S01.E08: We’ve Had a Good Cry

[AnimeMania]

The nobles and servants try to ensure their survival by making a deal with the mercenaries who are close to breaching the villa gates.

Premiere Date: July 25, 2024        Netflix      

[lucindabelle]

I really enjoyed the series so much. I read this in college during the 80s, so the 80s soundtrack was particularly pleasing

 

I remember being shocked at how bawd the actual original is, full of perverted, monks, and nuns, along with some touching stories, and I thought this adaptation captured that just perfectly. The combination of the ridiculous the haphazard the cheeky servants. Everything was just perfect.
 

I loved the way it ended going back to the Decameron  itself, which is a collection of people telling stories to pass the time.

 

Did the villagers reject sirisco because of what happened to their friend or was their friendship always fake? I really hope it’s the former. And I was glad that the survivors sort of adopted him.I thought Tindaro was quite redeemed by his love for Stratelia and Jacopo, and his lack of snobbery was lovely, and I was sad that she could not return it. I thought it was quite amazing that he didn’t insist that she did death. She did respect him, and I am inclined to think that maybe they would have eventually gotten together had he lived just because of the practicality of it.

 

Did not quite believe that she would have rejected being a nonle woman , but that’s minor.

I have to say it didn’t go where I was expecting. I thought they would be a lot more stuff with Dioneo, and internal courtships, wasn’t expecting what happened with Rugero and all of the sudden deaths and then the mercenaries. the dead bodies were shocking. 
 

 I wish there was more conversation about this.