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bagheerita · 2 years ago

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Recentering the story on Albert really changes the whole thing on a fundamental level I don't think I understood the first time I watched Gankutsuou. Because it's not about Edmond and Edmond's vengeance anymore. It's about the Count doing to Albert what was done to him.

I hated the duel the first time I watched it, because it's one of my favorite scenes in the book and they change everything and make it worse. But it's because the story is about Albert, so the character that dies to change the trajectory of the story can't be Édouard anymore, it has to be someone Albert cares about. And changing the duel is one of the easiest ways to get this to happen.

It still tears down everything I loved about the original, but I get it.

#gankutsuou: the count of monte cristo #gankutsuou #gankutsuou spoilers #in the end i think Gankutsuou fails to satisfactorily resolve the threads of the novel's plot with their story's new focus.#but i do love the aesthetic.#also while I think the idea of externalizing Edmond's desire for vengeance as Gankutsuou was a really creative decision #Edmond ultimately failing to renounce his quest means that you didn't understand the part of the book where he DOES turn from that path #and choose love instead #lol maybe I need more distance from the story to analyze it properly #because I do find it fascinating to see how a Japanese design team interprets an old French story

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