This comic is a parody of a scene in Xenogears, although it ends differently, with a very different reason for why the Citan!Patchy knows what's going on here than the actual Citan. That's also why that Patchy has those little glasses.
Nezumi said: This comic is a parody of a scene in Xenogears, although it ends differently, with a very different reason for why the Citan!Patchy knows what's going on here than the actual Citan. That's also why that Patchy has those little glasses.
Any comment from 2ch or something that backs up that idea? because for me it's just "Soylent Green ver Yukkuri" style scenario with the Patchouli giving some hint of not being an average patchouli by having the glasses.
It could be a coincidence for all we know, specially if that scene you mentioned is also based in the concept of soylent green and learning the horrible truth behind it.
JusticeItEasy said: Any comment from 2ch or something that backs up that idea? because for me it's just "Soylent Green ver Yukkuri" style scenario with the Patchouli giving some hint of not being an average patchouli by having the glasses.
It could be a coincidence for all we know, specially if that scene you mentioned is also based in the concept of soylent green and learning the horrible truth behind it.
If you have to be nitpicky about it now, that scene in Xenogears was a direct homage from the climatic scene in Soylent Green.
JusticeItEasy said: Any comment from 2ch or something that backs up that idea? because for me it's just "Soylent Green ver Yukkuri" style scenario with the Patchouli giving some hint of not being an average patchouli by having the glasses.
It could be a coincidence for all we know, specially if that scene you mentioned is also based in the concept of soylent green and learning the horrible truth behind it.
The line about Patchouli reminding them that they ate these sweet sweets before they find out how they're made is lifted directly from Xenogears. As are the style of glasses the Patchouli has, and calling it the "Yuylent System". (It was called the Soylent System in Xenogears)
Skribulous said: If you have to be nitpicky about it now, that scene in Xenogears was a direct homage from the climatic scene in Soylent Green.
Yeah but you know how it is, Sometimes green energy powered by will shows up, and people think it's Spiral Energy, instead of thinking GaoGaiGair's G-Stone power, or even older: Getter Rays and Green Lantern Light.
That's why i commented that, in case it was a coincidence and it was more a homage to a typical soylent green scenario that turned out similar to that scene in xenogears for Nezumi.
It doesn't, particularly. I was responding to a first comment that didn't seem to quite get it. I would lean more toward specifically referencing Xenogears' homage/reference to Soylent Green than a generic Soylent Green reference for the reasons I listed, but it doesn't really make a difference in the end.
It really isn't much of a deal honestly, but maybe i felt it was weird that suddenly Nezumi mentioned Xenogears and say this has to be a parody of that when nobody did before, specially when a great deal of the comments we had in the non translated original were more about soylent green.
So i was wondering if Nezumi found a source or something that mentioned it.
JusticeItEasy said: It really isn't much of a deal honestly, but maybe i felt it was weird that suddenly Nezumi mentioned Xenogears and say this has to be a parody of that when nobody did before, specially when a great deal of the comments we had in the non translated original were more about soylent green.
You mean the comment made four pages later, way back seven months ago? post #28023
Skribulous said: You mean the comment made four pages later, way back seven months ago? post #28023
Dammit. . .how did i miss that page? Actually i think i know why, bad habit of skipping pages with single SFX as endings. . .I usually prefer such "no picture black pages" to have a narrative or else i skip them.
Sorry about that, for a moment i thought that either Nezumi found a coincidental similarity or found some sort of source that said the comic was meant to parody that. Seems i was wrong.