Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Why bother? Cannon Couples

So it's just an ordinary day, and I'm trying out new manga to read, and I find a small manga called Onidere. It's a small ordinary manga with a generic-yet-not-really-generic plot line of a boy (Tadashi) is dating Saya, who's famous for being the leader of a notorious all-girl gang. Because of this, they can't openly date or else Saya, is afraid that her gang will lose respect and kill her or some thing like that, So she makes a deal saying "If we are found out, Instant Death!"
Now the manga is average, with some good gags every now and then, and I was happy reading it...intill I met Saki Nijinose a girl who is extremely fragile, to the point where trying to open the door, (and I mean trying, not even moving it) will blister and cut her fingers. At first, she was just there, I didn't really think much of her, but she stuck around and now she's one of my favorite characters.

Come on, is that not cute? Ok more on the lines of pathetic

The problem? She falls in love with Tadashi. Nothing's bad about that, I think that they make a really good couple actually, the problem is that I know that no matter how much I love this couple, (or pairing) It will never be! What's the point of writers giving us this kinda of story? Look I know we need another girl or guy to raise tension to sell more books, and ect, ect. It's just why? The problem I have is that it's never going to be, and It's not just here (as many of you know well.) So many times do I find a pairing that in my opinion is better then the canon one, but will not happen, and I'm not trying to cause anything here I'm just pointing out my views on this.

For a better example of this, let's look at one of my favorite games
Tales of Symphonia. The game has some elements of a dating sim, allowing you to change the ending slighlty (or largely) on who ever likes you(Lloyd) the most by the time you finish the game. This is great, I can freely pick my relations and change the story...BUT It's not true, only one ending is the correct one and that of course is the cannon one AKA Lloyd ending up with Colette.
Oh yea, This is soo not the couple we're pairing, Also contest, what's wrong with Lloyd's face?

It's clearly the one most set up, and pushed as the anime opening shows clips of them, The anime it self not showing any room of romance for someone else, the game showing extra scenes for picking her, and If you ever watched Viva Tales of or any official drama CD in japan it's pretty much implied that there a couple.the if not tied with Kratos's but that one is ruled out since a certain someone is alive in the sequel. Oh and the Flanoir scenes in the sequel, If you haven't already seen it, go check it out on youtube,(or you know buy the game, find out how to trigger the scenes save, right before the trigger and go see everyone else, ) then go check out Colette's scene...WHAT THE HELL!

Alright, I get it canon is there so that we can settle our disagreements, it's there then we can find out how their life ends up to some degree and for those countless days that they spent getting beat up or trying to woo the girls of their dreams. I guess what I'm trying to say is that there is just a lot of time in many different animes, comics, shows ect where I find a couple I love, and I'm sadden to find out, or somewhere we all know that they will never be. When will the countless girls and boys like Nodoka and Evangeline from
Mahou Sensei Negima find there love? or how about Ema Sky and Kay Faraday from the Phoenix Wright? Axel,Riku, pretty much the whole cast of Kingdomhearts? Well If I tried to understand this, I guess that would mean understanding the Twilight series don't it?
Well at least 29% of Twilight girls know what I'm talking about if I'm getting my boring pretty-but-actually average pretty boys right

So there you have it, My thoughts on cannon couples spread the word of this and tell me what you think.
-Kupo, MoogleCoat

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