Based said: "Pretentious" is often used to describe a series they don't like But I don't mind pretentious series :) |
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| I only made it through 6 episodes and that was after several attempts but Sagrada reset is probably the most pretentious anime I've ever watched. |
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Chimerared said: Not really. The characters seemed emotionally detached (probably shitty voice actors) and the convoluted plot wasn't really well explained, but I wouldn't call it pretentious. I didn't really pretend to be anything besides just another one of those shows. It didn't dramatically build up plot points with shallow reveals or talk a lot about character philosophies. It didn't cite anyone. The characters didn't use big words or talk in an intentionally vague manner. On the contrary, there was an almost lack of drama.I only made it through 6 episodes and that was after several attempts but Sagrada reset is probably the most pretentious anime I've ever watched. In order for something to be pretentious, there has to be misrepresentation. It's not enough to just have a confusing plot or whatever. |
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| Probably Ergo Proxy. One of the shittiest shows I've watched. |
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| Ghost in the shell innoncence and Kara no Kyoukai series are the definition of pretentious. |
| Ergo Proxy comes to mind, but I'd like to rewatch it as it's been a while since I saw the show. Felt like it was throwing around a lot of concepts throughout the show, with most never having an effect on the show, but as I said, rewatch Kara no Kyoukai is another one that I'd call pretentious despite the varying amounts in each film. I remember the quote "Sounds like something from a cheap novel" and wondered for hours if it was self-aware of how dumb its script is. I hear a lot of people call Code Geass pretentious, but I prefer the term "stupid" to describe the series. One that I think rarely gets mentioned: Blast of Tempest. What was at first a well-animated action show tried to make the most blatant comparisons to fucking Shakespeare! At least shows like Ergo Proxy had a sense of subtlety when trying to be more than it really is, but this is something Blast of Tempest lacks in nearly every episode in the 2nd half. It's still an enjoyable show for sure, but this is an easy case of 'shoulda stayed in your lane'. And then you have the ones where the pretentious levels are so overbearing that they've been forgotten by most of the community. Oh, if only I could forget too. The Shadow Star Narutaru's and the Gilgamesh's of the world. These are the kind of shows that are so awful and offensive that I find them worse than shows like Seiren and the Berserk 2016/17 adaptations. |
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CrimsonLad said: Pretty much every series I don't like. Wow I must have missed the pretentiousness in the second Bleach movie |
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| Yeah, Zoce_ is the most pretentious anime show that I have ever seen in my life. Damn, every episode is just pretentious. |
Fuchsia said: I don't care what anybody says, Mushishi is pretentious as fuck. And what is it that it's pretending to be? The only "message" the whole show has is that the mushi aren't evil and sometimes stuff happen, get on with it. |
| Tatami galaxy comes to my mind (the first few scenes), but it was meant to be pretentious cause the protagonist was pretentious. So I guess the character was pretentious rather than the show. Except that I haven't really seen any pretentious shows. Except school days cause that shit was pretending to be a cute-school anime but turned out to be my nightmare fuel. |
CrimsonLad said: Well, assuming your list is 100% legit, it doesn't appear that you've seen it. So in that sense you definitely missed it. Enlighten me on Dragon Ball Z's pretentiousness then. |
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CrimsonLad said: I dislike it therefore it's pretentious. That's the only reason this community ever needs. In other words, my first post was a joke. I don't use "pretentious" as an argument for disliking anything ever. That's pretty pretentious of you there. |
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| Most shows aren't pretentious. When someone calls a show pretentious, it's usually they either just didn't understand it (which to an anime fan automatically makes it pretentious) or the fanbase overblows what the show actually is. Remember that a fanbase acting like a show is more than it actually is is NOT the same as the show acting like more than it is. Usually anything that's somewhat confusing gets called pretentious, because more people didn't get what happened and fans tend to look for some non existent deeper meaning. |
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| Pretentious is a word that is misused and overused like the terms "overrated" and "underrated" to the point where it gets annoying. |
| Mushishi pretentious? I've seen everything now. Death Note is kinda pretentious. |
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| surprised Texhnolyze wasnt mentioned, imo it rules upon this thread, with its first episode with almost no dialogue an weird imagery instead of explaining wtf is going on? why even do that? to annoy you thats why, it spends most of its run by slowly explaining what is happening while constantly showing something new to try to confuse you, that being said its final 6 episodes are really memorable an it does have on the most amazing ending ive seen on any anime... though i guess this this anime couldnt contain itself an just one ep before the end they do show something that had been hinted on many eps ago only to not explain wtf is that or why does it look like that, i mean it kinda looks cool i guess still i kinda liked the show though |
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| pretentious is a word created by people who dont want to use their brain while watching an anime and get jealous of people who are able to do that. |
| LOTGH Aku no Hana Puella Magi Madoka Magica Sonny Boy The End of Evangelion |
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| Pretentious show and no mention of Mushoku Tensei and Steins;Gate? |
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| Ergo Proxy is the very definition. I genuinely got second-hand embarrassment from it, what a mess. |
| Easy. Classroom of the Elite by a landslide. It's only elite in the pretentious department and completely devoid of actually being intelligent. |
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| Kino's Journey, Leans quite towards culture and geographical themes. Something thats directed to me but not the average anime watchers |
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