![]() ![]() You and I are both writers, and I think we know it takes a certain amount of courage to create something and post it. The one thing I wasn’t sure about with Shun was the whole “I designed a game and posted it” thing given his introverted personality Justus: Well, I’m taking it from the afterward that the writer intended for this to be more than just the one book, so that’s entirely possible. I was looking for her character to have some kind of resolution.Ĭho: Her arc is certainly not resolved, and I imagine we’ll have more to learn about Takuro as well at some point I thought there’d be far more development with her when she revealed the whole “Takuro killed my parents” thing. I haven’t looked at what the other volumes are aboutĬho: Anna was an interesting character at first, and I did suspect an antagonistic reveal for her due to her connection with the supernatural - but in the end she was mostly just there for the sake of the main plot twist to work Even Anna feels like she is there more as a plot device than an actual character Maybe Mika near the end, but the others felt either too cold, or were such huge jerks I didn’t feel much for themĬho: Pretty much our only character development in this is for Shun, yesīut I think that may be the purpose of later volumes, to expand on the rest of the cast I didn’t feel like the other characters earned that sentiment as much. Shun gave us a sympathetic character and someone to root for. Anna and Shun were the driving force of this whole thing. I can see then how the game’s narrative would be pretty stripped down. This novel adds Shun and Anna, and offers an explanation of sorts regarding the monster and everyone going to the mansion The original Ao Oni story is simply “four friends go to a haunted mansion - try to get out alive” But Shun having learned and grown from the experience at least made it feel like there was payoffĬho: I think I’ll dive into the ending more later - for now, I’m curious on your thoughts regarding the general plot and Shun’s growth in particular Initially I felt the ending was a little bit of a let down. It also felt like it actually had a point, thanks to Shun’s character arc It got to the point, killed people at a steady pace, then wrapped it up □ ![]() Justus: I think it helped that the book didn’t try to expand things too much. Justus: I’ve never experienced Ao Oni in any other way, so this was my first time with this storyĬho: This adaptation definitely does its own thing, but also feels faithful to the original source ![]() The original Ao Oni game isn’t exactly high-quality, and the recent anime shorts and film were quite… bad Justus: Well this one certainly fit the bill!Ĭho: I enjoyed this one a lot more than I expected to Particularly Dark Maidens.Ĭho: Yes, that one sounds good. Justus: No problem! I’m hoping to join in on some of the others. Volume 1Ĭho: Hello Justus! Thanks for joining in for this To check on the Summer Reading Program 2018 schedule, click here. It is time for a discussion of Ao Oni volume 1, featuring me and Justus! This post will contain lots of spoilers, so it’s recommended you read the book first. ![]()
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