| Did you like the story told in the manga or Tsuiokuhen? I like Tsuiokuhen much more, not to say the Manga was bad. It was just that Tsuiokuhen was more powerful. How it was introduced ultimately led to the Junju arc and was very well done. Of course this Tsuiokuhen "led" to the main series instead. I know it is bias to ask it here, but hey. |
ConfuciusJun 8, 2011 1:51 AM
| Even when I was in crowd, I was always alone |
| I have to agree. Both are amazing in different ways. The manga version is much more "light", and there are breaks, and little tiny moments where you can laugh. The OVA though are just, I want to say sad, but it's more than that. The manga does have some powerful parts in it though, Kenshin shows more emotion them and you get to see him going "apeshit" crazy. In the OVA you see it but it's not screaming at you like in the manga. |
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| It depends. For the beauty and symbolism, I love the OVA. However, it left out some very important things from the manga, such as Kenshin playing with the village children, reduced Enishi to a bit player, and showed Kenshin fighting the Yaminobu in a haze of depression instead of in a rage like in the manga. I understand these changes were made for realism and to keep the mood melancholy, but I would not have made those changes. |
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| I haven't read or seen this story arc in quite a while, but i remember specifically, they changed a small part in the ova that annoyed me a little, with how Kenshin got his second scar by the girl. The ova left it with more speculation whether she died still hating Kenshin with how she gives him the cut herself, while in the manga, the sword falls and cuts Kenshin as it does, giving adding a more definitive answer that she loved him at the end. So that sort of annoyed me with the ova, cuz it does change things sort of... but apart from that one thing (which mind u is sorta big to me >_>), the ova was better. I wish they left that scene the way it was in the manga. |
| "There are no wrong turnings. Only paths we had not known we were meant to walk." - Tigana "The genius of Guilty Crown is that they made a show so stupid and illogical that it's almost impossible to criticize properly. I don't even know where to start." - Sleeplesstown |
| They were both great, I feel wrong saying which was better. |
| Anime is always better than manga, so no surprise there. |
| "Let Justice Be Done!" My Theme Fight again, fight again for justice! |
| Characterization wise the manga is better. Who the heck is this character? If you changed his hair color and clothing you wouldn't even know he is kenshin. In the manga version you can still tell that he is kenshin even though he act ruthlessly. Tomoe is also better in the manga, she show way more emotion and you empathize with her way more. |
| This OVA is better than the manga counterpart. The whole series starts off as a romantic comedy, then more of a classic Shounen/action (Kyoto arc was great), and finally in the final arc (Jinchuu) it becomes a drama and eventually a tragedy which invokes profound emotions when told correctly. I think the darkness in this OVA is well fitting considering the time of civil war when it took place and would be great if it were included in a full adaptation in the future of Rurouni Kenshin. One of the things that makes the series great is that it is able to have a change of tone as the plot progresses, and the Prequel OVA is the Epitome of that transformation. We as an audience got a treat when we were shown the first episodes of the Kyoto arc, and it was a shock to see how much more serious the plot had become after the introduction of Saitou and Shishio. This again happens to an even greater degree in the third arc after the story of Tomoe tragic fate is revealed and when Enishi kills Kaoru out of revenge. Once this happens we see Kenshin completely break down crying for failing to protect her and loses he his will to live. When you look back on the story as a whole, you can see how far along the characters are when you consider how goofy they were in the first few episodes and chapters. It does wonders for character development seeing these "Shock Episodes/Chapters". After reading the whole manga and seeing the OVA's, you can really see that these characters are 3 dimensional, and that to me is great storytelling. |
Rose_BombJan 7, 2016 12:05 PM
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