Wpisy oznaczone ‘review’
I have a fetish for scenery porn.
Aww, so nice...
I’ve always wondered why am I such a sucker for the slice-of-life anime series. While having nothing particular happening through the episode, little to none storyline, and a very, very slow pace, they always seemed to somehow keep me glued to the screen/wanting to read another page. The laid-back atmosphere and overall dreamy mood of shows like Aria or mangas like Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou was always very appealing to me for some reason. It was always kind of confusing for me, but I just, thought ‘well, it’s just I’m a calm person, so that’s why I have liking to this kind of stuff’.
She just walked for the entire chapter.
But it’s not the story or the characters that make these shows. It’s the world. It’s the ability of the artist to create a powerful, enchanting world, that just makes you want to explore it and get to know it better. Take for example Hitoshi Ashinano, the creator of Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou. The image of flooded Japan he created is one of the best if not the best story setting I’ve ever seen. The abandoned streets and towns, submerged electricity poles and street lamps glowing from underwater all create this magical experience which lasts for all 14 volumes of the series. Moreover, he managed to do it again with his another work, Position, and yet again with Kabu no Isaki.
Or Aria - take any episode of the 3 TV series, and click randomly on the video scroll bar, chances are you’ll get a beutiful view of the city just waiting to be sreencap’d. This show is another example on how the scenery itself can make the whole thing a masterpiece. The characers, undines, just take the role of carriers who take us through the mysterious city of Neo-Venezia. Sometimes funny, sometimes downright creepy, every episode adds a new piece to the mystery-filled world.
The OVA version of this scene is even better.
So, now you can see what all this does to me. It makes me write poetic crap. The truth is, this is just scenery porn, and I’m a big fat pervert for that.
But man, isn’t that view beautiful…?
