starvinbohemian

I am now only a few hours away from giving my lecture on Ouran High School Host Club to my college manga class-- the pinnacle of my teaching internship, the thing my future recommendations will be based upon.

My head is so full of mental notes, arguments, and anxieties that I fear the first person I encounter today might very well get a verbal punch to the face in the form of:

Person: "Hey, how are you--?"

Me: "METAfictionTROPEaffectationGENDERpoliticsFETISHIZATIONshoujo-- Err, hi?"

Person: ...

I will be very grateful to have today over with. This could go either very well or very, VERY bad. O.O

Okay, I've now watched the first two dubbed episodes at the Funimation website here.

I don't like any of the voice acting choices, and that's unusual. Caitlin Glass as Haruhi in particular irks me, because I think Glass is playing her too rough (bitchy) for a character that's supposed to be (believably) adored by everyone she encounters.

I don't understand why the opening and closing songs were redone in English. :/ I haven't noticed them do that for other Funimation animes before, though I'm sure they must have. Probably for Shin-chan? Still. Odd.

Clarification: When I dissed Vic Mignogna in my last entry, I did so without remembering who he is. *FacePalm* He's the English voice for Ikkaku in Bleach and (more importantly) Edward Elric in Fullmetal Alchemist! I swear I knew that. I think he's excellent in both those parts (particularly as Edward), but I stand by my belief that he sounds all wrong as Tamaki. Then again, if he had used his "Edward" voice, I think that would have been great. Why didn't you do that, Vic?

And for my final bitch about this dub: the worst offense after voice casting was changing Haruhi's closing line of the first episode to: "I'll just call everyone 'dude' and 'bro' now!" *EyeTwitch*

OMG, I love the Ouran Hight School Host Club manga. Tamaki/Kyouya is the best slash OTP ever. I adore the anime like nobody's business, but there is just so much MORE in the manga. Kyouya is so in love, and they are just so cute. When Kyouya meets Tamaki's mom, it is just the most adorable thing I've ever seen.

And Chapter 23, ripped right from the page: "Mom [he calls Kyouya "Mom" to his "Father"-- it's a long story], the pressure on a third son must be tough. Would you like a shoulder massage?" And then he gives him one. *Fangirl SQUEEEE* Yes, I am unabashedly represented by the fangirls in the manga. I have no problem with this.