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Anime Family Feud

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u/Miz-Steak — 4 hours ago
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The Ending of Violet Evergarden Is Misunderstood More Than Almost Any Modern Anime

so i gotta say i think violet evergarden has one of the most misunderstood endings in modern anime and its not even because the ending is confusing. its because people go into it expecting a completely different story than what it actually is.

like the whole "violet moving on from gilbert" interpretation never sat right with me. to me the series was never about that. from episode 1 the question isnt "can violet let go?" its "what does i love you even mean?" she doesnt just struggle with love she struggles with emotion itself. she has no emotional vocabulary no sense of identity outside being a soldier no understanding of why people laugh or cry or forgive or grieve. when gilbert tells her he loves her she literally doesnt know what those words mean. that question becomes the foundation of everything.

every letter she writes teaches her another piece of being human. romantic love parental love sibling love friendship regret hope sacrifice forgiveness grief. the series isnt moving toward one romantic conclusion. its building her emotional literacy one experience at a time.

and thats why episodes 8 and 9 get misread all the time. people say those episodes are violet accepting gilberts death or learning to move on but thats not what happens. those episodes are about violet experiencing grief for the first time. and more importantly theyre about what happens when someone with almost no emotional framework suddenly gets overwhelmed by emotions they cant process. she blames herself she breaks down she thinks she has no right to live. none of that is closure. its the exact opposite. its someone discovering the weight of love and loss without knowing how to carry either.

the narrative isnt showing emotional detachment. its showing emotional awakening. and that completely changes how i see the movie.

one scene that people overlook is gilberts rejection. when he tells her to leave her first reaction is desperation. she runs after him cries refuses to let go. that makes sense because the violet we knew for most of the series tied her entire existence to him. her love wasnt unhealthy because she loved him. it was unhealthy because she didnt have an identity outside of him.

but heres the important part. she doesnt stay there. instead of spending the rest of the movie chasing him or abandoning everything she makes a different choice. she continues her work. she fulfills the promise she made to the young boy. she keeps living. she respects his wishes even though it hurts. that decision is easy to overlook but narratively its one of the biggest signs of her growth. earlier losing gilbert meant losing herself. now even while her heart is breaking she still chooses responsibility compassion and her own purpose. thats agency. thats character development.

and honestly i dont think "she should have moved on completely" is the only valid conclusion to her arc. grief doesnt always end with forgetting someone. love doesnt always end because someone is gone. real people lose loved ones and still love them decades later. that doesnt mean theyre emotionally unhealthy or incapable of living meaningful lives. the series reflects that complexity. violet learns to live without gilbert. she learns to stand on her own. she learns to make choices for herself. but she never stops loving him. those ideas arent contradictory. theyre the point.

by the time the reunion happens gilbert isnt completing violets identity anymore. she already completed that journey herself. the reunion doesnt create her growth. it reveals it. the contrast between beginning and end is what makes this work. early violet believes love means absolute devotion without understanding. later violet understands love while still having her own identity purpose and emotional independence. she isnt returning to the same relationship. shes returning as an entirely different person.

and i know some people are uncomfortable with the age gap and honestly i get it. i understand why that bothers people. but from a pure narrative standpoint the story does address the power imbalance. gilbert stays away for years. he lets her grow completely independently. he rejects her at first. he only accepts her when shes a grown woman with her own identity and agency. whether thats enough to make the relationship feel okay to everyone? no. and it doesnt have to be. but i do think the narrative is aware of the issue and actively tries to work through it rather than ignoring it.

people often frame the story as "dependency vs moving on." i think the real contrast is "dependency vs emotionally mature love." those are very different ideas. and the presumed dead later reunited structure is a long established literary device. its not just about separating two characters forever. its often used to force internal transformation before allowing a reunion that carries completely different emotional meaning than it would have earlier. if violet and gilbert had reunited in episode 2 nothing would have changed. but after shes learned empathy grief forgiveness purpose and emotional independence the reunion carries an entirely different narrative function. it no longer validates dependence. it validates transformation.

