Oh, Okashira
Mar. 31st, 2007 12:13 amWeek of Doom is over. Still, we'll have "fun" since we have a lot of practice work to hand out the Friday after Holy Week. Ugh.
But anyway, suddenly I started craving Rurouni Kenshin today. But it wasn't the series itself, but certain parts of it. I was just thinking about my own metafandom, and the trends my mind follows. It's no surprise for anyone I get easily obsessed (or at least love a lot) over minor groups of people and/or random countries. So I was trying to go back, and understand when did this trend started, and with what fandom.
Probably the easy answer was "with Card Captor Sakura". But was it really? I thought about earlier anime/manga and series/movies/books I anjoyed, without success.
Then I got to Rurouni Kenshin. Well, I normally root for the groups the favorite character is in. So when I first read/watched it, I adored the familiarity of the Kenshingumi, as Kenshin is my favorite character, and most of the stuff I shipped in was in there.
But liking the main characters a lot doesn't really count, because I was trying to understand the love for kinda-underrated-by-fandom groups.
Then I had a revelation: I do like the Oniwabanshuu and their subculture a lot. A lot of RK fans focus more on the Shinsengumi, because they're historically famous and Saitou was in it, and probably there are some followers of the Sekihoutai, since Sano and Katsu and captain Sagara are hot. But the Oniwabanshuu calls more my attention, and particularly the Aoshigumi (the Aoiya Oniwaban are really cute, but the other ones are just heart-breaking...)
Particularly, when I first watched the anime, I thought they were awesome. The only turn-off, ironically, was that Aoshi's emo "drags a lot" -I think in my fanbrat days I used to consider the characters more like bishie potential than anything, oh well. But now that I'm seeing them as an adult, their closeness and their tragedy have this new light. If RuroKen was a Jump series right now, I'm sure I would've clinged on the Oniwabanshuu.
And today I reread the parts with Oniwaban canon on it, and it's just that they all love each other SO much. ( Might as well cut this )
I think I'm going to bed early.
But anyway, suddenly I started craving Rurouni Kenshin today. But it wasn't the series itself, but certain parts of it. I was just thinking about my own metafandom, and the trends my mind follows. It's no surprise for anyone I get easily obsessed (or at least love a lot) over minor groups of people and/or random countries. So I was trying to go back, and understand when did this trend started, and with what fandom.
Probably the easy answer was "with Card Captor Sakura". But was it really? I thought about earlier anime/manga and series/movies/books I anjoyed, without success.
Then I got to Rurouni Kenshin. Well, I normally root for the groups the favorite character is in. So when I first read/watched it, I adored the familiarity of the Kenshingumi, as Kenshin is my favorite character, and most of the stuff I shipped in was in there.
But liking the main characters a lot doesn't really count, because I was trying to understand the love for kinda-underrated-by-fandom groups.
Then I had a revelation: I do like the Oniwabanshuu and their subculture a lot. A lot of RK fans focus more on the Shinsengumi, because they're historically famous and Saitou was in it, and probably there are some followers of the Sekihoutai, since Sano and Katsu and captain Sagara are hot. But the Oniwabanshuu calls more my attention, and particularly the Aoshigumi (the Aoiya Oniwaban are really cute, but the other ones are just heart-breaking...)
Particularly, when I first watched the anime, I thought they were awesome. The only turn-off, ironically, was that Aoshi's emo "drags a lot" -I think in my fanbrat days I used to consider the characters more like bishie potential than anything, oh well. But now that I'm seeing them as an adult, their closeness and their tragedy have this new light. If RuroKen was a Jump series right now, I'm sure I would've clinged on the Oniwabanshuu.
And today I reread the parts with Oniwaban canon on it, and it's just that they all love each other SO much. ( Might as well cut this )
I think I'm going to bed early.
