Comments on: The death of the blog & Hatenkou Yuugi Episode 6 – “The true demon among the demons “

By: Ruby

Ruby — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 01:15:37 +0000

this is great and all but where do I watch it?

By: Sciros

Sciros — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:24:24 +0000

Uhh… guys, it’s called “bad storytelling.” You don’t need to try and reconcile everything, from using a gun at age 4 to being abused since birth, etc. If it doesn’t all fall into place that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s simply a tricky puzzle. It can also mean the writing is rubbish ^_^ (and in Hatenkou Yuugi, it mostly is).

By: Impz

Impz — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 12:47:07 +0000

@LKK: I wonder though. I am sure that there’s a huge sense of resistance by the village on the first day she is born. I remember reading an article about children where their receptivity and cognitive behavior is the strongest. It means that they are likely to copy manners, ways and things that others will do. In that case, I am quite sure that the customer probably deliberately did so, as they are warned by the villagers about the demon girl. She probably snapped then.

I do feel the same that the story is making that case, but I cannot agree on it.

@briar: Arrr, i see but I wonder if she’s really made out to be a sociopath. Children start to be able to understand and comprehend things after 1-2 years old. She must have seen some of the things that have been done to her father. In a way, it might be just a latent effect that finally blew open during this time. It’s just how I feel about it.

Ya, it’s surprising how she actually used a gun to kill.

By: Briar

Briar — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 07:00:42 +0000

I do agree with LKK; I don’t believe in the nature theory myself, but in the anime, it seems that Larawell is made out to be a sociopath by birth.

The scene where Larawell was burned by the cigarette is also a key point, IMO. Before she was burned, she was happy and just like any normal 4 years old. She didn’t look abused at all. That, combined with LKK’s post, made me think that she was hardly abused before committing murder.

Missed it about the gun, though. Oops. How does a 4 year old child know how to use a gun anyway???

By: LKK

LKK — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 22:06:05 +0000

How much interaction would a child of 4 years have had with the villagers? At that early an age, Larawell’s main interactions would have been with her father and with the customers at the inn who presumably knew nothing about her mysterious birth. While I agree that at a later age, she probably did suffer a lot of torment from the villagers, I don’t agree that she had experienced a great deal before her first murder at age 4. I just don’t think she would have had that much interaction with the village at that young age. I think her father would have shielded her from the tormenting until she was old enough to wander the village unaccompanied.

For the record, I don’t believe in the criminal gene theory myself. However, I do think that the story is trying to make a case for the theory with this particular incident.

By: Impz

Impz — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 16:54:21 +0000

NOPE.

I mistook it as a cookie.

OOPS!

By: Totali

Totali — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 16:52:20 +0000

Impz confused the server’s power cable as a loli pop =)

By: Impz

Impz — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 16:47:06 +0000

@Briar: She uses a gun, and an adult is not likely to be able to defend a guy no matter how good they are. I really disagree with you that it’s nature because she is likely to be abused by the villagers since she is born. It is a collection of abuse that keeps on piling up on her psyche and the cigarette is simply a catalyst of all the pain and suffering she is dealt with by the villagers.

I am not denying that nature possibly has a part to play but I always doubt the logic that there is a possibility that genes make people more inclined to murder. I always believe that it is the environment that changes people, and it’s clear that Larawell has way too much abuse since she is born. She is born to be considered a demon by everyone around her.

Where can she live? How can she seven stay sane?

By: Briar

Briar — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:17:17 +0000

I personally thought that the latter part of the episode was really jumpy. Now, smooth story telling has never been the characteristic of the anime, but the intersecting scenes at the last 5 minutes was rather anticlimatic and too rapid.

As for Larawell… in this case I feel that it’s completely a matter of nature, not nurture. She murdered someone at 4 years old, after all. How many kids think about (or do) after getting a cigarette burn? Most kids would cry and avoid the person instead.

I do wonder, though, how is it that a grown man could be so easily murdered by her?

Rahzel’s hair did make a very deep impression on me, though. And I too catch no ball with regards to the poker game.