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Oct 22, 2021 1:57 AM
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It's seen like some of you thing this tear bait ep but it's not because
I don't think this episode was particularly tear-baity. It was just a standard (rather sad yes) backstory for a character that explains kage disposition (and why kage would connect with an outcast like Bojji) and even introduces some characters and lore (aka light clan, shadow clan, Poise, etc.)

Real tear-baity episodes are more dramatic with intrusive sad music in the background and unnecessary emphasis on crying characters.
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Oct 22, 2021 2:09 AM
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Exactly, I agree with you, OP, but some people just lack empathy and / or don't want to even try thinking about or relating to the life struggles of others - a defense mechanism because it's too uncomfortable to imagine actually going through certain things. Meanwhile, we finally actually have anime about disabilities and also more about social and mental health issues, which in my opinion is a good direction for anime to take, especially considering how hush-hush and conservative a country like Japan is about social issues. I'm glad most people do seem to see the value in these themes getting animated.
Oct 22, 2021 2:48 AM
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Actually have 2 animes this season about disabilities which is really cool, Komi-san and this.
Oct 22, 2021 4:48 AM
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That's the 2nd thread you create to complain about the anime, or should I say to bicker about minor details, scenes being rearranged or the overall tone of a certain episode

You absolutely have the right to complain and to have your own opinion, but creating multiple threads just for this is quite a waste of time
Oct 22, 2021 5:20 AM
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Damuzen said:
That's the 2nd thread you create to complain about the anime, or should I say to bicker about minor details, scenes being rearranged or the overall tone of a certain episode

You absolutely have the right to complain and to have your own opinion, but creating multiple threads just for this is quite a waste of time

With 1st thread I agree but isn't this one to complain about ppl who says this episode was only tear bait nothing else?
Oct 22, 2021 5:23 AM
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Sairentou said:
Damuzen said:
That's the 2nd thread you create to complain about the anime, or should I say to bicker about minor details, scenes being rearranged or the overall tone of a certain episode

You absolutely have the right to complain and to have your own opinion, but creating multiple threads just for this is quite a waste of time

With 1st thread I agree but isn't this one to complain about ppl who says this episode was only tear bait nothing else?

Actually yes, looks like I've misread the title, my bad
Oct 22, 2021 6:29 AM
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So now people get mad when anime characters cry... Maybe they should go look for a therapist?
Oct 22, 2021 8:01 AM
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big fat agree with this thread, gj op
Oct 22, 2021 8:04 AM
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"well I wasnt crying to this so its definitely crybait, gottem"

10/10 logic with these people smh
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Oct 22, 2021 8:20 AM
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I guess better than fallen cry for a Demon ..
Oct 22, 2021 1:28 PM

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Yeah, people who say this is tear bait didn't even understand the story. If Kage's backstory wasn't shown, then there wouldn't have any justification as to why he was so intrigued and connected to him.

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Scordolo said:
Yeah, people who say this is tear bait didn't even understand the story. If Kage's backstory wasn't shown, then there wouldn't have any justification as to why he was so intrigued and connected to him.

It is a tear bait, they could have told the backstory differently but they did so in the most by the book misery porn possible by killing both of his parents in a span of minutes while also flashbacking again and again to truly tell us that we should cry. It doesn't mean that it is unnecessary and the story is fairly coherent as of now, but this is pretty transparent about its nature



Oct 22, 2021 5:21 PM
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I really don't get it with this show. Half of the episode is trash and the other half is good. The first minutes I'm thinking in dropping out and then suddenly something happens that turns the story for good.
Oct 22, 2021 5:21 PM
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Gween_Gween said:
Scordolo said:
Yeah, people who say this is tear bait didn't even understand the story. If Kage's backstory wasn't shown, then there wouldn't have any justification as to why he was so intrigued and connected to him.

