Well, we knew this was coming at some point or another, let's not fool ourselves. For convenience sake, I've decided to move Asian Black Sheep over to tumblr, a much more accessible platform for me. Since the new blog will be a sideblog on tumblr, I'll be glaringly reminded that I have responsibilities I have to take care of outside of my procrastination encouraged by jdramas and animanga series. The new blog, like this one, will delve into Asian (right now Japanese) pop culture works as well as Western products. While the new page will be called "The Fictionist," I don't want that to limit you into thinking that that's all I will talk about. Like this blog too, it'll be an extension of me and my life--events, places, fashion, beauty, etc.
And if that doesn't work out, well, that's how it goes. You can now find me over here!
You know how there's just that common sense knowledge passed down that the book is always better than its film or television adaptation? Well, take this as a post that just solidifies that as hard fact. Let me just state first that I actually watched the first season of Tokyo Ghoul before I picked up the manga. While I saw running meme posts and manga caps of the manga wandering around, I didn't feel a particular draw to the series. While the anime in and of itself is not bad, the popularity of the series rests with the original world that Ishida Sui created in Tokyo Ghoul, the manga, and any adaptation I feel should respect and stay as true to the source as much as possible. Instead of doing that, Tokyo Ghoul turned out like this--a sad and tragic fate for an already sad and tragic story of a young boy who did absolutely nothing wrong.
