| As the title states does anyone ever experience anxiety when reading/watching a romance manga or anime. Like that scene from SAO or some scenes from Chobits It just seriously gives me anxiety and I just don't know. Currently watching Aah! Megami-sama where the girl beautiful and I just know that there is gonna be some old seducing guy in the anime. Also I know the the guy pretty much arrives every time but he either does nothing or just slaps the guy on the wrist or something. Honestly your girl just harassed and your just gonna let it go? This post may seem stupid I know but just wanted to get my thoughts out. Does anybody else experience this? |
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| I wouldn't say anxiety, but that kind of stuff is just uncomfortable to watch in general. |
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| Read Berserk, you'll get desensitized about that kinda stuff in anime/manga and won't have to worry about that anymore |
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| Most anime that deal with those kind of scenarios are often quite predictable with what will happen next and when it's as obvious as it is, it loses that feel and some even degrade to cringe instead, especially when in scenarios that are terribly executed, such as the SAO example. |
| Everyone have different reactions to those types of scenarios... I suggest you to avoid School days like the plague and Manga made by Takeda Hiromitsu (both her normal manga and her H-manga)… XD To answer your question the one in SAO didn’t provoke me anything... that type of scene appears from time to time in manga/anime and the culprit gets his punishment… There are some works that the only things that made me experience is going to Google and seek a meme of Captain Picard *Facepalm* romance is a genre that I like to read/watch but sometimes it left me thinking that could have been resolved if the two have sit down and talked to each other… thus facepalming myself from time to time. ^_^ |
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| Yes. I usually afraid romance story I read/watch gonna turned out to be harem/love triangle. |
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| ye with shakugan no shana season 2, dont know why but made me feel quite anxious. |
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| At least, it draws out a bit of your emotion and I don't want to know if it meant to be good for you. |
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| Yeah I agree with all of you I guess it just depends on the person and the anime in general. |
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Zeigis said: As the title states does anyone ever experience anxiety when reading/watching a romance manga or anime. I don't know if it's the same thing, but I find many anime, especially highly praised shoujo anime, to be too emotionally intense. To the point I usually drop such shows. This season, I dropped Seiren and Murasame-kun no Revenge due to that feeling somewhere in the middle of the first episode. (that was quite unexpected for me) On the other hand, SAO Fairy Dance arc Sugou/Oberon scenes were quite uncomfortable but bearable. Maybe because I knew Kirito is going to make it alright. Maybe it's because I've read the book first and knew it's going to turn out okay. |
| If it's a very well written scene then sure, but if it's just something stupid like SAO then no. |
flannan said: Zeigis said: As the title states does anyone ever experience anxiety when reading/watching a romance manga or anime. I don't know if it's the same thing, but I find many anime, especially highly praised shoujo anime, to be too emotionally intense. To the point I usually drop such shows. This season, I dropped Seiren and Murasame-kun no Revenge due to that feeling somewhere in the middle of the first episode. (that was quite unexpected for me) On the other hand, SAO Fairy Dance arc Sugou/Oberon scenes were quite uncomfortable but bearable. Maybe because I knew Kirito is going to make it alright. Maybe it's because I've read the book first and knew it's going to turn out okay. Yeah I get you on that one, but can you tell me about what parts of the anime were emotionally intense? I know some which really just affected me inside really hard and quite possible changed my life. |
| Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely - Lord Acton |
| When you watch enough Hentai, it doesn't really affect you much...unless it's done well where it really gets to you. (Praise School Days!) And don't worry about Aa! Megami-sama having disturbing scenes like that. The goddesses have too much hax for that to happen to them. ^_^ |
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| So OP, basically you got triggered? |
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Tarotist said: When you watch enough Hentai, it doesn't really affect you much...unless it's done well where it really gets to you. (Praise School Days!) And don't worry about Aa! Megami-sama having disturbing scenes like that. The goddesses have too much hax for that to happen to them. ^_^ Thanks for your reassurance, I can finally watch in peace :) |
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OppaiSugoi said: So OP, basically you got triggered? Hmmm... I guess I would get triggered at times but the anxiety its like a regular thing whenever I watch/read anime/manga. I don't really know how to explain it but I guess its close to that. |
