| Clannad After Story deceived me because when I reached the first sad moment I thought it was just crybait and the fandom exaggerated its sadness. But then a metaphorical second plane hit the tower and after that it has been teary eyes for the rest of the episodes |
Reply to Sheol01
@chaosflame5 OMG, I'm getting that PTSD all over again. And I cheated, I ducked out of the last 3 of those episodes. Thank God, I was starting to tear out my hair.
| @Sheol01 Well I suppose you could always just watch the first and last episode of the EE arc :) Job done. |
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 Akame ga Kill 1st episode led me thinking that it was just another zero-to-hero fantasy adventure anime then the last scene of the episode showed completely different thing. |
 (っ◔◡◔)っ 𝓘 𝔀𝓲𝓼𝓱 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓪 𝔀𝓸𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻𝓯𝓾𝓵 𝓭𝓪𝔂 ♥ |
Reply to Guilmon1
With a name like girls last tour you can't expect it to not be dark, but I didn't expect how dark it got very fast
Also the focus on conversation about religion in relation to evangelion I expected something very different
Also the focus on conversation about religion in relation to evangelion I expected something very different
| @Guilmon1 It's hilarious how differently people can perceive the same thing. I find Girls Last Tour deeply romantic, melancholic maybe, but never dark. |
| Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. |
| I found this cute anime once that was about this guy who adopted a child he found in the woods and took care of her. Thought the show was really cute and stuff. I dropped it because someone told me the author really fucked up with the ending in the original light novel and the protagonist married his fucking adopted kid. Just felt icky and killed the wholesome vibes the early episodes had. I came for watching a parental bond grow, and ended up unknowingly watch a show where some guy grooms his fucking child. Literally just changing the ending would have made the show significantly better. When I was early on in my Japanese studies, I thought that I probably should drop One Piece due to the series using a slur which immediately made me think that Oda was anti-LGBT. Then I actually got to the point where this character was introduced (Bentham/Bon Clay) and was pleasantly surprised with how good of a character he was. Sure he refers to himself as a word that can be derogatory, but he had a lot of depth to his character, some of which is ACITVELY MISSING in the English versions of the series. Bentham is bigender, identifying as simultaneously a man and a woman, and he's genuinely a fun and well written character. There's other great characters with queer identities such as Ivankov, Kiku, and Yamato later on and I actively cannot wait to see them shine in the story itself, as from what I have seen from other queer One Piece fans who have shared images from the manga with me, these characters are pretty well done and Oda's depiction of the queer experience gets better the later you get into the series. I had good reason to be a bit on edge when I first learned about slurs and stuff, considering when I started learning Japanese, I had recently learned a favorite author of mine as a child was anti-trans which hurt a lot as a trans woman, so I was kind of on guard at all time having felt betrayal for the first time. I feel really bad for doubting Oda like I did I thought Interspecies Reviewers was probably just going to be slop but I was genuinely surprised with how the show handles certain things compared to most shows with NSFW themes. The show is openly very pro-sex worker which is pretty based as it is actually real work that is oftentimes shit upon by conservative men. Sex work is real work and I liked how the show humanized the sex workers. The fanservice stuff is done with consenting parties instead of it actively sexualizing an unwilling and unknowing party in exploitative ways. The parties who are sexualized in the show actively want to be and are comfortable with it, which feels far better than the creepy borderline rapey shit I see a lot of Japanese anime do. In the whole show I can only name literally one instance that does feel icky being the recurring gag with the main characters hitting on the harpy maid who works at their favorite bar, but having only one uncomfortable exploitative gag compared to like 700 is a massive improvement compared to how most shows handle sexual content. I liked how the show also showed how effective communication is important in a relationship, and being clear in what you want with your partner, whether it be sexually or non sexually, will lead to better outcomes and a healthier relationship. I genuinely wasn't expecting a Japanese sex comedy anime to tackle something so important that is oftentimes overlooked in media, but I genuinely appreciated seeing it and wish that people actively took that message from the show instead of turning their brains off to the plot and only watching the porn. It genuinely breaks my heart to see how one of the few Japanese shows that I think tackles sexual content in a great way got horribly treated by the Western distribution end of things, with the dub being cancelled due to the graphic sex scenes. Underneath the sexual content there's actually meat to the story and stuff that is worth more people being able to hear, but it was effectively shot in the foot before it could ever really take off more than it did. |
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| Madoka magica lmfao look at the character designs, totally deceives you |
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| Seishun Buta Yarou wa Bunny Girl Senpai no Yume wo Minai made it seem like it would be an ecchi series. Also, the bunny girl costume isn't really relevant for most of the series, though it is named that way because it's the title of the first novel. Both Mahou Shoujo Site's and Goblin Slayer's first episodes don't represent the overall tone and feeling of the rest of their series. Edit: Mob Psycho 100's first episode is pretty bad, since we see it from Reigen's perspective, and it makes it seem that Mob is a terrible character, it took me several episodes for me to notice "Oh, this is supposed to be a serious anime". |
thewiruNov 30, 12:05 AM
| All the time. Tricking the viewer into thinking the wrong thing is likely to occur is one of the basic techniques of drama writing, and comedy especially. |
Reply to chaosflame5
Zarutaku said:
Which was the primary goal of that arc, and it accomplished what it had to.
