i recently bought gunslinger girl (all three volumes) on dvd and was captivated. i was romping around the internet when i sumbled across this and, while you are entitled to your own opinion, there are some instances where it seems like you have a one track mind.
see, this was originally a manga, it was only "recently" turned into an "anime."
like many other people have said, it's not about females vs. males. i've noticed that most of your blogs are seeking some kind of minute detail in everything you've seen or heard that you can declare sexist.
these children are given a chance at a life they could not have otherwise had. take angelica, she was run over by her parents. take rico, she didn't have a normal life to begin with because she was hospitalized. this agency was giving these children a life, but in return they are entitled to some kind of pay back. that's just how life is i guess...
the fact that these little girls are turned into assassins is supposed to seem shocking. women are dynamic characters. the way the girls are used in this series are phenominal. usually, girl "superheros" are either geeky or slinky. these children are cunning, that's an aspect that makes the whole story so chilling.
if the girls were boys, it wouldn't be as great a story. boys are supposed to be rough. boys are supposed to be cold. that's what the media has made them to be. that's an accepted view. if the girls were boys, the story would be tragic, yes, but not as gripping.
set aside the feministic views for a minute. take the film as a film to make you think and appreciate how capable you are as a person. not as a woman. not as an adult. as a person.
the fact that the children serve their brothers faithfully starts as a respect, like the respect for a teacher. the fact that they are willing to die goes way beyond the reasoning that they should do it because they were "trained to." they want to. would you die for your father? would you die for your mother? it's called love.
another thing to remember is these girls are cyborgs. they're robots, but they still have hearts. if they didn't have the heart part, they'd do whatever their brother bidded. so they don't have much of a freewill.
if you changed the story, if you added or detracted, there wouldn't be so much interest in it.
i recently bought gunslinger girl (all three volumes) on dvd and was captivated. i was romping around the internet when i sumbled across this and, while you are entitled to your own opinion, there are some instances where it seems like you have a one track mind.
see, this was originally a manga, it was only "recently" turned into an "anime."
like many other people have said, it's not about females vs. males. i've noticed that most of your blogs are seeking some kind of minute detail in everything you've seen or heard that you can declare sexist.
these children are given a chance at a life they could not have otherwise had. take angelica, she was run over by her parents. take rico, she didn't have a normal life to begin with because she was hospitalized. this agency was giving these children a life, but in return they are entitled to some kind of pay back. that's just how life is i guess...
the fact that these little girls are turned into assassins is supposed to seem shocking. women are dynamic characters. the way the girls are used in this series are phenominal. usually, girl "superheros" are either geeky or slinky. these children are cunning, that's an aspect that makes the whole story so chilling.
if the girls were boys, it wouldn't be as great a story. boys are supposed to be rough. boys are supposed to be cold. that's what the media has made them to be. that's an accepted view. if the girls were boys, the story would be tragic, yes, but not as gripping.
set aside the feministic views for a minute. take the film as a film to make you think and appreciate how capable you are as a person. not as a woman. not as an adult. as a person.
the fact that the children serve their brothers faithfully starts as a respect, like the respect for a teacher. the fact that they are willing to die goes way beyond the reasoning that they should do it because they were "trained to." they want to. would you die for your father? would you die for your mother? it's called love.
another thing to remember is these girls are cyborgs. they're robots, but they still have hearts. if they didn't have the heart part, they'd do whatever their brother bidded. so they don't have much of a freewill.
if you changed the story, if you added or detracted, there wouldn't be so much interest in it.
[sorry for getting a little worked up there :)]