I sometimes click in some random clip of current anime someone uploaded on YouTube, like I dunno attack on titan or chainsaw dude, but that’s it. They look cool but despite having the time to watch it I just don’t feel compelled to watch the whole show.
I guess it’s like the Netflix virus, that you keep scrolling and picking what you wanna watch and at the end you don’t watch anything and go back to sleep. Plus, maybe it’s the depression, but I don’t like when things end most of the time. I feel empty, it doesn’t happen with movies but with anime happens, especially when the main character is a dude. The usual end is that he beats the bad guy (or triumphs in life if the show isn’t about punching people) gets the hot anime girl, and ends… I guess since I can’t get any of that irl it hits me hard.
I watched so much when I was younger but I pretty much stopped 6 or 7 years ago. I’ll watch a Miyazaki movie if my spouse grabs it, but I won’t seek them out.
There was just too much fan service, filler, and melodrama. Not enough substance to make it worth it. My last attempt was My Hero Academia. It was all the tropes I was tired of and I couldn’t get into it. My friend who was watching it with me said it was satirizing those tropes, but I had given up.
I’m sure there are some incredible shows I’m missing out on, and I definitely don’t judge those who still enjoy it. I just don’t line up with the grooves anymores.
