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Prismatic Vodka #66 Wednesday May 24th 2006
"Don't Look Down!" copyright 2005 Rik Davnall, all rights reserved
Rik_the_Riff@hotmail.com - email me!
Not much to say today, really. I'm quite happy with the way today's comic came out, but it's
a bit lacklustre compared to 'Silent Fireworks' (that splash page from three weeks ago) or the
dragon page. I'm having trouble getting motivated at the moment. I am medicating for this with
inordinate quantities of biscuits. Custard creams... mmm...
I have just watched the Jigoku Shojo finale. After seeing episode 24 last week, you might
remember I was a little excited about this. Unfortunately, I have to say the ending is a
little disappointing. It's interesting, certainly, and complicated and it really does make
you care about what's going on (I'll admit to shouting at the screen several times, particularly
during episode 26), but the hoped-for moral comeuppance just fails to materialise. Maybe
that's the kind of thing that only bothers me, but a certain character (I can't say which,
or I'll spoil it, which I don't want to do) really does get off wayyyyyy too lightly. Make
sure you watch the bit after the end credits of episode 26 to see what I mean. I think my
disappointment might be similar to the way I felt with Kenran Butoh Sai; both Kenran and JS
are high-quality shows, but they happen to stand in the same genres as some of my favourite
shows ever; Kenran disappointed because it failed to measure up to the standards of shows
like RahXephon and Evangelion. Similarly, Jigoku Shojo fails to match Boogiepop Phantom and
Paranoia Agent (shows which it seems to want to be ranked and categorised with) for tightness,
and so comes across as a little too weak. It hasn't helped that the series as a whole is at
least half filler.
All that said, I did really enjoy episodes 25 and 26; the animation, as ever, was gorgeous,
the characters were hypnotically compelling, the long-awaited revelations were powerful
(particularly the one about Ai and Sentarou), and the moral ambiguity, if unresolved, did
at least get you going. Not perfect, but not everything can be Paranoia Agent or RahXephon.
I'm going to get in trouble for suggesting those two are perfect, aren't I... ^_^
That's it for now.
Wub, Rik
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