Hey, I've been watching stuff from Japan!

[rainmage]

Yeah, so I still haven't a clue of what shows I'll even try this season except for a couple that are a MUST. Which ones? You'll see below, although this is mostly a GIF review of things from last season (or a previous season, period

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[rainmage]

Nah, your assuption isn't entirely wrong. I'm not really sure how to explain this, but I'll try to make sense of it. I think angst and tragedy and dark aren't bad per se; it's just when they are so thick they don't leave a lot of room for the less gloomy feelings that they turn me off. Even if there's a lot of bad backstories and fresh traumas and horrible human beings in this cast, I've yet to feel an atmosphere of hopelessness in Fate/Zero. Now that we mention Rider, his over-the-top attitude and his honesty give a nice break from all the shit going down, and maybe if it wasn't for him I'd have a harder time to adjust to the series.

Normally, when they make something too dark and edgy, and remove any comedy relief or hope from the characters, I feel claustrophobic like they're not completely human and I don't tend to like it. Let's take Princess Tutu and Madoka, which are both subversions to mahou shoujo tropes with a doomed atmosphere and an unexpected bittersweet ending due to the title character's pure heart. I didn't enjoy Madoka, but I adored Tutu. The only explanation I can think is Tutu having a more lighthearted execution and surreal humor. (And considering the author of Fate/Zero was involved with Madoka, that's curious.) So stuff like FMA or ATLA, silly and hopeful between all the shit going on, is my kind of perfect balance for an action series.

[kirarakim]

I understand what you are saying. As for myself I don't really mind dark series (and some I ever really enjoy) but I just hate the notion that something is deeper and more complex because it is dark which is so common in fandom. So hence even though I like some angsty drama at times, the fandom attitude and dismissive towards stuff that isn't all dark & angsty sometimes turns me away.

But as for Fate Zero I do expect the 2nd half to be even darker. so be prepared for that.

[rainmage]

Ugh, I hate the "~dark~ and ~edgy~ is mature" mindset and it's everywhere.

Oh, I'm all ready for it! It is a fight to the death after all, so I know I'll have a lot of feels (hell, I'm even surprised more people haven't died yet...) I can easily watch something dark and be ready for suffering, but not feeling attachment if the characters and/or plot don't get to me (lately, most trendy drama anime leave me meh.) In this one I dig the characters, so I can stand the dark and tragic to come in order to know their full story.

I'm really confusing, I dunno.