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Originally posted by sdfadsa:
um... what did you think the plot was? What i wrote isn't what i thought the plot was... it was what i thought the moral of the story is... that guys ruin girls and turn them into sexaddicts like porn stars for example. I might be a guy but thats wat i think is the moral and they created the anime so guys wouldn't ruin girls anymore and rape them...
You said "I also think i get the plot and its that we men ruin woman". The only way I can read that line is that you thought that was the plot of the story, not the moral. So I answered it as such.
*SPOILERS* - Just so I don't forget...
For me, the plot was about control and who really has it. Yusuke did believe that women were secretly nymphomaniacs, that behind each innocent face was a monster of wanton desire. So he sought to dominate and control that monster within his stepmother through his acts. It gave him a feeling of power and superiority. However, at the end, it wasn't him in control, it was his stepmother who was. Although he appeared dominate, she was the one with the power and it was her using him to feed her own appetites and desires.
As for the moral, I felt it was a bit more than "guys ruin girls and turn them into sexaddicts" as you say. Again, going back to the "monster" analogy, Yusuke acts were attempts to control and stop the "monster" within his stepmother. However, in doing those acts, he not only created and released the very "monster" he wanted to stop, but he became a "monster" himself.
So for me, at the very end, when he walked in on his stepmother, he finally came to a full realization of what he had created and what he had become. He became aware that the perceived weakness he saw within women was actually a reflection of his own weakness. It pushed his self-loathing to a critical point. And to me, he sought that one last gesture of control, to put an end to the "monster" which he most feared, I think he took his own life at the end.
So that's my own reasoning, I'm sure others have different opinions. That's probably why I liked the underlying story more than I would have normally, I think they did a good job of leaving much of the interpretation open to let the viewer decide. *shrug* Of course the question becomes, did the writers intend for it to be that way or did they want to force a particular viewpoint. I don't know. That's why I said it was only speculation on my part.
So there, I tried to answer your questions based off my own opinions on the anime. There's no need to get huffy about it. It's not like your questions were being ignored. Not everyone has seen that particular anime, and of those that have, not everyone may have put an opinion together about what the plot or moral was. And who knows, maybe once I finish playing Gibo itself, maybe I'll change my interpretation of what the anime was about. That's what discussion is all about.