'Kurosagi,' series comments continued

[winterspel]

I wrote so many notes in my paper journal while I was on the airplane, so I will try to sum them up here as I continue and finish my review.

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Comments

[ginzarhapsody]

Something that I think is interesting is in your review is that you are using "destroy" a lot and I know this is because fo the way Kioku chose to translate the word being used (an appropriate translation into English, IMO). The word in Japanese used when someone says destroy (for the most part) in this drama is "kuu". It's actually a somewhat vulgar/vicious way of essentially saying, "to eat" - other translations could be "to devour" or "to consume". Guys often say it to say something as simple as "Let's go eat!" (kui ni ikou!), but its not something girls use very often, and if used it often thought as informal/less polite Japanese.

Anyway, getting back to the point I was trying to make. :P Kurosaki using that particular word is really telling about how he indeed HAS been surviving for the past six years. He literally has been sustaining himeslf on destroying/eating the shirosagi/akasagi that he comes across. I think this adds more the concept of without Katsuragi, Kurosaki lacks a serious means of surivival. Essentially, he would not be able to hunt the prey he needs to sustain himself (reflecting the concept of eating to survive found in the use of the Japanese word). It also allows a return to the images of the swindlers as sagi (heron) that flash at the beginning of each episode - they are more animal in their tendencies than human.

[winterspel]

I love so much that you shared this with me! These are the things that are coded into language that a non-speaker would never get. Your point is an apt one - Kurosaki does "feed" on the shirosagi/akasagi like a kind of vampire. Without them, and without Katsuragi to provide them, he would have nothing at all to live on.

And I also love your point about the animalistic nature of all three kinds of swindlers. It certainly seems true for Kurosaki - he's reduced his life to eat, sleep and prey. If not for that cat, there would be nothing else for him.