So true. The artistic decision might sound good, but very badly executed.Which was the primary goal of that arc, and it accomplished what it had to.
joemaamah said:
I remember when it first came out, but I never got around to watching it until just last year, so its still pretty fresh for me. I actually watched the first 3 of Endless 8, then just skipped the last 5. But the bad taste had already entered my mouth. While I didn't dislike Disapperance, I kind of looked at it like I look at the End Of Evangelion movie.
Producers:
Hi. We know now how bad we fucked up. Could you please find it in your hearts to forgive us? Please? Pretty Please? With sugar on top?
Tbh, you can just watch the first two, then the 7th one (Kyon had a funny way of answering Mikuru's phone call and you can see Yuki looked very bored than staying in neutral expression from earlier episodes). Then watch the ending part of the 8th episode of the arc where Kyon broke free of the loop and the epilogue. Ooor...just watch them this way! x'D Epilogue is near the end of the video.I remember when it first came out, but I never got around to watching it until just last year, so its still pretty fresh for me. I actually watched the first 3 of Endless 8, then just skipped the last 5. But the bad taste had already entered my mouth. While I didn't dislike Disapperance, I kind of looked at it like I look at the End Of Evangelion movie.
Producers:
Hi. We know now how bad we fucked up. Could you please find it in your hearts to forgive us? Please? Pretty Please? With sugar on top?
chaosflame5 said: So true. The artistic decision might sound good, but very badly executed. There's nothing wrong with the execution, the problem it has is that most of its audience simply don't want what it's doing. 7 episodes of mounting frustration just for one moment of immense release is not a good deal for most viewers. |
| I thought Higurashi Gou and Sotsu wouldn't be absolute trash |
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Reply to Autumni
@AMBITZZ I meant i thought it would be atleast very edgy with no comedy. Turns out I was wrong.
| @Autumni yeah. but it for sure takes its time to build up. i mean for someone who doesn't get the satire in it, it would probably be the middest thing ever |
"Are you the strongest because you're Satoru Gojo? Or are you Satoru Gojo because you're the strongest?"~ Suguru Geto  |
| Of course, anime is designed to be misleading. You shouldn't be watching anime for real information. Anime is mostly dis-information. |
| Madoka Magica. My friend in high school kept telling me to watch it for 3 straight years. I didn't touch it until I entered university, and boy was I wrong it being good only for the little girls. |
"Nobody could laugh at someone who's trying their hardest" -Machio- |
| K-on. was pure boring. Not bad, not good, boring. I refuse to put it on my list. |
Reply to tchitchouan
Yes, all the time. In my great endavour to find and watch pure nudity ecchi and document all bikini armor anime, i got deceived many times but that's expected to make progress.
