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After what I wrote last week, I think it's important that I should mention that I am NOT Brandy Camel. I do happen to agree with them, though (except the part about Ouran High School, of course).

As for Haryo, shame on you. Three billion civilians died in the One Week War. Hope you had no family in the colonies or on the Earth. Otherwise, there's a 25% chance they're dead.

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I don't know, I think the criticism of people for using the term "emo" is a little unfair.

While it is often used to generally and liberally, if you do use it in a relevant way it can be applicable. I would apply it to cases where a character is overly and unnecessarily emotional and sulky. That is a legitimate criticism of a character. For example I wouldn't describe Kira from SEED as such because his emotion seemed justified. (This is why I didn't mind him in SEED).

Also, to compare fiction to real life is inaccurate. Just because someone complains about overly "emo" fictional characters hardly translates to them thinking they are all badass of that others should be in real life. The whole appeal of anime can be that it is not real life. Just because something would be reasonable in real life, doesn't automatically mean it ought to be that way in anime. Another example, just because Shinji's actions may be appropriate or reasonable for a 14 year old in his situation in real life doesn't mean people want to see it. In the end, if he's whiny and mopey and that makes him annoying then thats a valid criticism.

The word "emo" is definitely overused these days, so much that people have forgotten what it really means. I blame the brief popularity boom and how its gotten more media attention. OK, yes it's short for "emotional" but it refers to specific emotions, that of grief, sadness and confusion over trivial things (most prominent being dumped by a girl). Besides that, the word was used only to describe a style of rock music characterized by lyrics dealing with said issues, high pitched, whiny vocals and simple, light punk influenced riffing. But the use has been overblown and now it's being applied to all emotions, as if the only way to not be "emo" is to be a hollow shell of a human being. Seriously, learn the meaning and history of the word and stop using it so liberally.

Damn, I missed the Question of the Week.

I would've said Aria, because on Aqua nothing bad happens, ever. Who wouldn't wanna live in Neo-Venezia where everyone is friendly, crime is practically non-existent, and the weather is artificially controlled so it's never really bad?

I wonder if anyone said Twelve Kingdoms for last week's Answerfans. That would've been an interesting read.

I hate how people use the word "emo" for everything these days, it's not even used correctly in the music industry anymore.

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