It's been a few years, refresh my memory?

**** why do you always convince me. Fine after this Ushio anime I'll give Gintama another shot. I tend to binge anime and Gintama is really ******* long. Not sure how that will work out

gg no re, lol, as always I merely hope you enjoy
There's always been a lot to appreciate, which is why when someone says "there's no anime to watch" I know their Normie, casual faggots who don't know nothin at all about anime. This is a ****** golden age of glorious anime and I'm loving every second of it. I just ignore and avoid the bad stuff like I do with glorious Western Cinema.

Well, I've got a lot of school work and studying I've been putting off so, later

It would be a 8/10 anime if it wasn't for the last 4 episodes, they REALLY dragged it down. There were lots of plotholes and a lot of new stuff was introduced yet not properly explained. We saw Ryner's father appearing for the first time and killing Ryner, or wait maybe not because he's alive again. We see Ryner's mother too who told him to touch a door so he would wake up.

Sion's double personalities are never explained. One wants to kill Ryner the other wants to let him live and offer him as a sacrifice? I didn't ******* get that part.

Miran's (the raven shadow guy) personality changed drastically. He went from a cold and calculated to smiling, planning Sion's birthday with his friends dude. Didn't like that.

The whole alpha stigma thing was never explained. We don't know why Ryner is a special kind of alpha stigma, I'm guessing because of his parents sealing something into him but that is just my guess, wasn't in the anime.

Overall it was extremely open, something that you hate. The kingdoms are going to war, Ryner and dango girl are gonna try and stop Sion I guess? The alpha stigma kids and Tiir were also abandoned even though they stated that they'd definitely come back for Ryner. Good anime, bad ending. It all points to season 2 yet as I understand that will not be the case

Yeah this definitely needed a season 2 to make it good. Awesome 20 first episodes, then it turned to meh at best. I gave it a 6/10.

Most likely gonna watch psycho-pass next

If LoLH pissed you off I'd avoid psycho pass.

why?

First of all it's too western on the influence, second of all it's got an ending that's utterly unsatisfying.

What do you mean too western?

It borrows a lot of elements. I mean it's an interesting premise and all, but good god will you hate it by the end. Fine go ahead and watch it. Let me know what you think when you finish.

Alright.

What about Guilty Crown? Is that good?

You are like the lottery of terrible endings right now. Absolutely not. You gotta avoid some anime. the worse of which is one called Valvrave.

Lol yeah I kinda am. But like was the Psycho Pass ending that bad? I'm kinda in the mood for dark, violent anime. Preferably with an OP MC.

It's kinda like "hilter did nothing wrong" except unlike real life it's not a good meaning.
Dark and violent is hard to come by without the edge. You might like Tokyo Ghoul but it's kinda open ended and idk if we'll ever see more seasons. Not many names come to mind. You seen Another? That's a well rounded complete anime.

Well is the "hitler" in that anime the MC? Is he likable at all?

And I heard mixed things about Tokya Ghoul. Like they didn't follow the manga properly and ****** it up or some **** .

And yes I've seen Another. It was pretty good

Yeah, it's a mixed bag.
I can't give you spoilers to explain why it's bad, but the MC is inconsequential.
But it IS a pretty good example of why Modern Japan is completely headed down the wrong road, and imo, probably a good prediction of Japans dystopian future.

Any who, it may not be what you're looking for but if you wanna go down the dystonia route and lose some seriousness, Desert Punk is a quality choice.

What do you mean heading down the wrong road? Are you talking about anime or Japan itself?

How would you rate Tokyo Ghoul?

Japan man.
6.5 out of 10. idk how much it ****** up from the manga, but the main problem with it was the low animation budget, bds might be watchable tho

Could you explain? Why is it on the wrong path?

Yeah I'd rather not then. Man it's just that after watching Parasite I can't get enough of that sort of anime

I strongly recommend you give Gintama another shot. At least until you make it to one of the serious arcs. Gintama is strange, sure, and the humor is advanced, so advanced in fact it's a little known fact that even the Japanese have trouble keeping up with the references and the like, BUT

By the the time you've mulled through a few seasons Gintama is like that irreplaceable best friend, you both speak your own language and have a ton of inside jokes only you understand.

It's utterly top tier like Jojo's Bizzare Adventure, just a different genre.
Minus the quality arcs when **** gets real.
but w/e

Any who, it does in fact affect us. Japan right now is on that teeter totter so we still get some good **** , should be okay as long as the scales don't give out in one direction so to speak. Japan also has the 3rd largest GDP in the world, so who knows how that will play out geopolitically in the global stage.

Isn't it obvious? Japan is a repressed country, always has been, even though things have kind of been lightening up in some areas due to western culture, Japan is basically still an empty, career driven, low pay, drone, Asian culture. Part of the reason why Japanese media is so exciting is because the Japanese work harder and play hard so to speak. Then just look at the industry itself. Censorship laws, decency laws, laws about lolis, the fact that anime after anime has society reaffirming ******** like "Oh I'm underage" or "respect your elders no matter what even if they're evil cunts" and so and so forth.

Suicide rate is pretty high in japan, though they cover up a lot with cold related deaths. It's because it's ******* repressed. I mean the West, namely America is pretty repressed to but Japan is a land of extremes.

One of the reasons I'm envious of Japan is the solidarity. It's kind of in it's own little world. And that is just another reason Japan is probably headed toward the dystonia future where the government controls everything regulates human emotion and "decency". And I fear this problem is far more likely than in the U.S. for example. U.S. dystonia is pretty obvious, because we're basically already living in it. Just a matter of time as the ******** keeps piling up.

You've discovered one of the discernible qualities of good anime, I call it, "Alpha MC" and it's extreeeeemely rare in anime. Since so much anime does that cookie cutter "self insert" ******** .

Thats why I love anime like LoLH and something like NGNL even more. Also why I like Attack on Titan even though the hipsters and normies all go on about how it's to popular. I was literally as hype as I was for monogatari.

As time goes on your taste will sharpen, you'll realize/learn more about Japan and it'll allllll start to make much more sense.

Btw you watch Gintama? Hilarious, best comedy anime around, and the series arcs are among the most quality that the industry has to offer.

OH! Something does come to mind.
Though it's kinda old school and the MC is a bleeding heart, Ushio to Tora is totally recommendable. It's got an MC who powers up by feeding his soul to a demon slaying spear and generally violent.

It's a shame. But what can I say? It doesn't really affect me or anybody living outside of Japan. Yes the anime reflects their state but not all. There is still at least one gem like NGNL and Overlord coming out every season (well almost).

And yeah the whole I'm underage thing I hate. Like even in ******* Jojo they say "Oh I can't drink I'm still in school".

And yeah I liked AoT too. The weebs nowadays hate it because it got mainstream but what can you do about hipsters?

I tried Gintama and the whole over the top alien humor didn't really appeal to me. I know it's good but it's just not my cup of tea I don't think.

And yeah Ushio to Tora looks interesting. I'll add it to my list. Maybe even watch it next