Off Topic Discussion Megathread

[Renalt]

Claymore is rly underrated imo.

If flashbacks are your fetish then you'll get off almost every episode.

[Kolsykol]

I haven't made much effort to keep up with anime in years. If we go back to classics, I highly recommend Slayers.

Oh you actually reminded me of it, I've been wanting to watch it but keep forgetting lol.

If flashbacks are your fetish then you'll get off almost every episode.

I don't remember it being so bad with that?
There's a couple of them definitely, but they didn't feel like they were just showing me the same thing or were completely pointless.
The flashbacks in Demon Slayer were driving me insane because it was basically the same thing on repeat and lasted way too long, like a super extended monologue.
And in AoT it basically became a meme how it was a death flag and random characters got pointless flashback backstories just to make you '' extra sad '' when they died it felt cheap.

In Claymore the flashbacks that comes to mind is just backstory for the main protagonist and stuff actually happens, they're not just stuck in the same loop.
I remember it being full episodes dedicated to it too, they could as well have been episodes of a prequel.

[VirusOnline]

i wanted to like elfenlied but it just tried too hard
i can't really pinpoint why but i'll say evangelion did the gore and psychological trauma horror perfectly until the end lol

[Lium]

i wanted to like elfenlied but it just tried too hard
i can't really pinpoint why but i'll say evangelion did the gore and psychological trauma horror perfectly until the end lol

To this day I'm not sure what Instrumentality is, and I've seen Evangelion three times. It abruptly ended after everyone congratulated Shinji. I know there's been multiple OVAs and sequels (I think) but I haven't watched any of them.

[VirusOnline]

To this day I'm not sure what Instrumentality is, and I've seen Evangelion three times. It abruptly ended after everyone congratulated Shinji. I know there's been multiple OVAs and sequels (I think) but I haven't watched any of them.

yeah it gets really complex towards the end and i think it could have used a much more simplistic ending then what abstracts they tried to convey - this is at least where elfenlied shines
how i understood instrumentality in terms of evangelion it'd be probably just be humanity's evolution to a hivemind
but who knows xD

[TheMightyMollusk]

I haven't made much effort to keep up with anime in years. If we go back to classics, I highly recommend Slayers.

[Rannie]

I haven't made much effort to keep up with anime in years. If we go back to classics, I highly recommend Slayers.

"LINA HE'S BURNING MY BOTTOM OFF!!!" YES! definitely slayers or even Ranma 1/2

[Vyrerus]

I haven't made much effort to keep up with anime in years. If we go back to classics, I highly recommend Slayers.

The last newish anime that I watched was Goblinslayer, and honestly, it did not disappoint. 91 Days not long before that. I guess I really actually enjoyed the drama in 91 Days.

As far as classics go, and as far as all anime goes, my favorite anime is still Samurai Champloo. Particularly the episodes featuring Sarah, the blind songstress assassin.


"Why'd you stop?! Why'd you pull back, you know you had me COLD!"

Spoilers for Mugen/Sara fight

It's probably one of the most talked about scenes, but also one of the most misunderstood. When Mugen takes off his geta, and swings at Sarah from behind, she actually only barely manages to dodge it. Unlike all of her dodges in their fights and Jin's fight previously, it is a dodge that lacks grace. Then, her weapon will reach Mugen first, both because Mugen spun around such was the force of his first swing, and also because of the length and pivot point of Sarah's cross spear. She stops it though, because she realizes that even though she will hit Mugen first, it will not stop the momentum of his swing, and they will both die, so she expresses her love for Mugen and stops the swing, dishonoring him to fulfill her desire for him to live. She dies, and most people think she let Mugen win, but the truth is that she let Mugen live. Even if she hadn't, she would have still died. He did win, but at a cost.

[Illmaeran]

91 Days not long before that. I guess I really actually enjoyed the drama in 91 Days.

91 Days was really good. It's one of the best pieces of animated storytelling I've seen in a while. You should try Joker Game, it's got the same level of story telling and drama.

(The first being Robotech: The Macross Saga.)

I see you are a person of (proto)culture.

[Padudu]

I also haven't kept up with anime at all - I'm pretty picky when it comes to trying to watch anime, but I loved Monster (2004). Even though the protag was nothing short of Jesus himself, the plot, characters, the slight "realism" to it is great. It was a breath of fresh air, super bummed I haven't found anything else like it.