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Feed Me Your Wretched Anime Suggestions

Arceus0x said:
That's why instead of watching anime you should be reading Re:Zero
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What a remarkably sagacious young man we have here! His intellect shines forth like a beacon amidst the fog of mediocrity, and his wit dances with the grace of a fine waltz. Indeed, one cannot help but be captivated by his erudition and charm. He embodies the very essence of youthful brilliance, leaving a trail of inspiration in his wake. A true paragon of promise, he is destined to leave an indelible mark upon the world!
 
Keep putting words in my mouth and I might put something in your mouth that, believe me, you won't enjoy
 
I'm back. I finally got around to this, just about a month before the next one gets posted.

I watched Frieren. It started really strong and then got shockingly mediocre about halfway through, once the shine of its great premise wore off. I have a lot of nitpicks across the episodes, but the biggest one would easily be the incessant and obsessive need of the writers to jam in expository flashbacks in every single ******* scene, often for characters that are blatantly not terribly important.

Uninspired story beats, forgettable characters, and a penchant for stereotypes. It was a disappointing watch after it started off so good. If you asked me my feelings at the halfway mark, I would have said a flat 8/10, a very respectable and appreciable score. With the second half... I lean towards 6.75/10. It wasn't a miserable watch, it had enjoyable bits interspersed within the fields of not-fun moments, but it got old pretty fast, juxtaposed against Frieren herself.

Best moment in the whole thing was the dismissive "Aura. Kill yourself." bit.
 
I have not watched the Frieren anime in full, so I can't speak on the experience you may have had, but on the topic of the flashbacks, its of my personal opinion that they're rather necessary for the story and actually are quite entertaining.

The story is basically following Frieren after the end of her journey. All the actions she takes in her "journey beyond" are all influenced by her experiences in the past, and her experience with the Hero's Party. Basically, the past connects to the present— if you don't see her past experiences that influenced the present Frieren, you don't really get the full picture of how a simple 10-year journey had such a profound effect on a being with basically infinite time, who didn't think a single decade with humans who have the lifespan of a gnat in comparison to her could ever truly change her.

This is just me, of course, and everyone has their own tastes when it comes to how to handle flashbacks, exposition, etc. The flashbacks just personally enriched the experience for me, as a manga reader.
 
I would mind flashbacks less of they weren't so damned omnipresent. By the end it felt like half of every episode was a flashback to make up for the lack of clarity in whatever the **** was going on. Also seemed like many were straight up unnecessary, but there's no subtlety in the storytelling. Everything has to be explicitly laid out and often double or triple stated for some reason. Very frustrating.
 
I can agree Frieren isn't a series that's much for subtlety, but not every series exactly needs it to be entertaining.

Either way, if you didn't like it you didn't like it, at the end of the day I'm just yapping my opinion.
 
Sakamoto Days. I personally haven't seen it yet, but I think it has a lot of potential, and the premise seems interesting. So I think you should check it out.
 
Steins Gate and Castlevania will wait for next year, then. Just glad that he didn't watch an anime that ruined his entire perspective on anime further.
 
For me Frieren was enjoyable. I didn't come looking for entertainment I came looking to chill. I liked the exposition because I generally like slow talkative anime. I came for the vibes and I got vibes. To me it's a 8.5 to 9/10 with my main issue being nobody ever reacting to pain properly.
 
I'd recommend giving DanDaDan a try, but it is  weird, and I don't mean the gross kind of weird, I just mean that it's weird. It's still a great series with really good action, good characters, and a surprisingly good romance.

The plot is basically a guy who believes in UFOs but not ghosts and a girl who believes in ghosts but not UFOs challenge each other to go hot spots for both activities. They do, and it turns out both (and more) are real; supernatural hijinks ensue.

I don't know if Mr. Bambu would like it, but eh, it's worth a shot.
 
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