Speaking of anime blogging, I find this post on
Madoka to be interesting (SPOILERS for Madoka and Steins;Gate) -
http://animeotaku.animeblogger.net/2012/02/madoka-of-temporal-recursions-and-noble-hearts/
I don't think this is a particularly great post or anything, I just find the way he approaches writing about the text interesting. This is because he starts his analysis like this -
He draws attention to his own ignorance on these subjects, which he then uses an excuse (rightly or wrongly) not to get involved with that part of the discussion. However, he then immediately goes on to say-
Okay, so once again he's drawing attention to his ignorance, but this time rather than shying away from a discussion he engages with it anyway. I have no idea how well versed he is in the
magical girl genre, but even though he doesn't cite many example he still feels that he can draw a comparison between
Madoka and the genre as a whole. This seems like a dangerous move from someone without a grounding in the magical girl genre. I mean, genre theory isn't quite that simple.
Why doesn't he treat discussions about
'Madoka vs The Magical Girl Genre' along the same lines as
'Madoka as a Deconstruction' - admit that he's ignorant about both fields. Then again, he's hardly alone in talking at length about
Madoka vs The Magical Girl Genre without any real experience.