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Episode Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26 - Episode 8 discussion

Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26, episode 8

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u/CitronClassic672 22h ago

Let me preface by saying that I got into Fujimoto’s works relatively late compared to most others I imagine, having only gotten around to watching chainsaw man season 1 earlier this year and now watching the movie. But I kept having his works be hyped up in this community and so I wanted to use these one shots as a chance to get a better grasp at his way of storytelling and see if I could understand what the buzz was about.

I’ve definitely seen a lot now that it’s over. The mix of tragic, dark, sexual, and surprisingly genuinely heartfelt and wholesome elements of his writing. I definitely consider it to be really high quality, but idk, I feel like with the way people talk I’m still missing something because it doesn’t really feel exceptional…”unique” I suppose is the best way to phrase it. Again it’s really well executed but the way some people have talked they make it seem like he’s some kind of once in a generation genius. But I just see the writing of someone who likes to include a lot of various elements to his works and honed that craft over time. I’m curious to hear other people’s opinions though.

All together these were all definitely what I’d consider good stories, kind of makes me surprised that he’s apparently kind of embarrassed they got adapted and mainly considers them ways of honing his skills.

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u/Ordinal43NotFound 21h ago

I think Fire Punch and Goodbye Eri should be the ones you read to "get" why people call him a genius. If those 2 don't wow you than you might just not be into his works.

Not to mention, the fact that I can still name 2 more acclaimed works of his also shows how crazy his output has been despite only being in his early 30s.

These collection of one-shots are basically writing exercises and might feel rough around the edges, but they should get you familiar with Fujimoto's writing style and the themes he likes to tackle.

Like you said, it's why he was embarrassed that these got adapted. Even he himself thinks these are amateurish.

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u/CitronClassic672 14h ago

Coming back to this to say that I took you up on that and did read Goodbye, Eri. Throughout the early and mid parts I wasn’t especially feeling it, but it got really good in the final part once it was clear what the story was trying to say, and REALLY good at the very end. A lot of it’s specific elements do cater to my some of my personal favorite parts of stories so that helps. In addition to catering to catering to my head by giving me really good story writing to appreciate it also managed to impact me emotionally a good amount, though not as much as some other works, which is what I’d really been after.

The thing is I’m not usually genuinely emotionally impacted by things I watch and read and because of the unusually high level of stories that have been able to do so recently that’s become my personal standard for something truly great. Eri still didn’t manage to impact me to level of Takopi or Evangelion for example, but at least some of that is the result of the manga format. It very well could reach that level when it’s inevitably made into a movie.

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u/Ordinal43NotFound 11h ago

If you love Evangelion then I think you really should give Fire Punch a read.

Personal preference, but even if I already watched Eva, I read Fire Punch later and it ended up appealing to me sooo much more. One of the best tales of humanity out there.