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(A sculpture of German writer ETA Hoffman (1776-1822) and his cat Murr in Bamberg, Germany that inspired the creation of Noé Archiviste and Murr in The Case Study of Vanitas by Jun Mochizuki.)
So, this is a long post with a lot of quotes. The idea is that Mochijun took the general structure for the manga from this obscure text by otherwise well known writer ETA Hoffman. The pictures speak for themselves, but the introduction to the text recalls a lot of VnC's themes.
This is the text im using: The Life and Opinions of the Tomcat Murr (1820). (link to Anna's Archive).
This complex, truly wild fiction, created in the mid-1800's, is the autobiography of the tomcat Murr, written on the backs of the pages of a manuscript he has clawed to pieces. Interspersed with Murr's musings is the biography of Kappelmester, Johannes Kreisler, Murr's owner. Kreisler was the pseudonym under which ETA Hoffmann published his brilliant critical essays on music, and Murr was the real name of his cat. Through these two entities, he pieced together the fragments of his own shattered psyche and commented on the relationship of art and artists to society
And now I am simply going to cherry-pick some quotes from the book's introduction. I wanted to write a long essay on them, but that is simply not happening any time soon. VnC fandom theorists - knock yourselves out:
On Plagirism and References:
On the protagonists:
On The Shapelss One and Marquis Machina On Master Abraham:
On Noé Murr:
On Humanity:
On Time and Chronology (and Time Loops).
(small explanation- these are two narratives in one. Murr's is linear, while Kreisler is out of order and circular, which is what these quotes are referencing).
(Like come on the end being the start is literally the first chapter of the manga.)
note: if Vanitas (circular time) is a stand-in for Kreisler, Noé (chronologically) for Murr and Abraham (The Shapeless One) tying it all together well...... interesting. Personally I think the references could point to Noé being an unreliable narrator who describes a circular, winding, unstable narrative. He currently speaks with an authority that seems to radiate objectivity and detachment, marked by the scientific sounding main title The Case Study of Vanitas, but the reality of his subjective emotions is given away in the secondary title The Memoires of Vanitas, which is, in itself, an example of a reference to the dual autobiographies in Kreisler's novel.
(Also a theory floating around (not mine) that this "Vanitas" refers to Noé himself after turning into a Blue Moon vampire. I quite like this theory. Or Vanitas lives. Or he writes part of the book before he dies, like Murr did)
On Tone:
On Magic and Worldbuilding (or Babel in Vnc)
On the Tragic Ending:
Now I did my job. Go forth and theorize! (and tag me please! I wasted valuable grad school time to write this!)
Doing my civic duty. VNC characters as text posts.
@animangacreators Challenge #16: Hanami
Cherry Blossom: “Transience of life”: make an edit about a character you think has incomparable beauty.
diversity win! he hates everyone equally and is nobody's ally!
happy pride to the marketing team tom hardy held at gunpoint to get this gay ass tagline
was gifted slow damage recently toilet man commemoration
I AM WAY TO EXCITED TO FINALLY SEE THE OFFICIAL PAINTED PROTOTYPE
I had the pleasure to paint (from left to right): Doryan, Gil and Zal 🖤@ryumisadei beauties
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And you did an OUTSTANDING WORK TO CAPTURE THEM QAQ
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