Rated YA-MA discussion

Emily wrote: "I finished today. Holy Cow! I knew early on that this book was going to break my heart and I wasn’t wrong! I wasn’t sure how, of course, but I knew it would. I have read all other comments. I’..."

I'm totally with you on the Forbidden comparison (view spoiler)[especially in regard to the helpless feelings both the boys have as well as what ultimately happens to both. (hide spoiler)]

And in both books, you suspect that it won't end well yet you are hoping, rooting for that to be wrong.

After reading The Storyteller by Michaelis, here's what came to mind:

The plot reminds me of the anime, CODE GEASS Lelouch of the Rebellion.
Not only the plot but the characters too!
They have very very close resemblance.

Like Nunnally is Micha, fragile and innocent and needs to be protected from a world who is ready to devour her.

And Lelouch is Abel, who would do everything in his power to give his sister a future different from his.

Note that in both stories, the sister is depicted as the queen. Micha is Abel's little cliff queen and Nunnally is Lulu's queen piece in his chess game.

Perhaps one significant difference is that Lelouch has too many Anna's lurking around him while Abel has only one. Moreover, Lelouch wasn't an antisocial but the opposite: he was on the summit of fame.

At the end, the same fate happens to both protagonists and they both fell in the arms of their little sisters.

But of all this, The Storyteller did break more of the walls that separated reality from fiction than did Code Geass.

Interesting. I didn't realize that.

Raylin wrote: "
The plot reminds me of the anime, CODE GEASS Lelouch of the Rebellion.
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I read The Storyteller months ago and had the same thought crossed my mind, especially about the Nunnally x Micha comparison. I just had to drop by and comment because I fangirled a bit knowing someone thought of the same thing. XD

It's fun when someone else randomly comes up with the same thoughts or comparisons.