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I was thinking of a real list but just watched the first episode of Lord of Vermillion and decided I'm going with that instead. The first scene is enough of a genius masterpiece in its own right that the rest of the show doesn't really matter.

There's an entire 60 episode arc that explores Gon's moral instability. Having a questionable protagonist doesn't make a series bad, for me it makes it much more interesting than one that's just good all the time since they tend to still do shitty things that get treated like a messiah's actions. A large part of the show is essentially that nobody is really good, but most aren't really bad. Even Hisoka does things to help Gon, but not because he's a good person or changed sides, and he doesn't really gain anything beyond observing someone he's interested in. The CEO thing? Turns out I said sociopath but it's apparently psychopath. Not as in "serial killer," more about personality traits. Try Harvard (doesn't have that number): https://hbr.org/2004/10/executive-psychopaths Business Insider: https://www.businessinsider.com/ceos-often-have-psychopathic-traits-2017-7 Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/on-small-business/wp/2016/09/16/gene-marks-21-percent-of-ceos-are-psychopaths-only-21-percent/?utm_term=.e597f711c6be Real easy to Google, by the way. I'll respond to the rest eventually, gotta go to work and too lazy at the moment anyway. But will say the border wall comment may have made me lose several IQ points.

There was literally only one other kid in the village. That was explicitly stated in the first episode. Mito homeschooled him. Villages with 2 kids don't tend to have schools. Even the reason for Mito agreeing to let him leave is explored, since she taught him to be honest and accepted his bet as an apology for lying about his dad being dead. But Goku is more of a sociopath than Gon. Doesn't he deliberately put worlds in danger for the sake of getting a better fight on a number of occasions? Like, he could've won already but lets a galactic-Hitler go so he can fight against it when it's stronger? There's plenty of critique early on [you only watched like 25, dude, you didn't make it through most of Heavens Arena which ends at 36]. They just don't monologue about it like in most shonens where they describe in excruciating detail the flaws of a character immediately before resolving it.

Who are you again?

Okay, but you're still the one looking at dog porn.

That was honestly one of the worst fights in 2011, though. What was shown in '99 was also better. The cutoff sucked, but they explained literally everything just as clearly in, like, half the time.

I honestly think the first arc 2011 definitively wins out on is Greed Island, which is literally the last arc it covers. Phantom Troupe is great in both, but even then it's about even. Heavens Arena is also better in '99 with a couple alterations I didn't like [Gido after Hisoka? Lolwhy?].

I'm not sure what's inconsistent about a kid who grew up with no friends only really caring when it's someone he knows and likes. That's pretty consistent. If we consider environmental factors, he only really interacted with his aunt who likely taught him kindness, and animals which he probably saw a lot of the whole eating each other thing. Canonically, his closest "friend" prior to Killua up was... a pet bear he saved when it was a cub. Sort of pointlessly omitted from 2011, but a alluded to briefly later (not very well). It's in the first chapter/'99 first episode. That and bonding with a Hunter, who is the reason he found out his dad was alive, that taught him stuff lessons on defending himself and survival of the fittest. So he did get a mix of survivalism, likely exposure to death through an undomesticated bear, and compassion from his aunt. None of that is filler, by the way. Just botched in 2011.

Sociopathy has nothing to do with upbringing. A lot of serial killers [psychopaths, rather than sociopaths, to be clear] came from privileged backgrounds and despite an estimated 2% of the population being sociopaths, CEOs of major corporations are estimated to be 20+%. But either way, he does have empathy. It's skewed and becomes a point of criticism for it, like in the show itself, but it does exist. The reason he doesn't care as much about actions is that he's a pretty simple kid that operates on first impressions and trusts too easily. It isn't really very different from most shonen protagonists; the only difference is that he's given more to question and eventually put under a microscope. He didn't let anyone die for a badge? If you're talking about Ponzu (blud haired girl), not only does he pull her out of the cave like he did with everyone else, he also felt bad about taking the badge. She's even confirmed to have survived since she comes back for the Chimera Ant arc Gon does have a moral compass. He accepts Killua since Killua doesn't really want to be an assassin and wants to be a normal kid, but won't accept the Phantom Troupe since they hurt his friend [Kurapika] by slaughtering his village. There is a logical consistency for it, even if it's not spelled out so blatantly and the characters have more ambiguity. You keep saying the subversion thing but I never said that. I like it more than most, and it has subversive elements, I just haven't made the argument you keep using as a "gotcha" counterpoint. A lot of asshole characters are great characters. Jimmy McGill from Better Call Saul or Lester and Melvo from Fargo. Most crime dramas don't have anyone that isn't an asshole. Very few characters outside the Hunters themselves actually like the Hunters. The current arc has an entire government that's outside their power since they succeeded from the world's version of the UN and they're basically like, "Nah, fuck those guys." As well as very few people trusting any of them. And Chimera Ant has a nation that's isolationist to a N. Korea degree who refuse to let mist Hunters in and the few they do have to abide by the strict authoritarian rules. Though, most cultures of the world haven't had much exposure, I don't think having a relatively grim society is indicative of bad writing. Places like China have a lack of good samaritans due less of a "they're sociopaths" and more of a fear of being scammed or hurt by fakers since the laws there don't have great efficiency in protecting people. Even America, despite all the touting of "the greatest nation in the world" struggles more than many places to keep civilians safe, in large part due to political corruption (of both parties).

