I would never give money to crunchyroll or netflix, so i cant possibly be stealing from them no matter what type of show/content/feature they try to sell on their platform.
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Most anime is really bad ngl. It is a crime to demand money for it.
- 5m monolouges in the middle of a fight of ppl who supposedly hate each other.
- 2m battle stretched over 3 episodes.
- half episode flasback to childhood in the middle of someone striking his enemy.
- the flashback has been shown twice before in prior episodes.
- after episode with start of fight and flashback, next episode starts with completely different characters and ends with previously shown snippet of start of fight for a cliffhanger.
- everyone explains obvious or irrelevant things all the time, even in mid battle.
- except: when vital information should be shared, suddenly nobody wants to talk any more, so the plot can be based on them not having that info or not getting along.
- everything and everyone stops and starts to talk about their feelings when actually in a hurry.
- extensive boring stills, so it's barely watchable even on 4x speed.
- every character of a group has to be shown individually agreeing after a decision is made.
- main character has a super cringy catchphrase like *snaps fingers* stay safe and have fun.
I have spent money on anime physical media before, but few are worth. I'd say most Ghost in the Shell stuff is good and worth, for example, but not all of it. Of course, it's also a bit a matter of taste.