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Hi, You wouldn't happen to like Patlabor enough to join a discord for it would you?

Read your Revolutionary Girl Utena review and it's actually so hilarious.

It's a good laugh but then all of this culminates into the final line of "It frustrates me that I cannot appreciate this show as much as everyone else does, because I see the inherent quality and exactly what it's trying to do."

No. You quite literally don't. You cannot be further away from the author's intentions actually.

Your problem is you separate creative elements and the narrative. As if these symbolic and thematic elements and 'emotion' are separate qualities. No, it's not.

Utena isn't half as repetitive as your review is, because it's basically
"oh yeah the show does do these things...and those things.....but it's flat" and then you kept repeating the same for the entire read.

And then you funnily enough go on to the list the exact things why it's engaging has so much emotion:

Watching a story that plays out like a 'stage-play' actually adds to the intimacy and grandeur that other shows simply lack.
The 'repetitive element' which unlike other stories aren't just another high-octane "monster of the weeks" or "mystery of the week" but rather highly essential for the structure of the narrative and again ADDS to the emotional core of the story and the audience experience in multiple aspects.
THAT is part of the emotion that this show carry.

The audacity to not only be so stupid and ignorant that you simply cannot process art unless it's not caters to your preconceived notions is not only pathetic but the very thing that eats away any creativity whatsoever.

And you have unironically brainwashed yourself into thinking you actually see it's inherent quality. Don't make me laugh, you can scream at the top of your lungs that "I DO GET IT" but you simply don't and you never will because your fundamental approach itself is flawed.

"Yeah it can be all deep with it's symbolic imagery but it's useless because it's flat."
And then the points you make to go on and reason why it's 'flat' in turn being the most shallow and flat is an irony of it's own.

And your criticism of characters is the funniest because even an absolute dumbass who have never read a manga wouldn't come up with a tone-deaf take like "utena characters are 1-d and mouthpieces", funny thing is that it's stage-play presentations integrate with the dialogues, making it even more engaging, and something that most anime can only dream of making it work.

And the biggest problem here is like I said, your fundamental approach to stories, you start listing lynch, sel and nge and it's pretty explanatory from that you still want the plot and characters to remain high octane. Because you can have the entire story go over your head but still enjoy them because they go parallel with the imagery and the subtext.
You still gain your 'emotion' from the plot and action itself and want the other literary elements serve as the icing on the cake.
But that's not what Utena's about, it challenges the viewer at every turn and punishes them at so many turns and as an audience that either offends you or actually makes your re-evaluate your own approach on how masterfully built this story is to play with and subvert on the very notions of the tropes of this genre at the same time.

And the second biggest issue is have a fundamental misunderstanding of literary devices, you confuse allusions with allegories, confuse imagery with symbolism. And the most hilarious statement in your entire review: "the symbolism doesn't pay off" is unironically so baffling as it's not only such a commercial way of looking at stories, it suggests you do not even grasp the difference between a plot device and a literary device. It's not supposed to culminate into some grand climax you dimwit.

And the third and final point I'd like you make is that unlike the rest of the shows of your liking as per the narrow list of anime, it's either one or the other. Avant-garde/unconventional storytelling, or highly airtight stories with archetypal narrative.
Utena is a combination of both. It tells a archetypal and trope-heavy storyline with the most unconventional, ambiguous and abstract elements. (And that combination itself serve as a juxtaposition and integrate with the social commentary)
And ofc, much less palatable for the same reason.
(Aso, it is more inclined towards the 'ambiguous' parts than a lot of the stories that you yourself listed in the review because a lot of the examples you stated isn't an example of "I get it" but rather interpretive points made by other fans.)

The problem with "getting it" in this story is that, you either get it in the moment or you don't, you can't simply force yourself into watching it and afterwards hope for a sense of 'enhanced appreciation' as rewards after you read some analyses on it. Unlike the rest, the analyses too won't ever do justice to it's experiential narrative.

Please have some self awareness and when you plan on criticizing a story, then actually make some intelligible points rather than blanket statements. You clearly know for a fact there's also enough people who absolutely love this story and find it to have most most inventive storytelling with the most compelling and complex characters, then try to understand the disparity of this perception rather than being dismissive and narrow minded because that's a critique that actually has some merit. Because tbh the one thing I do understand from your review is that you simply 'don't get it' and yet somehow deluded yourself you do, simply because you haven't read enough stories that actually challenges you but only the ones that cater to you.
Keep adding on to your personal library of stories and enhance your perspective of art.

saw your review on galaxy express 999, and i must say, even though i'm still on ep 20, there hasn't been a single time i haven't cried after seeing Maetel's face in the outro. you got its vibe completely--it's such a sad show that it makes me weep like a child, and your review just sums it up so beautifully

WAT xD

uwu

I Just came here to say that your EOE review is tight as hell.Thanks for making depression hit even harder :D

God tier EOE review

Thanks for the comment, too! I know what you mean about getting emotional after seeing this piece!

And it makes me want to watch "EoE" all over again.

I loved your review of Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time!

The best review I have ever read.

Your EoE review is the best review on this website.

Bruh nice and hilarious EoE review

Still no manga? What a scrub.

Yeah, you did. Although i differ from you’re rating, i completely understand where you’re coming from. There is no anime in the world that can please everyone. I didn’t understand the TOO perfect, TOO polished part. Too perfect ain’t imperfect.

Wtf is up with that fmab review. Too perfect then not perfect.