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Weekly Anime Post 159

I don't watch anime :marseyclueless: but chappy got banned so I'll take up the mantle

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PasswordRememberer they/them 2mo ago #6992940

I watched Girls Last Tour. It's ... umai (that means "good" in japanese, for you baka gaijins)

Ok enough shitpost, I have a real question for true otakus: One of the themes in this anime is that even in a destroyed world we can find happiness and there's a reason to keep living. IIRC a similar thing is also mentioned in Evangelion.

Is this a just a coincidence or is this theme something that's felt more in japanese society? I'm wondering because it would make sense considering WW2 and them getting nuked, but maybe i'm just an idiot watching cartoons for children

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MARFAN_EATS_DOODOO doo/doo 🤣😂🤣 PasswordRememberer 2mo ago #6997645

It doesn't mean anything. Also evangelion is legit trash held as some achievement by dimwit animetards.

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Evilmon they/them PasswordRememberer 2mo ago #6993034

I definitely feel it's a theme that pops up more in Japanese stuff due to the nukes/WW2 but it's not everywhere or anything like that. It's also a theme in Godzilla Zero much more directly tied to the war.

I also feel it's a response to the previous seemingly common attitude of "I/you should have died with everyone else" seen in stuff like Grave of the Fireflies (the author's actual belief) or also Godzilla Zero (but portrayed negatively). The MC coming back home from the war alive at the beginning and being berated by his neighbor for not dying is crazy and him basically agreeing is even crazier, and it's something I've only seen in Japanese stuff. It's even in much sillier shows like Symphogear, where the MC gets harassesed brick through the window style for effectively just surviving a natural disaster while others didn't.