Do you think Dandadan can gain Demon Slayer or Jujutsu Kaisen level popularity ?

@Haelent Bah. Life includes sexuality, abuse and crude jokes. I love the fact that the anime doubled down on this rather than homogenized it. If art isn't making you feel uncomfortable from time to time, you're doing it wrong.

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this is the kind of shit i've been saying for YEARS

thats the beauty of art

FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION... pushing boundries, taking risks, and intentioally shocking people... not "let me not do this because it might bother someone"

nowadays every fucking thing is being sanitized to try to make it appealing to "everyone" which has never been, will never be and frankly... SHOULD NEVER BE possible

@EcchiGodMamster @sadoldman fellas, let's not delude ourselves here. There's little purpose to this stuff aside from appealing to dudes who wanna goon to a cartoon high-schooler, lol. That abduction scene could have been handled a lot of ways that didn't require sexualizing her, but that was the choice the mangaka made, and it was exactly that: a choice that was meant to appeal to a demographic. I think saying things are being "sanitized" just for the sake of "appeal" requires ignoring a fuck-ton of cultural context as to why some of those tropes or plot devices are becoming less common. That's a whole different conversation though. If this show was trying to make some broader statement through including that scene, I would feel differently, but it's pretty clearly meant for shock value and cheap suspense. Momo mostly goes back to normal once she awakens her powers, and it's never brought up again, which further cheapens it. She even says something like "I believe in aliens now, I got kidnapped after all" with a blank expression. That's not all that happened, girl...

That being said, I understand and can appreciate art that takes risks and pushes boundaries, but the poster asked "do you think this anime will get popular like other mainstream shounen." The reality is that it most likely won't because of the reasons I mentioned in my other comment; people will be turned away by that being something they see in the first 20 minutes. Brushing those criticisms off because of "artistic freedom" or saying people who are unwilling to engage with it are "just offended", or whatever other buzzword, is disingenuous, especially when some of those people (including the ones in my life) have been victims of sexual assault themselves or are close with people who were. Just like you or I can decide to engage with it because we're willing to accept that as part of the greater work along with everything that makes it incredible, other people can decide not to because it isn't worth it for the other things it dredges up. That will happen for quite a lot of people. Not everyone is as desensitized to this stuff as your average anime nerd/otaku.

Just to reiterate, I do hope this gets popular because it's an incredible series. Not sure it'll happen though.

this is nothing more than you crying about what makes you uncomfortable in fiction, it doesn't matter why its there, its there because the creator wanted it to be and thats what matters at the end of the day

and no... people write manga

BECAUSE THEY ENJOY WRITING MANGA

people draw

BECAUSE THEY ENJOY DRAWING

saying "its just there to appeal to a demographic" is completely dehumanizing to the author, editors, whatever... as if the instant someone becomes a professional, ALL their actions are based on what may or may not sell as if he himself isn't a horny male like the rest of us





if we based what we did and didnt' show in fiction on what may or may not have happened to someone, we'd be getting rid of ANYTHING that could be seen as "bad"

remove all killing, child neglect, sexual explotatation of any kind, etc

because someone out there knows what its like irl...

well guess what? IT'S FICTION and its your choice whether or not to engage with it, end of story


I'm personally glad if people are turned away, that just means less people to destroy the medium of manga/anime

@EcchiGodMamster lets not act like these mangas are published in different magazines based on the demographics they are targetting to sell to

Nah, the sexual content in it will never allow it reach Demon Slayer and JJK level of appeal

Dandadan is discount Chainsaw Man and that's stretching
It's doubtful that will even have 70% the Impact
Normally you can gauge the popularity of anime based on it's momentum. Dandadan is on the lower end on the scale. Having a lots of youtuber shill for it, doesn't reliably transfer to appeal value

Dandadan is discount Chainsaw Man and that's stretching
It's doubtful that will even have 70% the Impact
Normally you can gauge the popularity of anime based on it's momentum. Dandadan is on the lower end on the scale. Having a lots of youtuber shill for it, doesn't reliably transfer to appeal value

No and I hope it never does so it can keep the mainstream normies and tourists out of the fandom before ruining it like what happened with KnY and JJK

@Flick_on Well you would be surprised to know how I see it the other way around; the general idea, direction, and art of the Chainsaw Man series is rubbish compared to what I see with Dandadan. I would even go as far as saying its insulting to compare DDD to CSM.

Really I'd sooner see Dandadan draw comparisons to Frieren or older shows like FLCL than all these on the nose, cringe fantasy, battle shonen series mentioned here.

And to all the "Power" gooners out there let me just say she's without a doubt a "Zero Two" ripoff. Yes thats right, you are essentially gooning to Zero Two.

Nah it’s a bit too wacky for that. But it will get very popular and I bet you’ll see it everywhere in akiba and Ikebukuro

Whatever it is you’re smoking its warping your perception of reality. Frieren isn’t a whatever show, it isn’t a Battle Shonen either. Also that you found characters in “Make Heroine ga Oosugiru!” offensive enough that it ruined the watch for you is kind of sad because that is a seriously high quality, fun show.. You know I’m of the mind that watching anime is no different than sitting down to watch something like Bugs Bunny or Tom & Jerry. You can put the stick down, and relax as you watch shows like this; they are painstakingly made to be fun, nothing more. Thats my suggestion. I can’t understand why else you would find a show like Make Heroine offensive, but then again you brushed off Frieren as whatever and labeled it a battle shonen.. thats a pretty big red flag in itself I suppose. Good grief..

4.64 meanscore for 300+ anime. Can I even convince someone like you? Thats a pretty miserable way to approach enjoying anime..

Frieren would be a battle shonen to a person if they wished to be as reductive as possible. Its battles are never the focus of the journey, but rather a consequence of the journey. If you watch Frieren and you cant figure out what it’s trying to express to you that would be a separate issue for the individual to resolve.

Make No Heroine also offers more than the petty issues you might have with it. I don’t mean to be offensive, I am simply giving my perspective on the show. It’s an excellent animation in its own right, and certainly well above average.