Super_Boom said:
It's okay. I struck Cloudman down in a grueling duel several months ago. As victor all his threads can be absorbed into mine. Ha! Take that, teme! *rubs his aching wound with his one remaining arm* Kinda interesting that they changed the tone so severely. Was the anime trying to be darker? Curious what the thought process was there. ------------------------- |
I've heard a rumor that you only won because you cheated. That's just what I heard! Something about an illegal summon ...
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I can't get over the difference between the anime and manga version of Hanebado. I've seen a lot of anime that changed things around a bit or altered elements here and there but this is just a complete change in tone and story.
The anime creates a TON of melodrama that isn't in the manga.
For example, right off the bat in the anime, there are members who quit the team after having a big fight with the team captain, who is working everyone into the ground. She's frustrated and bitter about losing the previous year and she expects everyone to give 100% to the sport, just like her. Then comes the new coach who has to try and fix the club before it falls apart. That's a big part of the story in the first few episodes. None of that happens in the manga, though. Some members do quit but it's after the new coach takes over and it's actually treated as a joke because half of them said their grandmother died. There is no drama with the team captain pushing everyone.
Other differences: anime makes a big deal about the immediate tension between the MC and the captain but that doesn't happen (maybe later?). The MC doesn't mock her opponents in the manga. The big rivals in the anime aren't big rivals in the manga--in fact, one of them gets beat easily and with little fanfare. Connie, the blonde girl from Europe, doesn't say the things she said in the anime and she doesn't act the same. The actual first big rival doesn't even appear in the anime and neither does the man who seems to be the primary antagonist. The whole thing with the MC's mother is much different--when she returns in the manga, she doesn't make contact with the MC at all, whereas in the anime she returns home immediately and is friendly to the MC. Even more meaningful, the MC in the manga isn't all resentful and bitter but instead she desperately wants her mother to return.
I could go on and on. The manga moves quickly, has a lot of comedy, and the main character is kind of a mousey airhead. The anime is super melodramatic, moves very slowly, and the main character is a total bitch half the time.
It's like if they made the One Piece anime where Luffy was sarcastic and spiteful, hated Shanks for abandoning him, and he and Zoro disliked one another and butted heads constantly. Oh, and they made a big deal of Buggy as his primary rival.
I can't help but wonder if the mangaka had any say in this one way or another. It's really kind of fascinating.
