Meanwhile, in news from Harvard, eminent medical researchers have discovered that tongue-in-cheek cheeriness in a blog is frequently a symptom of shock, bewilderment and pronounced bleeding of the brain.
The two facts may have some relation.
My take on this? Mein Kampf is important historically, because it gives people a look into the roots of Nazism. But making it into a comic book turns it into entertainment. Now, the editor who worked on the manga has this to say:
“It is a famous book, but there are few who have read it. I think it is [studying] material for knowing Hitler, a man synonymous with ‘devil,’ and what sort of thinking created that level of tragedy.”
It sounds great, on the surface. Because hey, if it makes educational material more accessible, then that has to be good, right? But I'm inclined to agree with Kalinara when she says that if your interest is in creating "studying material", bring out a Japanese translation, not a damned Nazi comic book.
That said, though, I'm not gonna say "oh, it's definitely the Worst Thing Ever" without reading it. And I have to admit that I kind of want to read it - even if only to see just how they've managed to turn something like Mein Kampf, which I've always heard is all abstract and instruction-manual-ish and not really a narrative at all, into comic form. Nice to see that the part of my brain which goes "...wait, what the hell?" is still in its timeless battle with the part which goes "morality aside, I'm fascinated". Sigh.
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