90s kid grew up reading Ranma and Sailor Moon manga, a shogakusei's guide to anime masculinity and femininity, respectively.
Writing reviews primarily due to boredom and/or urge to expose the underlying propaganda in certain anime series by the powers that be. Some folks got "triggered" by the revelation of the latter and thus the censored reviews (Dungeon Meshi, Dr. Stone, etc.) are posted on my MAL blog: https://myanimelist.net/blog/gingerholic
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You're right that I should watch the other ones, but as far as the previously discussed Death Note goes, I've seen it thrice and read the manga. It quite literally has no propaganda. For Death Note to be propaganda, it'd have to clearly show someone's justice being triumphant, but at the end of the day, nobody wins. Light became a psychopath due to his power and failed in his justice, resorting to terror and killing innocents like Misora. All the Kira Task Force saw was that he was right in a way, as the crime rate rises again after Light's death. I wouldn't call it nihilistic either, it's just a story about two flawed views of justice clashing and losing in the end.
It has aspects that I disagree with, but I don't consider it propaganda. Same with the religious allegories.
Light being an allegory for Lucifer isn't propaganda - it's an allegory for the fall from grace. He is quite literally designed to be a fallen angel - perfect and upstanding in every way until he gets seduced by power.
I've changed my mind on L's name and think he actually might be an allegory for God - he represents the seemingly perfect will of God or in this story's case - the law. Something "perfect" that nobody can scrutinise.
Again, it displays numerous flaws with both characters and never forces the viewer to be on either's side. The viewer chooses that by themselves.
My point is that the eclipses aren't relevant to anyone who isn't in the American continent.
It's easy to disregard someone who doesn't believe all the theories as a consumer of the matrix and an NPC - it eliminates all possibility of discussion and is a quick "gotcha" statement.
Speaking of AI, though, as someone who actually works with it I can tell you it's a scam. 99% of the AI "news" online is fearmongering, even worse, it's RATIONALIST fearmongering. What we call AI now is just machine learning methods attempting to predict a response based on given data. They scrape all of the internet and end up hallucinating what a plausible response to a prompt might be. It is very advanced, but it's not real intelligence.
Even if a lot of it were in fact mocking Christian beliefs, it's just free speech at the end of the day. Nobody should be forced to participate in something they don't believe in. A story basing lore on beliefs that aren't Christianity is not inherently evil or meant to implant sinful thoughts in the minds of the youth. There are obvious examples, but guess what. 99% of them are American media. Depraved media in general is America's biggest cultural export by far.
As far as anime that legitimately push harmful ideas go, it's lolicon or incest crap most of the time. Maybe something like Oyasumi Punpun would fit in too, given how nihilistic and sex-obsessed that manga is. In fact, a lot of seinen manga would fit into that category.
You've just restated my point about the total solar eclipses. They're not visible anywhere but The Americas.
Genetically modified giants doesn't make AOT predictive programming. Maybe the gene therapy does? Which I don't necessarily believe. I know what you're getting at, but I assume incompetence before I assume evil with such things.
A story about gene therapy and politics that has actually made some correct predictions is Metal Gear Solid 2. I recommend watching a video on its lore (just make sure it's a channel that isn't politically biased).
I know what went down that day. Though, other countries were doing it before that day.
As far as CERN goes, a lot of what they do is basically a scam. I do think the elites love using them as a target for conspiracy theorists to latch onto, again to divert attention from the actual conspiracies. I'll still hold onto my IBM 5100, though. Might need it.
I call a lot of the symbolism you mention shallow because it really is. Nutty or not aside, I've given examples of media that I consider legitimately harmful and not just media that happens not to paint Christianity in a positive light. No problem though.
I do agree that the tunnel opening ceremony is completely depraved. I wouldn't ever put Sailor Moon on the same shelf, though. They don't compare whatsoever.
Your point about the total solar eclipses is also very American-centric, as neither of them were/will be visible from anywhere but The Americas.
AOT also isn't filled with "predictive programming", it's a story about genetically modified giants. Though, I think the racial themes are pretty interesting (it'd be worth discussing if the ending didn't ruin the story). The numerology is interesting, but once again it's very shallow as far as symbolism goes.
It sounds more like you're arguing strictly from a Christian perspective without regard for people who don't follow it.
I've looked at the Commonwealth Games ceremony and wow. That looks grim. Not as bad as that one tunnel opening ceremony, but close. I think the elites do these rituals as more of a demoralization tactic and fuel for conspiracy theorists than anything substantial. Their actual crimes are apparent and pretty easy to talk about, but unfortunately the water is muddied by crack theories and false flags.
And eating slain monsters isn't exactly new for fantasy stories, you do it all the time in Monster Hunter and what not.
Probably the funniest thing I have read in a while, keep it up bro!