Amazing what one can realise on a bus

[puddingcat]

The scene where Omi shoots his brother bugged me since I watched the episode at the weekend, and not *only* because of Omi's appalling hand position.

He uses a compound bow, but not a trigger release.

Considering (a) the detail in the animation of all other technology (identifiable cars & bikes, accurate brake systems, etc - if I still shot I reckon the bow would have been an actual model as well), and (b) the whole character / storyline thing, that just doesn't fit. An assassin should use the most accurate tool for the job; i.e. a trigger release, not fingers. And if he's skilled enough to hit someone through the windscreen of a fast-moving car, he should be skilled enough for his hand to end up by his shoulder, not flopping around in midair.

I reckon he should have used a bow sling, too - but I shot recurve and can't remember whether compound archers use them.

< / archery geek >

Comments

[daegaer.livejournal.com]

When Omi becomes Mamoru (as he is in this icon) he acts in a far more mature manner, which makes me suspect that his Omi-childishness is in fact meant to be something he puts on. (There are some later scenes where he does act up the ditzy teenager thing, or acts in a very sweet and tender way towards those that need help, in a manner that seems either conciously childish or girlish). Poor lad. He's a crazy mixed up kid!

[puddingcat.livejournal.com]

Crazy? Mixed up? Next to the rest of them, he's positively sane!

I can't work out whether the disco suit I'm imagining is better or worse than the too-short shorts he's so fond of...

[daegaer.livejournal.com]

Omi's fashion choices make so much more sense if you just assume he REALLY likes older men who never quite mentally left the 1970s.

[puddingcat.livejournal.com]

*Sporfles*

Of course, I'm now thinking of Jeremy Clarkson...

BAD brain!

[daegaer.livejournal.com]

Ahahahaha!

Oh dear. Pass the brain bleach.