ZOMG Darker than Black Was Brought Back From the Dead
June 4th, 2009
…or Out of the Dark, whatever works.
…booo~!
It’s only been a few months (barely 2 months) since the epic Darker than Black Rewatch Movement, and now THIS. Talk about some amazing coincidence. Could it be as issa-sa has said, that the Reappraisal Movement brought Darker than Black from the dead?! Well that’s what we’d like to believe, in the same way as other bloggers would like to think that they were the FORCE behind this change, but considering that rumors of this sequel have been circulating ever since that Bones Leakage… bummmer. Would’ve been a totally EFFIN’ coincidence if the rewatch happened without the rumors. But anyways.
Fans of the series seem to be divided over this news, some prefer the series left as it is, while some are more than happy to see MOAR, me included (either to see the characters reunited, resurrected, or to have the “missing details” filled-in). Here’s what some bloggers (via the Google Reader Shared Items Sekkret Society — JOIN NOW! lol) have to say:
omo:I hope they bring back 11/11. It’s 1/3 of the reason why I liked the first set.
YES. MOAR 11/11 is GOOD.
Omisyth: I can’t even remember what happened in the first series tbh.
LOL. I’m sure other people can relate to this… a rewatch is all you need to Remember Love!
Coburn: [...] I for one would have preferred it if they’d left things as they were with DtB. Will still be watching.
Panther had the same sentiment too. Worst comes to worst, we can all just pretend the sequel never happened! but I doubt that would happen.
Owen: @Coburn Eh, it’s still Tensai Okamura at the helm. As long as he gets Shinsuke Onishi to write more than just a couple of main character arcs I guess we’re all good to go!
I feel like pulling off the “That’s cheating. Everyone who knows names [...] will know it is worth watching” card here, but I won’t.
Hige: The world is developed enough to sustain a completely new cast and BONES have got the talent to make any character interesting. I’d be cool if Hei/Yin were perhiphery, perhaps coming back into the spotlight at a Super Dramatic Moment. Misaki will probably be more conspicuous – her role makes her much easier to write into situations. Personally I’m just glad the /world/ is coming back. So many interesting thematic ideas left to be explored.
Awesomesauce speculations. And yes, I concur.
I’ll be happy just to see more of Yin (I never quite understood what happened to Yin by the end of the series), Hei, Misaki and November 11 (if that’d be possible), really. I can only hope people won’t start setting “expectations” for this new season, because getting ahead of what you’re watching (and being really close-minded about it) can be one of the Ultimate Recipes for Doom and Disappointment.
Also, as much as I feel lucky that I only became a Darker than Black fan not until recently, and that I didn’t have to go through the “agony” of waiting for this sequel to arrive, I feel as if I’m missing out on the “nostalgia factor” this new season brings. Unlike my sempais who followed the show back when it aired in Spring 2007, I don’t have that same “ZOMG Reunion after Years!!!” natsukashii~ DOKI DOKI WAKU WAKU feeling. It’ll take a bit of time before a series totally sinks in to you and reach Nostalgia Level. I, for one, have not yet immersed myself so much into the Darker than Black world. Writing blog posts is not enough! In fact, I think immersing yourself in the music would be the better “channel” for the said nostalgia. Then there’s also the nostalgia factor from following a series on a weekly basis, sharing the experience with fellow fans, or rewatching a series for a number of times. But yeah, I owe it to myself to immerse (or re-immerse) myself into DtB. More DtB exposure would be good.
Till the DtB Resurrection finally comes…! 
Credits to ?? for the gorgeously cute Yin fanart X3
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