Comments on: Bradherley’s Coach

By: iKo

iKo — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:46:53 +0000

I’m usually a silent leecher, but I need to comment.
Bradherley’s Coach made me feel sick to the stomach. I had to leave it half-read for an appointment today, during the day I couldn’t even eat I still felt so sick from reading the first half.
But when I got back I finished it.
A truly bleak story from a truly brilliant storyteller.
I may have felt some horrible scopes of emotions whilst reading, but those were strong emotions, and I felt them.
Hiroaki Samura is a genius and a master.

By: Hasu

Hasu — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 01:53:22 +0000

Marina,
Religious people are just fine with forgetting everything they defend when they need to. History shows that Christian churches were responsible for countless cruel actions, and they weren’t exactly all pro-women, you know.

By: Psygremlin

Psygremlin — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:36:37 +0000

Wow… and wow again. What an amazing (albeit disturbing) story. Thanks for another quality Kotonoha offering!

By: Jashin

Jashin — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:09:30 +0000

I think you’re missing the point. 1 is moot, and 2 is frankly just your opinion.

Besides, I don’t doubt that at any time and place in history there are people capable of this regardless of what society at large lets on. In retrospect, aompare to say, genocide, this isn’t nearly as shocking.

By: Marina

Marina — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:31:20 +0000

While otherwise enjoyable, two things in Bradherley’s Coach really grated on my nerves.

1) The European setting. I don’t know what kind of morals people have in countries like Japan, but the western (Christian?) attitude mostly calls to protect women and children, not sacrifice them in order to save the men. Just the opposite. A scheme like the one depicted in the manga wouldn’t have been accepted.

2) The connection to “Anne of Green Gables”, from which most of the names and some of the plot were deliberately stolen. The mangaka even boasts about it. I mean, WTF? That’s just disrespectful.

Both points mentioned above, detract in my opinion from the credibility and realism of this piece. The plot isn’t bad, but it just doesn’t pack the punch the way it could have.

By: Jashin

Jashin — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:53:28 +0000

Samura would’ve betrayed the authenticity of the depiction if he’d gone for silly poetic justice of an ending.

Thank you. This is why I read Kotonoha. I was shocked, repulsed, saddened, angered, and all the while deeply immersed by the scenario. This is worth reading regardless of the subject matter.

-J

By: rukori

rukori — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 23:02:53 +0000

Thx for the work a lot!!!
I hated the ending though… That old Bradherley geezer came out as a saint who suffered much for his ideals, but I think he was just a fucking sadist, since the Paschal festival brought much more pain and death than the prison break… As well I’m always in the opinion that in manga 1 girl worth the lives of 50 men so this ending just annoys me more^-^
Anyway, you’ve done a great job and I’ll be waiting for more!!

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:37:47 +0000

Thanks, i think some XSS security add on in my firefox was troubling the download, it worked now.

By: Nomad Soul

Nomad Soul — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:29:25 +0000

@21: I tried to download it and it seemed to work just fine. What browser are you using? I suggest to copy the url and paste it into the address field.

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:49:34 +0000

Im having problems to download “Look Me in the Eyes When You Talk” by HTTP ,it says the fileis not found. Did you remove it?