If an anime gets cancelled, goes on an indefinite hiatus, or just hasn't gotten a new season in years do you usually pick up the manga/light novel or do you just wait and hope for another season?
For me it's RAG of course. I love how layered each character is and how well-developed they are. I've genuinely never seen anything like it.
For me it's my goat rom-com protagonist hachiman.
If you had to pick just one which do you think people will still be recommending and talking about 10–20 years from now?
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Not necessarily because it's short, but because you think the experience works best when you watch it all at once (or over a single day) without long breaks.
For me it's cyberpunk edgerunners. I couldn't sleep one night and was just scrolling through reels when I came across a clip. Decided to give it a try and before I knew it, I'd binged the entire thing in one sitting. It just felt impossible to stop watching.
For me it's this one right here 👆
It doesn't have to mean the series became terrible. Maybe it gradually declined in quality, had a disappointing final arc, or just didn't live up to the standard it had set for itself.
For me it's Chainsaw Man. Part 1 is close to a literal masterpiece but Part 2 has been a noticeable step down in quality for me.
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For me it's vinland saga. I genuinely can't think of a single major character that felt poorly written or unnecessary.
So it's this one for me i thought the premise was pretty interesting. It was a little cliché but still seemed like something I'd enjoy. As I kept watching though, I gradually lost interest and ended up dropping it around episode 7 or 8.
This question randomly came to mind but I genuinely couldn't think of a good answer myself.
So I'm curious who would you pick and why?
It can be anything - pacing, characters, an arc, the ending, or something else.
For me it's stein's gate
Its flaw in my opinion is the slow setup. It takes a while before the story really gets going.
For me, it's these three.
Kaguya-sama: Love Is War showed me how much voice acting can elevate comedy. I genuinely don't think half the jokes would land as well without the cast's performances.
Attack on Titan is another one. There are so many incredible performances throughout the series but Yuki Kaji as Eren especially stands out. His performance adds so much weight to eren's character.
And finally Steins;Gate. Mamoru Miyano's performance as okabe is incredible. The emotional scenes just wouldn't hit nearly as hard without his voice acting.
For me, it's these three.
Kaguya-sama: Love Is War showed me how much voice acting can elevate comedy. I genuinely don't think half the jokes would land as well without the cast's performances.
Attack on Titan is another one. There are so many incredible performances throughout the series but Yuki Kaji as Eren especially stands out. His performance adds so much weight to eren's character.
And finally Steins;Gate. Mamoru Miyano's performance as okabe is incredible. The emotional scenes just wouldn't hit nearly as hard without his voice acting.
To me, "underrated" and "underwatched" aren't the same thing. Some anime are already highly rated by the people who've seen them they just don't have a large audience.
What anime do you think falls into that category?
And 86 is only there because I've seen so many people call it underrated, even though it's rated above an 8 on most anime sites. To me that's not underrated at all it's just underwatched
I'm talking about scenes that had you making faces, pausing the episode, or wanting to look away. Not necessarily horror or gore just moments that made you genuinely uncomfortable.
For me, it was the bullying scenes in A Silent Voice. They made me genuinely uneasy and I think some experiences from my own past also played a part in that.
What scene immediately comes to mind for you?
For me it's future diary.
It has such a great idea for an anime, but I don't think it lives up to it at all. The first half is somewhat decent but the second half is a hot pile of shit.
The concept had so much potential, yet it felt like the story kept getting messier as it went on.
Yuno's back must hurt from carrying the entire show.
I'm not talking about just one character. I mean an anime where you found most of the cast annoying, uninteresting, or difficult to care about.
What made them so unlikable for you?
Not necessarily in a positive or negative way
What's an anime whose reputation made you expect something completely different from what you actually got?
For me it's probably solo leveling and neon genesis evangelion.
With Solo Leveling, I expected complete mindless slop based on how some people talk about it but I ended up finding it pretty decent.
With Evangelion I went in expecting a deep masterpiece because of its reputation. While I can see why it's so influential it just didn't connect with me as much as I expected and I was not a fan.
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I don't think there's one universal answer to this question. It probably varies from person to person.
So you who's reading this what makes a character well-written for you?
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