Karakuri Circus Episode 5 Discussion

Ventus_S said:

I have no idea how they can rearrange this anymore...

Ventus_S said:
As manga reader, I don't know if I should be happy or be sad.

First, the pacing of this episode is actually surprisingly well, until I realized that ok, they literally skipped vol 4 , 5 ,6 in the end of episode.

Those stories may not be the most important in terms of overarching plot, but all of them are very touching and very good, so it's a shame this adaptation have to skip 2 full arcs completely.

From here on I'm going to spoil the manga about what this adaptation skips.
You can just go read manga vol4~ˊ6 to know what they actually skip that build up the characters so well to begin with. Now those side casts are like background characters with nothing flashed out.


First of all, the one who bullied Masaru is actually coming from a very poor family, and his parents' company are at the brink of bankruptcy, that's why he jealous Masaru so much for being super rich that he wants to bully him. One night when they bring knife and try to bully Masaru again, people who're targeting for Masaru's life for the money showed up. Masaru could have easily escape this with the help of Shirogane, but his classmates were on the way and got kidnapped instead. Masaru willingly sacrifice himself to be kidnapped in place of his classmates.

After incident is over (some pretty good fight sequence involving those 3 circus guys which flash out their characters abit), the guy who bullies Masaru finally understand Masaru's situation and decide to befriending him for the first time. They share one ice popsicle together because that bullied guy only have enough money to buy one. Masaru knowing his situation may attract more killers and put his classmates in danger, decides to join the Circus because they travel around alot. Before he goes , he left a big sum of money to his new friend who's family is in financial crisis. His new friend cried: "I didn't befriended you because I want your money! I really want to become good friend with you"

You see this sequence flashout Masaru's characters much more than just flat out saying "Hey, Let's join circus because reasons."

Also there's a high chance they skip another good arc of the circus animal trainer girl.
She has a sister who got killed by a ferocious lion who hunts down trainers and people.
So she brought her tiger to combat the lion. She is actually suicidal at that point because her twin sister died in front of her by that lion. She decided to kill herself / die along with the lion after she hunts it down. Masaru helps her overcome her self inferiority and her suicidal mentality , that she can finally face herself and not live under her twin sister's influence anymore. She with her tiger + Masaru + Shirogane finally able to hunt down the lion. At the end of the arc, she rides on her tiger and jump through the fire rope (it's actually burning buildings) as a symbol of overcoming her self weaknesses.

Again, even though it doesn't has anything to do with the overarching plot of the story, it's serve as "character arcs" to make them more alive.

Ventus_S said:
As manga reader, I don't know if I should be happy or be sad.
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