Super Official Anime Discussion Thread

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sundin13 said:

I don't think it was ever really "scuzzy abuse humor on repeat" or that "most of the characters were assholes". Inami's character is painted as sympathetic, not domineering, and she does grow, albeit slowly. She certainly isn't hitting people because she is a sadist or anything. Also, who is an asshole exactly? You could call Inami an asshole, although I disagree with that, and maybe Hiroomi, although he is an asshole in a very "Izaya" way. Other than that, I got nothing.

While I don't blame you for not liking it, I think that it would be silly to watch S3 or S2 without watching S1, but whatever floats your boat.

What I saw had one coworker violently attacking other coworkers and no one doing anything about it.  I'm pretty certain management just stood there.  That's a nice working environment.  If that's the humor you like, whatever floats your boat.  I've never been much for the physical abuse trope, personally, especially when it's used so often.  I find it to be about as clever as a dead cat.

As for being silly to watch later seasons, I didn't find it to be particularly hard to pick up on anything.  The anime isn't exactly complex.  I think I can manage.