Comments on: Saiunkoku Monogatari Is Not an Epic Venezian Conspiracy

By: anfiopy

anfiopy — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 10:24:57 +0000

Excellent site, added to favorites!! ...

By: omo

omo — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 23:45:48 +0000

Oh, I’m totally aware of the women’s rights bit. In my other life, I work for a publication on women’s rights law based in the US, so this is actually all rather naive…if not even still rather paternalistic.

But it adds to curiousity for me, probably as it does for you. I think all the more what unfolds at the end of the show can be something more memorable as a result? Or am I setting myself up for a big disappointment? I think it’s exactly that my perspective on women’s rights literature is way, way liberal than what possibly the typical “politically correct” Eastern norm (even for reformists) can be, in a mainstream story-telling, that I’m basically setting myself up to dislike the show for being wimpy.

psgels: Heh, don’t worry. I’ve seen u till episode 18 now, and the awesomeness has just been increasing for the past couple of episodes. Though if you want a light-hearted show, you might get disappointed. As the episodes progress, a lot more airtime gets focused at politics. ;)

Good! I watch GITS:SAC to relax–my brain is like an engine; it runs even on idle. When it stops it’s when I sleep. When I watch Aria it is still an active process!

By: wontaek

wontaek — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 21:45:15 +0000

Saiunkoku Monogatari’s main theme is about breaking of gender barriers in Political power, which is a very, very important theme in Asia, as there still is many unfair barriers for woman to advance in power or money in Korea or Japan. There is a reason NHK is doing this, after they did 12 Kingdoms where you had female monarch growing into power, and it is about educating the populace. The time slot of 9:00 am Saturday is much more favorable time to get main stream audience compared to 1:00 am slots, and it is for the sake of Asian society that I hope Saiunkoky Monogatari would gain wider audience. Now this may not mean a thing for male residence in Western nations, but for a piece that may have been chosen for social concern, it is rather exciting and intriguing. I do have to say ep. 18 was one of the better episodes of the series and things will get exciting again in ep. 25 or so when they get to heart of book 4 and book 5.

By: psgels

psgels — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 21:17:05 +0000

Heh, don’t worry. I’ve seen u till episode 18 now, and the awesomeness has just been increasing for the past couple of episodes. Though if you want a light-hearted show, you might get disappointed. As the episodes progress, a lot more airtime gets focused at politics. ;)

By: Anga

Anga — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 21:16:18 +0000

Actually, that’s exactly the same reason why I prefer Aria over SaiMono. =) It has an ability to make you mentally rest and the effect in my head is equivalent to hours of sleep. Sleeping is nice. While in SaiMono I have to think (that’s fearsome thought) to enjoy it, way too inconvenient.