or manga, but as a live-action show, it was so...just stupid. I couldn't stand it and it really ruined the things I did like. The dialogue, the characters, just everything was bizarre and unrealistic. It wasn't enjoyable to me as an adaptation of the novel, nor was it enjoyable as a school drama.
I didn't totally hate it, though. The rare moments when people were allowed to be normal and not constantly cranked up to 11 were good. I wish there could have been more of that. And I really loved ( spoiler! )
Has anyone read Nobuta fic? I know there's quite a bit of it around, but I'm kind of scared of reading, both because I'm afraid the tone will be the same as the show, and because I'm just generally afraid of fic from Japanese sources, because there's so much to mess up, not to mention the whole fan Japanese issue. (Plus chances are 99% of people writing got the show filtered through subtitles that may or may not even be correct.)
And yet...I kind of want to read! Especially Nobuta/Shuji/Akira.
So. Hmm. Basically, I wonder why they even called it Nobuta. wo Produce. It's like that horrible movie of The Dark Is Rising, which changed pretty much everything in the story. I really don't even understand the point of that. Why not just come up with an original story?
Being a fan of the book, it's impossible to like this as Nobuta, because it's not. Now, the question is, can I like it on its own, as something that just happens to have the same name? Well...kind of. I found the magical realism off-putting, but what I disliked most was the utter ridiculousness of, well, just about everything. I think the way it was written might have worked okay for an anime or manga, but as a live-action show, it was so...just stupid. I couldn't stand it and it really ruined the things I did like. The dialogue, the characters, just everything was bizarre and unrealistic. It wasn't enjoyable to me as an adaptation of the novel, nor was it enjoyable as a school drama.
I didn't totally hate it, though. The rare moments when people were allowed to be normal and not constantly cranked up to 11 were good. I wish there could have been more of that. And I really loved ( spoiler! )
Has anyone read Nobuta fic? I know there's quite a bit of it around, but I'm kind of scared of reading, both because I'm afraid the tone will be the same as the show, and because I'm just generally afraid of fic from Japanese sources, because there's so much to mess up, not to mention the whole fan Japanese issue. (Plus chances are 99% of people writing got the show filtered through subtitles that may or may not even be correct.)
And yet...I kind of want to read! Especially Nobuta/Shuji/Akira.
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