#and you'll often hear the complaint that the anime was 'not faithful' to the manga

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thoughtfulfuri replied to your photoset: HOW DID I MISS THIS THE FIRST TIME?? WAS I TOO IN...

Jdldk jzxb “She knows what it is to be a part of the story” god yes. And what all the pieces of truth in their shattered state fail to convey about the truth as a whole or the deeper truths. It makes me think about adaptations that manage to look like the stories they tell while fundamentally misconstruing the *message* intended by the original story. Fails the spirit of it even while some technical similarities remain…. not sure my point there but it made me think of that nonetheless

Exactly! Every time you tell a story, the message is different, the themes are different, and that’s what I love about stories, is they can be bent like jeweler’s wire in your hands, twisted to make them new things. I love that all of these are true but not the same, and that they take different points. All of those stories would mean something different about Utena, about what happened. 

I know you’re saying that a story can fail to reflect the truth, but I would posit that it reflects different truths. All of those stories we heard about the prince were true, but they all reflected the truths of the teller and the listener, and that’s what I think is so fucking intersting about stories and I love that subtle inclusion here. 

#thoughtfulfuri #Hollibirth Gala #Doc watches Utena #Episode 39 rewatch #I'm thinking of Sailor Moon here #and how so many versions have been different #and you'll often hear the complaint that the anime was 'not faithful' to the manga #but it was just telling a different story and reflecting the truths of the teller #This is why I love like #fairytale retellings #ANY WAY THAT WENT DOWN A HOLE SORRY FURI