some of these are reposts of stuff from my other blog but i’m low-key insecure about fandoms and there are ppl i know irl who follow me so i’m moving my stuff here instead. don’t expect me to “explain the plot” or any of that. i sometimes watch/read decent things but the main focus of this blog is the “so-bad-it’s-good” category (also, i’m more likely to do liveblogs for “fun” or “stupid” media, and actual reviews for media i consider to be worth discussing intellectually). i mostly only watch animated shows bc i am a massive loser whose brain doesn't work properly
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the idea that card games can bring out your dark side is probably a really appealing idea to children since they can't do other things that bring out another side of themselves e.g. drinking alcohol
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hyperspecific genre i can't get behind is "teen turns into some kind of creature as a metaphor for puberty". i find it kind of like... discrediting (?) to teenagers to suggest that they are comparable to uncontrollable monsters. but also i just can't relate. like who knows, maybe being a hormonal teen really does feel like turning into a monster. i wouldn't know! and who am i kidding, many of my classmates sure acted like uncontrollable monsters. but idk it just feels... othering, or alienating, i guess. it feels like not viewing teenagers as in control of themselves or responsible for their actions
yugioh season 0 is all about games, so you'd think that watching it would teach you a thing or two about gaming strategies. but you'd be wrong because all of the strategies used in the show are things like "make people fall through the roof by poking holes it it using a yo-yo" or "your card doesn't work because my grandpa's soul is in it"
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One thing that makes an anime feel very "anime" is when a character outsmarts another character in a convoluted way that would probably be impossible to do in real life, and then explains to the audience how they pulled off this trick. I have a love-hate relationship with these schemes, depending on how ridiculous they are and how seriously they take themselves.
I can't find a list that gives me what I'm looking for, so I'm making one. There will be spoilers, obviously.
Orb (episode 15)
For the most part, Orb is a mature, well-written show that dramatizes history but still feels believable. For the most part. There's one scene that pushed my willing suspension of disbelief a little too far.
The entirety of the show is spent following various characters as they try to write and preserve texts about heliocentrism, which the church is intent on destroying. The characters know that this is dangerous business, so they usually come up with plans to hide their work, and backup plans in case they get found out. In this case, one of the characters finds a bunch of beggars and tells them he will give them bread if they shave their heads and let him tattoo one page of his coworker's book onto each of their heads. Somehow he is able to get 60 men to comply with this plan, and the writing on their heads ends up being the only surviving form of the book.
Patalliro (episode 2)
An assassin drugs his victim, then places a tape recorder in the victim's room. The tape recorder plays a recording of a gunshot, and the assassin runs into the victim's room, shoots the victim with a silencer, and then hides the gun and pretends to be horrified as the others walk in on the scene. I know almost nothing about guns, but just through logic alone, I can tell that silencers do not actually silence gunshots. (I later looked this up online to confirm it. The source I read claims that silencers can reduce the volume of a shotgun from 160 decibels to 137 decibels, which is still incredibly loud.) Also, the plan relies on the assassin being the first one to run into the room, and for no one else to arrive in that room for long enough to carry out the plan. I have watched/read this plot at least 3 different times, maybe even four times, trying to make sense of it, wondering if I missed something. But I think no, it's really just that stupid.
Yona of the Dawn (chapter 71)
The characters are going to war. The soldiers ride into battle, when, surprise! Their opponents are riding tigers! The soldiers freak out and scatter, only to find out that, surprise! They're not actually tigers, but horses wearing tiger hides! But the real surprise to me is that this is allegedly based on a war strategy once used in ancient China (ALLEGEDLY)... although that was to scare the horses, not the humans.
Code Geass (episodes 15 and 49)
The main character, Lelouch, contacts one of the villains via video call. You can see in the video that Lelouch is somewhere very far away from the villain, and it would take him a long time to arrive there. However, a few minutes into the call, the villain turns around and sees that Lelouch is right behind him. Meanwhile the Lelouch on the screen is still there. Lelouch reveals that he recorded the entire video ahead of time, and predicted every single response so perfectly that it appeared to be a live call. The thing that really gets me is the fact that he used this tactic not once, but TWICE. In two different episodes. On two different people. Just... no.
