From: moakler@romulus.rutgers.edu (bam!)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.manga
Subject: Re: Miyu - Manga vs OAV
Date: 7 Oct 92 01:32:05 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

rim@cs.columbia.edu (Howard Rim) writes:

>The style of the manga and the anime seem very different as well as the 
> basic story and characterization.  A friend of mine did not enjoy 
> the OAV's very much because he felt that Miyu is hardly any better than
> the Shimma's, but felt that Miyu is more of a caring and real person in
> the manga. 

	The style sees different because it was reworked to fit more
into a shojo-manga format. Sentimentality and identification/sympathy with
the heroine are staples for shojo manga, so Miyu's character  was made
a little more sympathetic. Also, you could argue that the basic
premise of the seies and the origin of Miyu had already been
established in the series, giving Ms. Kakinouchi more room to explore
the nuances of Miyu's personality.


>Reflecting, in the OAV's Miyu could be seen as a manipulating, blood
> thirsty imp.  She does seem like a "greedy girl" out for the blood of 
> beautiful people and "claims" that she's really doing the people a favor.

	I think she really does think she's doing people a favor.
She's just way out of touch. Also, she might figure that her own
suffering is such a burden for her, so other people would be better
off not having to bear such a burden.

>The manga on the other hand shows a much more vulnerable Miyu.  She must 
> not only bear with her own tremendous emotional burden, but at the same
> time she is very sensitive to the emotions of the people's sorrows around
> her and at times she is nearly overwhelmed by grief.

	The manga also shows a Miyu that is just as nasty, if not
nastier than the one depicted in the OAVs.  Just because she is shown
as being sorrowful in private doesn't mean she changes her behavior in
any way towards people.

>Miyu is depicted in the manga putting to rest the troubled minds of tragicly
> striken people.  As in chapter 1 (Thankyou Mr. Bill Moakler) Miyu actually
				     ^You're welcome 8-)

As an aside, did anyone besides Howard read this? I've been expecting
messages telling me that it's Larva, not Rava, but I'm more interested
in people's comments about the style I used. (None yet 8-(.) I think
Miyu has a somewhat affected manner of speaking and I tried to carry
that over in my translation. 

Now back to the main discussion...


> disengages from hunting down a stray Shimma to comfort Aya who is being
> crushed by depression.  

	She also refers to Aya and her sister as "prey"! I don't think
comforting Aya was all she had in mind.


>In a later chapter Miyu is confronted by a Shimma who accuses her of being
> no better than he, that they both steal lives to live.  Miyu refutes that 
> she only gives eternal happiness to those willing to recieve it.

	Well, Miyu doesn't actually kill people, but....I'm surprised
you missed the story set at the all-girls school. The victim in that
story is a perfectly happy, normal girl who witnessed Miyu feeding on
someone. Then she rapidly started unwinding when she found out that
Miyu was a student at the school, and kept watching her. Eventually,
Miyu "convinces" her that she would be better off in la-la land
because her big brother, whom she adores, has gotten engaged without
telling her and implies that her brother will no longer have time for
her in his life. She breaks down and lets Miyu bite her, without even
bothering to see her brother (Miyu could have been lying for all she
knew.)

>When you become a Christian you can't have fun
> is one of Satan's lies.

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