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Originally Posted by Netto Azure
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I guess that's where we diverge. While some don't like the story, I was perfectly fine with how it was presented novel wise.
As I mentioned before the adaptation to me was severely lacking in characterization, hence people cannot empathize with the characters.
Anyways, I really have seen this all too frequently already and I just shrug over it nowadays.
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I wasn't really giving my opinion exactly, just raising a perspective as to why someone would focus on the themes when they don't like the themes or sub-genres. If I minded harems, I wouldn't enjoy Monogatari (though it depends on how they're handled). And the story only hurt me in Alfheim; my thoughts are mostly on other aspects of the show.
All I'm saying is that unless you go to places that are specifically for SAO (stream comments, dedicated sites, etc.) or wait until a few years after the show ends, you're just setting yourself up for disappointment. And it clearly bothers you, both by how you keep bringing it up and how you talk about it. I know your pain all too well, but I think that if you keep visiting that thread that you have here, on a forum with a bunch of anime fans that have mixed feelings about the show, you're just making it worse for yourself.
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As for people watching something they hate...that always worries me. I mean if you hate it, why keep talking about it? It just raises publicity. If you don't like it, wouldn't it be better for people to not find out about it in the first place?
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Pokey had a signature that illustrated this pretty well, and I've pretty much stop expecting people to drop shows and instead expect them to ride trains they don't like too much, if at all. They're anime fans, and just like VG fans, they're going to vent about how much they hate something because it burns them up to the point that they need to. Like me with Mirai Nikki. I try not to bring it up, but I hate that damn show so much it's difficult not to, sometimes. People want other people to know that they hate something so that that apathy might spread and the listeners will either avoid it or go into it with a bias. Or, alternatively, they hate the fact that people like something that they might just dislike or be mostly indifferent to and need to vent about that. The last one probably applies to a quarter or maybe half of the SAO haters.
Among other reasons.