tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post3928534280289561185..comments2024-03-27T11:32:34.392-07:00Comments on NOT A HOAX! NOT A DREAM!: GUNSMITH CATS PART 4Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-9927474193803657742018-02-05T15:45:45.892-08:002018-02-05T15:45:45.892-08:00Dark Horse did change one thing about May in the e...Dark Horse did change one thing about May in the earliest chapters of their original 1990s adaptation: they said she was eighteen, rather than the correct seventeen, presumably due to the frequent shots of her naked, not to mention the somewhat graphic image of her fellating an older man in the first volume. Other than that, though, they did keep everything in her backstory, including the stuff about her being an underage prostitute.<br /><br />The new "Revised Edition" volumes I've been reading for this series actually restore the seventeen year-old age, so I guess Dark Horse isn't as squeamish as they once were about depicting a minor in compromising positions (which, censorship and alteration of author's intention aside, seems like a really weird thing to change their mind about!)Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-8420342988657062112018-02-03T08:30:40.478-08:002018-02-03T08:30:40.478-08:00Hey, at least they got most of the icky bits with ...Hey, at least they got most of the icky bits with May out of the way in one chapter!<br /><br />It always interested me that even as anime on television in the 90s was still getting edited to not offend children-oh, Dragonball Z, how you suffered-an American publishing company was releasing manga with, basically, everything in it about May. You have to wonder how they got away with. Presumably by being under the radar at the time; if this came out today someone would be bound to notice it.<br /><br />And yeah, for all their other hang ups about sexual matters that May embodies, Japan's always been ahead of the curve in terms of homosexual representation. Which, again, led to some hilarious choices in adaptations since "cartoons were for kids!" back then.<br /><br />And again: the Goldie stuff was crying out to be the back half of a full length Gunsmith Cats series, and I wish we'd gotten it. Even if I'd had to buy it back then at $30 a tape!Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00605826105741513741noreply@blogger.com