Toshokan Sensou
Preview to the Missing Library War Files #3
If you’re wondering why it’s taking me soo damn long to finish my deep frying for episode 3, it’s because of the usual reason of juggling with work, slowww-paced novel reading, bumming, etc. I also blame the anime for omitting a whole STORY CHUNK, with LOTS of censorship-related meaty stuff too. Here’s a quick preview of what to expect in that next deep-frying installment:
- Details regarding the case the police were investigating on in episode 3, about a series of murders committed by a high school kid, suspected to have been influenced by horror books, deemed to be unfit for high school kids, yet something he was able to borrow in the Library.
- Iku in a pinch after getting caught off guard by the press who bombards her with questions about the murder case, and all that. Then Doujou comes to the rescue!!
- The Tezuka x Iku looonggg convo in the cafe, where she supposedly rejected him. This happened wayy before the serious mission too.
- Violent protest of two [rebel] kids against the plans of the School Administrative Board to ban more books deemed to be unfit for kids (they did some fireworks prank). Issues about censorship and how it completely disregards the sentiments of these children who simply want to enjoy reading, were also discussed.
- Genda’s principles on the right way of fighting, how to properly exercise one’s freedom of speech and win in a fight without resorting to violence, which includes using wits, gathering as many people on your side (making questionnaires and surveys work for your benefit), etc.
- Moar discussions regarding the book banning in this presscon attended by School Admin people and Librarians, and the two kids who voiced out their sentiment regarding the book censorship decision of their school.
- Iku’s heroic(?) deed in this event, which was featured in the Library Magazine (the article which Iku’s dad read in episode 5)
- The Inamine kidnapping incident, which I still haven’t read orz.
And here are some random awesome “quotes” I found, and felt like translating: “What do these censors expect children to learn by dictating for them which books have [and do not have] value?” “Why can’t adults allow children to read books simply because they find it amusing? Don’t adults read for that purpose as well?”
I seem to be easily amused by these bookish stuff in the novel, so it’s total WIN for me 
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I wonder how much of the novels will be covered though, from what little I’ve read, it seems like the latest episode corresponds to the beginning of the 3rd novel?
God, there seems to be so much (awesomeness)omitted from the books, but I guess that’s to be expected when they had to shrink them to a series of such short length
But the anime pictures will always be better!
See that’s the kind of thing that would be interesting in the anime! People keep saying that this series features a diplomatic kind of warfare but the anime is far too interested in keeping in the mostly pointless gunfights where you see no one actually getting shot and leaving out the smart, interesting points such as those about censorship vs protection of innocence. It’s only the last couple episodes where the conflict has actually become interesting to me.
@issa-sa: yep, episode 9 should be covering the third novel now. Sooo fast~
@blissmo: do not underestimate the capability of the mind to visualize and imagine~! They sometimes turn out even better than any anime or picture :p
@Marmosette: Can’t blame them though, because once they decide to keep these censorship stuff they’d have to dedicate a whole lot of episodes to cover them. There’s not just enough episode… Arghh.
Knowing I.G, I’m hoping that they will return to the series in the future with a completely anime-original storyline, similar to what they did for Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex.
As it stands, I’m already quite impressed with what they’ve managed to condense in nine episodes. Somewhere along the way, they had to make the crucial decision of whether to focus on the romance or the censorship. More about the censorship would have been nice, but…
…you and I know that we only really care about when Dojo would make Kasahara “MY WAIFU”.
@TinyRedLeaf: haha yesh, that’s all that really matters for the anime. I’m both happy and sad that they had to sacrifice the censorship stuff for the love romance angle (more happy~ of course), but thanks to that the anime has been reallyy enjoyable, and we get to see more Iku x Doujou raburabu focus
@usagijen: I think this is the primarily the reason why I got more intrigued with the romance and not the conflict. But so much bashing of the anime (not only from other bloggers but from people i have recommended it to) made me really think about the concept of the anime and I’m a total fan (all the doki-doki moments and the background of the story. But of course, my lack of language skills, I can’t go anywhere beyond the anime or what they offer in sites/entries like yours.
And you’re right… Production IG had sacrificed certain storylines in the story and so far, I think everything has been smooth and done well, considering they’re working with 12 episodess only.
@biankita: I was first blinded to the flaws of the series when I was first pimped it, and all the bashing made me realize all that. But still, so long as we look past that, it’s one enjoyable heck of a ride
Goodness, I’d learn Japanese just so I can read the light novels/manga of TS. Not that it’s the only thing motivating me to want to learn =P
But yeah, I just suspend my disbelief for the 23 minutes of TS, and enjoy the show. And I’m lovin’ it =]
@KayDat: and that, my dear, is the right way to watch and enjoy TS