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A) not reading new berserk so as not to destroy the weird, messy content-ness i feel about the way it cut off? There's a part of me that looks at the last Miura chapter and just thinks "yeah, that's life".
C) not reading new berserk because oh god i don't want to know
and D) not reading new berserk for a while, so i can feel the sheer novelty of having a sizeable berserk backlog for the first time in my adult life
Later
Evil Dude: "Bwa ha ha. Our evil plan to shoot up a police station and leave a giant grafitti warning for Lycoris, knowing they'd cover it up, was a success. And they left a computer on with our USB plugged in, so we've hacked them too!"
Frankly, the people in this world are too stupid to be alive.
1. Jojo. Older kid's read them all, so he knows what he's in for and he reckons younger kid would be okay with it as well based on their shared viewing experiences. Pros: colourful and fun, lots of it, it's Jojo; cons: there's going to be some pretty rough bits along the way, yikes; not sure if we should skip straight to Stardust Crusaders or watch it all.
2. Evangelion. None of us know what happens there; I've managed to remain unspoiled (other than, unavoidably, 'get in the mech shinji', roughly speaking "the dad is bad", and something about the ending being confusing?). Pros: finally makes me immune to spoilers, is Big Cultural Thing; cons: is it actually good, or just Important? Do we then need to watch all the movies-with-numbers-in-their-names as well?
3. Attack on Titan. Again, I don't know what happens there beyond 'giants attack people'. Pros: younger kid's had it recommended by friends and is curious, I guess it's probably pretty good given how long it's been going? Cons: I have some vague sense that there's problematic things in there but I could be confusing it with something else (and honestly I suspect we may well just not notice unless it's very obvious, we are not particularly perceptive viewers). Also doesn't look like it's finished yet, so there's the risk of a disappointing ending.
Thoughts? (other stuff we've been watching recently isn't super relevant -- we just went through Spy x Family and Love Is War, last season we watched Eizouken and Bofuri, none of which are remotely similar to these ones) How confusing would it be to watch all three and cycle through episodes the same way we've been doing with other shows that we watched as they released? (I mean, I'm probably not going to confuse the plot of Jojo with Evangelion, but do any of these ones need special amounts of attention to not get lost?)
Jojo definitely has a bunch of gross stuff in it, but if one of them has already experienced it then it's probably the safest choice. For stuff you'd learn about in Attack on Titan by the first episode:
Later on it apparently gets way more complicated and overtly political, and I'm not sure where the general opinion settled on that part of it.
I mean I watched tons of gory shit younger than that, but again I don't know shit about how kids work
Jojo is for sure gonna be the most approachable thing there though
Early on AoT too, but that series crawls all the way up it's own ass, and back out it's mouth just so it can loop around back up it's ass again. Watching giant naked babies eating people is way more entertaining than whatever the fuck Japan/Korea analogue story it wants to get into later
2 - Except for the "hey cool robot" factor I don't think even a 15 year old is really gonna get, like, anything going on in Eva. Otoh the darkest themes will probably fly right over their heads too. Probably fine as long as you don't go anywhere near the End of Evangelion movie, which has some pretty horrible stuff in it.
3 - Attack on Titan seems way too dark for a 12 year old. It probably would've given little me nightmares. 15 year olds are little psychos, they might be just like "lol that dude just got ate" and enjoy it, plenty of other teens sure seem to. Not really what I'd be choosing to put in front of them personally tho.
I dunno, probably better stuff for younger kids out there? But I'd prolly go for Jojo over the other two.
I second that AoT would be far too disturbing.
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Jojo just has some body horror, lots of blood, and dead dogs.
Here's a video of pretty much all the most graphic stuff for you to gauge:
And if you do go for it, no don't jump to Stardust Crusaders. Honestly it's the weakest part on the whole. Yes it defines what becomes the standard Jojo's formula going forward, but while it's got high highs it's also got low lows with the worst pacing. Start from the start
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Also don't show your kids AoT. I'm not an AoT expert but I think remember my roommate having an early episode on and there was a scene where (tw, very bad shit)
but there's definitely a lot of people being graphically bitten in half and stuff
no that doesn't happen it AoT. It's a pretty sexless show. Still not for kids.
