#the isobeyan segments were probably deemed more expendable than others | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

whatwillyousing · 2 months

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didnt have the patience to actually watch the anime all the way (esp bc they adapted the last manga arc as the anime's prologue for some reason? and also i find that part the most boring LOL) but from what i skimmed it seemed like the anime almost entirely cut out the isobeyan segments? which is just so disappointing knowing how it works as an embedded narrative & what a missed opportunity it was not adapting it as an old timey showa era anime...

#well. maybe they did. crunchyroll hasnt released the latter half/second movie yet #but i get the feeling that out of all the elements that they deliberated on purging #the isobeyan segments were probably deemed more expendable than others #which :-( SAD theyre soooo interesting metatextually #the way it foreshadows upcoming plot beats & eventually breaks the fourth wall is so much fun #literally one of my fav parts of the manga is where the made up isobeyan author is finally replaced with inio asanos name on the last page #theres some sort of deeper embedded narrative there about fiction & the creation of parallel worlds& its utilization #as a preserver of truth/something that stands the test of time where history does not #theres something there. maybe. potentially.#actually probably not. but its fun to muse about!

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