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The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of May 13-19

Jesus Christ at Netoge's fall; were that many people worried about their self-insert getting NTRd?

And with the numbers Re:Zero's pulling, I might actually have to watch it. I gave it a pass because of the squinty character designs - especially the MC - and meh girls, but it might be worth it after all.

Sigh at least there are 2 worth wile anime this season but per usual they are getting the short end of the stick because edgelords and casuals cant self insert themselves into cute girls who are operating battle ships and almighty lords of swag

I take back what I said last episode. What happened to AssClass (I'm not watching it so I don't know)?

Eugen Skladany wrote:

Sigh at least there are 2 worth wile anime this season but per usual they are getting the short end of the stick because edgelords and casuals cant self insert themselves into cute girls who are operating battle ships and almighty lords of swag

Let me guess, you are one of those people who really don't like shows with violence in them? You could just say that without the need to insult others taste.

relyat08 wrote:

I don't know if I'd recommend it to anyone, personally, and I'm a little frustrated by it's popularity. The writing has been lacking, especially in regards to the characters and dialogue. I'm really having a hard time getting past all of that. I also get very painful flashbacks to SAO when I watch RE:Zero. It's almost identical in so many ways. How it's effecting the fandom, me personally, it's writing flaws, and everything. All too eerily similar. And it's going to sell like candy. Really tasty addictive candy. And I hate Puck. Puck is terrible.

I don't find it similar to Sword Art Online at all. SAO is a self insert wish fulfillment fantasy where the protagonist is super awesome at everything for no reason. Re:Zero, so far, is not, unless the hero constantly failing and having hysterical nervous breakdowns are the new cool, I am a bit out of touch with the youth these days.
And I don't think it'll get as big as SAO either (because it's not a wish fulfillment story that zooms in on girl's crotches) If it gets a second season at all I'll consider it a great victory.

I wonder what these flaws and "identical points to SAO" are because in all honesty I don't see them. And I also don't know how you can see writing flaws if we haven't even seen most of the scenes' purpose due to the retroactive nature of the writing.

The story so far is incredibly interesting. The way that everyone interacts right now is the biggest problem. No one feels like an actual person. The Loli has her ridiculous gimmick, Ram and Rem have their even more ridiculous routine, Emilia is literally perfect, and Puck is framed as being cute, but the show tries so hard that I can't possibly buy anything that it says.

I think the story is really cool, and I hope it goes somewhere interesting, but, I mean, I really cannot buy the characters at all. I hate not liking what's popular, so this seriously sucks for me. I wish I could get on board. I don't try to be a dissenter just for the hell of it.

I don't lament not being into all the popular stuff (I am used to it by now), but what really frustrates me from popular anime with questionable writing is big fans of those shows trying to convince me that my assessment is wrong.

Curious what's been causing Joker Game to decline in the rankings nearly every week. I ended up dropping it after 3 episodes, but that was more because it didn't appeal to me specifically than because I thought it was bad. Did it end up getting worse after that?

Muffum wrote:

Curious what's been causing Joker Game to decline in the rankings nearly every week. I ended up dropping it after 3 episodes, but that was more because it didn't appeal to me specifically than because I thought it was bad. Did it end up getting worse after that?

I think people are frustrated that every episode between the first two and the latest one have been episodic, one-and-done (super)spy adventures. I don't know how long the current multi episode arc will be, but if it takes advantage of the added time, that'll be reflected in the scores.

Regardless of that, so far, he is still absolutely living an Otaku fantasy. He's surrounded by cute girls with tropey gimmicks like repeating what their sister says, or saying "I suppose" after everything. He has his own Asuna rip off, though Emilia is much better, in my opinion. And given that he's in a fantasy world, he gets to totally forget about his boring real-life world.

I think people over-play details like the fact that he spoiler[dies(since he respawns every time, after all)]. Regardless of that, so far, he is still absolutely living an Otaku fantasy. He's surrounded by cute girls with tropey gimmicks like repeating what their sister says, or saying "I suppose" after everything. He has his own Asuna rip off, though Emilia is much better, in my opinion. And given that he's in a fantasy world, he gets to totally forget about his boring real-life world.
Not sure if you know, but it's already confirmed for 25 episodes.

Some of what I explained above already. But I don't mean it's similar in a narrative sense. As I said in my first post: "The writing has been lacking, especially in regards to the characters and dialogue." and "How it's effecting the fandom, me personally, it's writing flaws, and everything"(by "everything" I meant "etc" not literally everything is the same). The story so far is incredibly interesting. The way that everyone interacts right now is the biggest problem. No one feels like an actual person. The Loli has her ridiculous gimmick, Ram and Rem have their even more ridiculous routine, Emilia is literally perfect, and Puck is framed as being cute, but the show tries so hard that I can't possibly buy anything that it says.

You comparisons comes across as incredulity arbitrary and vague. Yes Subaru an otaku so what? Would it be better if he were an salaryman? Would the story then be a salaryman's fantasy?

Also are you seriously saying It's a SAO clone over flimsy stuff like cute girls, verbal tics and twins (which SAO doesn't even have)? Really?

Then there is the fact you called Emilia an Asuna clone simply because she exists, which tells I can't take you seriously. Oh wait your gonna tell me it's because she happens to be nice or something silly like that?

Define what an "actual person" is to begin with and how these characters aren't? Is some generic way everyone supposed to act? What are these standards for speech and behavior that everyone must adhere to in the real world to be consider human? If I myself don't fit into those conditions does that make me I'm not human? There is a lot of words being thrown around but most them aren't making any sense or just meaningless noise. If you just said the characters aren't my thing because don't like some of their quirks, that would actual make sense instead of launching into some mini-rant with ill defined reasons.