the anime never showed violet moving on completely. she literally says "i believe the major is alive somewhere." and even in the first movie you can see she still has feelings for him. yes she grieved and learned to live without him but not all grief leads to completely moving on or forgetting someone. some people still love their loved ones even when theyre gone.

and the movie showed a good balance of her ability to have a secure healthy form of love for him without codependency while still having her own agency. when he rejected her she decided to move forward and fulfill the promise to the boy. that scene alone shows how much she developed as a person and how her journey of learning emotions gave her her own identity. the fact that she reunites with him after having an unhealthy attachment earlier but now in a healthy pure form of love makes her development more clear than if she just married some random guy.

i think some people have certain expectations and watch through a specific lens and when the story doesnt go their preferred way they get upset. and the age gap definitely makes it worse for them although personally it never bothered me. i think we should always try to watch things with a neutral lens. honestly i only realized people hated the ending when i opened reddit. but theyre a loud minority. most people loved it. just look at the ratings and the awards it won in japan. critically acclaimed for a reason.

everyone has their own take and thats fine. but purely from a narrative and literary standpoint i never felt the movie contradicted the series. if anything it completed it. the story was never asking whether violet could stop loving gilbert. it was asking whether she could finally understand what love really means.

I am not trying to be nipcking but even at the end of the anime she never truely moved on. She literary said things like"I believe major is alive somewhere". And even in the first movie "Eternal Memory Doll" show she still have feeling for her. Yes she grief and leaned to live without him but not all types of Griefing lead to complety moving on or forgeting a person. There are some people in the world who still loves their loves one even if they are gone. And I think the movie showed a good balance of her ability to learned secure, healthy for of love for him without codependency and have her own agency. When he rejected her to see her she even decided to moved on to fullfill the promise of the boy. I think this sence alone how she developed as a person and how her Journey of learning emotions and have her own identity. I think the fact that the reunion with him who she have unhealthy attachment in ealier series but now more in healthy, pure form of love made her development more clear instead of married to random guy. And although the scenes she deal with Gelbert presumed dead is a narrative device force her to break free from her unhealthy attachment not completly moving on and the presumed dead and later reunion tropes is a legit story telling style in drama story. That's is my take and everyone have different lens and takes on a same story.

u/ConfidentTelephone81 — 4 days ago
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Legendary Gambler Tetsuya is one of those anime that doesn't get talked about enough anymore

It came out over 20 years ago, but a lot of fans still bring it up when someone asks for the best gambling anime.

What I like the most is the atmosphere. No flashy powers, no giant explosions, just people sitting across from each other trying to outplay, outsmart and outbluff one another.

The gambling feels old school in the best way. Every game has weight and every decision feels expensive even when almost nothing is happening on screen.

You can definitely see why so many people still call this a classic. Even now it has a style that a lot of newer gambling anime don't really have.

u/Capable-Bar5002 — 4 days ago
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fire force review

On fire force season 3 episode 12 when they go in the past and they show irl scenes it feels so lazy same thing happens in manwha the artist put in real life pictures and color over it it's so unappealing. But if they were to show anime scenes maybe in a different art style or wtv maybe there could be potential for a prequel and not just the sequel, but this irl scenes just feels so boring, lazy and weird to me, like daily life of the immortal king has shown different art styles and fire force showed different art styles in some moments too so I don't get why they can't focus that on the past scenes instead of seeing some real life scenes of Japan. But that's just me 🤷‍♂️, it's a good show and the va for sister sumire has beautiful acting, and can't wait for soul eater to be remade.

-Nexus

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u/Excellent_Reserve338 — 5 days ago
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Rezero ✨

I have started Rezero Anime 3 days ago ... Maybe I have seen approx 27 episodes . Everyone tell me how do u like it ! (I am liking it soooo much till now ).

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u/rudraverma071 — 6 days ago
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I've finally written 300 anime reviews!

