> sanjian wrote:

>> bobbie sellers wrote:

>>> Captain Nerd wrote:

>>

>>>> I thought Ai Yori Aoshi was pretty good about not following the
>>>> harem cliches, and that Aoi and Kaoru remain devoted to each
>>>> other in spite of the circumstances (and in spite of the
>>>> cliches). Kaoru was definitely not the harem blank or wimp, and
>>>> Aoi wasn't just a delicate flower petal blown by the winds of
>>>> others' will. I haven't seen all the anime, I'm going by the
>>>> manga version, but what I saw of the anime was fairly faithful
>>>> to the manga. Cap.
>>>>

>>> As in His and Her Circumstances the AYA ending is clipped though
>>> not so soon. The manga has a very satisfying conclusion but the
>>> anime stops long before it happens and modifies several important
>>> plot details.

>>
>> However, while the ending to AYA may have been clipped, it wasn't
>> hacked off with a hatchet and replaces with a freakish monstrosity
>> that completely changes the tone and nature of the series.

>
> True enough. Doesn't mean the anime AYA was as good as it could have
> been.
>
> Lots of anime modify the story to make it simpler thus
> underestimating the TV audience (I hope), Kare Kano was
> a particular horrible example of the nerve and money of the
> animation company failing.
>
> It would be more sensible to wait until the story
> the mangaka is writing is finished but maybe they were afraid
> of losing the manga audience. The KK story could have done
> with a plot outline for the animators, but it seems many times
> the writer has no idea which direction the story will be taking.