Are there any anime that you think should have ended sooner?

I think attack on titan should have ended with the rumbling.

I didn't hate the ending like a lot of other people. I thought all and all it was a "good" ending. But I still think if the show treated Rumbling like Ragnarök and treated it as something that when started CAN NOT be stopped, as we only see the result of it or how the other characters coped with it, it would have been a much better ending.

That would cut Eren's final bit characterization, but I think the sacrifice would have been worth it for what it would give.

It would give the potential to so many great character moments, and some of the best scenes of rumbling like the "I'm sorry" thing would still remain in the story.

This is partly because I think it would make for a FAR more memorable and powerful ending, and partly because I think the "stop Eren" plot line started with the series being at it's worst (everything that was in s4p2), and while the rest of it was good, it wasn't nearly as good as the climax of AOT could have been imo.

Like it had 10/10 potential, but I would say the last arc as a whole is like a low 7, if we include the s4p2 segment of it too. It's an 8 if we don't include the s4p2 part.

I guess Monster could have definitely been shorter somehow.

Log Horizon shouldn't have had a 3rd season...season 1 and 2 were great...sure, there was no conclusion to the story (even in s3) but the quality dropped HARD for season 3. should have ended on a high note instead of wasting money and ending on a shit season like they did

Couldn't you have written the Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu part without including that spoiler? I was enjoying your post until then.

On topic, I feel most battle shounens really start dragging their feet towards the end. That might be because I've grown tired of stories where the fate of the entire world/galaxy/universe/multiverse rests in the hands of a single teenager, though. I'd prefer if the stories concluded while the stakes were still lower.

@SleepingBear Sorry about that. You're right, I will reword it to be more vague.

You are right, shounen is a big culprit when it comes to extending shows unecessarilly, particularly the long running older shows like inuyasha.

@Anjuro Thanks for understanding.

Yeah, but I guess they still cater to enough people's tastes to get away with it. Not like I'm free of that either, most of the romance anime I enjoy could be concluded in a fraction of the time but I enjoy the slow burn.

Death note because Near was a HORRIBLE. HORRIBLE. character. OH MY GOD THAT GUY WAS SO BORING

I didn't really like legend of the galactic heroes but reuenthal was the only character that made it semi-enjoyable for me but idk that's me. ig it was just cuz I thought he was attractive smh

@Kenzolo-folk I can see death note, as you might already know, at one point in time the series was meant to end before near got introduced.

Yeah I mean Reuenthal was a sexy boy, but didn't you feel like they sort of ruined his character a little bit? The way he brushes off Wolf (his best friend whom he would trust his life with), the way he, almost on a whim starts an unwinnable war ( even though there are so many lines about him being an impeccable commander ), and you even have that whole subplot with that woman who hates him that for some reason results in him keeping her as a pet or something? and her bearing his child. Idk, to me it just feels like they did my boy incredibly dirty.

@Anjuro
I mean he wasn’t really supposed to be likeable. From the beginning he’s arrogant towards woman cuz of his mom and stuff but at the same time is a womanizer for his own ego. He was loyal to reuenthal but he kept fantasizing about eventually usurping him and his obsession with rising to power made him fall off really bad 😭. He kept her around prolly for a sense of control cuz he’s kinda dead inside. I don’t think he was meant to do anything terrific because he was born from a lot of hate and that eventually culminated into his actions/personality. I guess I only liked his storyline cuz it felt the most human, a lot of the characters were really stale😨

@Kenzolo-folk I mean yes he is a flawed character, but I feel like he just got stupid in that part of the story. He was supposed to be a genius, "the twin stars" they called them, even if Reuenthal had his shortcomings, he also had a side that could be respected.

You're right about his obsession with power, it was foreshadowed earlier in the story that Reuenthal would do this, when Reinhard taunts him saying that " if he thinks he could win, he should try to usurp his position", but Reunthal wasn't stupid, how was he supposed to win a war against the empire with only a small force, considering also the fact that he would have to convince all those people to participate in the coup, for no reason other than his pride? It just feels like a crazy thing to do.

I don't know dude, personally I can't see any good reason for Reunthal to keep that woman hostage, much less have sex with her. Not to mention, surely there is an implication here that he r*ped her isn't there? To me it just does not sound like something he would do, he's flawed but he's not evil. It's also not like it's his fetish or something, he's not like the nobles, in fact if I recall he assisted in reinhards rescue and he rebuked their actions. I do think you are right that he is broken in a sense, maybe he took some sick pleasure in the hate that woman had for him because he felt that's what he deserved, but idk I still can't accept it.

I can sort of see what you're saying about the staleness, many of the other admirals for example don't really have very compelling stories to them, even wolfs story would not be as good without Reuenthals betrayal. The way I see it the author didn't want to write dramatic things into the story if he could help it, except then there is this whole Reuenthal incident which is full of drama so I don't really know. I really liked Oberstein personally, I think he might be the best supporting character in all of anime, he's at least a contender. But yeah, when you consider how many characters there are in this series, a lot of them are not very memorable.

Surprised no one has mentioned yet Rent-a-Girlfriend...



While a lot of better shows got only one season, this series managed to get 3 seasons! And the manga is still being milked to death by its creator, with no apparent end in sight. I wouldn't be surprised if it truly becomes the "One Piece" of rom-coms in terms of the number of chapters....

Surprised no one has mentioned yet Rent-a-Girlfriend...



While a lot of better shows got only one season, this series managed to get 3 seasons! And the manga is still being milked to death by its creator, with no apparent end in sight. I wouldn't be surprised if it truly becomes the "One Piece" of rom-coms in terms of the number of chapters....

It doesn't make sense from the standpoint of what the vast majority of an audience watching any series in chronological order from episode one on and intending to see it through would desire (since it's extremely cyclical and artificially stunted in development and a feeling of any positive progress and lasting growth from experiences overcome and internalized lessons), but it makes perfect sense from the standpoint of marketing if the ideal target demographic for the audience is supposed to watch the show at a certain young age for several months, maybe a year or two at most, and then be replaced by a new audience member of that same age as they themselves grow up and go on to watch other (mostly better) things.

About Detective Conan...guess what, the manga is on indefinite hiatus (because they are doing Kaitou Kid manga all of the sudden), but it's definitely in its endgame since the Black Organization is now aware of the shrinking, one Kaitou Kid character too.