My 17-year-old brother really likes JJK 0 (as well as JJK in general really) and got me to read a scanlation of the relevant manga volume. He also gave me an impromptu speech about the bond between Yuuta and Rika. To be clear I was interested in what he had to say about them though I don't have nearly as many feelings about Yuuta as he does. I do agree with you about Rika and that the situation could have been explored more. In general I kind of thought the JJK 0 felt like a bit like speedrunning a much longer series though I'm not sure we'd have necessarily gotten more about Rika there either, given my experience with shonen. I liked it well enough that I think I'll join him and his friends when they watch JJK 0 if they do it at a time that I don't mind being awake at. He showed me the first few episodes of the show too and I'd like to keep watching it with him I'm not really interested in continuing it on my own. I'm more interested in what my brother sees in it than what I do. I read the Sandman comics and quite liked them but I'm not sure I'll check out the show because it would be weird for me to see these characters portrayed as real live action people. I am curious about how they'll adapt some of the stories *cough* A Game of You *cough* in light of modern-day sensibilities though I think most of them hold up decently.
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I do agree with you about Rika and that the situation could have been explored more. In general I kind of thought the JJK 0 felt like a bit like speedrunning a much longer series though I'm not sure we'd have necessarily gotten more about Rika there either, given my experience with shonen.
I liked it well enough that I think I'll join him and his friends when they watch JJK 0 if they do it at a time that I don't mind being awake at. He showed me the first few episodes of the show too and I'd like to keep watching it with him I'm not really interested in continuing it on my own. I'm more interested in what my brother sees in it than what I do.
I read the Sandman comics and quite liked them but I'm not sure I'll check out the show because it would be weird for me to see these characters portrayed as real live action people. I am curious about how they'll adapt some of the stories *cough* A Game of You *cough* in light of modern-day sensibilities though I think most of them hold up decently.