Silver Spoon
| I love this show, I really do. However, I can't help but notice how pro-animal agriculture it really is. Personally, I don't mind it, but I fear once vegans start populating the global population, people are going to frown at its messages. I mean the main character literally goes through full blown cognitive dissonance by the end of season 1. Even with all the animal murder and the reality of showing pigs and chickens getting killed for pleasure, it has me think that vegans are going to have a hard time trying to justify that 8/10 score on mal in the future. But, what do you think? Would people just ignore it as a product of its time, or will it legitimately be viewed as problematic? If its the latter, and vegans tend to view meat eating in the same light as rape and mass murder, expect it to be compared to the likes of Redo of Healer in the future. |
| I don't think Silver Spoon takes a stance about that. It shows the bad part and the good part. There is no vegan character just because it doesn't make sense in that context. Of course, I think someone will dislike it, but I don't think vegans will conquer the world and this anime suffers it. Maybe some popular vegan make common to criticize it, but no more. |
Daninokuni said: I don't think Silver Spoon takes a stance about that. It shows the bad part and the good part. There is no vegan character just because it doesn't make sense in that context. Of course, I think someone will dislike it, but I don't think vegans will conquer the world and this anime suffers it. Maybe some popular vegan make common to criticize it, but no more. Yeah I can definitely see PETA and That Vegan Teacher making a hoopla about it. |
Bronwulf said: Daninokuni said: I don't think Silver Spoon takes a stance about that. It shows the bad part and the good part. There is no vegan character just because it doesn't make sense in that context. Of course, I think someone will dislike it, but I don't think vegans will conquer the world and this anime suffers it. Maybe some popular vegan make common to criticize it, but no more. Yeah I can definitely see PETA and That Vegan Teacher making a hoopla about it. Well, is there anything they are not whinning about already? |
| I don't think veganism will ever become the norm...I love meat too much to give it up anyway |
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| yeah, "veganism becomes the norm"... lol |
| I think what you’re proposing is interesting for what you’re trying to go for here, but I don’t think it’ll ever reach those lengths. Silver Spoon does display a lot of livestock but it’s a show that attempts to shed some information and a lense into the Japanese agricultural life of Hokkaido. I don’t believe it’s attempting to make its message that the slaughter of animals is a good thing but more so a lighthearted, careful way of handling the topic. From what I understand, Japan is very much more conscious and respectful for how good is processed and handled. For Silver Spoon to have a moral of what the system is doing is wrong would be defeating the purpose of its characters and setting and of course a false depiction for what it’s creator Hiromu Arakawa’s perspective growing up in such an environment and how she came to respect and understand it. There’s certainly some commentary on the process of livestock and meat being made but, again, that’s beyond the point. Now, whether or not the show is pro-slaughtering and domestication of living creatures or not, I don’t think the majority of those who are vegan will watch this show and be disgusted. Certainly not to the point they’d cringe at the overall 8/10 score this series has. I don’t know if you know any pleasant vegans or vegans at that, but I think it’s pretty odd to assume if the world’s population became more rife with veganism that if any of them watched this show that they’d be concerned Silver Spoon is problematic. Also strange you believe vegans would believe bacon production is on the same level as rape and murder. There’s no direct correlation with not consuming or using animal products and hysteria. If we were in a world where everyone, or most, of the earth’s population was vegan, I can see a timeline of that having this show being seen as “of its time” and not one that’d be regarded as despicable. Reason for it is that Silver Spoon isn’t inherently malicious on its portrayal. It’s a function of the word that was and is present in its time. It would have to be some type of far off future where horse riding/racing was no longer a thing in Japan at the least and for meat to be consumed at a rapid decline for that to affect anything long term and even then, I doubt people would pick this show up and go “nah, this ain’t it.” |
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Bronwulf said: I love this show, I really do. However, I can't help but notice how pro-animal agriculture it really is. Personally, I don't mind it, but I fear once vegans start populating the global population, people are going to frown at its messages. I mean the main character literally goes through full blown cognitive dissonance by the end of season 1. Even with all the animal murder and the reality of showing pigs and chickens getting killed for pleasure, it has me think that vegans are going to have a hard time trying to justify that 8/10 score on mal in the future. But, what do you think? Would people just ignore it as a product of its time, or will it legitimately be viewed as problematic? If its the latter, and vegans tend to view meat eating in the same light as rape and mass murder, expect it to be compared to the likes of Redo of Healer in the future. I wouldn't worry. It's a bit difficult to try and take down a show when you're suffering from protein deficiency. |
| Well I for one already loved Lain. |
| >implying that veganism will ever become the norm Even if it becomes mandated in some future dystopian society we're gonna have meat counterculture, secret meat societies, meat samizdat and meat terrorism. |
| MEA·MENTVLA·INGENS·EST |
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