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Shakespeare- The Manga Edition

post #1 of 15
4/4/08 at 4:24pm
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Almost put this in the "The fact that this exists is hysterical" thread, but the Bard probably deserves his own...

From Cliff Notes!

http://www.cliffsnotes.com/go/manga
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post #2 of 15
4/4/08 at 4:34pm
Aside from the big eyes, they don't look particularly manga-y.
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post #3 of 15
4/4/08 at 4:35pm
Yeah, I don't see a giant tear drop appear behind Hamlet's head now do I?
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post #4 of 15
4/4/08 at 4:36pm
And not nearly enough whoosh lines either.

Now, if in the final scene Juliet says "Romeooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" ala Akira, all is forgiven.
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post #5 of 15
4/4/08 at 4:37pm
Does blood shoot out of Romeo's nose when he first sees Juilet?
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post #6 of 15
4/4/08 at 4:39pm
I saw these in Borders a few weeks back. They hurt me. In my soul.
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post #7 of 15
4/4/08 at 4:40pm
By soul, you mean your crotch correct?
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post #8 of 15
4/4/08 at 5:28pm
"Text is greatly abridged, so reading these isn't tedious torture."

I weep for the future.
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post #9 of 15
4/4/08 at 5:43pm
"For authenticity, the books remain true to the setting and the time of Shakespeare's original work."

I dare say that Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet is more faithful an adaptation.
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post #10 of 15
4/4/08 at 5:48pm
I'm torn. On the one hand, anything that gets people exposure to Shakespeare who might not normally look at it is a good thing, even in a highly bastardized form. On the other, a sub-par adaptation is probably not going to get them to explore any further.
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post #11 of 15
4/4/08 at 6:38pm
Anybody else old enough to remember the Classic Illustrated vesions of Shakespeare?
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post #12 of 15
4/4/08 at 8:18pm
The tentacle rape scenes in King Lear are pretty awesome.
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post #13 of 15
4/5/08 at 5:05am
No thanks, I'm waiting for the yaoi version before I pick them up.
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post #14 of 15
4/5/08 at 3:44pm
I demand a futa-version of Romeo and Julia!
Imagine Romeos surprise when he finds what Julia has been hiding in her panties.
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post #15 of 15
4/5/08 at 4:09pm
Considering the fact that this was my introduction to Moby Dick (among many others), I have no right to mock this.

(Yes, my mom actually ordered these)
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