Talk:Pannacotta Fugo/@comment-37889052-20181222052920

IMO the anime's backstory was a mixed bag.

Making the professor indisputably deserving of a hardcover beatdown doesn't display Fugo's personality as strongly as either the manga or Purple Haze Feedback. The vague explanation of the original on its own almost disregards reasoning from the situation entirely, serving to emphasize how erratic his anger can be. PHF gives a tad bit of moral leeway in the insult of Fugo's grandmother, while shifting the attitude of the assault (and similar outbursts) to being based in Fugo's hardheaded beliefs; ones that conflict with the cautious common sense that influenced his decision to abandon the group. With the animated interpretation, Fugo basically had every right to link the professor's head to an extra spine; it was clear that his advances were going to escalate without a prompt retreat or a show of force, thus it becomes merely "excessive" self-defence instead of an erratic fit.

The waiter confrontation did display Fugo's intelligence, but gave a sort of pretentious/smartass vibe that I didn't take to.

Barring those two examples, the rest was fine. The almost-patricide scene plays really well to an interpretation of Fugo's anger being uncontrollable. The rumor-spreading and how his family acquits and disowns him feed into how much of a blow the incident was to the Fugo namesake. Again, mixed bag.

also this was basically a death blow to the chances of a PHF OVA, barring a bit of retcon

maybe it can try to be spun as quite separate from the anime, though what bolsters PHF so much for me is its feasibility as canon

no im not mad