ItaKiss and Casshern Sins- Why it’s never too good to rage over things 2D sometimes.
I refer to Owen’s post, of course.
While most of what he’s trying to get at is a compare-contrast kind of thing between male and female aniblogger reception towards the show, the underlying principle here is that ItaKiss’s reception differs greatly from Male to Female aniblogger is on the simple, underlying virtue of gender.
And that, by extension, it is on underlying virtue of one’s self.
I mean, when I watch a show, what matters mainly to me is whether I can identify with the characters inside. Not whether or not there’s popular opinion on whether it’s horrible or something I absolutely HAVE to watch.
Reflecting on that point, look at shows like Gundam 00 S2. Personally, I detest most things Gundam, and I can’t identify with a SINGLE character. NOT ONE. From Setsuna all the way down to Tiera, none of them click with me.
Yet, just like Impz’s little episode with Casshern Sins (I’d quote 4chan, but /m/’s probably saged that thread already) if I said Gundam 00 2 was terrible and that I preferred, say…Zettai Karen Children to it, I doubt anon. would have digested it any better.
For the record, I’d just like to touch on the fact that I can click with characters in Zettai Karen Children more than I can with Gundam 00. Perhaps I’m not plucking at the right aniblogger string here, but look at darkmirage’s Gundam 00 posts. The reason he can continually point out flaws and rail on his incessant boredom at the series he’s blogging is ’cause he can identify with Gundam in general. Aroduc consistently blogs obscure series of which some haven’t even been subbed beyond their pilot. Why? It’s on the basis that they can somehow identify with the show on some level, in some manner.
My point here is basically musing on the fact that it’s rather interesting how sometimes things have begun to be so universally accepted as good or horrible that it has become a standard by which to judge.
Looking at it seriously, this can only lead to a manner of lateral thinking. Even…say, Zero no Tsukaima - Futatsuki no Kishi’s ending; which has been widely accepted as horseshit by novel purists and TV fans alike can be enjoyed on a personal level because you like the droll, tit-tastic humor, then that is that.
Sometimes you wonder, why can’t novel purists or hardcore fans take a step back and say, “well, that blew, maybe next time” instead of launching into fanboy nerd rage.
Owen’s post, while not exactly like mine in nature, is similar in the sense that he addresses the fact that sometimes it’s not exactly worth it (god knows it isn’t) to pop a blood vessel as to why they didn’t end off with Heaven’s Feel, or have some form of conclusion.
Life’s too short for that, and there is no standard and no real good or bad, lest you answer to a higher power, then you may want to weigh your responses carefully, but that’s another story for another time.
In essence, step back and try to see what you really ragehate at and really like, it may not be what you expect. After all, there’s nothing really “good” or “bad” until you have a look and decide for yourself.
So yeah, go read that post now :P
So you can identify with lolis…
Yeah, I would be afraid of bears on the loose too if I didn’t identify myself with a certain Street Fighter 2 character that wrestles with bears. Then again all this projection is so Mary Sue, and you know that stuff is worse than popping a vein over some ragehaet anime.