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EP. REVIEW: Fairy gone

Lord Vaultman wrote:

Punch Drunk Marc wrote: Starting to get "Sirius The Jaeger" vibes with this...and thats not a good thing. Sirius the Jaeger was a great show.

It sure is...if you need to catch up on sleep. That show was painfully boring with abyssmal worldbuilding and flat as a board characters.

The difference between taking a half hour to watch “Stubborn Blacksmith and Biased Rabbit” and simply reading its paragraph[s]-long summary review is almost nonexistent.

I don't understand the modern anime community anymore.
I mean a show like this, as cringy as the names are, used to get a better reaction, meanwhile all girl cast shows where they drink tea or bike or something get treated like they're worth your time and NOT boring as hell...?

Kaori Makimura wrote:

I don't understand the modern anime community anymore. I mean a show like this, as cringy as the names are, used to get a better reaction, meanwhile all girl cast shows where they drink tea or bike or something get treated like they're worth your time and NOT boring as hell...?

This is totally just my view and you're free to call me out for being full of crap, but I think the 'modern (western) anime community' is a lot more diverse, with more diverse interests, than it was say 15 years ago. Also back then, few enough shows came over that those that did could pretty much be guaranteed a lot of interest and conversation, even if they were overall not so great. These days there are seventeen thousand and eight (I counted) shows a season, so some just fall by the wayside, and people are more discerning (or picky, take your choice).

So yeah, that cute girls doing cute tea things show is boring to you, but if that show is good at delivering to its particular niche, then you'll see people talking about it. It keeps the promises that it made to its intended audience. This show is theoretically about supernatural action and intrigue, and cool badasses doing awesome stuff. But it isn't actually very good at delivering any of that (at least in my and others' estimation), so we end up disappointed. Hence the 'meh' reaction it's getting.

steelmirror wrote:

Kaori Makimura wrote: I don't understand the modern anime community anymore. I mean a show like this, as cringy as the names are, used to get a better reaction, meanwhile all girl cast shows where they drink tea or bike or something get treated like they're worth your time and NOT boring as hell...? This is totally just my view and you're free to call me out for being full of crap, but I think the 'modern (western) anime community' is a lot more diverse, with more diverse interests, than it was say 15 years ago. Also back then, few enough shows came over that those that did could pretty much be guaranteed a lot of interest and conversation, even if they were overall not so great. These days there are seventeen thousand and eight (I counted) shows a season, so some just fall by the wayside, and people are more discerning (or picky, take your choice). So yeah, that cute girls doing cute tea things show is boring to you, but if that show is good at delivering to its particular niche, then you'll see people talking about it. It keeps the promises that it made to its intended audience. This show is theoretically about supernatural action and intrigue, and cool badasses doing awesome stuff. But it isn't actually very good at delivering any of that (at least in my and others' estimation), so we end up disappointed. Hence the 'meh' reaction it's getting.

Well, it would be better if they took a darker turn with the whole CGDCT genre. Do what Eva and apparently what Madoka did to their respective genres and make them dark and gritty.

Heishi wrote:

steelmirror wrote: Kaori Makimura wrote: I don't understand the modern anime community anymore. I mean a show like this, as cringy as the names are, used to get a better reaction, meanwhile all girl cast shows where they drink tea or bike or something get treated like they're worth your time and NOT boring as hell...? This is totally just my view and you're free to call me out for being full of crap, but I think the 'modern (western) anime community' is a lot more diverse, with more diverse interests, than it was say 15 years ago. Also back then, few enough shows came over that those that did could pretty much be guaranteed a lot of interest and conversation, even if they were overall not so great. These days there are seventeen thousand and eight (I counted) shows a season, so some just fall by the wayside, and people are more discerning (or picky, take your choice). So yeah, that cute girls doing cute tea things show is boring to you, but if that show is good at delivering to its particular niche, then you'll see people talking about it. It keeps the promises that it made to its intended audience. This show is theoretically about supernatural action and intrigue, and cool badasses doing awesome stuff. But it isn't actually very good at delivering any of that (at least in my and others' estimation), so we end up disappointed. Hence the 'meh' reaction it's getting. Well, it would be better if they took a darker turn with the whole CGDCT genre. Do what Eva and apparently what Madoka did to their respective genres and make them dark and gritty.

First off, nobody needs muh dark and gritty everything AGAIN. We only just healed from 5-6 GUISE ITZ MAGICUL GURLS BUT EDGY N BLOODY shows every season with the same plot ripping off the same shows.
Secondly, they already did that. The most notable example being School Live.

Besides, we need something REALLY hardcore. Like "The Sopranos" type stuff.
Stuff that would probably be considered too hardcore even for late night tv or at the very least pushes the envelope on how much you can show on late night tv. It can even be borderline hentai.
Something that goes a little bit beyond HBO levels of dark or edgy.
Something that...is hard R.

Your profile pic sure checks out.

Yeah I won't pretend that I wouldn't roll my eyes hard and pass on that particular anime, but then I'd also completely support you doing you and this theoretical show doing what it can to find an audience that is into it. Well I mean within reason, there's a pretty good chance that the actual execution of this show would delve into some territory that I'd find pretty yikes-y, but that's a completely different conversation and we're OT enough already.