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Maneki-Mew said: Maybe some people will find it ridiculous and I wouldn't call it "anxiety", but I was quite uncomfortable with some parts of Orange, because a good friend of mine is suicidal and in fact Kakeru behaved pretty similar. Otherwise the scenes were touching and I assume this is what a well written, depressed character looks like, if I can relate to his behavior (as far as I can tell as an outsider). At least, I can recognize this behavior in Kakeru and this friend. Sad to hear about your friend. I hope he gets better :) and yeah I can see what you're saying that it's well written when you can relate to the story. Again I hope your friend gets better. |
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| Yeah, like...at what point is the 'romance' going to completely ruin my anime. That kind of anxiety, mostly lol. |
Gymkata said: Yeah, like...at what point is the 'romance' going to completely ruin my anime. That kind of anxiety, mostly lol. Lol yeah this exactly what I think. From my experience of watching stuff, there will always be that moment. |
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| @Zeigis So wait Romance anime = Attempted rape and underage/online sex solicitation? I think we found the problem. The problem is your definition of "Romance". |
Phendrus said: If I get invested in an anime romance (even if it's not in a romance-genre anime,) I typically get nervous that the writers are going to shoehorn in some BS tragic ending for the sake of cheap feels (or, alternatively, that the romance is going to go nowhere.) Why do I get nervous about this? Because it happens in a lot of the anime and JRPGs I run across. And, in direct answer to one of your points: Yes, Sugou made the whole second half of SAO uncomfortable for me. I'm with you on that one as well. Never really encountered the BS Tragic ending but definitely the romance not going anywhere. |
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| @AudioTsunami I'm pretty sure he just means that he finds a lot of that crap in romance anime and it makes him anxious/uncomfortable, that's all. |
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| @vikki7783 SAO and Chobits are romance? That's very strange. |
| IS the NTR Syndrome... I got it to after I made the mistake of reading/watching some NTR and that led to lot of anxiety even if vanilla like Romance... I healed a little in time, but the wound of NTR remina forever in those with pure white maiden manly hearts like me. |
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@AudioTsunami yes actually I believe so, I mean  |
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| =( Watch better romance anime, I guess. Like ones based on romance? |
Believe me I try xD but it just pops up in everything I watch. |
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kronopy said: IS the NTR Syndrome... I got it to after I made the mistake of reading/watching some NTR and that led to lot of anxiety even if vanilla like Romance... I healed a little in time, but the wound of NTR remina forever in those with pure white maiden manly hearts like me. Well, can't really think of anything positive to say but atleast you've matured a little bit more. |
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| When they do stupid cringeworthy shit yeah I do It's especially bad when I see it coming a mile away |
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| I just feel depressed when a garbage tsundere win over a nice cute girl I started to read shoujo manga instead of harems only to see some nice girls win xD |
tragedydesuJan 11, 2017 11:08 AM
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| I raped and killed your waifu and im an old smelly ugly human disgrace. |
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Lol this is really bad advice. Anime with romance as the main primary focus are generally terrible. tragedydesu said: I just feel depressed when a garbage tsundere win over a nice cute girl I started to read shoujo manga instead of harems only to see some nice girls win xD The nice girl usually wins in Harem though? |
| @TitanAnteus it depends on your definition of "nice" tsunderes arent nice they are just bitches |
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tragedydesu said: @TitanAnteus it depends on your definition of "nice" tsunderes arent nice they are just bitches But... strike the blood, mayo chiki, nagasarete airantou... it's so common for them to win... |
TitanAnteus said: Lol this is really bad advice. Anime with romance as the main primary focus are generally terrible. tragedydesu said: I just feel depressed when a garbage tsundere win over a nice cute girl I started to read shoujo manga instead of harems only to see some nice girls win xD The nice girl usually wins in Harem though? It must hurt to be so wrong: Nodame Cantabile, Your Lie in April, Kids on the Slope, Lovely Complex, Nana(despite some anxiety inducing stuff), Most Shinkai movies(despite me think 5cm is awful), Spice and Wolf, Clannad, Girl who leapt through time, Hotarubi no Mori e, Tatami Galaxy, Planetes, Nagi no Asukara, Anthem of the Heart, Snow White with Red Hair, Cross Game/touch/Baby Steps(even though it has a lot of sports in it, the romance is pretty big, especially in touch), White Album2, Emma. There is plenty of Romance-centric/romance heavy anime that is totally worth watching, and the OP is actually watchign My Love Story and Nodame Cantabile, so that's why I stopped addressing him because he's probably just a troll. |
