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Yeah, hi, so... This account is dead. I'm the original owner, and I haven't logged on in over a year, which is okay, because the email account associated with it has been deleted, and the last password I used was a weird one that MAL picked for me, so there's never gonna be any activity from Fear_the_Reefer again. If you're still hoping for some sort of revival, I have good news for you... I'm publishing reviews again over on Anilist!

Link: https://anilist.co/user/TheRealKyuubey/

I have 188 reviews published over there, quite a few of which this site has never seen.

Your Nadja review was among the most embarrassing whiny reviews I've ever seen on this page and overusing the word sexism and using it as a strawman everytime you don't agree with a story is, well, embarrassing and whiny.

your mom has an amazing ass

Toradora and fma? but lain is bad huh? why are you like this <3 pls stop

Happy Birthday 🎉✨🎊

can't see items on your shop

bro dust off your figures before selling them :/ at least have some respect for your buyers.

Great SEL review, I agree with most of the things you wrote about.

From your SEL review:

"I’m totally fine with anime having deep, complex meaning and conveying some political or social message, but there has to be something else there that’s worth getting invested in. I don’t analyze Utena because I want to know what Ikuhara’s saying, I do it because I care about Utena, Anthy and all of their amazingly written costars. I don’t binge Cat Soup over and over again because it explores the conflict between family and religious values, I do it because of the little boy cat trying to save his big sister cat. All of the depth these pieces of media have is just icing on the cake, with the cake being stories and characters I love and identify with. Depth is great, but unless you’re given a reason to care, it can never become poignant. I didn’t mention it before, but there’s another way surrealism can be used in a narrative. You can use it as a distraction from content that’s not strong enough to stand on it’s own. There’s a LOT of anime that do this, from Haruhi Suzumiya using it to keep viewers from falling asleep during it’s endless philosophoical monologues to... Well, pretty much anything directed by Akiyuki Shinbou, for better or worse."

Really interesting statement. I was thinking a similar thing, that the appeal and/or merit of an anime lies in its aesthetic/emotional aspects and the deep messages are the icing on top. You can take an intellectual topic, and embed it in a cute girl doing cute things anime, but does that automatically make that anime a must watch? Does it make me dumb because I'm not appreciating the topic because I don't like watching cute girls doing cute things? Why wouldn't I just read a book on the subject?

It all gets really confusing, because a lot of reviews would play up the thematic significance of a series like it broadens your horizons, expands your mind, or otherwise changes your life, and I would feel like I was missing out because I didn't get it.

All in all, it's easy to say that art should entertain first and foremost, but this gets mixed up if people's enjoyment of it seems to derive from their understanding of its message. Which is why I forced myself to analyze each episode of Utena even though I didn't care for any of the characters lol (If you're interested, you can read what I got from it in my review. ) I wondered if I would enjoy the series more if I understood it better, but ultimately, I didn't.

I also forced myself to watch SEL, not expecting enjoyment, but rather just to check out what people are talking about when they say something is "deep and profound". Idk if it's deep or profound, but I don't really care to find out. From what I can understand, its metaphysical ideas have no practical relevance in my life because I'd rather do something more useful than spend my time worrying about whether or not my perception of reality and self is real. By contrast, I think Utena's themes about sexuality and love are more relevant to my understanding of people.

Interestingly, I've heard some Lain fans say that they love the series because of their emotional connection to Lain, especially towards the end.

Great review on Steins;Gate!

rip :(

Happy Birthday! :DD

adding because I laughed so hard reading your Kiss X Sis review