I absolutely hate about 90% of shounen anime, no thanks to Naruto and Bleach—both of which I used to be obsessed with, until they just started dragging on, and on, and on, and on.... And then I was just like, "Why do I care anymore?" Not to mention the fact that they both have a million movies that are literally just bullshit filler where nothing happens except a bunch of fight scenes that are honestly just shitty retakes of their previous fight scenes. And how do you seriously misjudge a villain every time you fight to the point where you just use your shitty attacks first and then waste all your stamina? If you have seriously epic moves, who cares about overkill? Just get this shit done already. Because by the time they're done with their crappy Kage no Bunshin or waving their glorified kitchen knife around... well now they're out of stamina and they have to push themselves into that final scene with the new attack they magically just discovered, usually with huge damage dealt physically on both sides. Then you get to see your hero all dirty, bloody, half-dead, bandaged up, in the hospital, etc. and you're supposed to share in their glory or sympathize with their pain or...? How about no. You did this to yourself, dumbass. I don't care about your pain. Sorry, not sorry.
Having said this, Shingeki no Kyojin is a masterpiece. I refuse to watch the dub though, and I'm sure we all know why.
So yes, I generally only watch shoujo anime; I do kind of thrive on pointless drama and romantic comedy, but there's a point when I really just can't stand to look anymore. This ranges from harems to pointless repeated episodes to recycled plots and characters to just... all the females. I know that last one sounds sexist, but it's the truth. Shounen or shoujo, about 99% of female characters just should not exist for one reason or another.
In the case of harem anime, and I know it's been said, there are friggin clones in every one. The dorky male lead, then the billion women who are either extremely stupid, large- or flat-chested, loud, mouthy, painfully shy, prepubescent, and it goes on and on; and all of them love the main character for no effing reason, whatsoever. For some reason, even though it's technically a reverse harem, Ouran Highschool Host Club was amazing and balanced, and I didn't even hate Haruhi that much. There there's The Wallflower. Where do I begin? Hilarious scenes crammed into a stereotypical plot where a girl ends up living with a bunch of sexy guys—I'd like to point out that I enjoyed this one for the huge dynamic between Sunako's looks and personality compared to other anime of this type. Sunako is honestly ugly and very socially... er... awkward and stays that way through the whole series (they say that the boys were able to make her beautiful, but that's just bullshit; they barely made a dent). She barely opens up to the boys she lives with and outwardly hates her love interest for a good reason.... Until it gets to the end and they magically fall in love because...? Because why? They had a few touching scenes scattered randomly throughout the series but that was it. She only ended up with Kyohei because he was the last one left that wasn't gay or honestly in love with someone else. Next on my list is friggin Love Hina! Why is there an exclamation mark? There's nothing to make this series exciting to watch, and that includes all the random... comedy...? I think that's what it's supposed to be. I hated everything about this anime and I'm pretty sure I just watched it because I like to stress myself out. First of all, why did Keitaro end up with Naru? There's no such thing as someone who is stupid and masochistic enough to stay in a relationship where they get beat the fuck up with no reason whatsoever. Naru is probably the reason why I started to hate female characters to begin with because I noticed that a lot of them share a lot of things in common with her.
Example. When Ayase from Guilty Crown walks into Shuu's room while he's naked IN HIS OWN ROOM, screams, and slaps him. Give me a Goddamned break. First of all, they're usually a bunch of sluts with wet panties for a guy that doesn't (or in some cases, Keitaro; shouldn't) even like them, continuously lust after them even though it's clear that nothing's going to happen, then feign innocence when it's already clear that they've only got one thing on the brain. Disgusting. That's insanely degrading to women; generally because it's usually the one desirable female that's ready to rip her clothes off at the slightest hint of the prospect of getting laid. Even Asuna in SAO, and that's saying a lot because I actually like her. That is literally conditioning watchers into believing that that kind of behaviour is desirable, and that pisses me off. Why does everything have to be sex-central? Why can't there be an actual solid relationship before the girl starts initiating sex? Alternately, why can't the guy man up for once and take actual initiative?
Then there's those fucking shy girls. You know, the ones with the usually blunt-bang haircut which I already hate, but then you have to put it on a girl who can't function in normal society because every time she sees her crush, her lizard defence mechanism kicks in and she freezes. What the Hell. Just stop. Worst than that are those tsundere bitches who warm up over time, because yeah a woman who thinks you're a dumbass sack of shit is going to magically forget your forthcomings. Uhh... how about a big nope on that one. Anyone who's ever had a girlfriend, no matter their race, ethnicity, land of origin, can pretend that they don't know better. A bitchy girl who isn't into you never will be. Tsundere women can bite me. Uh... women in any position of power whatsoever with that bitchy attitude toward just everything too, and then they claim they have to be strong because everyone expects it. Sure, but being strong doesn't mean beating up the whole male cast or barking orders all the time. Exception to this, Malissa in FullMetal Panic! She manages to be in charge but also feminine and sisterly; I love that.
Another thing that pisses me off about anime is Kaji Yuki. I love his voice. I want to melt it down and make cake with it. Just... why. Why does he have to play the same character in every anime he's in, whether or not it's a lead role. Eren Jaeger, Kirito and Shuu Ouma for example. I love SnK. SAO and Guilty Crown, to almost no end... except for their fucking lead characters that do nothing useful ever. Kirito was honestly just an over-powered piece of junk; you never even see him doing anything to level up and he magically gets stronger, gets new equipment, and so one. I understand that they had to make it take place over a period of two years or something like that but seriously. Then after his little thing in the second episode where they've spent the last hour of your life convincing you that he might be a different type of hero (seeing as he comes off rather flaky, super nerdy, reclusive, a bit shy, kind, generous, etc. instead of just a walking muscle with no brain) then he decides to become that asshole by announcing in front of a huge group that he was the only one to make it to the tenth level in the SAO beta test (I believe, please correct me if I'm wrong, but I know it played out something like that), just to spend the rest of the series trying to make up for that scene by attracting a shitload of women despite not being strikingly attractive and having almost no personality to speak of other than that of a dickish loner-type solo player who magically gets the most untouchable woman just because. Their romance made no sense, seriously.
Comparatively, Eren Jaeger is a bit cooler, but I would have liked him a lot more if that little stunt with the 3DMG didn't turn out to be, "Oh, he had faulty equipment so he's actually better than everyone else." That and the scene where little children Eren and Mikasa butcher the people who killed her family. Seriously? He is one fucked up kid, and then he grows up feigning some kind of innocence while also spouting off rants directed at adults that make a ton of sense and in which he's actually right. I don't care if it needed to be said, Eren's mother did a horrible job raising him if that's how he speaks to adults. Plus the whole murdering those three guys.... Yeah, I'm not sure Eren's completely stable, and he never was either.
Lastly, Shuu Ouma who was a flake to begin with, carrying around some social problems that he never really had fixed—instead it was just covered up by pairing him with a chick that actually didn't experience emotion and yet somehow still grew to love him. I dunno about him. I really feel that he was useless throughout the series, including the time in the second season where he basically threw a temper tantrum and started ostracising all his friends who... TADA! They accept him back at the last minute so he can save the fucking world. Jolly good show. Or it would have been without Shuu.
I'll just stop there, because if I don't, this will cover the entire page because I could literally write a novel with all the stereotypical things that occur in anime that I can't stand (a TV show or movie, all-inclusive here, has about 10 seconds to impress me before I get all nit-picky and angry). Honestly, I say that if you're just going to bitch about anime then don't watch it, but it's kind of like cocaine... because once you get addicted... well, you just can't stop and that's all there is to it....
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