I talked with dimmie about Shigeshoshi not long ago, and she made a point how, considering Mitsuru's place on the relationship chart, he'll most likely become more important in later episodes. Of course, in this show, we risk the possibility that everyone Mamiya meets will eventually die, so perhaps it's best that Mitsuru stays in his 20 - 30 second appearances, haha.
I'm tempted to say this show exaggerates embalming, as I don't think it's that sacred, nor would people want to find out who the embalmer was because the corpse was just so pretty. -_-; But it works for the show, so I'm looking forward to the next episode.
Mitsuru might end up getting embalmed, I agree. But personally I'll take him having more screen time and a possibility of dying over him having 20 - 30 second appearance and not being anything more important than a random street musician who can't really sing
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Let me apologize for the comment above. I think I sounded way too defensive, partly because I hadn't made myself clear in the original post. Also, the last paragraph in the comment above was mostly speculation, the sort I should not be making (or elaborating) without having a real understanding the show. Anyway, all I really want to say here is I do appreciate your comment, and don't wish to sound like I'm trying to argue with you over your views, which I do agree with for the most part.
I'd just hate to see Mitsuru die, since I'm watching this show mostly for Igarashi, which is why I'm torn on him getting more screen time. A little silly of me, haha.
As for Mamiya being discovered as the embalmer, I can see people treating him differently (no one seems to take him seriously right now), but considering how happy/touched everyone has been over his work, I'm not sure they'd act against him. Of course, I have a very limited idea of what's going on, and as such I have almost no clue where this show is heading in terms of a conclusion, so I guess there's not much point in me speculating.
I'm afraid that 'distracted people not looking at the road while driving' might not be all fiction
Uh, yeah. Not fiction at all. That's how my friend collected her head-on accident. You'd think people would watch where they're going on one-lane dirt road that have a bunch of residences on it, up in the mountains with a drop-off on the side, but nooooo.
On embalming, Japan's had a long stigma against anyone working in occupations that handled dead things. It's less public now (but does still exist), but it used to be that people who were butchers, gravediggers and even leather workers were outcasts, so far down the social ladder that people wouldn't even admit the rung exists. It comes out of both Shinto (which says dead things are unclean, and hence not to be talked about) and Buddhism (which says killing things is bad.) But that's probably why they aren't being public about Mamiya being an embalmer.
I so agree with you, but, stating the obvious here, I'd think people would watch the road everywhere they drive. Although that probably only happens in an ideal world. ::sighs::
Interesting. I do get the impression of an "unclean" image attached to being an embalmer (which is the main reason I don't think things can end well if/when Mamiya is discovered to be one), but I didn't know that it had basis from Shinto and Buddhism, so thank you for telling me. Japanese society is fascinating, to be sure, and I would love to read more on it.
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I'm tempted to say this show exaggerates embalming, as I don't think it's that sacred, nor would people want to find out who the embalmer was because the corpse was just so pretty. -_-; But it works for the show, so I'm looking forward to the next episode.
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I'd just hate to see Mitsuru die, since I'm watching this show mostly for Igarashi, which is why I'm torn on him getting more screen time. A little silly of me, haha.
As for Mamiya being discovered as the embalmer, I can see people treating him differently (no one seems to take him seriously right now), but considering how happy/touched everyone has been over his work, I'm not sure they'd act against him. Of course, I have a very limited idea of what's going on, and as such I have almost no clue where this show is heading in terms of a conclusion, so I guess there's not much point in me speculating.
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Uh, yeah. Not fiction at all. That's how my friend collected her head-on accident. You'd think people would watch where they're going on one-lane dirt road that have a bunch of residences on it, up in the mountains with a drop-off on the side, but nooooo.
On embalming, Japan's had a long stigma against anyone working in occupations that handled dead things. It's less public now (but does still exist), but it used to be that people who were butchers, gravediggers and even leather workers were outcasts, so far down the social ladder that people wouldn't even admit the rung exists. It comes out of both Shinto (which says dead things are unclean, and hence not to be talked about) and Buddhism (which says killing things is bad.) But that's probably why they aren't being public about Mamiya being an embalmer.
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Interesting. I do get the impression of an "unclean" image attached to being an embalmer (which is the main reason I don't think things can end well if/when Mamiya is discovered to be one), but I didn't know that it had basis from Shinto and Buddhism, so thank you for telling me. Japanese society is fascinating, to be sure, and I would love to read more on it.
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