-ShadowClaw- said:But if another season were to happen than that season would end on a rather sad end. I want another season to continue but at the same i am warry, especially since these type of series never get fully adapted. so if another were to happen i think at least another 2 cour would be needed.
I get that and i agree. Indeed, the end of S3 will be sad. I am currently at Part 3 Book 3. I do think that the story and overall mood evolve. To me, even if there was a 2 cour, it wouldn't end up on a lighthearted note. Maybe it is only me, but i find the mood heavy in "Honzuki...". The way, every time she has to adapt for the sake of surviving and protecting her family, she points out "And i felt, at this very moment, that i just killed yet another part of me". There is tension, and social norms are extremely pressuring. The author is so great at building up a whole new world of logic in her books. She must have travelled in the world. Myne has our 21st century logic: "you will forgive people, not take their insult at heart and move on. Children have to be protected, freedom and human rights are everything". Nothing weird for us.
But the logic in this world is rather different, and somewhat inspired of Middle Ages western Europe: "if someone of lower status dare insult you, you have to punish him, and disrespecting archnobles obviously equals death sentence. There is nothing evil in this, nor there is in considering commoners as objects of property, or executing them for opposing nobles. Selling orphans to slavery is not evil. Because they are property of those who feed them (or at least allow them to survive somehow). Mayor of villages, orphanage directors... are owners of the orphans. The evil one is the one who try to steal property (like orphans) for themselves, even if it means trying to give orphans a better life. That is what it is and that is how the world runs".
Depending on the perspective, slavery is not evil. Human rights is a concept that would puzzle everyone around Myne. Ferdinand would be shocked and would explain Myne how this silly idea would ruin everything for everyone (and it would indeed). Myne has no choice but to learn a wholly different logic, and make it her own. This may make it look to us like she has to corrupt herself and do ugly things, but this is really living in a place where normality is completely different. Everything i talk about is already hinted from the very beginning, so i am merely making things clear for those who didn't catch on it. The way she interacts with her family is rather sad too, even in part 3. That is not a pure drama, sure. And actually, that is what makes the story so good to me. The author defined her rules and she sticks with it. Which makes the worldbuilding and characters extremely consistent and attractive.
But overall, i don't believe this is a question of 1 or 2 cour. It would need the whole shebang to be adapted to bring a satisfying ending. The more you read, the more you need more, and what happens at the end of part 2 is merely a step on a ladder. |