Kutsuzure Sensen Chapter 12

Comrades, it is time to march on! The front line is awaiting us!

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WHITE. LILIES.

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Or !Kutsu12 on IRC.

If you have trouble reading the extra pages… you can grab bigger versions here and here
Enjoy!

It might be that Rasenjins writing spirit rubs off on me but I’ve been feeling compelled to write some random info on Kutsuzure release posts lately. Weird stuff. Anyhow last time I got severly reprimanded for my inconsistent and messy writing style – I’ll do my best to deliver a cleaner piece of text this time around. Alright. Rusalka.
I think nearly everyone has heard of Hans Christian Andersen’s “Little Mermaid” (The success of this story today is not completely unrelated to the Disney movie…) and the western view of mermaids has been greatly influenced by this work, which is in stark contrast with the personality of a Rusalka. Yes, I see the Rusalka as the “Slavic mermaid”.
There’s an Opera called “Rusalka” by Antonín Dvořák (Who also happens to be one of my favorite composers – Now this opera is really a great one. Certainly one of the best Czech operas out there. If you don’t want to listen to the whole thing, look for a good version of “Song to the moon” and feel Rusalka’s love reaching out!), which oddly also rejects the negative view that the Slavic mythology has. (From the old (translated) fairy tales that I read, a Rusalka was pretty much an evil incarnate in water, a water demon) I’ve also been pointed to a fantasy novel titled “Rusalka” by C. J. Cherryh, but unfortunately I’ve never read this story so I can’t tell you much about it. Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky also composed a “Rusalka” opening, but to be honest, I don’t think it’s really good. I guess I just don’t like Dargomyzhsky. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s (Remember him? As I said last time, he used a lot of fairy tales and mythological creatures in his creations) “May night” also features a Rusalka. This Opera is quite elusive – I know it exists, I’ve read an abstract of the story but the only audio fragment I’ve ever been able to find is an Overture. Still looking for a version of the whole thing – unfortunately this, just like “Snow Maiden”, is one of those works which they never perform over here. CmertB also mentioned to me that there’s an enemy called Rusalka in the game “Betrayal at Krondor”; an old CRPG. Enough about music and Rusalkas; next time I’ll try to write something without mentioning a single musical work.

Enjoy!

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5 Responses to Kutsuzure Sensen Chapter 12

  1. vipo says:

    Thanks a lot for the new chapter!! 🙂

  2. random says:

    There’s also a Rusalka in the all-around excellent old adventure/rpg Quest For Glory IV: Shadows of Darkness. She’s quite faithful to the stay-the-fuck-away-if-you-like-living character of the original folklore “water revenants”; in fact she politely warns the Hero against entering the (IIRC) lake she lives in, because then she’d be compelled to summarily drown him which would be a shame as she doesn’t have too many people to talk with…

  3. auriga says:

    Thanks for the new chapter! 😀

  4. jclg69 says:

    Thanks for the translation.

  5. YuriM says:

    >Still looking for a version of the whole thing
    You can find everything on rutracker

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