kurosaki_kabuto said:Kaioshin_Sama said:ThangLong said:
I will watch, not because of Shaft or HanaKana, but because the synopsis involving love between rival Yakuza gangs is interesting enough!
Wow a reaction based on actual interest in the source being adapted and nothing more. That's so 90's.
Reading this thread has been kind of hilarious though. ZOMG SHAFT COUNT ME IN THAT MEANS IT MUST BE GOOD! OH NOES SHAFT IS DOING THIS WILL NOT WATCH! I kind of miss the days where people took interest or declined to based on the type of work and synopsis itself and not just blind studio fanboyism. I mean personally I'm not a huge fan of Romantic Comedy and the premise doesn't sound particularly interesting (I wasn't a fan of the likes of Seto No Hanayome which this kind of sounds like) so I'm pretty sure I won't be following this.
Normally I would agree with you, but I think Shaft's just a special case. Like I said earlier in this thread I don't usually like Shaft and I have already read the original in this case and found it average. Just putting that out there so you don't just dismiss me as a Shaft fanboy. But I do understand the people who rave over Shaft for the simple fact that it is one of the few studios that has a particularly well defined trademark in their shows which is a different style of animation and presentation. Considering that standard - which in one way or another has been present in most if not all Shaft shows, with varying levels of "intensity" - wouldn't you say that it is perfectly normal for someone who really likes said style to be excited for something by Shaft? Chances are they'll get at least some of the traditional Shaft animation elements out of this one, regardless of the actual premise, right?
On another note, having seen Seto no Hanayome and read this manga I have to say, the style of the humor and story is very different. Seto was more nonsensical, with more parodies and a more intense humor not focusing particularly on Romance, here you'll get a lot of typical shounen romcom scenes with a more low-key (if still slightly hectic in one or two scenes near the beginning) humor.
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EDIT - by the way, this is the first Weekly Shounen Jump manga being adapted by Shaft, right?