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aroaessidhe · 10 months

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2023 reads // twitter thread

The Paradox Hotel

about a woman who runs security at a time travel hotel for the wealthy, who is unstuck from time - but stays there for the memory-glimpses of her dead girlfriend

when the time travel technology is about to get privatized and mega-rich guests are arriving for the auction, more things start to get unstuck, and there’s a dead body only she can see

grief, ghosts, & dinosaurs

#The Paradox Hotel #aroaessidhe 2023 reads #i enjoyed this overall!#the MC is very…..snarky and sarcastic in a way that felt like it was trying to be quirky #however as i predicted there are so many reviews incessantly mad about that fact and like -#‘i would rather read about an even-tempered well mannered person’ ahjfgajhfgjds are you fr #if she were a man nobody would bat an eye. in fact thinking about it she is written just like ur average smartass snarky dude protag #anyway #me starting the audiobook: oh no this is narrated by that VA who always has at least one character she does an annoying deep voice for #early in the book: this is my ai assistant it has a new zealand accent. me: oh no………….#of course. it is the combination of both those. (also not a very good accent. it just sounds weirdly deep and also pronounces vowels weird)#anyway overall; it’s fun! im not obsessed with it #(well it's not all 'fun' there's def mental health and grief stuff.....but yknow)#respect the eternal lesbians tho

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beatcroc · 2 months

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i watched one episode of death note and this show is soooo funny for opening on skull demon guys and youre like oh shit its the evil freaks and then theyre just like chilling playing cards. and then you meet your mild mannered middle schooler boy protag and hes like i want to kill everyone forever

#death note #bweeeaaahh #i dont particularly anticipate that i will enjoy this series but if i can get through hxh i can get through anything #edit btw i finished it and overall I did in fact like it! not perfect but defintiely fun #to the people agreeing w the tag about hxh being kind of miserable: thank u

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bixels · 1 day

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It's crazy how Dungeon Meshi's manga can feel more cinematic and emotional than the anime to me, even when they're practically the same. Compared to the anime, this moment is such a heartbreaking gut-drop. The way Kui uses negative space and flat compositions to create a sense of horrific stillness is so key.

The way the text (Senshi's monologue) is sequestered to an empty corner of a panel or huddled away from the edge of its text box is not only a great way of showing Senshi's headspace (fearful, isolated, dissociating), but creates a visual representation of pause, as if you hold your breathe after each line. The first panel puts us directly in Senshi's perspective too (compared to in the anime, which puts us as an outside observer over Senshi's shoulder). The detail of the door and bricks so effectively implies that he stared at it for so long, waiting and hoping, that its image is burned in his memory. The wood grain, the brick arch, the number of rivets. The lack of dialogue in the second panel shows a moment of realization too –– "he's dead" (also a great example of the Kuleshov effect). And it's that pause that creates a beat and sets a great rhythm to his headspace, like a music rest: "He never came back." (oh god.) "I'm all alone." Finally, the third panel's negative space, cropping Senshi, shows how truly alone he feels. Without his family, the world ceases to exists. Under shock, he traps himself in a 1-foot radius, too scared to even perceive a world outside its boundaries; a world that can hurt him, kill him, make him disappear with it. There is only his body, the stone beneath his feet and against his back, his thoughts, and that awful bowl of soup.

Even though they're a series of flat images, there's an implicit reading of silence in Senshi's realization and horror. Kui influences your experience to slow down and take your time.

Compare this to the anime, which fills every shot with dialogue. The pacing is fast; we never get to sit in silence like we do with the manga. The horizontal frame allowed the boarders to add Senshi, turning the composition into an over-the-shoulder shot, which takes us out of Senshi's POV. They also added a zoom-out in shot one, which adds unnecessary energy to a very somber scene. The tightening on Senshi as a close-up reaction shot also dulls the moment. In the original panel, Senshi stares ahead at the empty space to his left as a shadow surrounds his mind. It not only shows how Senshi's senses are dulling and his world is shrinking (setting up panel three), but shows how terrified Senshi is of what's in front of him, how the air itself becomes pitch black and opaque, how Senshi is surrendering himself to fear. The pacing is understandable and necessary; this episode packed a lot of story content together. It's just a shame because it really (imo) deflated one of the most nauseating moments in Dungeon Meshi.

#dungeon meshi #senshi #analysis #personal #long post #not art #because comics are inherently more abstract and rule-breaky the format thrives off show don't tell #i think trigger is doing a great job overall but they missed the mark on this scene #for me cinematic storytelling will prioritize rhythm; tension; and silence over plot. that's why the manga feels more “cinematic”#if you've been enjoying the anime i cannot recommend also reading the manga enough. it's a completely different experience with much more #subtext and emotion to draw from

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qm0ri · 1 month

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