Death Note (episode 8)
I mean... The potato chip scene... it's a whole meme.
Death Note is chock full of these kinds of schemes, but probably nothing can beat this one. For those who haven't seen it (or those who need a refresher), the main character, Light, has a notebook he can use to murder people by writing their names in it. He's been writing the names of criminals who appeared on the news. The police suspect Light might be the one killing people (the times of death are in line with the times Light is awake and not in school), so they set up cameras in his room to spy on him. Light's solution to this? Hide a scrap of the notebook and a mini TV inside a bag of potato chips, then write the names he sees on TV on the scrap of notebook while studying and eating chips.
And that's the simplified version. There are a lot of details I left out or changed slightly for the sake of simplicity. Code Geass has the best schemes in terms of insanity and implausibility, but Death Note is the most convoluted of all.
i love the spirit of gimmick anime where all conflicts are settled via some oddly specific gimmick (e.g. card games, rap battles, ice skating) because on one hand it's obviously ridiculous, everyone working on it surely knows it's ridiculous, and there's no way to make it not look ridiculous, but on the other hand these series are usually merchandise-driven so they can't just outright say "this premise is too ridiculous to take seriously" because they want your money. so instead you get the most ridiculous premise that takes itself 100% seriously, which makes for great unintentional comedy
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Cute show starring one of the most appealing anime dragons I've ever seen. The title was clearly translated without actually reading the source material, as there is no one particular cat that's more relevant to the plot than any other cats.
I do feel a little confused about who the target audience is, because the overall vibe of the show feels like a children's storybook you could read before bed, but then the pilot episode has all this violence against cats that would probably be really upsetting to most children. Not that no children can handle violence against cats—the Warriors series got really popular, after all—but just that it doesn't fit the tone of the rest of the series.
Nothing amazing, but still a very cute show worth watching for the cats and dragons alone. I want to draw them now.
Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia
YES YES YES YES YES. I love anime as a medium but I got tired of it because of how similar the art styles can get, and how the vast majority of anime are set in either Japan on Europe. WELL, NOT THIS ONE! Have we ever gotten an anime set in West Asia before?! Not to my knowledge! And the art style looks more like that of an indie project than a typical anime. It has a looser, simpler, lineless look that lets the animation be in constant motion and never feel stiff.
I always feel a little on edge when it comes to media depictions of Islam, given how awful those depictions often are. I have little right to say any of this given my own lack of knowledge on the subject, though. Anyway, the depiction seems to be well-researched, respectful, and well-received among Muslim and Iranian viewers, so there's little to worry about. I also feel wary of historical fiction about real people, but there's nothing I can do about that.
It's a strange mental process going through this, because first I heard that the Mongol empire was evil, then my dad told me about a book he read that was sort of Genghis Khan apologism saying that the Mongols weren't that bad by dictator standards, and now I'm sort of cross-checking the historical events depicted in this show and re-learning that the Mongols were, in fact, very bad. I've also recently been reading and watching many stories about war while also hearing news about all the wars going on in the world, so I'm not really eager to see even MORE war right now, but somehow I'm still looking forward to the next episode.
Thunder 3
"Weird as hell, but not for me." That's what I thought I would say, but actually... I'm intrigued. I never would have checked this out if I hadn't read some reviews, but honestly, I kind of wish I could experience going into it knowing nothing, because what the hell is this?! You should watch it without knowing anything. And watch the entire first episode, not just the first half, okay?
I honestly have no idea what's going to happen from here on out, but the weird visuals and weird world are enough to keep me interested. In fact, I'm skimming through the manga right now. I think the visual contrast in the manga is maybe even better than in the anime. (Update: I think I like the manga better.)