1: Saiyuki

2: Blood C

3: Yamada’s First Time

4: Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror

5: Free! Iwatobi Swim Club

6: Oreimo

7: Popotan

8: Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt

9: This Ugly Yet Beautiful World

10: His and Her Circumstances

11: Diabolik Lovers

12: Squidgirl

13: Madam is a Magical Girl: Bewitched Agnes

14: Okami-san and her Seven Companions

15: Princess Tutu

16: Tiger and Bunny

17: Elfen Lied

18: Shiki

19: Ghost Hunt

20: Ouran Highschool Host Club

21: Detroit Metal City

22: Wolf’s Rain

23: Angel Beats!

24: Toradora!

25: So I Can’t Play H

26: The Twelve Kingdoms

27: Kiss X Sis

28: C3, Stella Womens Academy

29: Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi

30: Nadia: Secret of Blue Water

31: Kill La Kill

32: Rozen Maiden

33: Revolutionary Girl Utena

34: Heroic Age

35: Steins;Gate

36: Irresponsible Captain Tylor

37: Sword Art Online

38: Noragami

39: Another

40: Corpse Party: Tortured Souls

41: Ghost Stories

42: Vampire Knight

43: Soul Eater

44: Azumanga Daioh!

45: Kill Me Baby

46:  UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie

47:  Haganai: I Don’t Have Many Friends

48:  The Little Mermaid (1975)

49:  Rozen Maiden Zuruckspulen

50:  Gurren Lagann

51:  Medaka Box

52:  Petite Princess Yucie

53:  Gunbuster

54:  Magical Play

55:  Clannad

56:  Clannad Afterstory

57:  Kiddy Grade

58:  Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo

59:  Key the Metal Idol

60:  One Punch Man

61:  Amnesia

62:  A Lull in the Sea

63:  Hell Girl

64:  Sankarea: Undying Love

65:  Shadow Star Narutaru

66:  Afro Samurai

67:  Spice and Wolf

68:  The Devil is a Part-timer

69:  Final Fantasy 7: Advent Children

70:  Ben-To

71:  Love Hina

72:  Nakaimo

73:  Girls Bravo

74:  Pokemon the First Movie

75:  Cat Soup

76:  Pokemon the Movie 2000

77:  Royal Space Force: Wings of Honneamise

78:  Neon Genesis Evangelion 

79:  Diebuster

80:  Otaku no Video

81:  The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

82:  Lucky Star

83:  UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie 2

84:  Battle Athletes Victory

85:  Cowboy Bebop

86:  Mad Bull 34

87:  Say “I Love You”

88:  Strawberry Panic

89:  Love Stage

90:  Nichijou

91:  Empire of Corpses

92:  La Portrait de Petit Cossette

93:  Vampire Hunter D

94:  Death Note

95:  Tokyo Magnitude 8.0

96:  C: Money of Soul and Possibility Control

97:  Sailor Moon

98:  Girls Und Panzer

99:  Excel Saga

100:  Your Lie in April

101:  Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood

102:  Berserk

103:  Dog & Scissors

104:  Akira

105:  Inferno Cop

106:  Spirited Away

107:  Only Yesterday

108:  My Neighbor Totoro

109:  Grave of the Fireflies

110:  Little Nemo

111:  Yuri!!! On Ice

112:  K-On!

113   Sands of Destruction

114:  The Sacred Blacksmith

115:  Higurashi no Naku Koroni

116:  Dusk Maiden of Amnesia

117:  Serial Experiments Lain

118:  In Another World With My Smartphone

119:  Beck Mongolian Chop Squad

120:  Goblin Slayer

121:  Puni Puni Poemy

122:  Cat Planet Cuties

123:  Saga of Tanya the Evil

124:  Junji Ito Collection

125:  Master of Martial Hearts

126:  Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust

127:  Miss Machiko

128:  The Cat Returns

129:  Listen to Me Girls, I Am Your Father!

130:  The Troubled Life of Miss Kotoura

131:  The Gregory Horror Show

132:  Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos

133:  School Live!

134:  Guilty Crown

135:  Strike Withces

136:  Strike Witches 2

137:  School Days

138:  Midori Days

139:  Negima?!