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Wouldnt recommend it anyway.
From the last shows you watched, you'd probably be better off aiming for more comedy/action stuff like that. Maybe Brand New Animal or Little Witch Academia?
otoh it has Mineta, who is like way worse than any amount of goofy action gore
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Gundam Build Fighters might be good too.
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I definitely loved flcl as a teen.
But then I also loved it a lot when I came back to it in like my late 20s, for very different reasons.
There's a whoooole lot in FLCL that I didn't pick up on at all when I first watched it, for sure.
FMA: Brotherhood is possible but again, violence and body horror do show up
Iron Blooded Orphans, while very good in my opinion, is not a good series for the young. All the main characters are either kids or teenagers in combat and IBO smacks you (the viewer) in the face with the realization that these characters are child soldiers.
Tho I do prefer that first season of YuYu Hakusho where Yusuke was saying damn and shit all the time
SEED's not bad, Destiny is bad. IBO has a good first season and then a worse second. 00 is pretty good throughout imo.
Build Fighters isn't bad. First series is good, last series (Re:rise) is good, the ones in between less so. But I would say that they're generally series about Gundam, but not Gundam series (not a knock against them so much as them generally being less dark and not really having a theme of "War is horrible and awful what is wrong with you all")
Edit: Oh yeah, IBO probably the least kid-friendly one I can think of. G Gundam is safe for kids, but it's also a super robot show (shouted attack names and everything - not that it's not still very much trying to tell a Gundam story. It does take a while for it to get there though because monster of the week is in full force for it, and just generally a different plot structure to other Gundam series).
But as a whole, any main Gundam series is going to be darker because it takes war seriously and shit happens.
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I probably would have loved LotGH when I was growing up, but that's pretty heavy for most kids. (And has random moments of serious gore, maybe the remake's not as bloody?)
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Die Nue These (Not a remake, it's a new, closer to the books adaption) is not too bloody, but it's heavy. I think a young teen would enjoy it, but it really does not pull it's punches with stuff like police brutality, political corruption, and how much war fucking sucks. It's also politically complicated, which is one of it's strengths, but i dont know if it's themes of exploring the failures of democracy is going to be something that'll hit for a 12 and 15 year old.
For Gundam - Kids would deffo enjoy Build Fighters and Re:Rise. Frankly, even though they're kinda badish, i think kids will enjoy Try Fighters and Build Divers, because most of what makes them bad is high concept plot issues and wasted potential that we adults like to grouse about. For pure light hearted cool robots, i think these are a great idea. Honestly, your biggest risk is your kids will want to buy Gunpala, in which case... Godspeed.
00's is a solid recommendation too. Seed has a lot of bizzare "Suddenly, Boobs" in it's openings. I'm not even joking, it just randomly has nudity in it's opening because reasons? It's a thing. It's also just not great, honestly. Strictly okay.
IBO would probably be okay, if dark for the 15 year old, but i would *not* recommend it for a 12 year - this is a show centered around child soldiers to a degree vastly more explict than any previous gundam, AND a show that does away with the usual beam weaponry, meaning you see a lot of mobile suits getting crushed, sliced, bashed, and other physical brutality. It also has all but explict child sexual abuse (as in it's made incredibly clear that that's what happened, the act it self is not depicted) at a couple of points, which may be more heavy than you want to discuss with your kids. Seems very likely that the show would cause nightmares for a 12 year old.
Jojo... I think as long as you're willing to talk about stuff, including the ooofs - like the second season's handling of the nazi character, or Jojo's shitty behaviour towards his mother in Stardust crusaders, this could be okay. It's defintely not light and fluffy. May talk mroe with your eldest and get a feel for why he thinks it'll work for the 12 year old, @djmitchella
Absolutely would not recommend Evangelion. It's.. a mess, it's a product of the writer having serious depresson issues, and again, it's a mess.
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