It is a tear bait, they could have told the backstory differently but they did so in the most by the book misery porn possible by killing both of his parents in a span of minutes while also flashbacking again and again to truly tell us that we should cry. It doesn't mean that it is unnecessary and the story is fairly coherent as of now, but this is pretty transparent about its nature
I mean isn't they already tell that all shadow clan had gone and only kage left so obviously his parent had to die to
Oct 22, 2021 5:23 PM

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5gd34r said:
Gween_Gween said:

It is a tear bait, they could have told the backstory differently but they did so in the most by the book misery porn possible by killing both of his parents in a span of minutes while also flashbacking again and again to truly tell us that we should cry. It doesn't mean that it is unnecessary and the story is fairly coherent as of now, but this is pretty transparent about its nature
I mean isn't they already tell that all shadow clan had gone and only kage left so obviously his parent had to die to

Yeah but it could have been different, the spawn of such extermination matters, how it linked together and the space-time context. The background is helpful to elaborate its character, but it is a tear bait anyways



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Gween_Gween said:
Scordolo said:
Yeah, people who say this is tear bait didn't even understand the story. If Kage's backstory wasn't shown, then there wouldn't have any justification as to why he was so intrigued and connected to him.

It is a tear bait, they could have told the backstory differently but they did so in the most by the book misery porn possible by killing both of his parents in a span of minutes while also flashbacking again and again to truly tell us that we should cry. It doesn't mean that it is unnecessary and the story is fairly coherent as of now, but this is pretty transparent about its nature


Honestly i need this kind of tear bait from anime this season, bcs the others cant
Oct 22, 2021 8:05 PM

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Gween_Gween said:
Scordolo said:
Yeah, people who say this is tear bait didn't even understand the story. If Kage's backstory wasn't shown, then there wouldn't have any justification as to why he was so intrigued and connected to him.

It is a tear bait, they could have told the backstory differently but they did so in the most by the book misery porn possible by killing both of his parents in a span of minutes while also flashbacking again and again to truly tell us that we should cry. It doesn't mean that it is unnecessary and the story is fairly coherent as of now, but this is pretty transparent about its nature
If tear bait episode is meant to be this good then I want more tear bait episodes plz.
Oct 22, 2021 8:07 PM
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Yes, they didn't know that it's quite obvious.
Oct 23, 2021 6:09 AM

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Gween_Gween said:
Scordolo said:
Yeah, people who say this is tear bait didn't even understand the story. If Kage's backstory wasn't shown, then there wouldn't have any justification as to why he was so intrigued and connected to him.

It is a tear bait, they could have told the backstory differently but they did so in the most by the book misery porn possible by killing both of his parents in a span of minutes while also flashbacking again and again to truly tell us that we should cry. It doesn't mean that it is unnecessary and the story is fairly coherent as of now, but this is pretty transparent about its nature

Kindly elaborate on HOW they could've done differently. Just saying they could've done it differently without elaborating doesn't help.

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Oct 23, 2021 7:01 AM
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i would say this is a bait title thread... lmao
Oct 23, 2021 8:38 AM

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Scordolo said:
Gween_Gween said:

It is a tear bait, they could have told the backstory differently but they did so in the most by the book misery porn possible by killing both of his parents in a span of minutes while also flashbacking again and again to truly tell us that we should cry. It doesn't mean that it is unnecessary and the story is fairly coherent as of now, but this is pretty transparent about its nature

Kindly elaborate on HOW they could've done differently. Just saying they could've done it differently without elaborating doesn't help.

You have countless examples about how it can be done differently. The explanation of the motivation came before the motive of the explanation, so they needed to enforce the emotions harder because it doesnt flow naturally into the story. They could have done an explanation after the motivation, like in Sayaka vs Sakura, an explanation throughout the story, like in Katanagatari, or changing the structure of the story by starting in a different point that let me care organically about Kage, which would require myself to rewatch the episode to tell you which parts were directly unnecessary so I wont do it, but hope you have some imagination left to understand what im saying



Oct 23, 2021 4:28 PM
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Absolutely. It was an emotional episode, entirely organically so. There’s no need to feel ashamed about feeling emotional during such an episode, and you definitely shouldn’t take it out on the show as if it’s a bad thing.
Oct 23, 2021 4:29 PM
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Damuzen said:
Sairentou said:

With 1st thread I agree but isn't this one to complain about ppl who says this episode was only tear bait nothing else?

Actually yes, looks like I've misread the title, my bad
Lmao yeah I did the same thing at first, and was also about to complain about it. It’s a nice surprise to see that people watching this anime are actually reasonable.
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Whatever the show has to do. If it manages to do it and affects the viewer as intended, it has done a good job in my eyes. Whether it manipulates us in to laughing, crying, getting wet/hard or shocked. I would never stoop low enough to call it bait.

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