Yeah, the only reason it even came to mind was because, well, around the eyebrow-lifting sex, HBO tends to do right by their miniseries. There might be a lot of sex between people who never saw each other in the source material, but they don't scrimp on the plot, either.
There's have to be extra sex between everyone else, because you know Kenshin never touched Kaoru. Not for a loooong time. (Because he thought he didn't deserve to be happy? Just out of being a gentleman? A little of both, and more to boot?)
Ah, it's a dream that some other channel might make a miniseries out of it that wouldn't involve the "Tits and Scowling" part.
True, HBO does good work (around all the uncomfortable sex).
If it weren't for the fact that Tsuiokuhen makes it pretty clear he slept with Tomoe, I would totally read Kenshin as a virgin, who spent his teenaged years slaughtering people and never really made that transition when he should have. As it stands, I think you're probably right: a combination of penitential control and gentlemanly instincts.
Now that has me thinking about another favorite episode: the one where everyone (especially the young women) are obsessed with the Western practice of men giving rings to women when they ask the women to marry them. And Kaoru becomes convinced Kenshin has asked her to marry him, and Kenshin is oblivious until (Sanosuke or Yahiko?) clues him in and then poor Kenshin basically BSODs. (And poor Kaoru, when she realizes it was all a misunderstanding.)
Completely. ^_^ I had to go delete another icon so I could upload this one, which I believe might be from that episode. Even if it isn't, it's still adorable. XD
But the whole BSOD due to Kaoru thinking they're engaged, knowing about Tomoe, makes me wonder how much of it was because of his previous marriage. (Trust me to take a funny episode and bring angst into it. :D)
There's have to be extra sex between everyone else, because you know Kenshin never touched Kaoru. Not for a loooong time. (Because he thought he didn't deserve to be happy? Just out of being a gentleman? A little of both, and more to boot?)
Ah, it's a dream that some other channel might make a miniseries out of it that wouldn't involve the "Tits and Scowling" part.
If it weren't for the fact that Tsuiokuhen makes it pretty clear he slept with Tomoe, I would totally read Kenshin as a virgin, who spent his teenaged years slaughtering people and never really made that transition when he should have. As it stands, I think you're probably right: a combination of penitential control and gentlemanly instincts.
But the whole BSOD due to Kaoru thinking they're engaged, knowing about Tomoe, makes me wonder how much of it was because of his previous marriage. (Trust me to take a funny episode and bring angst into it. :D)
Edited at 2012-03-22 11:32 am (UTC)