| Because people are too happy in their real life.... |
| happy anime are so boring there is not enough heartbreaking anime in this industry anyway |
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| Yep, that's the thing : you want adventure story because you lack adventure in your life, you want mystery story because you lack mystery in your life, you want magical story because you lack magic in your life. You want depressing story because your life is too happy and.... that's just depressing.. |
| Because they are tired of lovely and happy shows... |
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| AoT might be for morbid reasons. Same with this season's Re:Zero. Some people just love violence. There's also a hope effect ("there is so much suffering, so I'll root for the good guys to fix everything") which is also in shounen, but here due to the cruelty it can get accentuated. Another reason is atmosphere. I've heard Texhnolyze has an amazing nihilistic atmosphere, same with Ergo Proxy, which has a grim distopian atmosphere filled with barren lands and dark colours. |
 It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; What is essential is invisible to the eye.But does the heart have the right perspective? |
| Because secretly we're all emo on the inside, or just extreme masochists. |
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| I think it is because they shock you and turn your emotions upside down.You might be happy and then in the next second your mood changes ,that's when I know it's a good one..And also people like extremes.. Taking a look on the "wild side" of things is appealing for our dark wishes that can not be satisfied in other ways I guess :D |
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| Why the hell do you like Fairy Tail? One Piece? Naruto? Dragon Ball Z? well because each person has their opinion and that's the reason why. |
| Seeing people die in anime is amazing. |
Swainy92 said: If an anime can actually manage to make me feel depressed, it probably did something right. If it's done tastefully, without being depressing for the sake of the 'shock factor' (I'm looking at you AoT), then I have no quarrels with it. said by clannad after story fan xD clannad As used that shock factor' more than any anime i have watched |
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| Because I love seeing people who die when they're killed. |
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| Because we identify with but don't share the emotions? You can enjoy the portrayal without actual getting depressed yourself. Dark and depressing is quite nice to watch when it's well executed but I think there's a weird misconception in the anime community that an anime should either be dark or not. I see a lot of reviews saying something like, this anime was ruined because of the quick switches between light and dark mood or the use of comedy in this anime ruins the mood. Mixed is perfectly fine, even very good. |
| Its just a matter of preference. People like to know more about what depression does to you, or how characters deal with the depression. Stuff like it. You can get lessons from dark anime. |
| I don't identify myself as a fan of depressing dark shows . I mean i don't mind them, I like AoT actually . But i limit myself on dark shows i watch, from my list there isn't many. I sometimes need some shows to lighten up my mood, and i like happy endings lol |
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Swainy92 said: tragedydesu said: said by clannad after story fan xD clannad As used that shock factor' more than any anime i have watched Yeah but Clannad didn't have any baby eating scenes as far as I'm aware xD. Still managed to be reasonably realistic and tasteful. I don't dislike depressing shows, I actually enjoy them xD. The HakoMari novel is doing a great job at depressing me right now. this is your opinion and i respect it but for me Snk is not a mindless gore anime it have a interesting plot/characters and also it used well the "shock factor", the death scenes was powerful enough to make me feel drop some tears |
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| i always tho it was because ppl could relate but... idk |
| I have no idea lol. I just do, I feel like they tell a better story and happy go lucky stuff are....just boring unless its comedy. |
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DPP21 said: You said: Because I love seeing people who die when they're killed.  The only reason why I only watch dubs, so I don't have to deal with this. I still watch sub tho because for me english VA on anime usually feels weird. |
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| I dunno. It's a mystery. Maybe they didn't have enough iron in their diets or something. |
| Got oppai? |
| Assuming it's a "good" show, the atmosphere and seeing a different facet of characters that you're not going to get in "happier" shows. DPP21 said: You said: Because I love seeing people who die when they're killed. The only reason why I only watch dubs, so I don't have to deal with this. That's not a bad translation, it's just out of context. |
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| Probably because life has dark and depressing moments, and people can identify with that . |
| The football field isn't the only place where you could use a good line. |
| http://greatist.com/happiness/why-do-like-sad-movies Your welcome |
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 People like the edge, they went to feel like dirt and be stepped on and then feel a rush from triumphing over someone else. Just look at Batman. |
 Enen no Shouboutai - Joker |
| I enjoy them because they are closer to reality than shows that are sunshine and rainbows 24/7. |
| Cause... I dont know.. Really, I dont know.. NTR by your friend in his demon form, struggling to save her by cutting your hand.. Is really sickening.. |
| This salad is salty favored |
| I like dark shows because they make me feel happy for being alive, after seeing the hardships people could face. |
Maiyno said: People like the edge, they went to feel like dirt and be stepped on and then feel a rush from triumphing over someone else. Just look at Batman. Kill la Kill is NOT dark or edgy in the slightest. |
| Because the shows are deep and want to get away from all that moe shit. |
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| Cuz Evanescence hasn't woken us up inside, yet And I don't like happy-go-lucky all the time. That's predictable and boring to me. |
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| Watch better anime / something that suits your preferences better A suggestion that always seems to work. |
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| I find a lot of darker anime series are more mature & deal with topics I have more of an interest in rather than "happier" anime. They also seem to confront topics that could be seen as uncomfortable and wouldn't be seen in more light-hearted stuff & it can be just as much fun to watch the darker side of humanity as well as the more light-hearted side. Also as I can be quite a cynical person & have a dark sense of humour, if I just watched all the light-hearted stuff, it would be nauseating...so I tend to watch dark & light anime on a rotation as soon as I want something different. At the moment it's all about the dark psychological stuff. I hope this makes you understand a little more clearly. |
| cuz mistery genre or because they want to |
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| They sometimes touch topics that aren't usually debated but are really interesting, it's also enjoyable watching the things from another perspective that the one we usually have, watching a character break down after all the stuff that happens to him, see the point of view of a completely crazy character... etc. Or just simply, they are just really fun to watch, lots of terrible stuff going on, tension building up that keeps you on the edge of the seat... It just feels fantastic. I think the authors of this works actually deserve a lot of praise, it's not easy at all to create a well written dark story that can really reach the viewers/readers and amaze them, the characters and the stories are way more complex that the ones in comedic or happy anime for the situations they have to be put in. Are they crazy like you say? Well, the authors sure read a lot of other dark stories to get the overall idea and then add their own magic to improve them their way. If no one does, well, call the police to arrest me before I do something terrible, but I'm pretty sure that I'm not the only one that sometimes has crazy, fucked up ideas going on on my head, that I know I would never do, but my mind still thinks about them, well, I'm sure the authors just write said ideas into their script too when they think about them. |
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