• Batmancer@sh.itjust.works
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    5 hours ago

    My partner sometimes asks me, What’s that anime you don’t like to tell people you like?

    Mushoku Tensei Jobless Reincarnation

    I like the art and merciless world they live in and a lot of the characters but that show I probably fast forward scenes more than any other. Shield Hero is probably second with the lusting for the little chocobo(giant bird thing) princess that can change to little girl.

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        2 hours ago

        I really wanted to like this one. The setting and story setup were really good. A fine example of “it really doesn’t need this”

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      4 hours ago

      I have mostly swapped to reading Korean manwha instead of Manga because of this. Going back and reading some of the Manga I used to like is a bit of a shock as a full grown adult now. So much is geared to young, horny teens.

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      4 hours ago

      haha, I know exactly what you mean about Shield Hero. What is so jolting is how seemingly random and unnecessary it is. Even if those themes aren’t present, there might still be the random lewd viewing angles. Like, nah, I’m good, I don’t need to be all upskirt peeping that literal child, wtf.

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      4 hours ago

      I kinda enjoy it too, but Rudeus is just such a pos, and the writer probably is as well. I was so happy that we were getting nice, non-fetishistic Eris-focused episodes for the new season, but as of episode 3 we’re back to square one with this person 🤦‍♀️.

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      …but that show I probably fast forward scenes more than any other…

      Glad I’m not alone in this :D

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        2 hours ago

        I felt that too, episode 3 was poor and scenes were too predictable and that last scene was absolute facepalm

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        Well reading the light novel Rudeus is mostly a heavy traumatized person that never got the needed therapy and due to that trauma is seeing everyone as enemies. The first like 12 books basically describe his struggles with his trauma and are pretty accurate to trauma healing in real life too. The other 16 are pretty great just for the magic world.

        The anime has way to much fan service though and cut out a lot of necessary details - as always.

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        3 hours ago

        Honestly, sometimes it’s nice to have a main character that is just a raging pile of s*** that you can hate. To a degree, it’s part of what makes it such a unique story.

        There are just terrible f****** people in the world and sometimes those people are worth following the story of. There can only be so many stories about boy scouts before it gets stale.

        So I wouldn’t say watching nothing but stories about awful. Terrible people is all that enjoyable. It is a nice palate cleanse every once in awhile, especially when it’s actually done with effort and not just they’re terrible for the sake of being terrible.

        But jobless at least does try at being good. I don’t know if it only succeeds but it at least tries.