Re: Ah, Video Girl Ai

Date: 1 Mar 2003 04:03:07 GMT
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime.misc
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AstroNerdBoy (email-address-deleted) writes:
> I just finished watching this 6-part OAV
Not the Viz version, I hope. If you did, get the fansub scripts from
http://vgai.herradura.net/Translations/index.htm to get a bit closer to
the real meanings.
> and I see that many of the
> themes in romantic-comedy anime today were present 11-12 years ago
> (1991-1992). Episode 6's ending SUCKED, but the end credits let the
> view make their own decision which I guess is OK. I found what is
> supposedly the entire manga series and am downloading it. We'll see
> if the software I got handles .gz files or not.
>
> For those who've read the manga, is the romance between Yota (Youta)
> and Ai better than the anime?
Depends on how you define "better romance," but I think the manga is
better than the anime. Much more happens--including characters who aren't
in the anime. In fact, the OVAs only cover about 1/6th of the manga
story. Suffice to say that the manga ending is definitely not the same as
the anime ending.
> Also, I understand two additional video
> girls show up toward the end of the manga run. Do these girls
> interact with Yota or new male characters?
New male characters. Video Girl Mai is actually a sequel set about eight
years from the end of the original, and you get to see the older Youta.
The remaining one is based around a VG named Haruno, and is actually the
prototype for the VGAi series.
There are more Video Girls, too. A novel was made in Japan which includes
an Ai story, plus ones for new VGs Yume and Yo. Included illos by Katsura
as well, so you could see how they looked.
Happy ta help.
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