Shipping Meme #7

[eastofthemoon]

Day 07 - The most heartbreaking scene?



Anise and Ion from Tales of the Abyss have one the most heartbreaking scenes. While these two are too young to have a serious relationship (Anise is only 13 and Ion 14-15 I think) they did have the potential of their close relationship becoming more when they're older. They were a very cute couple.

For those who don't know, here's a brief summary. Ion is forced to read a prophecy on a stone that only he can read, but it will kill him. The badguy here kidnaps Anise's parents and forced her to bring Ion to it. So, yeah, Anise basically had a large hand in how Ion died and you know the guilt is killing her.

Day 01 - What is your current favorite ship?
Day 02 - What was your very first ship?
Day 03 - A pairing that needs to happen now?
Day 04 - The pairing with the most chemistry?
Day 05 - The pairing with the least chemistry?
Day 06 - The best kiss?
Day 07 - The most heartbreaking scene?
Day 08 - The pairing with the most baggage?
Day 09 - The most believable relationship?
Day 10 - Why aren't these two married in real life?
Day 11 - What is your dream pairing?
Day 12 - Who had the best wedding?
Day 13 - What is your favorite television pairing?
Day 14 - What is your favorite book pairing?
Day 15 - What is your favorite real life pairing?
Day 16 - What is the absolute worst pairing?
Day 17 - A pairing you thought would never work out, but did?
Day 18 - What is the cutest pairing?
Day 19 - A pairing you've rooted for since the beginning?
Day 20 - The "can't stand the sexual tension anymore" pairing?
Day 21 - A pairing you like and no one else understands why?
Day 22 - A pairing you hate and no one else understands why?
Day 23 - A crazy love triangle/quadrilateral that worked out great?
Day 24 - A crazy love triangle/quadrilateral that worked out badly?
Day 25 - A pairing that was/would-be adorable, but could never work out?
Day 26 - A pairing that you hated and ended up loving?
Day 27 - A pairing that you loved and ended up hating?
Day 28 - A pairing that you will never understand?
Day 29 - What ship had the best proposal?
Day 30 - Your favorite ship forever and ever and ever?

Comments

[brendala.livejournal.com]

Anise really had it bad in that game. The duel with Arietta later on is just as depressing as Ion's scene. And then she has to deal with looking at the new copy whenever she visits the cathedral after that. :(

[auriga]

IIIOOOOON T_T

I agree with you, that scene was always such a tearjerker--and it's actually one of the few the anime did well (I think it was somehow even sadder, from what I remember!). It's even more depressing when you realize that Ion only actually lived for about two to three years, too.

[earthstar-moon.livejournal.com]

It's probably even sadder in the anime because you have a clear view of Anie's expression while in the game you don't get a close view of her face until after Ion's death. Poor Ion, he really got cheated. ;_;

[earthstar-moon.livejournal.com]

Arietta always makes me really sad in that she's missing the original Ion who has already been dead for the last few years. (If you ever read the manga version, you'll discover that the original Ion was not that nice of a person. @_@_

[brendala.livejournal.com]

So the Tales of the Abyss anime is actually good!? I didn't bother tracking down fansubs because game-to-anime adaptations almost always suck and I was burned by the lousy Tales of Phantasia anime.

I'm pretty sure it was licensed recently. I'll totally have to check it out now.

[auriga]

Oh, no, it was still kind of bad. XD;; It's just that Ion's death scene was one of the few they actually did well. The problem with the anime is that they were actually too faithful in adapting the game--it does tend to feel like you're watching somebody else do sidequests, and the battles are terrible.

For example, one scene that aggravated me was the fight against Van at the Absorption Gate. In the anime, Luke and Tear confront him by themselves first, and Van moves to kill Luke...while Tear stands about two feet away and dramatically screams Luke's name. XP

[earthstar-moon.livejournal.com]

I will say that the Abyss anime is better than the Tales of Phantasia anime, mainly because they were able to do the whole plot and you don't have to play the game to understand what's going on. However, it's not perfect as Zen just stated below me.

With that said, if you played the game you maybe get bored with the aime because you know EXACTLY what's going to happen next. A person who hadn't played the game would probably find it more enjoyable since they don't know what will happen in the plot. It's hard to explain unless you see it.

Granted, having said all that, I probably will still pick up the anime when it comes out on DVD. XP

[auriga]

Yes, there's that too. I haven't seen the Phantasia or Symphonia animes, but I did hear how they tried to cram all the plot into such a short running time for the Symphonia OVAs, which is just asking for failure. XD;

That's a good point, too. On the one hand, a game-based anime should theoretically have a good chance since it's already got the existing fanbase (I was excited for it in the beginning!), but it's hard to stay interested if there isn't enough new material to set itself apart. I heard they made the ending a bit more clear, but I gave up before I got that far. We needed something else besides animation that was better than the in-game graphics...^^;

[earthstar-moon.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think that's the problem. If you haven't played the game, you'll be interested in what's going to happen. If you have played the game it just feels like you're playing it again with someone else using the control. It would have be nice if they put in some new content for the players.

Although, I did like the flashbacks since we didn't get to actually see them in the game, they were just mention. Example, Natalia remembering taking care of young Luke after his "kidnapping" and seeing Tear's memories, etc. More stuff like that would have been nice.

[spellcoats.livejournal.com]

Technically Ion is two.

[earthstar-moon.livejournal.com]

Yes, but I was going for appearance wise at least. XD

[spellcoats.livejournal.com]

But it's so much funnier if you set Anise and Tear up as cradle-robbers on technicalities!

[earthstar-moon.livejournal.com]

Too true, too true. XD