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pokoko on 13 July 2017
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I'm kind of ... struggling to go back to reading Made In Abyss.  I'm scared.

Have you ever read or watched something and there is this awesome character but you know, based on experience, that the odds are against them making it out alive?  She has been through so much, had so much taken away from her, and yet she's such a good person while still being smart and cunning, but in the reality of creative fiction, that typically makes her a prime candidate for self-sacrifice.  On top of that, all that she has been through makes it unfeasible that she could simply lead a normal life afterwards, which is another typical indicator for that role.

It's one of the things about Fairy Tail that absolutely pissed me off. 

This isn't just a battle manga like Fairy Tail, either, it's more of a survival manga where the odds are almost insurmountable to begin with.  Even one of the main characters has death supposedly hanging over them at all times.  

 

Super_Boom said:
pokoko said:

Geez. Made In Abyss is ... brutal. The main characters might be kids and the art might be cute at times but that probably just makes the terrible things a lot worse.

There are some horrible people in this story. Perhaps they're made that way by the Abyss but, then again, maybe it's just that they're strong enough to survive it.

I admit that it has made me come very close to crying.

Edit:  Well.  Never mind the "very close" part.

No shame in that. Shed those manly tears. 

I find the contrast from cute to brutal just makes it much worse. I can brace myself for it in already dark universes, but when I'm reading something colorful and fun, only to see a character die, it absolutely destroys me like nothing else. I'm pretty sure I cried more at Going Merry's death in One PIece than anything I've seen in...well...almost anything else. And that was a freaking boat!

That scene crushed me.  I cried like a baby over a ship.  Oda set it up so well that it simply broke my heart.  The man is legitimately gifted and should ultimately be recognized as a literary genius.