140:  Tokyo Godfathers

141:  Wanna Be the Strongest in the World

142:  Shangri-La

143:  The Big O(1999)

144:  The Big O(2003)

145:  Ponyo

146:  Princess Mononoke

147:  Lucky Star OVA

148:  Tenjou Tenge

149:  Battle Athletes Victory ReSTART!

150:  Trigun

151:  Mewtwo Returns

152:  Ironman

153:  Shimoneta

154:  My Neighbors the Yamadas

155:  Gisoku no Moses

156:  Mirai Note

157:  Sasami-san@Ganbaranai

158:  Softenni

159:  Chainsaw Maid

160:  Chainsaw Maid E0

161:  The Secret World of Arrietty

162:  Batman: Gotham Knight

163:  Battle Athletes

164:  Hellsing

165:  Trigun Badlands Rumble

166:  Flame of Recca

167:  Sextra Credit

168:  Gunslinger Girl          

169:  Please Twins

170:  Angelic Layer

171:  Step Up Love Story

172:  Bunny Drop

173:  Loveless

174:  A Centaur’s Life

175:  Dragon Half

176:  A Little Snow Fairy Sugar

177:  We Without Wings

178:  Pikachu’s Rescue Adventure

179:  Strike Witches Take Off!

180:  Gregory Horror Show 2

181:  Petshop of Horrors

182:  Black Butler

183:  Ninja Nonsense

184:  Princess Princess

185:  UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie 3

186:  Himouto Umaru-chan

187:  Juuni Taisen: Zodiac War

188:  Strike Witches: Road to Berlin

189:  Freezing

190:  Grenadier

191:  Ocean Waves

192:  Peter Grill and the Philosopher’s Time

193:  Negima: Magister Negi Magi

194:  Strawberry Marshmallow

195:  Tenchi Muyo

196:  Digimon Tamers

197:  Citrus

198:  Gantz

199:  Soul Eater Not!

200:  Cardcaptor Sakura

201:  Wolverine

202:  Kaginado

203:  Negima Spring Special

204:  Negima Summer Special

205:  I Want to Eat Your Pancreas

206:  Zoo:  Hidamari no Shi

207:  Light of Tsukimi Manor

208:  Prison School

209:  Glasslip

210:  Oruchuban Ebichu!

211:  Doggy Poo

212:  Kiss Him, Not Me

213:  Gregory Horror Show 3

214:  Maid of the Dead

215:  Red Garden

216:  Kiki’s Delivery Service

217:  Cardcaptor Sakura movie

218:  Scott Pilgrim Takes Off

219:  The Rising of the Shield Hero

220:  Love Hina Christmas Special

221:  Vividred Operation

222:  Kancolle; Kantai Collection

223:  Brothers Conflict

224:  Ebiten:  Ebisugawa Public High School Astronomy Club

225:  The 100 Girlfriends Who Really Really Really Really Love You

226:  Earwig and the Witch

227:  Best Student Council

228:  Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid

229:  Chobits

230:  Najica: Blitz Tactics

231:  The Future Diary

232:  How A Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom

233:  Gunslinger Girl: Il Teatrino

234:  Bakemonogatari

235:  Wandering Son

236:  Welcome to the Ballroom

237:  Recently My Sister is Unusual

238:  Eiken

239:  Mysterious Girlfriend X

240:  Now and Then, Here and There

241:  Midnight Vampire

242:  Slayers

243:  Watamote

244:  Gregory Horror 4

245:  Chainsaw Bunny

246:  Highschool of the Dead

247:  Gantz Second Stage

248:  SoniAni: Super Sonico

249:  Slayers the Motion Picture

250:  Log Horizon

251:  Pokemon 4Ever

252:  Assemble:Insert

253:  The Devil is a Part-Timer 2

254:  Pikachu’s Winter Vacation

255:  Whisper of the Heart

256:  Vtuber Legend; Or How I Became Famous After Forgetting to End My Stream

257:  Saving 80,000 Gold In Another World for My Retirement

258:  The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya season 2

259:  Love Hina Again

260:  The Third: The Girl With the Blue Eye

261:  Spy X Family

262:  Spy x Family cour 2

263:  Spy x Family season 2

264:  Spy x Family: Code White

265:  World’s End Harem

266:  Assassination Classroom

267:  A Channel

268:  CCW: Crazy Clay Wrestling

269:  Gravitation

270:  Whisper Me A Love Song

271:  Desert Punk

272:  Keijo!!!!!