I'm fairly certain I explained positives and negatives to all 4 of them. I'd rather have dubious morals than the bulk of shonen protagonists who are virtually never questioned because even at their shittiest are apparently supposed to be altruistic. Having grey areas is more believable than fucking Luffy's personality of eat food, punch thing, say dumb stuff people think is inspiring but is basically just sitcom babytalk platitudes. And there are more cultures, the first few arcs are only on one continent. It's pretty clearly critiquing the characters at quite a few points. They do even early on, but eventually lays the smackdown on most of them, including the governence. Just because the world isn't sunshine and rainbows doesn't mean it's "unrealistic" [arguably moreso, actually]. But lol, "Shonen Jump shonen isn't realistic" is a pretty funny criticism. You should be a comedian, just remember to be serious 'cause it's a lot better material than your sorry excuses for jokes.

It had to be created on existing technology, lest we believe a guy created an OS to create another extraordinarily advanced OS to use as the foundation for an incredibly advanced game before turning 30. If we're to believe he used existing technology, it can be broken into eventually. That's really all there is to it. Even to buy into what you're saying he did by 28 is ludicrous. Presuming he used existing technology, he'd still have to build a device unheard of to even the most brilliant contemporary technology revolutionaries and create an insanely in-depth game to run on it, with impenetrable security, using a server of a massive scope beyond anything we currently have, and to do it before reaching middle-aged.... I don't know what to say if you think that's plausible.

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Lancer? Like, FSN? Trash show confirmed.

I mean, the format of Goblin Slayer fundamentally doesn't work narratively. You have characters deliberately designed to be as generic as possible, so dramatic weight is greatly reduced on premise alonr. They've made it a struggle to have much interest or growth or emotion from the start, especially when they frequently remind you that it's literally a game. On the other hand, they play it so straight within the context of everything is super generic that any humor falls flat, to the point where it's borderline unnoticeable. Homestly, partway through GS almost does something interesting and completely squanders it immediately, which shows just how impotent it is. Spoiler for the midpoint, if anyone actually cares: In conclusion, Goblin Slayer is fucking trash. Doesn't really count as isekai, so I don't know exactly why it's being compared to Shoeld Hero other than being kinda lame fantasy animu. Shield Hero could have potential with him being the worst hero that nobody wants to be around. Except he gets a hot companion who likes him instantly without reason and I hear he becomes OP anyway. Re:Zero is basically the only one of these that doesn't suck outright.

I've come to the conclusion that Goblin Slayer is a very bad parody. It's a comedy so dedicated to parodying cliches that the author forgot to include anything beyond the cliches. The joke is that everything is generic! Punchlines be damned!

Wow, only a week into January and we've already got the comeback of the year.

That sounds a lot like being an OKC mod. Viper confirmed.

Will you record/post yourself smashing your keyboard if I call you Zeni?

Ugh, another naraku? Only losers use a name like that.

viper ain't shit compared to that @bigdick.

Always such a penis, this one.

Well, this post wasn't extremely creepy. At all.

Yooooo, where you been, ya big dick?

I kind of gave up on Detective Conan. As much as I used to enjoy the Black Organization stuff, they're still adding important characters after 800 episodes. I'm not about to backtrack to random episodes a million times just to figure out wtf is going on because half the cast is new and introduced in some episode nobody had any way to know was important. Around the train arc or the one after, they started bringing up single lines from 400 episodes ago and making reveals like Conan being able to predict a million steps, like, a year or more in advance. Like, I know the show is one of the most popular in anime history in Japan, but fucking END already. The timeline is something like 2 years having gone by and nearly a thousand murders. They're literally running into murders on the daily, they every time they turn the corner some convoluted mystery occurs by a mega genius. I'm just so done with it. If they condensed it to Black Organization and some of the good in between mysteries, that would be fine. Even better, cut most of the B-plot mysteries that become intrusive to the Black Organization arcs, unless it's absolutely integral.