/jp/ - Otaku Culture

Well, as someone who just finished Tsukihime for the first time, I gotta say that it was pretty damn fun. Obviously, Nasu would go on to make much bigger things, but those things won't necessarily be better. This story, just like Kara no Kyoukai, doesn't try to be an epic tale of defending humanity, or even a single city. It's just a story of weird people and their weird issues, which makes it more relatable. It doesn't try to be about paranormal things like vampires, it uses those things to tell a story, which is an important distinction not every writer understands. It doesn't have a huge cast, but every single character matters, everyone here is believable, imperfect, and goddamn charming. It's not the longest VN ever, but it feels like every scene has a purpose, even when seemingly nothing is happening. The artwork might not be the most technically impressive thing I've seen, but I vividly remember the mannerisms and faces of every single character, and for those events which didn't have a CG artwork, my imagination painted it very well, which means the writer succeeded at what he was doing without using art as a crunch. And most importantly, it left me with things to think about, like any good story should.
Yeah, Tsukihime is a damn good novel, and it deserves its lasting legacy. Now I'm wondering how the remake would manage to update it properly.
Oh, and I found this easter egg scene by mirror-moon, completely by accident. It was pretty funny.