Boo, I'm eight years older than my boyfriend you know. ;P (But then, 17+27 *is* somewhat more squick factor than 20+28... I suppose it's all in the age of the younger participant.) ^~
I haven't been following Furuba, but the "pairing everyone off" thing is endemic to shoujo. I don't even notice it anymore, unless they try to shove some really incompatible characters together for the sake of tying off loose ends. ~_~ But it really does sound like the mangaka is rushing toward an OMG SHOUJO HAPPY ENDING!!1! 9_9 That's also something I've noticed in several long-running manga, and I have to wonder if it's because the mangaka is getting bored, or if it's pressure from the publisher to wrap it up, get it all to fit in one tankouban, etc.
I always hate it when they build up a long-running sense of hate toward a character, and then magically redeem them (or just eliminate them), with no penance and no satisfaction for the audience. It's even worse when they suddenly alter a character so drastically that they are no longer recognizable, just a shoujo pod-person in a recognizable body. *sigh* It's just bad writing, I suppose, and bad writing (as we know) is everywhere.
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Date: 2006-09-09 06:33 pm (UTC)I haven't been following Furuba, but the "pairing everyone off" thing is endemic to shoujo. I don't even notice it anymore, unless they try to shove some really incompatible characters together for the sake of tying off loose ends. ~_~ But it really does sound like the mangaka is rushing toward an OMG SHOUJO HAPPY ENDING!!1! 9_9 That's also something I've noticed in several long-running manga, and I have to wonder if it's because the mangaka is getting bored, or if it's pressure from the publisher to wrap it up, get it all to fit in one tankouban, etc.
I always hate it when they build up a long-running sense of hate toward a character, and then magically redeem them (or just eliminate them), with no penance and no satisfaction for the audience. It's even worse when they suddenly alter a character so drastically that they are no longer recognizable, just a shoujo pod-person in a recognizable body. *sigh* It's just bad writing, I suppose, and bad writing (as we know) is everywhere.