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To me, one reason that Knox's Decalogue is interesting is that it's venerable enough for there to be stories that deliberately play with it. I'm particularly aw
by 0xcde4c3db 5y ago
To me, one reason that Knox's Decalogue is interesting is that it's venerable enough for there to be stories that deliberately play with it. I'm particularly aware of the visual novels Virtue's Last Reward (which arguably makes a point of violating the letter of each of the rules while preserving their underlying intent) and Umineko When They Cry (which is hard to explain without blatant spoilers except to say that the rules wind up being much more important than they initially seem). I'm curious as to whether there are other examples of this phenomenon.
- GuB-42 5y agoI was about to mention Umineko, I mean, there is even a character named Knox, and it is not a coincidence. As for what it is, it is strongly inspired by Agatha Christie's "And Then There Were None" but it ends up questioning the nature of reality. There is an anime but it doesn't do the visual novel justice. I don't consider the adaptation that bad, it is just that the story is so twisted and complex that it is simply impossible to fit into 26 episodes.