| Well, nothing is ever really just entertainment... |
| There are many men in Japan who have a wife and kids who they are only able to see for a few hours a week, so it makes sense that they would want to see people who they can view as if they were their children and can be with them at any time. |
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| Yes op the best way to teach depressed young adults in japan to solve their depression issues is by showing them subaru a character that solved his by running away from his problems in a fantasy world where he aims to become a harem lord |
| Don't really think any fucker would get yearning to emerge to society after seeing their brethren fly to isekai do stupid things and get killed numerous times |
gabrielrroiz said: Yes op the best way to teach depressed young adults in japan to solve their depression issues is by showing them subaru a character that solved his by running away from his problems in a fantasy world where he aims to become a harem lord The salt is real in this one. Ot. I don't believe that it is turning into a trend. |
| I agree anime isn't just entertainment, but I don't think you used the right term to describe it. By nature, art deals with being human, human thought and psychology. Art reacts to the zeitgeist and if right now we have a lot of shut-ins, art will explore this theme. 'Educate' isn't the right word. It will 'explore' this, play around with it, show it to us from different angles to make us think about it in new ways. |
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| Nah, I don't think so. At least not isekai/time travel shows. tbh getting transported to a fantasy world and becoming a strong hero/harem lord there looks like pretty blatant wish fullfilment to me. Don't see how that makes hikkikomoris go out more. If anything, relaxing/atmospheric SoL shows might have some therapeutic value. But more in a sense that it helps you relax after a long work/school day. Dunno if it does anything for neet otakus. |
Sirearthure said: I was recently watching Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu , and couldn't help but wonder... Do animes nowadays other than just entertaining japanese people (since mangas are primarily made for a japanese public) have more and more as a goal to "educate" or even maybe have a "therapy" effect to some japanese people? A skilled author has the power to influence people with his/her writings. Some use it subconsciously, by letting the author's own worldview and philosophy influence their works. A work largely based around the author's own experiences can be quite educational if they are unusual experiences. Some do it on purpose, writing works meant to impart important lessons on the future generations. I've heard Hayao Miyazaki does it, for example. Some are subtle, some are blunt and in-your-face. This largely depends on the intended audience's age and the writer's skill and wisdom. I remember most soviet books being quite in-your-face. It's the same in anime. Yes, it seems that there is a lot of "therapy" anime lately, as opposed to "motivational" anime like stereotypical shounens. Maybe the authors feel that Japan needs it. Maybe Japan needs it, and the "therapy" manga and novels get more popular and more likely to be animated because of that. |
BRB-kun said: gabrielrroiz said: Yes op the best way to teach depressed young adults in japan to solve their depression issues is by showing them subaru a character that solved his by running away from his problems in a fantasy world where he aims to become a harem lord The salt is real in this one. Ot. I don't believe that it is turning into a trend. The subject metter is way too personal for me to let to be calm |
IndigoBangarang said: Nah, I don't think so. At least not isekai/time travel shows. tbh getting transported to a fantasy world and becoming a strong hero/harem lord there looks like pretty blatant wish fullfilment to me. Don't see how that makes hikkikomoris go out more. If anything, relaxing/atmospheric SoL shows might have some therapeutic value. But more in a sense that it helps you relax after a long work/school day. Dunno if it does anything for neet otakus. Escapist shows are the type of shows that confirm our worldviews and don't challenge them. They're stories that keep our mind off the bad stuff and make those shut-ins stay shut-ins. Aren't there anime that explore the shut-in theme more deeply? |
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