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Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2026, Week 04] (ani.social)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by wjs018@ani.social to c/anime@ani.social

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[–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Sentenced to Be a Hero

the characters are frankly a drag
I find it interesting to see multiple members of this community - myself included - shit on its first episode despite how well-received it was among the broader anime community. Looks like we are just not the target demographic.

Dark/edgy fantasy doesn't seem to be very popular around here, it's true. Makes me feel a bit isolated sometimes, as someone who does like those kinds of shows. 😅

[–] Endmaker@ani.social 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I don't think the dark fantasy theme is a dealbreaker. Personally, I enjoyed works like Heavenly Delusion, and find the story (and story-telling) of The Promised Neverland fantastic, up there with the greats.

It's just that for some anime, the dialogue and character-acting felt so off the mark.

Ultimately, entertainment / enjoyment is subjective. It's nice to see that you stayed true to yourself instead of bending to peer pressure.

[–] Unboxious@ani.social 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's not that I disliked it for being dark or for being edgy or for being fantasy. I disliked it because it wasn't very good.

[–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Maybe it's just confirmation bias on my part, but it just seems like these kinds of shows are more likely to actively receive bad reviews than be ignored, which is what happens to most of the stuff that I would judge as truly bad. Compare, for instance, Hell Mode, an utterly cliched isekai that's also currently running and which I would say was more deserving of bad reviews, because its creator wouldn't recognize an original idea if it bit them—not one word's been said about it. Even Beheneko, which was an unapologetic brainless boobfest held together by a thin surface skin of plot, didn't draw as many bad reviews here as Sentenced to be a Hero.

Upon reflection, the answer might simply be that the people who are giving this one bad reviews watch a lot less trash than I do and therefore have a differently calibrated evaluation scale.

[–] Unboxious@ani.social 3 points 1 month ago

Yeah there's no way I was going to be watching either of those shows in the first place.