This is a curious case. I think it's definitely my story with Neon Genesis Evangelion. Normally, as a fan of the Psychological genre, I would have a great interest in watching the anime. However, having seen a good number of people who behave extremely elitist and, at the same time, this anime as a favorite, I sincerely "marked" the anime with great anger. It seems that every time I hear about the anime, it reminds me of toxic people who like to boast about the complexity of the anime and point out their IQ as "super high", feeling superior because of their "" superior taste " "and hammering in your head like that show is" objectively the best ".
Usually, anyone who points out their preference as absolute truth irritates me, and I usually ignore it. However, not only with Evangelion, but with the vast majority of animes that lead to the fame of complexes like Serial Experiments Lain, Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu, Texhnolyze, among others, my experience in interacting with someone from the fandom, or simply watching someone, no it was nothing good. It became something that was stigmatized, even though I always tried to ignore it. And I think it doesn't just happen to me, since I have already seen troll profiles that built exactly that image, put these animes in favorites and created topics satirizing this same behavior.
Yes, I know that not all members of the fandom do this and I am aware that this part represents a minority. My intention is not to generalize. I also know that the show and the fandom are completely different things. In some distant future, I might decide to watch, but the fact that the anime, at that moment, reminds me of that part of the fandom, would make me misjudge, or watch it grudgingly or in anger. And, by no means, do I want to watch something without there being a climate for it. It does not work. I would just be wasting a series with which I can entertain myself, elaborate theories, interpret, discuss about, learn, since I would not have the will to do that.
I think the topic of this topic is interesting for that very reason. Don't be an annoying fan, and I don't say about wanting to show how good your favorite anime is, since there's nothing wrong with that, but about annoying people with this, insulting, declaring your superior taste, among other things. Discussing a series is interesting, but when the fandom makes a bad impression on you, the experience of talking about the show becomes disposable or negative. |