{"id":11518,"date":"2015-12-27T15:16:57","date_gmt":"2015-12-27T20:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/?p=11518"},"modified":"2015-12-28T15:12:17","modified_gmt":"2015-12-28T20:12:17","slug":"beautiful-bones-ends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/2015\/12\/27\/beautiful-bones-ends\/","title":{"rendered":"Beautiful Bones Ends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/image\/stars\/45o5.gif\" alt=\"4.5 Stars\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Shoutarou-and-Sakurako-with-hat.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11520\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Shoutarou-and-Sakurako-with-hat-550x309.jpg\" alt=\"Shoutarou and Sakurako with hat\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Shoutarou-and-Sakurako-with-hat-550x309.jpg 550w, https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Shoutarou-and-Sakurako-with-hat-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Shoutarou-and-Sakurako-with-hat-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Shoutarou-and-Sakurako-with-hat-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Shoutarou-and-Sakurako-with-hat.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a>Usually when a show confounds my expectations it does it in a bad way. <em>Beautiful Bones: Sakurako\u2019s Investigation<\/em> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchyroll.com\/beautiful-bones-sakurakos-investigation-\">Crunchyroll<\/a>) was the opposite: I initially thought it was pretty good but it just seemed to get better and better as the season progressed.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Sakurako-with-book.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11524\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Sakurako-with-book-550x309.jpg\" alt=\"Sakurako with book\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Sakurako-with-book-550x309.jpg 550w, https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Sakurako-with-book-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Sakurako-with-book-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Sakurako-with-book-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Sakurako-with-book.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nRereading my initial review I think I made it sound a bit off-putting. (Who wants to watch a show in which the main character is a jerk?) Thinking it over I have come to the conclusion that Sakurako is a jerk in much the same way that Batman is a jerk. In fact the two characters have a number of similarities:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Both suffered a childhood trauma that left them with a permanently dark outlook.<\/li>\n<li>Both live alone in a sprawling mansion cared for by a single devoted elderly servant.<\/li>\n<li>Both have teenaged sidekicks&#8230;and few other friends.<\/li>\n<li>Both use their special abilities to help people, but with a cold, intimidating manner.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Sakurako-picture.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11525\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Sakurako-picture-550x309.jpg\" alt=\"Sakurako picture\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Sakurako-picture-550x309.jpg 550w, https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Sakurako-picture-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Sakurako-picture-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Sakurako-picture-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Sakurako-picture.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe analogy only goes so far. There are some clear differences between them:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sakurako helps people with her superb analytical skills instead of relying on punching ability or high-tech equipment.<\/li>\n<li>Batman lives in a huge dark dirty city where the authorities are mostly corrupt or incompetent. Sakurako lives in a pleasant town where the people in charge are well-meaning but naive and slow to recognize true evil.<\/li>\n<li>The series has more emotional depth and sophistication than a typical superhero show.<\/li>\n<li>Sakurako has a dog.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Sakurako-with-priest.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11519\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Sakurako-with-priest-550x309.jpg\" alt=\"Sakurako with priest\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Sakurako-with-priest-550x309.jpg 550w, https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Sakurako-with-priest-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Sakurako-with-priest-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Sakurako-with-priest-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Sakurako-with-priest.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe only reason that I don&#8217;t give this series 5 stars is that it seems too short and ends rather abruptly. (Imagine a Batman series that ended by introducing the Joker but didn&#8217;t give him time to do much and left him on the loose plotting evil.)<\/p>\n<p>If given another season or two to wrap things up properly this could be truly great.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Usually when a show confounds my expectations it does it in a bad way. Beautiful Bones: Sakurako\u2019s Investigation (Crunchyroll) was the opposite: I initially thought it was pretty good but&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/2015\/12\/27\/beautiful-bones-ends\/\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[649],"class_list":["post-11518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anime","tag-beautiful-bones"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11518"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11558,"href":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11518\/revisions\/11558"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}