• CaptainEffort@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        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.

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          1 year ago

          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.

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            1 year ago

            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.

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              1 year ago

              Thanks, but I have truckload of other titles to watch… eventually. I have plenty of free time, but it’s more “chunks of time” than hours I could dedicate to watch something longer.

              The harsh reality of a working new-old dad. 😴