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MoTTMBS: PlanetES by Makoto Yukimura
Dec. 10th, 2007 10:42 pmDay 5: Things that Make Becca Squee
Ooh... okay, so I meant to do this on Friday, but Friday was the holiday party and I was exhausted after that. So, I'm doing it now. So, a Special Sunday Edition of the MoTTMBS. (ETA: This got lost when IJ went down on Sunday -- so repost!)
Friday was supposed to be a grab bag day, but it ended up being "Near-future SF and Steven Brust", since I had two near-future SF titles and two Steven Brust series. Today, I'm talking about PlanetES, a manga by Makoto Yukimura.
This series (and Chrono Crusade) made me realize something. My tolerance for certain types of characters goes up if there's a character I like a lot. I wouldn't like Azmaria from Chrono Crusade as much if she didn't play off of Rosette, who I adore. And I wouldn't like Ai from PlanetES as much if Fee wasn't on the cast.
(See, this is why having many women characters is a good thing. If there's one I like, she'll make me like the others a lot better than if I want to punt the entire female cast (which may be only one person) through the wall.)
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Wikipedia says that the anime adds a lot of things like orbital mechanics, and had JAXA (the Japanese space agency) as a technical consultant. I look forward to seeing it.
Ooh... okay, so I meant to do this on Friday, but Friday was the holiday party and I was exhausted after that. So, I'm doing it now. So, a Special Sunday Edition of the MoTTMBS. (ETA: This got lost when IJ went down on Sunday -- so repost!)
Friday was supposed to be a grab bag day, but it ended up being "Near-future SF and Steven Brust", since I had two near-future SF titles and two Steven Brust series. Today, I'm talking about PlanetES, a manga by Makoto Yukimura.
This series (and Chrono Crusade) made me realize something. My tolerance for certain types of characters goes up if there's a character I like a lot. I wouldn't like Azmaria from Chrono Crusade as much if she didn't play off of Rosette, who I adore. And I wouldn't like Ai from PlanetES as much if Fee wasn't on the cast.
(See, this is why having many women characters is a good thing. If there's one I like, she'll make me like the others a lot better than if I want to punt the entire female cast (which may be only one person) through the wall.)
( Read more... )
Wikipedia says that the anime adds a lot of things like orbital mechanics, and had JAXA (the Japanese space agency) as a technical consultant. I look forward to seeing it.
