Bokura no continues to impress me like no other series this season. Even though the past few episodes haven’t really introduced new elements, and they’ve just been focusing on the children whose backgrounds could be told in just one episode, I still love this series. Heck, it’s exactly what I want, seeing different people react to the same fate, when they have to say goodbye to their daily lives.
It’s interesting, the first few episodes killed off the weakest characters (especially Masaru and Isao), and the past few episodes have been eliminating the stronger ones, the ones who put other’s lives above themselves (especially Daichi and Moji, who we get to see in this episode). While this episode wasn’t as excellent as Daichi’s, it still was a really good one. In this episode, we get to see why he’s been so calm, when compared to the others. Just like Daichi, he had to be strong for someone else. In this case: a childhood friend with heart problems. For a change, this friend is male, instead of the sick female that other anime often stereotype.
What makes this case so interesting is that Moji wants to have his heart put in his friend (Nagi was his name, by the way), so that he could get better. Through especially the first half of the episode, we see Nagi get more depressed by the minute, thinking that he’ll be dying while Moji and his other friend, will live, while Moji in fact knows that it’s going to be the opposite.
I’m fearing for Kanji in the next episode, as he seems to be the strongest of the current cast, with his laid-back attitude. (If you didn’t guess already, I tend to always skip the next episode-previews due to possible spoilers.) Of course, it’ll be also interesting to see one of the two adults in the pilot’s seat.
Regarding the other children, it seems that the girls have developed a strong bond through the episodes. Jun also causes some trouble again with his whining.]]>
Bokura no – 11
Moji was a great character – I also expected him to be not bounded to the contract – but apparently, I was wrong…
The heart symbolism during the battle was a great reference to Mogi’s situation.
Its interesting that you say that about the show considering Daichi and Kana were part of the first few to go as well. Isao was the 5th to die actually…
I mean, im glad to see that the anime impresses those who haven’t read the manga, but since i have, I feel greatly bothered by the change in most of the stories. I felt Daichi’s story was better in the anime, but Moji’s story was probably my favorite because of the irony. It turns out Tsubasa actually loved Moji, but i guess it would be too cruel? Iunno… the manga one made me cry and the anime, wanted to make me cry but then left me far too upset they left that part out…
The order of events is also bothering me greatly (as expressed above) because i feel there is an odd lull between the events. I also felt that the government’s involvement came into the plot too early. Also… the woman(i forget her name) has a family… so that being left out puzzled me as well.
If you meant Tanaka as that woman, then there’s a very good reason why her family has been left out. I’ll assume that you’ve seen up till episode 11, so I won’t spoil this, though.
haha as i just found out and of course it greatly bothers me because this just ruins the manga. I have a lot of respect for Kitoh’s work, so seeing the anime (which has such a beautiful budget compared to the massacred Narutaru) makes it hard for me to continue watching. Its just… the story isn’t as good as the manga… and all the parts that i found particularly wonderful in some of the character development was really left out.
I gather what bothers me the most is that the director of the anime claimed that he hated the manga and wanted to develop his own story. I don’t understand why he took on the project then… However, I can’t wait to compare the end of the anime versus the manga. Knowing Kitoh, i bet the manga will have a better ending, but of course… this is my bias.