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  • ChicoBlueChicoBlue Registered User regular
    I watched a Nagatoro and whispered, "Manic pixie mean girl" to myself.

    Of course it's wish fulfillment for lonely people that's what most of YA fiction is and that's what most anime is and young adults are all lonely, even when they're not, because their brains are rapidly breaking and reforming into something even more broken.

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  • KanaKana Registered User regular
    Also you can be attracted to people for like, a variety of reasons. Like in Uzaki chan, the male lead is shredded to fuck from constantly working out. So you could say it's wish fulfillment on both sides for that one lol

    Also: interviews with monster girls, which always seems to be sort of teetering just on the edge of being a harem, but then again the main character has the heart of Mr Rogers and the body of Jack Reacher, so like... shit, it'd be weird if the girls weren't crushing on him a bit, he's like the opposite of random schlub wish fulfillment protagonist. You're just supposed to think he's great, too.

    Also since he's a responsible adult he never even looks twice at the girls, just the adult female teacher.

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  • djmitchelladjmitchella Registered User regular
    Interviews With Monster Girls is _great_, yeah; I'm sad that it looks like the next volume is going to be the last one.

  • AngelHedgieAngelHedgie Registered User regular
    TNTrooper wrote: »
    Whippy wrote: »
    I mean they're just romcoms right? Are Sleepless in Seattle and You've Got Mail just bait for lonely nonweebs?

    I mean, some of those anime are quite a bit hornier but then we can make comparisons to 50 Shades of Grey. Of course, really I'm not even opposed to the existence of fanservice.

    do you have any examples for romcom that aren’t 15-30 years old

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    ...that explains a lot about us, I think.

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  • MysstMysst King Monkey of Hedonism IslandRegistered User regular
    Darling in the Franxx was like watching a trainwreck, just thinking about it makes me laugh

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  • MorninglordMorninglord I'm tired of being Batman, so today I'll be Owl.Registered User regular
    edited March 15
    If everyone involved is ok with it, it doesnt matter.

    Well, and are adults.

    Stuff like World's End Harem is like, the whole scenario is manufactured to be as titillating as possible. One of the protagonists is the only dude at an all girls school where everyone including the teachers is trying to get in on the repopulating action

    The point of minors is we don't consider them capable of being "ok with it". They're not considered capable of giving consent.

    So when I said that everyone being an adult was the default assumption.

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  • MorninglordMorninglord I'm tired of being Batman, so today I'll be Owl.Registered User regular
    edited March 15
    I watched Darling in the Franxx up until about episode 20 and was basically ok with it?

    For one reason or another I had to stop and then I forgot about it (this happens with many things regardless of quality, and means nothing. LOTG is now my favourite anime but I took two months long breaks in between watching that show, one two months long and another about six months).

    And now people keep talking about how shit the ending is an I'm wondering if maybe I should just leave it alone.

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  • RT800RT800 Registered User regular
    edited March 15
    I remember that I watched Darling in the Franxx.

    I just don't remember anything about it.

    There was a girl with horns. And then she turns into a mech at some point.

    The End.

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  • BadablackBadablack Registered User regular
    The only good harem anime is DragonBall Z and Goku's ever increasing collection of battle waifus.

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  • SorceSorce Not ThereRegistered User regular
    edited March 15
    Darling in the Franxx is in my brain for two things, one is as a horrible replacement for Kyoko in Initial D (who always referred to her crush as 'darling'), and the other is

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYY7YM3E9aw

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  • AnzekayAnzekay Registered User regular
    Reading about Darling in the Franxx fills me with morbid curiosity about what watching it would actually be like.

  • WhippyWhippy Moderator, Admin Emeritus Admin Emeritus
    it's forcefully het

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  • AnzekayAnzekay Registered User regular
    het is okay if it's like, I dunno, still cute

    and like... not ultra stiff crappy het. but if that's what you mean by forcefully @Whippy then... oh well, interest lost

  • LanzLanz ...Za?Registered User regular
    edited March 15
    Listen if I’m gonna watch an anime about sentient lava and the repercussions it has on the planet, there’s only one Anime I’m trucking with
    TRAILS OF FIRE
    YOU ALWAYS KNEW
    THEY WOULD CARRY ME HOME
    THEY'D LEAD ME TO YOU
    TRAILS OF FIRE
    YOU ALWAYS KNEW
    THEY WOULD CARRY ME HOME
    THEY'D LEAD ME TO YOU



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    DO I COME FROM THE FIRE?
    WE'RE GOING BACK, OH YEAH!
    SO SPEND SOME TIME WITH ME
    I REALLY LIKE YOUR COMPANY
    WE'RE NOT SO DIFFERENT
    FLIP THE COIN IT DOESN'T MATTER
    AND IF WE DON'T SURVIVE
    I'D RATHER DIE THAN LIVE A LIE

