| I don't even know what the true meaning is. I guess edgy dialogue would be kinda grating and brutal? I just know that a lot of people, when criticizing Blue lock, that's generally the first thing they criticize it for. |
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| no. edgy was meant to be "shocking". it's content that shocks you with disturbing imagery and themes that are considered fucked up. it has lost all meaning over the years and I've seen people use "edgy" the following ways: -things the poster found confusing. -things they simply disliked -plot heavy anime -crazy grins and now, thanks to you: -emotional things I think the movie Event Horizon is the best example for this. here's a clip. please note it may be disturbing, and very spoilerific: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuJnIJHgQ44 fyi emo stands for melancholic stuff. things you consider a downer. this doctor who quote summarizes it: SALLY: I love old things. They make me feel sad. KATHY: What's good about sad? SALLY: It's happy for deep people. I'm not sure if it's the exact quote but the internet says that's how the script goes. |
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| Two things came to mind when I read OP's post. First, edgy memes, which function similarly to shock performances, wherein the entertainment comes from saying some heinous shit and watching people react to the offensive content. Second, nihilism, a philosophy that angst-ridden people often attach themselves to, thereafter spouting surface-level concepts stuff like "life is meaningless" and "nothing is real" to justify their gloomy disposition. With these things in mind, if somebody calls an anime character/show/manga "edgy", I assume that the thing they're talking about is abrasive and melancholy with no deep substance. |
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| There are many definitions of "edgy" on the web, when talking about anime the most accurate is: "Simple-mindedly and transparently trying to appear tough or 'cool', for the sake of being provocative and/or offensive. Usually, this is done to disguise the fact that otherwise, that person or thing is not at all - intellectually or otherwise - provocative." The difference between "trying too hard to be" and "actually be" is thin, though. |
| the term edgy when used for anime nowadays, from what i can gather just means an anime thats too tryhardy about being deep and dark and taking itself too seriously trying to be be something more psychological, mysterious or cool, which I guess is why some people also think it as synonymous with being emo and such |
| It can mean multiple things. It can mean provocative, experimental, avant-garde. It can also mean tense, nervous or irritable. But the way it's usually used in casual talk is to refer to a character or story that's trying too hard to be dark and mature, or cool (!) and failing miserably to convince the audience to the point it's laughed at. Or to say it in a less pretentious way: CRAAAWLING IIIIN MY SKIIIIN "It's not a phase mom!" |
MizunoWaveRiderNov 21, 2022 6:41 AM
| Something that tries to be mature and serious but fails is what I see as edgy |
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| I follow Urban dictionary's definition. It makes the most sense to me. According to it edgy means something or someone trying too hard to be cool, almost to a point where it's cringe worthy. |
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| There are unspoken rules and boundaries in society and community. Self-control, social etiquette and boundaries are needed. Otherwise it would be chaos. Freedom doesn't equal chaos. Edgelords doing '"edgy" things means that they go beyond the unspoken boundaries, saying extremly offensive stuff. For example, you see an article online about a rape victim, and an edgelord would put a comment like "ngl, I'd bang her too" or something worse and extremly offensive and disturbing like that. Then when people get offended, they'll hide behind "just kidding" and "freedom of speech" It's not supposed to be a normal kind of "joke", but they'll try to normalize absence of empathy and trespassing of unspoken boundaries. Pewdipie is a great example of edgelord going too far, doing nazi signs and using the n word and saying "kill all j***" to such a vast audience, while hiding behind "humor". The line between edgy humor and personal beliefs becomes blurry and vague. This is the danger of edgelords. When edgelords watch the movie "The Joker" and root for the joker, they actually believe he's the good guy, and go cosplay him everywhere. Because secretly, they dream of murdering people for nothing. Actually, a lot of rampage killers who went on a shooting spree had an online presence prior their killings, and their content were edgy and close to the 4chan community. Edgy "humor" is full of micro agressions and heinous beliefs, disguised behind "just a joke" and "freedom of speech". But it ends up having a real influence on people. It might start as just a troll thing for shocking and provoking, but a lot of guys who started like that ended up going into much darker motivations, conditionning themselves to normalize the shocking and the extreme... This is very different from just being controversial, rebellious/emo or dark. You can be controversial, dark, provocative or have divergent opinions from the mass without being edgy at all. As long as you understand social etiquette and boundaries. |
Radical_OrionNov 21, 2022 9:16 AM
| To me, it's when a series tries to be deep and serious and dark but just doesn't do it well. |
| My waifu is the most wonderful waifu. Mai Valentine. We're freaking out that we're running out of time, but to do what? Should i stop and think of that? Is there something i could do to slow it down? Live in a day for once, instead of watch it sprinting by |
| In the context of "edgy anime" it'd be a story, that takes dark topics, and uses them without particularly caring for the realistic consequences, either for the sake of shock value or just for fun. The word can be used in other contexts too though. |
