scalpel_scythe said:ParadoxicalNocte said:
I don't want you to misunderstand this for any prejudicial cherry picking but as you have compared & evaluated a real world epidemic. With decades of long & subjectively diverse etymology and literature - To a pseudo reality with spontaneous yet emotionally intelligent characteristics, features & most importantly 'adaptations'.
There is a few points that may (or may not) perhaps be educational to your aforementioned comments that seem to be contradicting your claims and not treating the anime with the respect, you have mentioned to enjoy, overall. So based on my understanding, in regards to your mediocre accusations, I must also express my discernment towards vague & irrational contributions towards your comments & overall review that lacks conceptual & inconceivable consensus.
Sadly In my most humble opinion, that it must be treated as something that goes beyond the norm and realm of mere opinions or reviews. Would you consider my implications to be credible that judges you from one comment? Should I now conclude that you suffer from or present symptoms that closely resemble Narcissistic Personality Disorder? Or would you prefer an irresponsible 'diagnosis' & an on-going treatment plan for Borderline Personality Disorder?
But I could also, just accept that it's just your way of thinking & just treat this as a mistake stemming from the lack of understanding, on a prevalent stigmatic & despairingly stereotypical - buzz-word; namely 'mental illness'. Of course, not forgetting that the classifications are exclusive to the person involved.
We all inevitably have our own retrospective biases. It's fine, I mean we could condition or rewire our thoughts and regulate our emotions through mere respiration of two well known gases, simple right? Or oppositely we can just find our self in a situation with no experience or knowledge on how to handle or respond to the given situation/s. That's the whole beauty of the mysterious & unpredictable way of life. However I believe even with perspective & speculation, there must be certain limitations & sensitivity, especially when judging a situation with no understanding or clue of a character that has a sudden appearance in an unknown world. That convenient point is most of our starting point?
One must consider, especially within this context of the authors innovative imagination & creative writing before such a conclusive review. This novel/manga creates such opportunities for unique emotional empathy & cognition. With such diversely complex variations it is a laughable to be able to Identify - Classify the generalised notion of 'mental health', in which you have pointed out numerous times.
Try to acknowledge these points, that may enhance your approach to criticality & future judgements.
Before reflecting on fictional characters, try reflecting on your own incompetencies. If this is possible, then at least try to use the fictional comparisons, to your own past and present responses to situations?
Mental Illness as a whole is a very problematic & fragile aspect of our life, we constantly shift between thoughts and emotions, responding to different situations, that in most cases are completely opposites. Try to be more sensitive and enjoy an anime, with more conceptually relative comments.
I really suggest that you spend some time practicing your phrasing because the only effect it has is to obscure your points behind verbose descriptors and phrases, which do not add any substantial worth to you argument.
As a reference, this is a condensed version of what you've written:
"I don't mean to offend you, but your conclusion that Subaru suffers from a mental illness is stupid. You make that conclusion based on just a small bit of behavior; it's as if I accused you of having mental illness based simply upon the self aggrandizing demonstrated in your comment. Alternatively, I could assume that you're being dumb and just don't understand what the word means. While we all have our faults, which we can't help, what you've said simply goes too far. You forget that the author has free reign and that the situations are fantastical so any attempt to a diagnosis of mental illness is absurd. In the future, please try to be less of an idiot and avoid confusing fiction with reality."
Now, I have no idea if you intended it or not, but beyond your writing style, you've demonstrated a high level of disdain. This is because you could've written it like this:
"I don't agree with your conclusion because there's too little evidence to support your conclusion. Also, you need to remember that this is a fictional story where anything can happen, so I don't think it's correct to make any real world comparisons, especially with something as sensitive as 'mental illness.' Remember, mental illness is a very serious matter, so you should not casually make comparisons to it."
Instead you've seem to have included a wide plethora of insults in your response. Intentional or not, belittling others does not help you make your point. In most cases, it simply causes your audience to tune out your message or fail to take you seriously. In all seriousness, if you truly wish for others to take your point about mental illnesses seriously, then I would recommend that you improve your writing style by making it more concise and that you treat others with the same degree of sensitivity and respect that you feel the topic of mental illnesses deserves.