machomuu
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As the title says, what's the worst anime that's ever had the pleasure of lasering itself into your brain?
"Worst" can mean whatever worst means to you, I won't try to make some sort of central definition since it's generally better for discussion if we keep it vague rather than impersonal. So if it's your most hated show, go for it, and if it's the one that you simply think is of the lowest quality, go for that. Or hell, if you don't think either of those is what you'd define as the worse and you want to talk about them anyway, this is the place to do it. The thread is your proverbial oyster.
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To start, I'll talk about the anime that rests in the pit of my stomach: Mirai Nikki. To be honest, I originally thought that people said they liked the show ironically until I found out about its massive fan following. Several years have passed since I watched the show and I've changed quite a bit since I originally watched it, so I do have to wonder if I'd feel the same way about it if I were to rewatch it now under what I assume would be a different mindset.
But if there is something that I can definitely say probably won't change, it's my opinion of the main character, Yukiteru Amano. Having a bad protagonist makes a show considerably harder to watch because, in most cases, that protagonist is going to take up at least 70% of the screentime. Mirai Nikki is one of those shows, and when even most of its fanbase pretty much agree that Yuki's a pretty insufferable protagonist, I'm honestly surprised that the show has such a large following. Of course, when you consider the positive reception to Gasai Yuno...well, it theoretically balances out.
But if you like neither of the two you're just not going to like the show, and that was really the case with me. While Yuno doesn't particularly bother me as a character by herself and, honestly, she could've made for a pretty convincing villain, what she's fighting for (Yuki) is so difficult to get behind that whenever she axes off any of the other characters that I just liked more than her it was really hard to keep those positive feelings. And it only really gets worse with time. I assume most people's advice here would be "just turn your brain off and you'll enjoy it," because the show definitely can be mindless fun, but half of the fun of any show to me is being invested in what's going on and, if not that, at least the characters, and turning off your brain really is the easiest way to keep your investment to a surface level and just not have as much (or as little) fun with it as you would otherwise.
Pretty much my cliff note thoughts, can't be flooding the OP thoughts with my 20 Page Mirai Nikki Essay.
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So, what are your picks? Or your thoughts on the topic in general?
"Worst" can mean whatever worst means to you, I won't try to make some sort of central definition since it's generally better for discussion if we keep it vague rather than impersonal. So if it's your most hated show, go for it, and if it's the one that you simply think is of the lowest quality, go for that. Or hell, if you don't think either of those is what you'd define as the worse and you want to talk about them anyway, this is the place to do it. The thread is your proverbial oyster.
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To start, I'll talk about the anime that rests in the pit of my stomach: Mirai Nikki. To be honest, I originally thought that people said they liked the show ironically until I found out about its massive fan following. Several years have passed since I watched the show and I've changed quite a bit since I originally watched it, so I do have to wonder if I'd feel the same way about it if I were to rewatch it now under what I assume would be a different mindset.
But if there is something that I can definitely say probably won't change, it's my opinion of the main character, Yukiteru Amano. Having a bad protagonist makes a show considerably harder to watch because, in most cases, that protagonist is going to take up at least 70% of the screentime. Mirai Nikki is one of those shows, and when even most of its fanbase pretty much agree that Yuki's a pretty insufferable protagonist, I'm honestly surprised that the show has such a large following. Of course, when you consider the positive reception to Gasai Yuno...well, it theoretically balances out.
But if you like neither of the two you're just not going to like the show, and that was really the case with me. While Yuno doesn't particularly bother me as a character by herself and, honestly, she could've made for a pretty convincing villain, what she's fighting for (Yuki) is so difficult to get behind that whenever she axes off any of the other characters that I just liked more than her it was really hard to keep those positive feelings. And it only really gets worse with time. I assume most people's advice here would be "just turn your brain off and you'll enjoy it," because the show definitely can be mindless fun, but half of the fun of any show to me is being invested in what's going on and, if not that, at least the characters, and turning off your brain really is the easiest way to keep your investment to a surface level and just not have as much (or as little) fun with it as you would otherwise.
Pretty much my cliff note thoughts, can't be flooding the OP thoughts with my 20 Page Mirai Nikki Essay.
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So, what are your picks? Or your thoughts on the topic in general?
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