273:  Oshi no Ko

274:  If My Favorite Pop Idol Made it to the Budokan I would Die

275:  Starship Troopers: Invasion

276:  The Magikarp Song

277:  Monster High Kowa-Ike Girls

278:  Love Bites

279:  Interviews with Monster Girls

280:  Carnival Phantasm

281:  Tweeny Witches

282:  Interspecies Reviewers

283:  Shangri-La Frontier

284:  Strike Witches the Movie

285:  The Stingiest Man in Town

286:  Baccano!

287:  Plastic Memories

288:  Uma Musume Pretty Derby

289:  Love Hina Spring Movie

290:  Bottle Fairy

291:  My Love Story

292:  The Perfect Insider

293:  Pokemon the Movie 3:  Spell of the Unown

294:  I Couldn’t Become a Hero so I Reluctantly Decided to get a Job

295:  DearS

296:  Konosuba

297:  Kid Icarus Uprising

298:  Sakura Trick

299:  Adolescence of Utena

300:  Puella Magi Madoka Magica

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u/Naru_the_Narcissist — 6 days ago
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Warriors of the Wind. My first anime in 85-86. It’s the Weintein’s cut of Nausicaä.

Miramax cut 30+ minutes. Worst poster ever.

u/Purple_Minimum_5877 — 10 days ago
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BLUE LOCK Season 3, Naoki Urasawa’s New Manga & Clevatess II | Animes & Mangas News Week 26 S03

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u/ToneZei81 — 8 days ago
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A Forgotten But Fun Action Anime | Karas Review

I really enjoyed my time with Karas because it was action-packed. The story was fine, but the themes were unique, kinda like an '80s anime, and I don't see that much for themes, maybe in like Ghibli movies, so I think you would enjoy it, but it's quite short and hard to find...

Genre: Action, dark fantasy and science fiction

The story goes as follows: Humans and yokai (spirits) live side by side, but most people cannot see the yokai. The story follows Otoha, a man chosen to become Karas. (Yes, Karas is a title given to someone, not the name of a person) Karas is a supernatural being that keeps the balance between the spirit world and the human world. There is a former Karas named Ekko who breaks this balance and wants to remake Tokyo. We also get a detective part of the story as we follow two normal detectives who try to find out about murders, but it is hard for them since it's supernatural. What this does is look into the day-to-day lives of both worlds.

The characters are cool, but my favourite character is the cute yokai girl cause she's cute but useful, and I like that she's useful because usually when a character like her type is cute, they are usually useless in the plot, but she helped around. Kure and Sagi Saka are the detectives, and we spend most of the time with them, leading to the most emotional connection with them, and I found their character arc to be good.

The animation is a real standout because it is a good 3d animation when 3d animation was really bad. The 3d is used for the fights for the most part, well its a mix of 3d and 2d and they hide the flaws of the 3d animation in the night or dark, but it works out well because the yokai only come out in the night.

The cinematography was good because of the dynamic movement of the cameras in the fight scenes. The lighting and choice of colours were good as most of Karas is set at night or dawn/dusk.

The themes explore the tension between cultural memory and modernization. These themes can be seen through gentrification throughout the world, like in Chinatowns in San Francisco, New York, Chicago, and Toronto. The two Karas are philosophically different, as one believes that they must coexist with humans even if it is messy, while the other wants to force change to keep the balance.

In the end, this was a fun but short watch, and more people should know about this underrated action-packed anime. I give it a B or a 7/10.

similar recommendations: Garo, Zaman, and Casshern Sins.

Garo is so similar that I thought they had the same director, but it seems like they have nothing to do with each other. Definitely check out Garo if you like Karas.

If anyone has any information on whether Garo and Karas have any connection, let me know. I couldn't find anything.

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u/United-Band3095 — 8 days ago