Animemes

I've been feeling this way, too. Most shows with dumbass teenage main characters are a pass for me, nowadays. I think it's mainly because I'm getting older and they aren't very relatable anymore.

I honestly wish Japan would split their genres a lil more. Shonen feels like such a default "anime" genre, and yeah most of it is just generic drivel. Then something actually wild and interesting comes along like DanDaDan or Gachiakata or SANDA, but you basically have to find them through word of mouth or knowing the animation studios.

The pirate cut of Naruto is good. All filler removed, some edits and subtitle changes to make it in line with the manga.

You still may not like it but that's what came to my mind for quality shonen.

I was the same. Watched the first season as soon as it came out and thought “It’s a little murder-porny but I’m kind of intrigued to see where the plot goes.” Then after the first season the plot got worse instead and I lost interest. People seem to love it though.

You never got into it even a single time?!! Surprising to hear but okay 😶‍🌫️

MHA is praised as peak? In what universe?

I got too annoyed because they couldn't shut up about what "One For All" is. They kept repeating that god damn flashback over and over...

I heard One Pace fixes the pacing, I just haven’t had the drive to start it over.

Because absolutely nobody dislikes Cowboy Bebop. It's, like, the perfect anime.

It's complicated, cause there is a good story there, you just won't see it until like 100 episodes into the show. Really slow start to it. Also doesn't help that alot of the early seasons are pretty dated now in animation style, and there's a ton of filler and recaps. I can't even watch the show myself, but I've been reading it since the beginning.

Hoping they go through one day when the show's done and make a condensed & updated version. You could probably remove half of the episodes as it is, no joke.

for real. it's just....not good, as a new adult viewer.

I'm sure plenty of people feel the same about DBZ, but I saw my first episodes as a young teen and loved it.

You and me both. The main character is supposed to be smart but keeps doing dumb shit.

I like shield hero but anyone describing it as peak has shit taste.

The first season was kinda bearable, and then it just turned completely shit

I like Evangelion specifically because most of it wasn't intended to have a meaning. Anno just put it in the show because he thought it looked/sounded cool.

This is similar to why I like games from Hideo Kojima. Its just filled with stuff he thought is cool. It doesn't always have to have a meaning or explanation.

To me it always felt like people were trying to justify the plot and setting as some sort of grandiose idea, when it's just a shit idea with random words and images.

It's angels, that why they explode into crosses, also the children experience trauma, that's why the mechs...

Fuck off. I've watched deep dives of episodes, with frames explained down to pixels, and it's still random shit for the sake of shock, nothing more.

I loved Frieren, but I get that it's not for everyone. It is a story about grieving, building relationships, passing wisdom on to a next generation. Because of that I think it appeals to people that have experienced loss and are older.

took me till episode 3 till I was hooked. But for me it was Steins Gate. Tried it 4 times over 6 years or so, never got beyond episode 2.