Just some thinking about Yandere page image...: Yandere

That's a wee bit gargantuan, man. Panels 3-4 only maybe?

Probably a good idea.

Dunno I kind of think it is irreducible. Panel 3 shows just the "crazy in love" part, but you need 1 2 & 4 to get the "murderously crazy" part. Something else?

Why would you need one and two? Those aren't even about yanderes.

I don't see the need for panels 1 or 2 either.

The two other girls appear in the last panel, I think their identity is important; the yandere isn't just murdering people, she is murdering other girls that like you.

edited 25th Dec '11 10:30:03 PM by rodneyAnonymous

I disagree. It's perfectly indicative without knowing who they are.

But knowing who they are is important, isn't it? It weakens the image significantly if she is killing other schoolgirls, rather than killing explicit rivals for the reader's attention.

It does add something. Maybe we should try a 2x2 configuration.

On second reading, I see what you mean. Doesn't convey the full impact, but it does get the point across more succinctly with only two. But I don't think we have permission from the artist, which we'd need for the whole comic, anyway.

edited 25th Dec '11 10:53:15 PM by Psychobabble6

Try cutting out panel 2.

We could always ask the artist for permission to use the entire thing.

I think it works without that, since the girl from panel two is barely visible in the background in the final panel. I've got more against the fact that the bat has no sense of motion whatsoever.

We could always assume that the girl being batted in panel 4 is the one the girl on panel 3 is in love with, and she's resorting to the usual Yandere procedure to solve unfaithfulness. The other girl? Either the one she caught her beloved 'cheating' her on, or collateral damage. `-`

I question that, since their is rarely a neural way of getting the point across... Do agree that the image that we have currently doesn't really illustrates the point of the trope. But then again neither does the suggested image. The reason to why is simple... context. In the context of things, a Yandere is a threat to everyone around themselves, including themselves. Nothing of the pic here of Yuno shows of the maddening degrees of her character (and by that same token, the trope) and the current suggestion only show the action and is not reflective of the context of Yandere's in general (that they are a threat to everyone around them, including themselves). That is difficult to put to image but that is possible outside of the suggestion.

edited 31st Jan '12 12:25:57 AM by TheLeangle

Didn't even know the origin and context of the current pic and thought it was perfect. Combined with the caption, I think the idea of the trope gets across just fine. No need to change - IMHO, of course. Keep Until Better Image Suggested - even if I doubt the need to even look for a better image exists.

I'll accept that a better image could exist.

However, the current image is good enough. So I don't feel very motivated to find a new one.

I thought there was already a discussion about this months ago and just stuck to the image. I don't see why we have to have enough debate to change it again.

I personally would wait until the Mirai Nikki anime gives us more pictures to work with. Other than that, this picture is fine. We don't need multiple panels with too much text that you might not be able to read.

I still think the comic represents this pretty well.

At the very least, the current pic needs to be moved to the Anime/Manga subpage; see the notice at the top of the thread list.

edited 10th Jan '12 8:37:36 PM by Willbyr

What about the "imageless super-page" rule?

Exactly what I was referring to...I just realized I wasn't too specific in that last post, edited for clarity.

edited 10th Jan '12 8:38:29 PM by Willbyr

Keep the current one. All the other replacements proposed have either been too text heavy and/or worse. The one we have now does a fine job.

I don't see a need to change it either.

Hm, idea. I'll try to remember to come back with it in a few hours.