| I didn't like this show why it's so high rated lol there are people who like different things. Your answer why people like this show is in spoiler tag. Edit: Added spoiler tag and added words and changed order |
Rosy_RoseDec 20, 5:09 AM
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JackOfDeath said: I Started This Anime About a Year Ago And JUST Finished It. It Was Slow, Boring and overall Uninteresting. So why is it so highly rated? Why are people so obsessed with it? Can someone explain how this is actually a good anime? What the hell is a good bait? |
| They have different tastes in media. What you find slow, boring, and uninteresting is not perceived as such by them. My suggestion is: watch what you can find of the show through tiktok. That should address all of your problems with it. |
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| This is genuinely my favorite anime of all time, so I came for the discussion but you seem to solely be interested in arguing. You should try to find a way to get the attention you’re looking for that’s more constructive. |
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ZarutakuDec 20, 2:55 PM
DesuMaiden said: Nobody resembles me physically because I don't even physically exist. |
| Whiel the Op is retarded for making a bait thread the ones who take the bait so easily and write serious and long answers are even more retarded. Learn to ignore. |
| Damn, I wanted to shit on you but we agree on taste on a lot of stuff. You even tenned Citrus so we Citrus bros. Older anime is slow, a lot of it has aged out--talking more like turn of the millennium stuff, like late 90s to early 2000s. Anime gotten much faster, shinier produced since then. I mean I agree with you, the slow methodical pacing of these older shows can be really hard to take, it's much easier to watch modernized anime. However, shows like this are like a bud you spray and give enough sunshine and take care of and suddenly they blossom. You needed to give the show time to open up to you I guess. SEL is one of the very best anime ever made, the writing is masterpiece level, the story is almost perfect. It just isn't going to be shounen influenced, it's more cinematic. SEL is a lot like an indie movie versus the crack addiction that is modern anime. But yeah I have to be in the exactly right mood for these shows, just like some long ass indie movie. Social media has broken us. |
| Because it makes them look smart. |
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JackOfDeath said:
I Started This Anime About a Year Ago And JUST Finished It. It Was Slow, Boring and overall Uninteresting. So why is it so highly rated? Why are people so obsessed with it? Can someone explain how this is actually a good anime?
I Started This Anime About a Year Ago And JUST Finished It. It Was Slow, Boring and overall Uninteresting. So why is it so highly rated? Why are people so obsessed with it? Can someone explain how this is actually a good anime?
people have different tastes, if you are someone who loves the strange and unusual you would love it. this anime is really big it isn’t just another anime as it was a part of a lot of people’s childhoods, had a game, and is interesting either way. if you like philosophical stuff and deep thinking you might be inclined to liking it
let’s not forget the iconic intro
| @ririsdollyeyes There is a fine line between pseudo-intellectualism and snobbery and truly profound meaning. Lane is more likely to belong to 2. But I understand those who think that this is 1 |
| Great social commentary on peer pressure stress from expectations all in a cyberpunk setting. |
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| Honestly? Same. I invite all people on this thread to do to me what they're doing to OP. It's been years since I watched it, so I mostly forgot all the scenes where nothing happened, while still remembering some of the scenes I liked, so you could say I "like the anime more nowadays". But it's a fact that it has very little in terms of a plot (The one it has being very explicit, though not going anywhere), many scenes are just Konaka doing whatever he wanted, I don't see the appeal of it, why do people like it? InB4: >"It le predicted le internet" People seem to forget that Japan already had internet forums for years at that point, and if that's the argument, then technically so did the original 2002 SAO novel. >"It's not your thing" I liked Malice@Doll, Boogiepop wa Warawanai, Sonny Boy and Kaiba, it SHOULD have been my thing. >"It had good scenes" I know? But the majority of it isn't like that. The same criticism I give to Turn A Gundam. |
| It's ok if it's 2deep3u bro. You need to have a high IQ and a killer Arch setup to understand |
JackOfDeath said: So why is it so highly rated "I cannot comprehend it, it blows my mind so it must be a work of genius" - while in reality it is a nonsensical collection of meaningless but visually stimulating scenes. "It is trying to be a deep anime, so if I rate it low or say it's boring people will mark me as an idiot". Shows like these are made for the average dimwits who cannot distinguish between something that's profound and something that's pretentious. Read my review of Lain. |
| Most people don'T know it but Lain was the only anime that made a reference to Proust until Psycho Pass came along, which shows it actually takes a bit of education and intellectualism to appreciate Lain for what it is. |
| Feeling lost, figuring out the plot and coming up with your own interpretations are part of the fun. That's also not necessarily my cup of tea, but I still enjoyed the series for having such an immersive atmosphere. It was surprisingly relaxing. |
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JackOfDeath said: I Started This Anime About a Year Ago And JUST Finished It. It Was Slow, Boring and overall Uninteresting. So why is it so highly rated? Why are people so obsessed with it? Can someone explain how this is actually a good anime? I understand you completely, I finished it only with sheer willpower because it was, according to me, really awful. |
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| Im on episode 5 and this anime is a interestingly weird one :) |
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| I find it somewhat pretentious, personally I liked Texhnolyze more. |
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