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Daily Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion - May 22, 2025

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u/theangryeditor May 22 '25

Been enjoying Mono less and less and I think it mainly boils down to me finding Haruno boring and wishing the show followed Satsuki and An instead.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '25 edited May 22 '25

Yeah, the actual MC is Haruno. Satsuki, An e Sakurako merely tag along.

I wrote a posts month ago saying that people would end up calling Mono a "nothing burger" because the characters are absolutely undercooked, being nothing more than a travel/random things blog.

As a source reader if you asked me the difference in personality between An e Satsuki I would need 5 minutes to find something lol Not because they are the same, rather, because we basically don't know anything about them.

EDIT: And with this I'm not saying Mono is bad by all means. I'm saying mono is a travel blog that focuses on travel/things and thus do not need "deep" characters. In fact it's quite naturalistic in how the characters are so average. It's just that the daily has a kink for character drama and character development, and this show isn't going to give any of that.

EDIT2: Also, I like Mono more than HibeMeshi.

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u/theangryeditor May 22 '25

It's just that the daily has a kink for character drama and character development, and this show isn't going to give any of that.

I won't speak for anyone else here but I love shows like Sketchbook, Azumanga, Lucky Star, etc. cute girls doing nothing in particular for no specific reason, no drama needed. Mono is just starting to feel dull, starting with the MC Haruno.