Dishonest said: I raped and killed your waifu and im an old smelly ugly human disgrace. This is exactly the type I'm talking about. |
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AudioTsunami said: TitanAnteus said: Lol this is really bad advice. Anime with romance as the main primary focus are generally terrible. The nice girl usually wins in Harem though? It must hurt to be so wrong: Nodame Cantabile, Your Lie in April, Kids on the Slope, Lovely Complex, Nana(despite some anxiety inducing stuff), Most Shinkai movies(despite me think 5cm is awful), Spice and Wolf, Clannad, Girl who leapt through time, Hotarubi no Mori e, Tatami Galaxy, Planetes, Nagi no Asukara, Anthem of the Heart, Snow White with Red Hair, Cross Game/touch/Baby Steps(even though it has a lot of sports in it, the romance is pretty big, especially in touch), White Album2, Emma. There is plenty of Romance-centric/romance heavy anime that is totally worth watching, and the OP is actually watchign My Love Story and Nodame Cantabile, so that's why I stopped addressing him because he's probably just a troll. I'd like to ask but how am I a troll? I'm not trying to troll anybody an I'm just trying to get my thoughts out. I didn't say romance was attempted rape or solicitation I only gave examples of things that made me anxious of romance stuff. If you don't acknowledge SAO and Chobits romance then I don't know what you think of them. |
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AudioTsunami said: TitanAnteus said: Lol this is really bad advice. Anime with romance as the main primary focus are generally terrible. The nice girl usually wins in Harem though? It must hurt to be so wrong: Nodame Cantabile, Your Lie in April, Kids on the Slope, Lovely Complex, Nana(despite some anxiety inducing stuff), Most Shinkai movies(despite me think 5cm is awful), Spice and Wolf, Clannad, Girl who leapt through time, Hotarubi no Mori e, Tatami Galaxy, Planetes, Nagi no Asukara, Anthem of the Heart, Snow White with Red Hair, Cross Game/touch/Baby Steps(even though it has a lot of sports in it, the romance is pretty big, especially in touch), White Album2, Emma. There is plenty of Romance-centric/romance heavy anime that is totally worth watching, and the OP is actually watchign My Love Story and Nodame Cantabile, so that's why I stopped addressing him because he's probably just a troll. Spice and Wolf? Planetes? Girl who lept through time? CROSS GAME!? They have a plot and romance is a pretty good focus, but it's not about romance. Also lovely complex is terrible. So is Nana. Actually, the ones you listed that really do actually have romance as the CENTRAL focus range from meh watchable to terrible with the exception of Snow White with Red Hair. I felt like the romance in anime like Junketsu No Maria, Spice and Wolf, the Legend of the Legendary heroes, Gosick, Bakemonogatari and the like have more weight since they're not about the romance first. Also, you bring up shoujo romances and didn't even mention My Little Monster. That's like one of the FEW romance focused anime that are actually good. |
| Planetes is super about romance, and so is girl who leapt through time. My little Monster is also good. |
Zeigis said: flannan said: I don't know if it's the same thing, but I find many anime, especially highly praised shoujo anime, to be too emotionally intense. To the point I usually drop such shows. This season, I dropped Seiren and Murasame-kun no Revenge due to that feeling somewhere in the middle of the first episode. (that was quite unexpected for me) On the other hand, SAO Fairy Dance arc Sugou/Oberon scenes were quite uncomfortable but bearable. Maybe because I knew Kirito is going to make it alright. Maybe it's because I've read the book first and knew it's going to turn out okay. Yeah I get you on that one, but can you tell me about what parts of the anime were emotionally intense? I know some which really just affected me inside really hard and quite possible changed my life. In another similar topic, I remembered a few good examples: I could not watch Wagamote further than the opening of the first episode. I dropped Sisters of Wellber somewhere at the beginning of "city of prostitutes" segment. It's not like something was happening. It's the unknown that was scary, I guess. |
flannan said: Zeigis said: Yeah I get you on that one, but can you tell me about what parts of the anime were emotionally intense? I know some which really just affected me inside really hard and quite possible changed my life. In another similar topic, I remembered a few good examples: I could not watch Wagamote further than the opening of the first episode. I dropped Sisters of Wellber somewhere at the beginning of "city of prostitutes" segment. It's not like something was happening. It's the unknown that was scary, I guess. I see, stuff like that is what gives me anxiety. Also something almost always happens in these kinds of scenes thats why. |
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