Overall, there’s themes running through this that have been done many times before, from Welcome to the NHK, with its take on otaku and erogames; Chobits, with its ‘which-is-better’ theme; and the herd of slightly deranged magical-girlfriend stories that are out there.
Hanazawa manages to combine all three elements, however, in a tightly-knit tale using humour, pathos, drama and wrapping it all in a slightly stinging rebuke of otaku-dom and their retreat from reality into the world of moe dating sims.
Watching Takuro and Tsukiko’s clumsy courtship is sweet, but entirely fake - she’s nothing more than a program, whilst he is an attractive and unreal facsimile
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 Alternative TitlesJapanese: ルサンチマン InformationType: Manga
Volumes: 4
Chapters: 49
Status: Finished
Published: Dec 15, 2003 to Feb 21, 2005
Theme:
Strategy Game
Demographic:
Seinen
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Big Comic Spirits Authors:
Hanazawa, Kengo (Story & Art) Statistics Ranked: #82202 2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded. Popularity: #2531
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Sep 23, 2012
"res•sen•ti•ment
noun 1. any cautious, defeatist, or cynical attitude based on the belief that the individual and human institutions exist in a hostile or indifferent universe or society. 2. an oppressive awareness of the futility of trying to improve one's status in life or in society." That was a definition I ripped off straight from dictionary.com. I usually wouldn't start anything with a textbook definition of a word – because 1) its cheesy as hell and 2) most titles are arbitrary – but I felt the need to bend the rules just this once to emphasize how important the title is to this manga. Defining its literal meaning though ... |
