Comments on: The Dual Perspectives of Saya no Uta

By: Angelus

Angelus — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 22:19:19 +0000

Late comment, much? Still, you’re getting things wrong. First, Saya wasn’t only from another world, she was from another dimension/universe – Dr. Ougai brought her to Earth accidentally during one of his experiments with alchemy. Second, the human race wasn’t destroyed, just transformed. To the transformed humans, the world was just as beautiful as before, and what’s more, it was a place where Fuminori could live. Third, Saya wanted love not because love is some magical universal force, but because Dr. Ougai said she needed it in order to reproduce. She was exploiting Fuminori solely in order to achieve her ends, but then, who wouldn’t want to be exploited like that?

By: erre

erre — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:53:24 +0000

It’s a great story. The viewpoint of the different characters adds well to the story and in the end it’s really hard to tell which ending is the best. All 3 endings have their good sides but also leave some sadness in you.

By: ETERNAL

ETERNAL — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 02:23:41 +0000

@ Kona: It's an excellent game, but if you don't feel comfortable with it you should probably hold off. It's a lot worse than most violent anime I can think of. Still, it's not going anywhere, so you might want to try it later on. @ Martin: Nitro+ isn't too different from Type-Moon; I think TM works more with fantasy and elaborate in-universe webs (the Nasuverse as a whole is...massive), and Nitro+ focuses more on the psychological stuff, but they're similar in enough ways that you'll probably like both. Saya no Uta definitely has its violent moments, but I think the scary parts are mostly in the mind, which, as you said, can be infinitely more terrifying. @ Tsubasa: I think that would have been a happier ending on their part, but I still can't bring myself to truly wish for the characters' happiness. It's bittersweet in retrospect, but given the choice, I personally can't change the fact that Fuminori's sheer insanity was too much for me to think about normal things like happy endings.

By: Tsubasa

Tsubasa — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 23:03:02 +0000

It really was bittersweet for a “true” ending. I still haven’t decided if I would have liked it better if Saya herself would have survived with Koji to see the new world…

By: Martin

Martin — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:21:30 +0000

I have to say I’m intrigued by this one…perhaps in part to the dropping of Satoshi Kon’s name into your description. The idea of what’s scary as being something very subjective is interesting – I recall having a discussion about Fate/Stay Night and how the gore didn’t affect me much (working with blood day in day out must’ve made me desensitised to it I guess) but I’m much more likely to be unsettled by thematic and psychological stuff.

Anyway, I like contrasts in stories, such as light/dark, different perspectives on morality and bittersweet resolutions and so forth. Chances are I might actually like this…

By: Kona

Kona — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:46:37 +0000

A very nice review, honestly. With the way you described the storyline and emotions of the characters in detail, made me quite hooked to this post. XD
I did contemplate on whether to get this or not, since…it has H and there’s quite some gore which I heard of. But still…I think I won’t get it, hahaha. Not sure whether I can stand the gore…and I am afraid that I might get a bit mixed up with who am I etc. after reading/playing it, lol.
But still, thank you for this post, it was really intriguing. ^^