Anime Discussion Thread - Page 5560

Poor MiGs got taught some IRL reasons why giant robots aren't ideal anti-human weapons, today.... RIP

I liked the Reactive Armor Shield Trap that ended up screwing Lise. Also I liked mechanics behind TSF Knife storage and drawing said knife.

This is what I don't get about MMO like anime with perma death like this one or DanMachi. Why would anyone progress that quickly in a dungeon when there is a real effect of level ups and better gear vs unknown enemies that can actually kill you? There isn't even a contrived reason why they need to rush like in Sword Art Online, they're just adventuring for the heck of it even though they can die. What's even worse it's the dungeon they know Mary has PTSD from so of course let's keep going until we find the monster who killed most of her friends.

Series wouldn't be exciting unless the party took risks and the story of these types of series are usually pretty weak, but how can I care about their peril when they should have known the risk.

I agree here. Mary has a trauma she wants to overcome....but with that party? They probably aren't nearly as competent as the one that got wiped out so you would think she would tell them they aren't ready. I get their need to switch things up so they don't get complacent but going to that particular place seems like a really dumb decision. I guess it can be written off as newbs doing newb things but they all know her backstory so you would think they would be hesitant to go there.

99% of the movie's problems lie in the fact that the antagonist is fucking awful. Literally everything bad that happens in the movie is his fault. He is the one who implements the indoctrination everywhere. He is the one who came up with the conspiracy to kill the MC's dad. He is the one who wants to persecute the inverted people.

He is literally Hitler, but the way he's presented in the movie makes him more of a mustache-twirling villain than anything else. It makes it really difficult to take him seriously. And because he is the driving force behind the story, the plot also becomes laughable by extension.

Heck, why did they even need an antagonist? This concept is good enough that they could've spent the movie just exploring it and doing slice-of-life things. It worked for movies like Spirited Away and Miss Hokusai. I think it would've worked for Patema too. Instead, they squandered an entire movie to tell a cliche story.

Know that I read that I have to say I agree. I don't think it bothered me much while watching because I felt it wasn't important but you are right: The villain was bad and thus the plot wasn't great, either. I think they could have left the whole doctrine in and just left the supreme ruler in the shadows. Or establish that they have some kind of council. I think that would have been much better.