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  • King RiptorKing Riptor Registered User regular
    Whippy wrote: »
    it's forcefully het
    A girl has her memory erased after her first sexual experience ( which was consensual) finds out shes pregnant afer this and is told its a parasite. She is not given the option of an abortion

    So yes forcefully het is pretty accurate

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  • NaphtaliNaphtali Hazy + Flow SeaRegistered User regular
    Lanz wrote: »
    Listen if I’m gonna watch an anime about sentient lava and the repercussions it has on the planet, there’s only one Anime I’m trucking with
    TRAILS OF FIRE
    YOU ALWAYS KNEW
    THEY WOULD CARRY ME HOME
    THEY'D LEAD ME TO YOU
    TRAILS OF FIRE
    YOU ALWAYS KNEW
    THEY WOULD CARRY ME HOME
    THEY'D LEAD ME TO YOU



    j9z2nbqmfk4x.gif

    DO I COME FROM THE FIRE?
    WE'RE GOING BACK, OH YEAH!
    SO SPEND SOME TIME WITH ME
    I REALLY LIKE YOUR COMPANY
    WE'RE NOT SO DIFFERENT
    FLIP THE COIN IT DOESN'T MATTER
    AND IF WE DON'T SURVIVE
    I'D RATHER DIE THAN LIVE A LIE

    is that promare?

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  • WhippyWhippy Moderator, Admin Emeritus Admin Emeritus
    edited March 15
    Anzekay wrote: »
    het is okay if it's like, I dunno, still cute

    and like... not ultra stiff crappy het. but if that's what you mean by forcefully @Whippy then... oh well, interest lost

    it is the upsetting, not cute kind of het.

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  • SorceSorce Not ThereRegistered User regular
    There is a clear lesbian, who wants to try and pilot, but cannot, because her partner is also a woman and therefore they can't fuckjumpstart it.

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  • The Zombie PenguinThe Zombie Penguin Eternal Hungry Corpse Registered User regular
    Naphtali wrote: »
    Lanz wrote: »
    Listen if I’m gonna watch an anime about sentient lava and the repercussions it has on the planet, there’s only one Anime I’m trucking with
    TRAILS OF FIRE
    YOU ALWAYS KNEW
    THEY WOULD CARRY ME HOME
    THEY'D LEAD ME TO YOU
    TRAILS OF FIRE
    YOU ALWAYS KNEW
    THEY WOULD CARRY ME HOME
    THEY'D LEAD ME TO YOU



    j9z2nbqmfk4x.gif

    DO I COME FROM THE FIRE?
    WE'RE GOING BACK, OH YEAH!
    SO SPEND SOME TIME WITH ME
    I REALLY LIKE YOUR COMPANY
    WE'RE NOT SO DIFFERENT
    FLIP THE COIN IT DOESN'T MATTER
    AND IF WE DON'T SURVIVE
    I'D RATHER DIE THAN LIVE A LIE

    is that promare?

    Sure is!

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  • NaphtaliNaphtali Hazy + Flow SeaRegistered User regular
    man I've forgotten how promare goes then because I don't remember that at all

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  • rhylithrhylith Death Rabbits HoustonRegistered User regular
    I remember franxx started awful, then for a couple episodes looked like maybe, MAYBE there was something there, until it quickly ensured us that nope it’s absolute garbage.

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  • King RiptorKing Riptor Registered User regular
    rhylith wrote: »
    I remember franxx started awful, then for a couple episodes looked like maybe, MAYBE there was something there, until it quickly ensured us that nope it’s absolute garbage.

    Trigger did the character and mech designs and it shows but everything else is like.
    Yikes

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  • TNTrooperTNTrooper Registered User regular
    My take away from watching a couple eps of Darling in the Franxx is the director has a doggy style fetish.

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  • Mortal SkyMortal Sky queer punk hedge witchRegistered User regular
    rhylith wrote: »
    I remember franxx started awful, then for a couple episodes looked like maybe, MAYBE there was something there, until it quickly ensured us that nope it’s absolute garbage.

    Trigger did the character and mech designs and it shows but everything else is like.
    Yikes

    Yeah a lot of people forget that A-1 handled the majority of the script and such, and hoo boy can A-1 be a dumpster fire sometimes WRT adaptations or original content

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  • MaddocMaddoc I'm Bobbin Threadbare, are you my mother? Registered User regular
    I don't think you're allowed to call it a fetish if it's that vanilla

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  • MaddocMaddoc I'm Bobbin Threadbare, are you my mother? Registered User regular
    Oh but tangentially related

    I was reading Gokurakugai, and it struck me just how much care goes into drawing hands, they're just extremely detailed.

    And I have a theory that it's entirely because the author is into women smoking.

