PumpkinSpicePie said:LiedElfen said:PumpkinSpicePie said:
Being a manga reader for this series, I can understand the complaints of other manga readers when it comes to the adaption of the source material, ore specifically with cutting out a good amount of inner monologues and slow burner scenarios.
Yet I can also understand that when adapting manga to anime, you can't expect them to always be 'faithful'. A manga and it's anime adaptation are best taken as separate series, not one in the same. That is why there will be anime only people, so they can latch onto the show as it's more suited to their preferences of sound, movement, and voice acting.
For me, even though I was disappointed at first, I came to decide it was for the best. If they left a lot of the inner monologues and exposition in that they previously cut out, then the show would get a whole new load of complaints for having too much exposition. Even the slow burners arcss aren't the most necessary when driving the main plot. Reading and watching or listening to multiple sentences of exposition in a row are two completely different things, especially when the latter goes on for longer and is limited by time and episodes.
So far I think the show is turning out to be something special, so if it somehow goes to garbage down the line I know I'll be left disappointingly shocked.
Though I do half agree with the point made by some that what's ruining the show is it's episode count being only 12 episodes and not 24, therefore lack of time limiting how much can be adapted. But I believe that this show isn't worse than the manga, because it's way too soon to make such assumptions. This is still only episode 3.
And my thoughts on episode 3, it was much more eventful than episode two with more unique directing given to the exposition scenes in comparison to the previous episode where it felt flat.
Also just having Krone makes this episode leagues superior.
I do think that this show is worse than the manga, in most cases the source it's better than the adaptation and this case is no different, it is basically impossible for this show to be better than the manga just because of the parts skipped and also because the manga isn't just good, it is truly one of the best manga out there currently ongoing.
I'm not saying that the anime is better, and I'm definitely not saying if it were to be better it would be because of the cuts and parts skipped. I'm saying that the manga and anime should be viewed as their own things, as manga and anime are overall different mediums and will come with their own ups and downs.
Though I wouldn't consider the manga a masterpiece or 'one of the best', I do agree with you when it comes to it's quality and effect on the manga landscape. I just believe that making such a general statement about how most times anime adaptations are inferior to their sources neglects the point of an adaptation to begin with.
Adaptations are meant to be their own things, if it isn't for their own individual characteristics differed from the manga there isn't a point for their to be an adaptation in the first place unless it would be something like action. From what I'm getting from your statement, you just want a cut and copy with a new coating, and if so don't complain and just stick with the old coating.
I don't mean to sound rude or objectively accurate, but to me personally your statement is coming off a bit closed minded.
I think you didn't need to sound rude or at the very least you should have had a better selection of words, calling close minded a statememt of a person that is talking to you in a normal way isn't something that adds anything to a discussion.
The manga is one of the best out there because most people think of it as a great work of art, not everyone considers it a masterpiece but even those that don't like it past the first arc recognize it's greatness, it has a 8.7 score in the site and it was a 9 for me so even better than that.
I did not said that anime needs to be a copy paste of the manga, in fact in a post i said that i do know they are different mediums that work in different ways, the one that made the comparison was you saying that the adaptation isn't worst than the source and i pointed that it indeed is worst so far, the anime has room to be better and what have been shown so far has been great, all that i have said in this discussion. People make comparisons even though they clearly know that they are two different mediums but that's how it works. It is a fact that in most cases the source is better than the adaptation and that doesn't negate that the adaptation can have it's own identity.