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I don't believe anyone is capable of turning their brain off after reaching a certain degree of awareness but what I do know is that you can overload your brain to the point shit writing don't affect you as much
Loved the SoF review, got to skibidi brainrot lobotomykaisen and nearly spat out my coffee.
So everything from the storytelling, characters, morals to art is basically perfect. Vagabond 100% deserves the ratings it is getting, but I rate stuff not on my critical perception of that work but by how much it personally means to me. There obviously is a large overlap in that, the better a work, the more likely it is for me to like it. My problem with Vagabond basically comes down to the fact, that I can't fully immerse myself into a world, unless there are characters I like. There is a genre of story telling where this immersion is not required though, and that would be large scale epics, which I enjoy simply for the writing and craft behind them. The best examples for those would be FMAB and AOT, which are both shows I didn't originally like, but learned to love over time, simply because of how insanely well written they are. The problem why this doesn't fully apply to Vagabond is simply because that amazing writing that I was talking about is solely that of characters I don't particularly like. This is the same reason why I failed to enjoy Punpun as much as many other people, because, while it is undeniably amazing from a writing perspective, that talent and craft was sadly lost on me. My second problem with Vagabond is a distinct lack of narrative peaks. This is a problem many manga and shows "suffer" from. Simply put, my enjoyment of media mostly comes down to "holy shit"-moments. When I think back to a story, there are two things I remember, atmosphere and those moments, and Vagabond didn't really have any of them. So while it is consistently amazing, there aren't particular moments that stick out more than others. It is important to point out, though, that this is most likely only the case, because I wasn't terribly invested in the character drama at the centre of the story, so the bigger pieces of that were already lost on me. All in all, Vagabond is a masterpiece, a work of artistic genius, but I also think, similarly to Vinland Saga and Berserk, it works especially well for people who still have to learn the lessons these stories tell.
That's all, have a good one ^^
It’s a matter of having different worldviews, but I strongly disagree with the idea that hope by itself is devoid of value. You may be totally incompetent or unlucky, yet still, you can inspire or even help others achieve your dream. You see, Kamina IS a messiah. That is one of the most important things the show has to say. He is a complete idiot with barely any knowledge or experience, yet he stirred thousands of people into taking action simply by his unwavering resolve not to submit to oppression. Your hate for Kamina seems baseless to me. Nowhere is the show trying to say "don't believe, until you're graced by someone better than you, and THEN you can believe and unleash your true potential!!". I can understand doing XYZ and then realizing it’s not possible for you, but Simon was refusing the belief Kamina put in him and was actively trying to fool himself into thinking that XYZ is impossible just because he was too scared. If you ask me, that is a very self-afflicting worldview to harbour.
Kamina did not contribute anything tangible. Simon always had the potential to change the universe. All the NPCs through their combined effort could’ve always achieved the amazing things they did. But what they did lack was the unwavering belief Kamina put in them. I don’t see what’s so unbelievable about the changes they undergo because of Kamina. That’s how it has been in real life too. Most revolutions and uprisings have had some central figures, who inspired others to take action. You could argue that they have always been more competent than Kamina, but that’s not the point. The most important thing they could offer was their belief in change and their faith in their comrades, just like Kamina did. Again, all your combined effort might still fail, but that’s no reason to not take action. Who knows, maybe they’ll tell stories about you to the next generations, instilling faith in them to again take action.
” I would've liked for this excess of hopium to be challenged WAY more not only by the big bads, but also by the ones on Simon's side”
I don’t see why more people are needed to reiterate what Simon has already been saying. Simon’s worldview, as I mentioned above, is very harmful, and Kamina spent a lot of time trying to make him realize that. I don’t think anyone would have been capable of giving a better justification for their pessimism or making Kamina doubt himself (we both know how Kamina is). Kamina would just say the same things and the show would be needlessly overlong.
I don’t think there’s anything wrong with either having a lot of hope or just a little. I also don’t think the show is trying to say that having a little hope is wrong. Take the people of Littner village, for example. They could’ve always crawled back underground and away from all the fighting, but they chose not to. Even if they did not have any grand dreams, they believed they had a right to be on the surface and fought for the cause. Eventually that allowed Simon and Kamina to fight the Gunmen and achieve what they did. Simon however did not have any hope at all and was always looking for a way to crawl back into his village in the face of adversity. The show needed to prove Simon wrong, and in my opinion it did so successfully.
”...representing brainrotting schemes as always working better than carefully planned strategies is astoundingly obnoxious.”
You mention how a lot of stuff that happens in the show is conveniently explained through the Power Of The Spiral, and while I can see why it might be unconvincing to some, I don’t see why you take offence to it. Even if the show is exaggerated, it would be no exaggeration to say that humanity has continued to challenge and upset the zeitgeist, always striving for better days.
I think one of the most interesting things that the show has to say is that even if a certain course of action seems to be the most logical and “carefully planned”, if what it achieves goes against your principles, you should refuse to accept it. What Rossiu was trying to do was definitely not evil, in fact, he believed that that was the best course of action for humanity. But ultimately what it did was that it let the Anti-Spiral continue to have their way with humans. Just like Lordgenome, Rossiu gave up the fight against the Anti-Spiral without even trying. That was unacceptable to Simon and others, who’d rather try and fail (even if it meant death) than accept their oppressors.
Lastly, I agree with pretty much everything you have said about Evangelion, but like I said before, there’s nothing wrong with having a lot of hope either, because you do need a lot of hope for a big change. Evangelion deals on a smaller, more personal level while Gurren Lagann deals on a much bigger scale. As far as I’m concerned, that’s pretty much the only difference between Eva and TTGL on a thematic level, and both are equally valuable. It’s important to deal with your own faults, just as it’s important to not let anyone oppress you.
About the only one I've been able to get into other than CSM and Idaten Deities. Maybe there were some others. Soul Eater is at least creative with its setting, and HxH I'm not very far into but seems fine. Although I'm strongly impressed by many clips on Sakugabooru for shows like Ninku, I'm pretty sure most of those shows are unwatchable other than cool fights. :S
'tis the same solution to any nightmare:
once unmasked, it matters not what you
look like, for now i comprehend what you
are and as such, you become a passing
moment, in a collection of passing times,
all to be eventually forgotten in the chaos.
So come take a bite, if you dare,
Hic sunt leones.
Sleep paralysis demon!
Is it true that you taste
like candy? Because I'm
warning you, if you don't
scare me next time, I might
just take a bite..!