Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Rumiko Takahashi—Ranma Book 1& 2

I decided to read a little bit of this comic over break because i wanted to go out of my element and read something that i am not aware or familiar with.  Well at first, while i was reading i was getting incredibly confused about how the wording was and who was talking.. it just felt very jumpy and i didn't know where to begin.  But after awhile i started to catch on how the wording was going and got on their level of the jumpiness, so i started to enjoy it better. 

For the most part i felt that this comic was weird, i mean i liked how different it is from most comics, but trying to keep up with if Ranma Saotome was a girl or boy.  And it was like in the second chapter they were going to tell what was the deal with Ranma, but instead they started fighting and then the panda turned up again.  So now i figured out that Ranma's father is the panda due to maybe chinese training?  But i feel like i totally missed out why or how Ranma is portrayed as a girl and boy.  It seemed like it was resolved but i still am not clear about it.


For the comic, i didnt care too much about the character designs, i am not really a fan of anime, maybe the only person that doesn't... hopefully not.  But, it seemed to me to have an anime feel to it, and the text was sometimes confusing when the would jump from one panel to the next panel. 


I liked this comic, just because it was different to my comfort, and i liked leaving that comfort that i have been doing in the beginning of the semester, but it took me awhile to catch on and i am still trying to.

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