Animoo arguably features more tropes, than any other piece of “cinema”. After a while you no longer see the movie/series, but tropes. You know: “oh, a redhair character, she’s gonna be Asuka #34786348568475”, or “oh, the frail school student, let me guess, Ikari Shinji #89475986759856”. And you think to yourself: gee, I wonder how they are going to apply this version of Asuka and Shinji and what are going to be their deviations to the original trope.
Said tropes are either connected and presented in a fun, often original way, or in bland and boring fashion. For me, Attack on Titan falls into the latter category.
Not really. There are still titles that I enjoy very much and am surprised by their story/worldbuilding.
It’s just that tropes are usually too easy to recognize and predict.
The protagonist, young horny male is invited/allowed/ordered to live in the apartment of his older supervisor/superior. To spice things up, an energetic, AD-HD like character, that might be also a young female, also lands in the same place… Some drama and comical situations are not optional.
Oh, I figured the tropes you listed would be tropes that appear in aot. Considering this post and even our very discussion is about that specific show.
Eh, no. I addressed general state of affairs in anime/manga.
When I began to watch AOT and saw the guy who gets swallowed by Titan, but then somehow managed to control it, I had a flashback of Ikari Shinji from Evangelion and I seriously dislike the way this little brat was depicted. It was long years ago, so I may be wrong about details, but that’s how I felt back then.
But like I said: i have little problem naming some titles I enjoyed in spite of recognizing the tropes they featured.
Fair enough. If you ever give it another chance though, I promise it’s worth it. The way Eren progresses and where he ends up as a character is very, very rarely done in anime.
I’m also surprised you’d bring up Evangelion in a discussion of overused tropes. That’s another show that takes a pretty bizarre turn and ends up going places that few other shows ever even attempt to.
Iirc the first episode hits that ground sprinting. Doesn’t it literally start with a Titan attack and the mom dying?
Not sure how you could be bored by that.
Animoo arguably features more tropes, than any other piece of “cinema”. After a while you no longer see the movie/series, but tropes. You know: “oh, a redhair character, she’s gonna be Asuka #34786348568475”, or “oh, the frail school student, let me guess, Ikari Shinji #89475986759856”. And you think to yourself: gee, I wonder how they are going to apply this version of Asuka and Shinji and what are going to be their deviations to the original trope.
Said tropes are either connected and presented in a fun, often original way, or in bland and boring fashion. For me, Attack on Titan falls into the latter category.
I love anime, but I think you’ve watched a little too much
Not really. There are still titles that I enjoy very much and am surprised by their story/worldbuilding.
It’s just that tropes are usually too easy to recognize and predict.
That really doesn’t sound like AOT at all tbh
Because it wasn’t meant to describe AOT at all.
Oh, I figured the tropes you listed would be tropes that appear in aot. Considering this post and even our very discussion is about that specific show.
Eh, no. I addressed general state of affairs in anime/manga.
When I began to watch AOT and saw the guy who gets swallowed by Titan, but then somehow managed to control it, I had a flashback of Ikari Shinji from Evangelion and I seriously dislike the way this little brat was depicted. It was long years ago, so I may be wrong about details, but that’s how I felt back then.
But like I said: i have little problem naming some titles I enjoyed in spite of recognizing the tropes they featured.
Fair enough. If you ever give it another chance though, I promise it’s worth it. The way Eren progresses and where he ends up as a character is very, very rarely done in anime.
I’m also surprised you’d bring up Evangelion in a discussion of overused tropes. That’s another show that takes a pretty bizarre turn and ends up going places that few other shows ever even attempt to.