It can be classified as fantasy, mystery and psychological above all else, but it really touches upon just about every genre imaginable during the course of its progression. "the man fell off the cliff.but didn't die because a dragon saved him! and the dragon never comes back into the story"Īfter an excruciatingly long time of waiting, at long last the seventh volume of Utsuro no Hako to Zero no Maria (more commonly referred to as HakoMari) has now been released, and with that it's finally time to close the lid on one of the greatest works of literature to have ever originated from Japan, and the overall best light novel I've ever had the pleasure of reading.
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They have a beginning and an end, but they don't know how to write the middle to tie the two. This is a classic blunder by bad writers. Situations in the novel change, drastically at times, for no apparent reason but only to meet the author's objective. The "twists" only seek to surprise us without adding any value to the plot. It seems as though the author made it so they can add or modify rules for their needs. The many "rules" of the world are not defined, but this seems to be very intentional, but not to provide "mystery" or "twists". My first language is Japanese, I read all Japanese literature untranslated.Īs stated before, the "complexity" is just a mess. Some people have pointed out that it is due to bad translation. And then they tried to write a story based around two awkward anime characters, that's what this felt like. The best way I could describe it is if aliens came to Earth and only studied humans via anime. I know they are meant to be odd people, but the writing made it difficult to understand or even become interested in what they had to say. To me, they do not communicate like a normal person. The interaction and dialogue between characters seems off.
For those few people, I will add some more: Most want to just berate me, but some do want more information. I've had countless angry fans raid my inbox and comments. The twists and turns of the plot are simply there to briefly trick you even though you've already known the outcome of a certain event.Īll its "complexity" just seems like the author getting new ideas and then cramming that idea into the story, realizing it doesn't end in a favorable outcome, and then finding ridiculous ways to explain why the favorable outcome was achieved. It's a story disguised as a complex one, but at the core, it is simple beyond belief.
This is the type of story writing and story telling that is killing the writing industry.