| @tchitchouan that's because you're a fucking weirdo... watch hellsing ultimate... fucking kino. |
| I did not go into Summertime Render and Ousama Ranking expecting battle shonen (if I had, I never would have watched in the first place) but thats exactly what I ended up with. |
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| My mind IMMEDIATELY went to Samurai Flamenco So the first SIX episodes were of a pretty normal anime that was interesting. Not gonna lie, I was actually pretty into the series. But then, THEN, episode SEVEN came out... and it was like a fever dream. The entire rest of the anime was like watching a train wreck with all the plot twists they kept pulling out of their ass and the content itself making me question if the creators were really, really high and just thought it'd be funny or extremely drunk or some combination of the two... I watched it until the end because I wanted to know just how BAD it'd get lol. It's definitely one of the weirdest anime I've ever completed. |
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| Blindsided by certain content due to missing or inaccurate tags/age-related warnings: Shinsekai yori --Homosexuality. I don't mind being blindsided by yuri (afterall GL is one of my fav genre) but yaoi out of the blue is jolting. The tags and content warnings for this show still give no clue. Gunbuster -- The ecchi totally blindsided me. Pretty sure the current "R+ -mild nudity" label wasn't there when I watched the show. The actual scenes didn't faze me, it's just being caught off guard by it and more so because it felt out of place and simply seemed to be added in so as to obtain some sort of "faux, grown-up content" badge or something. White Album 2 --I usually expect more music if something is given a Music tag. The later infidelity direction the show took didn't help matters either. xxxHOLiC --I'd heard (and saw a few screenshots) that the character designs were pretty stick-like. They are but it wasn't as bad as I expected (and I got used to it). Plus, a lot of other elements made up for it (stories, characters, OP/ED, etc.) Anyway, I'd had this series on a "Do Not Watch" list so I'm glad I changed my mind. Early use of surprise character (or even pet/animal) deaths to score cheap drama points. I won't mention the titles but it usually elicits a quick drop or years-long on-hold status from me. Of course there are plenty of shows that didn't measure up to their hype or MAL score or the opposite: shows that pleasantly overachieved my expectations, but that's a different beast. |
8oomerDec 1, 7:59 AM
| Avatar: Anzu Kadotani from Girls und Panzer. XMas awesomeness version by Charenji :) Sig by MissIntrovert.  |
| I expected something evil from the Flowers of Evil, something wild from Dededede, something lewd from the Garden of Sinners and something beautiful from the Rose of Versailles . I guess I just deceived myself. |
| Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. |
| You could have saved words and just said Bait & Switch anime... The ones that do it are well known- I watched only the first cour of AOT but didn't stay on long enough to see it change the story. No regrets, I disliked it. The Promised Neverland wasn't really deceptive... it was just very clever and effective at building up suspense. Made in Abyss felt like it took an unnecessary dark turn; but in the first 2017 season it did this so well I considered it a masterpiece of drama and adventure gone-wrong. Everything thereafter keeps getting more gross, like it keeps wanting to try and surprise the audience again, but why? |
Reply to SuperAdventure
You could have saved words and just said Bait & Switch anime...
The ones that do it are well known- I watched only the first cour of AOT but didn't stay on long enough to see it change the story. No regrets, I disliked it.
The Promised Neverland wasn't really deceptive... it was just very clever and effective at building up suspense.
Made in Abyss felt like it took an unnecessary dark turn; but in the first 2017 season it did this so well I considered it a masterpiece of drama and adventure gone-wrong.
Everything thereafter keeps getting more gross, like it keeps wanting to try and surprise the audience again, but why?
The ones that do it are well known- I watched only the first cour of AOT but didn't stay on long enough to see it change the story. No regrets, I disliked it.
The Promised Neverland wasn't really deceptive... it was just very clever and effective at building up suspense.
Made in Abyss felt like it took an unnecessary dark turn; but in the first 2017 season it did this so well I considered it a masterpiece of drama and adventure gone-wrong.
Everything thereafter keeps getting more gross, like it keeps wanting to try and surprise the audience again, but why?
| @SuperAdventure Perhaps, but I rather meant “deception” in general, and not just intentional deception. |
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Reply to RobertBobert
@SuperAdventure Perhaps, but I rather meant “deception” in general, and not just intentional deception.
| @RobertBobert Well you said objective deception on the part of the people making the anime... deception literally means to intentionally mislead. Anything unintentional would not be deception, and literally ANY anime could qualify if someone claims it was different than they expected. |
Reply to Guilmon1
@LoveYourSmile the name of dead dead demon's is the strangest name in anime that I have seen, it makes sense if you read but to anyone not familiar the name would mean nothing at best
| @Guilmon1 Sounds like battle shonen (which doesn't exist ofc) title, lol. Could you explain the meaning for me? Not gonna read it anyway, so I'm totally ready for spoilers. |
| Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. |
Reply to SuperAdventure
@RobertBobert Well you said objective deception on the part of the people making the anime... deception literally means to intentionally mislead.
Anything unintentional would not be deception, and literally ANY anime could qualify if someone claims it was different than they expected.
Anything unintentional would not be deception, and literally ANY anime could qualify if someone claims it was different than they expected.
| @SuperAdventure I also included "misleading". |
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| Haven't seen Wonder Egg Priority mentioned yet. I haven't watched it since it aired but from what I remember it was about suicide and how everyone has their own complicated reasons for doing it, but suddenly took a hard turn into "it's all this evil AI's fault" right at the end. |
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