| As a non-English speaker, this word always puzzled me, too. "Overly dramatic" or "exaggeratingly blatant", is it? |
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| It means provocative. Usually goes with negative connotation due to lot superficial execution. It definitely doesn't mean serious. Serious things doesn't have to provocative |
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| Edgy is trying to be serious but failing to do so as it overuses poorly throughout dark content. One such example is Mahou Shoujo site. It tries to be serious by depicting topics such as self harm and abuse, but the series has such a poor understanding of either of those topics that their depictions is almost comical. |
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| Shadow the hedgehog (2004) is a pure example of edge. |
| It means absolutely nothing, it's just a buzzword. Mainly it's an adjective, which is used based on personal opinion to insult something. |
| Trying exceptionally hard to be dark, but forgetting about depth. |
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| Emo - basically the depressed MC whom we should empathize with. Edgy - the I take the situation I'm in very serious MC. I don't show my vulnerable side and don't like to show my emotions. I can handle all dangers by myself. AND I AM WILLING TO SACRIFICE MYSELF FOR WHAT I BELIEVE IN. The macho moron, who doesn't take advice from those concerned about him. |
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SofiaBulga said: Emo - basically the depressed MC whom we should empathize with. Edgy - the I take the situation I'm in very serious MC. I don't show my vulnerable side and don't like to show my emotions. I can handle all dangers by myself. AND I AM WILLING TO SACRIFICE MYSELF FOR WHAT I BELIEVE IN. The macho moron, who doesn't take advice from those concerned about him. Hold on, let me provide Tl:dr for this ^  |
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Yup that's a borderline perfect example of THE edgy protagonist. |
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ikr lol even comes with a damn eyepatch, bionic arm with railgun, and a loli. |
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deg said: what does edgy means when anime fans say it? because during the 1990s we only know of the word emo or emotional but the dictionary says edgy means anxious so that is synonymous for being emo or emotional too? so thoughts? When it comes to Anime specifically to this community "edgy" basically means nothing. You find some users who will think it's Anime with some serious tone and theme. Others will claim it has to do with how dark and twisted An Anime is. Some will simply say it's just used in derogatory ways just to only put down an Anime that fails at either of the things I previously mentioned before or to even poke fun at users who ironically watch "edgy" Anime to begin with (catch 22). Or even as something as mundane simply just a user being "shocked" by what they might be watching even if it's just a close up crotch shot of a girls panties where it's clear the artist spent more time on the detail of the panties than even the characters faces. Hell some people probably won't even think Anime can even be "edgy". Simply because unless some users sees something as extreme as a bunch of demons gang raping some innocent school girl all at the same time, only for the poor girl to be graphically ripped apart while also being eaten alive, everything else to their eyes is just torture porn for children. So ya like @Kumiveneella says... Kumiveneella said: It means absolutely nothing, it's just a buzzword. OR... it could mean everything!!! :D |
ColourWheelNov 24, 2022 3:29 AM
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ColourWheel said: OR... it could mean everything!!! :D Yes this is it, Even Tanoshii Muumin Ikka. Although Snufkin's basically an anarchist, maybe he is "edgy". If you look at his character profile picture you can see the "edge" in his big soulless eyes. Edit* Sorry if the image is too big or something haven't really tried this feature properly before. Snufkin really encapsulates that midwest emo aesthetic though  |
KumiveneellaNov 24, 2022 3:59 AM
| Something that tries to be dark and mature but ends up coming off as childish. |
Violet42 said: COTEisShitTier said: Something that tries to be dark and mature but ends up coming off as childish. This is the correct definition, or at least what it means when people that aren't raging morons use the term. It's Elfen Lied, Akame ga Kill, Mirai Nikki, etc. You could even classify something like Overlord as that, because it's certainly not actually dark. The thing about an edgy piece of media is that it has a very childish, black and white view of reality. It may roll in the ugliness, but it does not understand the ugliness. It's produced by two circumstances, often in conjunction. First, a really bad writer, who has no firsthand experience with bleak circumstances and the worst of humanity. Second, a desire on the part of the author/production company to pander to a certain segment of the young male audience (though often these properties end up appealing to women as much as men, that's rarely the intended effect). It's not WRONG per se for a show to be edgy, it just means it's not profound, and maybe it seems to be putting on airs as if it has something to say about the human condition. The greatest thing about edgy shows is the ironic enjoyment potential. So much of the so-bad-it's-good stuff comes from edgy nonsense. Like, a bad comedy is just boring and tedious. But a terrible edgy action show, isekai, or horror? That can be really funny. Agreed. Edgy is shit like COTE and Misfit of the Demon King Academy. It often gets used to shit on anything that's dark and as a result anything that isn't Pokemon has probably been called edgy at least once. |
| I was gonna describe it but lots of good answers here. Edginess is like, loving Death Note and feeling like you're closely associated with Light Yagami. Edginess is also like, loving the hell out of Hellsing and thriving in it's tone and dark nature. |
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