And finally there’s another episode without fighting. Heck, the next pilot hasn’t even been announced yet. Okay, we know it’s going to be Jun (I seem to have misunderstood the seventeenth episode, where Koemushi announces the pilot order. It’s not Kanji who’s going to be next, it’s Jun), but still. Anyway, this episode has to be anime-original: it explains Jun’s background, and how Tanaka got pregnant of him.
Kawai turned out to be a good friend of Yun’s father, hence why he’s so friendly with him. He’s the one who tells him the truth, by the way. At the time, though, both of them were involved in shady business. Jun’s father then picked up a high-school girl at one point, whilst being an adult himself. This girl was of course Tanaka.
Things went quick, and they got married and had a baby: Jun. Their happiness didn’t last long, though. I suspect that Jun’s father had gotten in trouble due to the fact that he owed money to the wrong people. As a response, they trashed their house, and made them run away. Jun’s father wanted revenge, though, and he died in the process of doing so. Tanaka was still in danger, however, and so she was forced to separate from Jun, so he was adopted into a new family, whose mother was at the time pregnant of Kana. The mother, however, died when she gave birth. Their father is actually still alive, but I suspect that he’s often gone due to his job. Tanaka, meanwhile, joined the police after her experience. Something tells me that she still felt guilty, which is why she was so eager with the Zearth-case: finally she could be the one to support children. At least, that’s what she first thought.
In the next episode, Yoko should be getting some background info. I also hope that they show Yun and Kana together a bit more, now that they both found out that Tanaka is Jun’s mother. This definitely was one of those building-up episodes, and even though it lacked major plot twists, unlike the previous episodes, it was really good, and I’d love to see what Jun’s going to do when he’s going to fight. He’s definitely changed a lot since the beginning of the series, when he was just a heartless bastard. It started when Kirie started to live with him, and because of that, he’s become closer to the other characters.]]>
Bokura no – 19
“Anyway, this episode has to be anime-original”
Every episode from 14 and up has been anime-original, just so you know. And since the current pilots left still have to get their turn in the manga as well, it will stay anime-original.
Basically, first half was from the manga, second half original. Hence most manga readers being upset, myself excluded though :3
I don’t really mind the diversion from the manga. The anime’s storyline was good enough for me and I can still go read the manga anytime I want.
I’ve more or less dropped the anime. Probably not going to bother watching eps 16+ until the show ends and I know what happens at the end.
The manga, however, continues to be incredible. It’s a pity that the awesomeness that is Kanji’s storyline right now will likely not be in the anime.
Without reading the manga, I can safely declare that each & every episode has been absolutely top-notch in its plot, characterization, and pacing.
The manga is a different medium which means the content will always be different. Much like how the manga & the anime of Evangelion are two different versions of the story, I imagine the same applies to Bokura No.
Expecting a slavish adaptation of something into a different medium is the first mistake. The second mistake is to expect a canonical story to be authoritative and treat every deviation as heretical distortion of something pure.
It is the retelling in new mediums that keeps the story alive.