tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8882610517765002247.post209706997672739265..comments2024-03-28T09:11:49.881-05:00Comments on Warren Peace Sings the Blues: Drifting Classroom: Children are evilAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13867868039166531163noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8882610517765002247.post-69845165438755266322008-02-29T21:30:00.000-06:002008-02-29T21:30:00.000-06:00Here's my review of the first volume of Yotsuba. ...Here's <A HREF="http://warren-peace.blogspot.com/2007/11/yotsuba-does-exclamation-point-signify.html" REL="nofollow">my review</A> of the first volume of Yotsuba. It took me a little bit to get into it, but the rampant cuteness and goofy comedy won me over. It's one of those series that seemingly everybody on the internet talks about, so I think I had built it up in my mind as something different than what it was. But it's a nice, gentle, character-based comedy, with some really nice, clean artwork. I would definitely recommend it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13867868039166531163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8882610517765002247.post-26513099644051669622008-02-29T21:22:00.000-06:002008-02-29T21:22:00.000-06:00I'm slowly making my way through Monster--finished...I'm slowly making my way through Monster--finished volume 4 earlier tonight on the subway, and y'know i love some nana. Is yotsuba all that and chips as well?Tucker Stonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10793079084633425826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8882610517765002247.post-15445425582787080062008-02-28T20:59:00.000-06:002008-02-28T20:59:00.000-06:00Oh, I know, it's so bizarre to see her throw herse...Oh, I know, it's so bizarre to see her throw herself around with such conviction, and even though we know she's right, she seems so crazy. Like when she's screaming at everyone about the memorial to the children and throwing all their flowers on the ground, interrupting them while they're just trying to grieve for their lost children. That's a great way to put it: "her insane world of all-consuming HOPE". Awesome.<BR/><BR/>Man, I gotta get to volume 7 now, so I can go grab number 8. Between this and Monster (and Nana, Yotsuba, etc.), it's like I'm on manga crack.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13867868039166531163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8882610517765002247.post-6854905965487546342008-02-28T20:38:00.000-06:002008-02-28T20:38:00.000-06:00Oh, thanks for the kind words...Yeah, this one's m...Oh, thanks for the kind words...<BR/><BR/>Yeah, this one's my favorite volume so far... haven't found the new Vol. 10 yet. I tend to like the Sho's Mom parts of the series the best... her and her lil' kid sidekick, and how she slowly drags her poor sane husband into her insane world of all-consuming HOPE... man. The other kid's mom <I>has</I> to figure in later... Umezu's gotta have a trick up his sleeve with her.<BR/><BR/>Umezu's 'message' with the series becomes way clearer in Vol. 8, btw... that's another one that kind of strays from the series' path, but in a fun way...Joghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05095286799395371919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8882610517765002247.post-48620710133580259682008-02-26T23:09:00.000-06:002008-02-26T23:09:00.000-06:00I've been trying to slip a volume of Drifting Clas...I've been trying to slip a volume of Drifting Classroom in with the ladies copies of Nana, but she keeps pointing out that they don't appear to have anything in common. I'll let you know when/if that changes.Tucker Stonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10793079084633425826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8882610517765002247.post-55872686595817921112008-02-25T21:50:00.000-06:002008-02-25T21:50:00.000-06:00Yes and yes! I've got volume seven, but I haven't...Yes and yes! I've got volume seven, but I haven't cracked it yet. I need to take these slow; too much Umezu might warp my mind permanently.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and speaking of significant others, I've told my wife about this series, and she wondered why I would ever want to read something like it. So maybe she already thinks my mind is warped...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13867868039166531163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8882610517765002247.post-42512737794260411802008-02-25T19:05:00.000-06:002008-02-25T19:05:00.000-06:00I actually just finished reading this on saturday-...I actually just finished reading this on saturday-i've been taking these slow, as they're turning out to be the most consistently rewarding comics/manga/anything i've read in a while. Totally support any and all comments made: the baseball sequence, Sho's mother--never saw that coming. Moments like that, put together with the kids weeping and begging forgiveness as they use Sho as a human bridge to escape the mud and water are what makes me stop reading Classroom and wish that more writers had his batshit level of imagination. Its like reading the rantings of a paranoid schizopherenic who's craziness doesn't stop them from constructing a cogent narrative. <BR/><BR/>Or, as i told my fiance, it's like eating a shitload of cookies but not feeling remotely sick. Good to know there's someone else out there who's enjoying this series roughly around the same time as I am.<BR/><BR/>(Oh, and the last page--the little girl's hand being RIPPED off by the tidal wave? Jesus. Fucking brilliant.)Tucker Stonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10793079084633425826noreply@blogger.com