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  • AnzekayAnzekay Registered User regular
    edited March 15
    Whippy wrote: »
    Anzekay wrote: »
    het is okay if it's like, I dunno, still cute

    and like... not ultra stiff crappy het. but if that's what you mean by forcefully @Whippy then... oh well, interest lost

    it is the upsetting, not cute kind of het.

    morbid curiosity is gone
    Sorce wrote: »
    There is a clear lesbian, who wants to try and pilot, but cannot, because her partner is also a woman and therefore they can't fuckjumpstart it.

    Anime why

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  • The Zombie PenguinThe Zombie Penguin Eternal Hungry Corpse Registered User regular
    Maddoc wrote: »
    Oh but tangentially related

    I was reading Gokurakugai, and it struck me just how much care goes into drawing hands, they're just extremely detailed.

    And I have a theory that it's entirely because the author is into women smoking.

    I'm hoping this one succeeds, it's got a solid basic hook, an interesting world, and overall gorgeous art

    Ideas hate it when you anthropomorphize them
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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    Darling in the Franxx is the most explicit example of Shinzo Abe's push to fund anime to try and encourage young people to get married and start families, to the point that it's practically a parody someone would come up with if they were given that as a prompt.

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  • King RiptorKing Riptor Registered User regular
    DarkPrimus wrote: »
    Darling in the Franxx is the most explicit example of Shinzo Abe's push to fund anime to try and encourage young people to get married and start families, to the point that it's practically a parody someone would come up with if they were given that as a prompt.

    That explains so fucking much

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    DarkPrimus wrote: »
    Darling in the Franxx is the most explicit example of Shinzo Abe's push to fund anime to try and encourage young people to get married and start families, to the point that it's practically a parody someone would come up with if they were given that as a prompt.

    I'd say Spy X Family is a much better effort.

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  • NaphtaliNaphtali Hazy + Flow SeaRegistered User regular
    japan has such a problem with fake families that are really spies already though, do they need another show about that?

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    DarkPrimus wrote: »
    Darling in the Franxx is the most explicit example of Shinzo Abe's push to fund anime to try and encourage young people to get married and start families, to the point that it's practically a parody someone would come up with if they were given that as a prompt.

    I'd say Spy X Family is a much better effort.

    That's the joke that was making the rounds, yeah. The thing about Spy X Family, of course, is that it's a solid character-driven comedy with some genre trappings, and the familial appeal just naturally comes with the characters all being likable and being nice to each other.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    Sorce wrote: »
    Darling in the Franxx is in my brain for two things, one is as a horrible replacement for Kyoko in Initial D (who always referred to her crush as 'darling'), and the other is

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYY7YM3E9aw

    "Because Trigger."
    "Ohhh, that makes sense."

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  • King RiptorKing Riptor Registered User regular
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    DarkPrimus wrote: »
    Darling in the Franxx is the most explicit example of Shinzo Abe's push to fund anime to try and encourage young people to get married and start families, to the point that it's practically a parody someone would come up with if they were given that as a prompt.

    I'd say Spy X Family is a much better effort.

    I dont see that at all if anything its more about found family not having bio kids

    Hell Scion boys family is psychotic

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited March 15
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    Sorce wrote: »
    Darling in the Franxx is in my brain for two things, one is as a horrible replacement for Kyoko in Initial D (who always referred to her crush as 'darling'), and the other is

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYY7YM3E9aw

    "Because Trigger."
    "Ohhh, that makes sense."
    Mortal Sky wrote: »
    rhylith wrote: »
    I remember franxx started awful, then for a couple episodes looked like maybe, MAYBE there was something there, until it quickly ensured us that nope it’s absolute garbage.

    Trigger did the character and mech designs and it shows but everything else is like.
    Yikes

    Yeah a lot of people forget that A-1 handled the majority of the script and such, and hoo boy can A-1 be a dumpster fire sometimes WRT adaptations or original content

    ^ Trigger is definitely not perfect but franxx was not their baby

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  • LanzLanz ...Za?Registered User regular
    Naphtali wrote: »
    man I've forgotten how promare goes then because I don't remember that at all
    Never forget the message of Promare: two boyfriends stop global warming with the overwhelming passions of hope and gay determination on their first date

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  • DanHibikiDanHibiki Registered User regular
    Naphtali wrote: »
    japan has such a problem with fake families that are really spies already though, do they need another show about that?

    sounds like a built in fanbase right there

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  • RT800RT800 Registered User regular
    Everyone knows the best way to reach the young people is with a cool rap song, not anime.

  • DanHibikiDanHibiki Registered User regular
    RT800 wrote: »
    Everyone knows the best way to reach the young people is with a cool rap song, not anime.
    they got all the angles covered
    https://youtu.be/Ok2b0MrpA_0

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