Soryo Fuyumi - Eternal Sabbath, vol. 06 (Eng. trans.)
Mon, Sep. 17th, 2007 04:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
oyceterHrm, interesting developments...
Also, abortion in manga! Saying "cool" doesn't come off the right way, but I am glad that the topic is addressed and that it's presented as a viable option.
On the other hand, I am a bit squicked by Yuri's mother saying that she chose the abortion to concentrate more on Yuri, but I'm not quite sure what's behind that squick. Part of it may be that I am very wary of maternal sacrifices for children, particularly when it's used to prove just how much a mother loves her child.
Hrm, now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure that's where the squick is coming from. (I am pro-choice, but anti-guilt-tripping... it's not quite guilt tripping here, but it treads closely enough to make me squirm.)
And while I very much like the Yuri-Mine relationship, I'm a little wary because most manga I've read ends up making their unfeminine heroines more feminine by the end, and I really don't want to see that happening to Mine. I guess we'll see how it goes; so far, I like how Mine talks to Yuri and how it's portrayed as her growing more accustomed to human interaction.
I didn't realize this while reading it, but it seems pretty clear now that Mine-Yuri and Yuri and her mom are being linked a little with Shuro and his (fake) parents. I'm not sure if it's a deliberate parallel, but I like that the humanization of Shuro and Mine is happening via non-romantic relationships, though I am a bit offput that Mine's is pushing her oh-so-slightly toward a more motherly role whereas Shuro is in the role of the dutiful son/future head of household.
Still, interesting. And hrm, I am probably reading too much into things looking at Shuro's euthanasia of his father with Yuri's mother's abortion, but it's interesting to contrast these deaths (if you count an abortion as a death) with Isaac's murders.
And now I'm wondering if Mine was an early early prototype of the psychic kids!
Also, abortion in manga! Saying "cool" doesn't come off the right way, but I am glad that the topic is addressed and that it's presented as a viable option.
On the other hand, I am a bit squicked by Yuri's mother saying that she chose the abortion to concentrate more on Yuri, but I'm not quite sure what's behind that squick. Part of it may be that I am very wary of maternal sacrifices for children, particularly when it's used to prove just how much a mother loves her child.
Hrm, now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure that's where the squick is coming from. (I am pro-choice, but anti-guilt-tripping... it's not quite guilt tripping here, but it treads closely enough to make me squirm.)
And while I very much like the Yuri-Mine relationship, I'm a little wary because most manga I've read ends up making their unfeminine heroines more feminine by the end, and I really don't want to see that happening to Mine. I guess we'll see how it goes; so far, I like how Mine talks to Yuri and how it's portrayed as her growing more accustomed to human interaction.
I didn't realize this while reading it, but it seems pretty clear now that Mine-Yuri and Yuri and her mom are being linked a little with Shuro and his (fake) parents. I'm not sure if it's a deliberate parallel, but I like that the humanization of Shuro and Mine is happening via non-romantic relationships, though I am a bit offput that Mine's is pushing her oh-so-slightly toward a more motherly role whereas Shuro is in the role of the dutiful son/future head of household.
Still, interesting. And hrm, I am probably reading too much into things looking at Shuro's euthanasia of his father with Yuri's mother's abortion, but it's interesting to contrast these deaths (if you count an abortion as a death) with Isaac's murders.
And now I'm wondering if Mine was an early early prototype of the psychic kids!