| Super_Boom said: This sounds like the best type of anime. Unfortunately I've reached my shounen saturation limit. Yeah apparently I have one. I might give it a look-see down the line. On that note, decided against watching this Fairy Tail season, partly cuz of my joke reason above, partly cuz I've never actually watched most of the anime, despite enjoying the manga for the most part. Might binge the anime at some point, but with the manga getting a sequel, three spin-offs, and the author writing a new manga with characters that look identical to the FT cast...I feel like I'll probably manage just fine. Anyways, I tried out the new SAO, despite me being kinda down on that IP. Seems like this arc in the LN gets a lot of praise...though I still find the MC bland as hell. That new blonde girl in the ED though..woo. I'll watch it for a while and see if I get bored. I think that mostly fills in my season...we'll see what airs this week and I'll know for sure. |
So many battle shounen being so formulaic is a big problem for me. It's ridiculous. They're not even trying to hide that they're just changing things around a bit and laying on a new skin. I once read that with new manga authors, about 50% of the finished product comes from the editors. With battle shounen, it wouldn't surprise me if that ratio is even higher. I know I've mentioned this before, but I once read a manga where the author talked about her main character design getting rejected over and over and how she kept making the boobs bigger until it was finally approved. I imagine the same thing happens with shounen characters until they fit the mold. "He needs to be dumber. He needs to want to fight more. He needs a more punchable face."
I watched a lot of the Fairy Tail anime and, among many other problems, the way it presented each "arc" as the BIG ONE got tiresome. It's like, okay, this time is for real ... well, okay, actually it turns out this enemy is just a front for something even more sinister that might come into play later on! Maybe I've been spoiled by the continuity of One Piece but a lack of cohesive storytelling will eventually make me just not care about watching a long running anime series. One of the reasons I don't watch much western television is the design philosophy of "we don't really know where we're going but we're going to drag it out as long as we can."
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I was pleasantly surprised by Animal Yell. The characters were good and it made me laugh several times.
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I have no interest in more Railgun. I can't stand the "I'm going to preach about how powers don't matter while I'm using my powers to win" main character.
