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== A Cage Named "Maturity" -- On "Puella Magi Madoka Magika" == | == A Cage Named "Maturity" -- On "Puella Magi Madoka Magika" == | ||
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This 224 page book [http://www.kinejun.com/book/detail/tabid/89/pdid/978-4-87376-374-3/Default.aspx] is scheduled for release in mid-August 2011. It will be an analysis of Madoka by Kenichi Yamakawa, who has formerly placed as a finalist in Japan's SF Critics Awards for his writing on Darwinism in H.G. Wells. | This 224 page book [http://www.kinejun.com/book/detail/tabid/89/pdid/978-4-87376-374-3/Default.aspx] is scheduled for release in mid-August 2011. It will be an analysis of Madoka by Kenichi Yamakawa, who has formerly placed as a finalist in Japan's SF Critics Awards for his writing on Darwinism in H.G. Wells. |
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A Cage Named "Maturity" -- On "Puella Magi Madoka Magika"
This 224 page book [1] is scheduled for release in mid-August 2011. It will be an analysis of Madoka by Kenichi Yamakawa, who has formerly placed as a finalist in Japan's SF Critics Awards for his writing on Darwinism in H.G. Wells.
This is the translation of the book's description, courtesy of symbv from evageeks forum.
成熟という檻 『魔法少女まどか☆マギカ』論 A cage named "maturity" -- On "Puella Magi Madoka Magika"
はじめに
Foreword
【1】希望のない檻—さやかと杏子 - cage without hope - Sayaka and Kyouko
1-1 希望と絶望 - Hope and Despair
さやかと杏子 - Sayaka and Kyouko
希望と絶望はなぜ「差し引きゼロ」なのか - Why do hope and desperation cancel each other out?
まどかの願い - Madoka's wish
テーマの複雑化 - The complication of themes
1-2 非人間的な秩序—Jホラーとの比較 - The inhuman order -- comparison with J-Horror
秩序の恐怖 - The terror of order
コズミック・コンフリクト - cosmic conflict
友に呼びかける - calling out for friends
1-3 さやかと杏子の結末—ホラーとしての『まどか☆マギカ』 - The denouement of Sayaka and Kyouko -- "Madoka Magika" as horror
魔法少女の生存条件 - The survival condition for mahou shoujo
さやかの結末 - Sayaka's denouement
杏子の結末 - Kyouko's denouement
1-4 「非人間的な秩序」とゾンビ - "Inhuman order" and Zombies
ホメロスからドラキュラまで - From Homer to Dracula
『モロー博士の島』 - "Island of Dr. Moreau"
ゾンビと未来 - Zombies and future
魔法少女とゾンビ - Mahou Shoujo and Zombies
全体主義と未来 - Totalitarianism and future
1-5 失った未来 - The lost future
タイムループ - Time loops
反復 - Reiteration
【2】希望の檻—まどかとほむら - Cage of Hope -- Madoka and Homura
2-1 インキュベーター - Incubator
インキュベーターと契約 - Incubator and contract
インキュベーターと未来 - Incubator and future
2-2 希望の檻 - Cage of Hope
ほむらとまどか - Homura and Madoka
未来の知識 - The wisdom of future
人間性と死 - Humanity and Death
『新世紀エヴァンゲリオン』と組織 - "Neon Genesis Evangelion" and Institution
2-3 ヒーローへの懐疑 - Skepticism towards heroes
心の自由とヒーロー - "Freedom of heart" and Heroes
避けられた対決 - Confrontations avoided
おわりに - Afterword