Yeah, Takaya is pretty good with atmospherics. Like I've said in my comments, I waffle on my opinion of her art on the whole, but she does good work generally! This volume showcases her art in a positive light.
Re: the manga, was that your first exposure to Furuba? Because even in some scenes of the anime, there are scenes where it looks like he's playing crafty at something -- but then they pull away from that to make him less morally ambiguous. I was kind of gratified that my reading of him was closer than I thought after getting into the manga.
Sometimes wrt storytelling, more is less, and I think that's true of Shigure's character as well. I mean, it would be fun to know more details about his background (those flashbacks of him back in high school are too few in number), but it might not necessarily add to the narrative as a whole, you know?
As to the other questions, that's more food for thought when getting to the later volumes!
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on 2012-10-11 06:50 am (UTC)Re: the manga, was that your first exposure to Furuba? Because even in some scenes of the anime, there are scenes where it looks like he's playing crafty at something -- but then they pull away from that to make him less morally ambiguous. I was kind of gratified that my reading of him was closer than I thought after getting into the manga.
Sometimes wrt storytelling, more is less, and I think that's true of Shigure's character as well. I mean, it would be fun to know more details about his background (those flashbacks of him back in high school are too few in number), but it might not necessarily add to the narrative as a whole, you know?
As to the other questions, that's more food for thought when getting to the later volumes!