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Deep Frying Kure-nai: Anime > Original; Adaptation At Its Finest
After three episodes, well what can I say~! The staff behind Kurenai never ceases to amaze me with what they have done to this anime, transforming the supposedly lackluster novel (at least in terms of the overall pacing and plot progression) into the awesome anime that we see now. They certainly know how to make the most out of an anime adaptation, incorporating foreshadowing, revealing bits of Murasaki’s past and Shinkurou’s dark side with each episode, something which is yet to be tackled in the novel, as far as the halfway point of the first volume goes. Without revealing all this, the anime would not have been as compelling and awesome (for the lack of a better word). With the early revelation of Murasaki’s past, we get to see the complexity and depth of Murasaki’s character, and the reason why she acts the way she does.
From what I’ve read so far, there was not even a mention about Murasaki’s family background; Murasaki just came out of nowhere in the novel, unlike in the anime where we actually see how Benika kidnapped her from the Kuhouin household. We also don’t get to see a glimpse of Shinkurou’s ‘dark’ trouble-maker self, till past the halfway mark of the novel. Instead, we see Shinkurou’s past and how he met Benika, early on in the novel. Though in my opinion, it was a rather sloppy shoved-in-your-face kind of revelation, where you get to see the entire past in an instant (it’s a complete wall of text in the novel, 8 pages worth of Shinkurou past, all at once!) T__T
The sequence of some events have also been changed, but it’s all for the betterment of the show. Like in what was covered in episode 3, Yuno doesn’t actually get to meet Murasaki till she paid a visit to Shinkurou’s house (which was days after the school event)~ Given this change, we also don’t get to see Murasaki moping over how Shinkurou is simply protecting and accompanying her out of his duty as his bodyguard (gotta love that scene in the anime), since his explanation about being Murasaki’s bodyguard came after the train scene! That, and pretty much of the one-on-one conversation between Murasaki and Yuno were anime added scenes too. Oh, and the scene with Tamaki and Murasaki (and much of her school adventures) in episode 3 were also (great) anime-adlib btw. In the novel, Murasaki just appears in Shinkurou’s school out of nowhere (yet again!), and she just told Shinkurou that Tamaki accompanied her >_>
What surprises me more (in a good way) is how the staff decided to cut the nonsensical ecchi-ish talks in the novel, where ero-girl Tamaki exposed Murasaki to vulgar words like ‘sex friend’, and ‘condom’, way back when she introduced herself (She introduced herself as Shinkurou’s ‘sex friend’, then later asked Shinkurou if he has a condom T__T). Now during Shinkurou’s visit to a certain someone’s (I’m not mentioning any names, to avoid spoilers :P) dojo, she brought Murasaki along, and mentioned “Just for the record, I’m not a lolicon”. This will probably be covered after next week’s episode, which will first focus on Murasaki finding out about Shinkurou’s job. Now if the anime will omit even that lolicon-defense dialogue, wow, *bow to the anime staff for filtering the novel of its impurities *
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I am really enjoying this anime right now. The animation quality is top notch and I really like the story so far.
It is like a mix between Aishiteruze Baby and Hayate the Combat Butler. Me likes!
The anime adaptation do seem to take a rather more different approach than the novel, in which, I will agree is a good move other than some different animation studio that would make an anime go bad! I will be expecting a lot more good episodes for Kurenai!
the third episode was so much fun, especially the part in the biology lab. I’m reading kure-nai manga and it’s different from the anime adaptation which is better, I agree. I wonder the manga and the novel follow the same plot or not?
From what you’ve said so far it looks like the director’s taken great liberties with the anime, which is good news — I’m certainly surprised that none of the “LOL LOLI LOL” innuendo or more risque stuff has been displayed yet, and yes, Matsuo deserves a standing ovation if he manages to remove all the loli references altogether. There are characters that don’t deserve to have their purity defiled in such a cheap manner, and Murasaki is definitely one of them.
@Tuna: lol Hayate the Combat butler
I couldn’t quite fit Hayate into the picture coz of its comedic nature lol. But yeah, the concept is similar in terms of having a kickass butler/servant.
@Dando008: these three episodes have been great, and I expect no less with the rest of the series (did that sound too demanding XD)!
@irem: from what I know, the manga is wayy ahead in the Kure-nai timeline. It started after the arc with Murasaki and the people after her. I haven’t gotten that far in the novel so I can’t really tell if the manga follows it at some point.
@Owen: yes, no one shall taint the name of Kuhouin Murasaki!
Have to say its nice to see novel to anime in which the anime actually seems a bit better. Unlike the deep frying for Kaze no Stigma, where we were reminded at how Gonzo was messing things up :). But was an enjoyable read regardless so not an issue there.
But really has been a great series so far. Conversation on the train was really great. Could feel how Murasaki felt about Shinkurou’s behaviour around her being different than with Yuno.
No issues with filtering out some of the ecchi stuff. Could see it being put in a show like this and making it worse overall. Nice that they can have scenes like at the bath without it being put in a bad light.
@FlareKnight: yeah, this is indeed the antithesis of KnS
Now I wish this director worked on KnS instead! How wonderful that could’ve been!
and each episode of Kure-nai just moves me to tears… ;___; the train scene especially strike chords with me because of how I often find myself struggling with that issue of confronting people.
But all’s good~ and Murasaki shall remain an angel in our eyes =3
@usagijen: Would have been so nice to have this director working on KnS. Even if it wouldn’t have increased the visual budget, would have told the story better.
Well haven’t seen such a thing on a bus myself, but can understand the feelings involved. How difficult it is for people to stand up and act when they see something wrong happening. We have a bad habit of being locked in the role of spectator and it takes a certain kind of person to shake us out of that role and remind us that we can and should do something.
But agree no matter what Murasaki really is a great person. Willing to act when she sees something that looks wrong even if the person doing it is much bigger than her.
@FlareKnight: I haven’t seen that kind of bullying in a bus or train myself. The encounters I usually have during my commute involve these rude and insensitive people who shove past people just to get their way in the crowded mass of people on queue… the inconsiderate and unreasonable barbarian pushovers so to speak.
It’s easier to act/react when you are in the position of the victim, because you can lash out on the ‘perpetrator’ for what he personally he did against you. It’s far more complicated when you’re the third party or the spectator. First of all, you’re going to think if you should break free from your safe position of keeping silent. You’re also going to consider whether you should even care for the one being harmed, even if you don’t know the person. Also, will you be willing to take the consequences of this patriotism, considering how there’s no benefits for you in this case. If the accused person accepts his fault and shuts up, case is closed and things are neutral for you. If the accused person reacts violently like the bullies did in Kurenai episode 3, you take the bashing, insults, and physical attacks… all to your detriment.
Ok, now I think I want to go transfer this to a formal post lol.