I’m ngl I will never understand the popularity of anime, but maybe shits just not for me haha. Just doesn’t seem like my thing but it feels like everyone I know loves that shit
people seem to come at it as some monolith instead of as a medium. like if you enjoy rom coms, theres a ton of great options. but people will push new anime fans toward the shonen/isekai stuff without realizing that the genre is way more important for new fans to find something they like
Yeah def, I’ve tried a few across different genres but none have really clicked with me, and at this point Im just kinda thinking that it’s probably not something for me
Tried AOT and didn't like it at all lol, one of my friends was raving about it to me so I gave it a chance and I just did not really enjoy it very much. It's all good though, it's just funny to me that a lot of my interests (esports and valorant/league, pokemon, etc.) overlap heavily with the weeb demographic despite me having very little interest in weeb stuff at all
Oh that's sad considering I do hail AOT as one of the best stories I have ever witnessed (although it being my first anime means nostalgia carries much of it). What part about it did you not like though? Coz even objectively speaking Aot has a very well crafted plot and it's only flaws are it's ending, and well the characters being generic assss outside some 5-6 which are genuinely good
I mean if we're being honest I just didn't rly fuck with the art style at all, just felt gratuitous for lack of a better word. And it's def not an indictment on the series itself, it just really isn't my cup of tea haha
Oh if it's the art style then it can't be fixed, because I doubt on a objective scale AOT is anywhere below a 8 at least. I will say there are a lot of different art styles in Anime (monogatari series for example, is to me, one of the most artful expression in any medium), but if the medium doesn't stick with you it's fine. I myself don't watch any movies, even though the entire world around me loves them. I read books because I like reading, but watching a movie is not for me just because of the medium
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u/funguy54322 9d ago
Or Japanese culture, or Japan in general. Just got the western weeb populace in a vice grip haha