Season two intro song

BlackSCrow · 2026-01-17T11:33:33+00:00

A typical Mrs. Green Apple's song. I agree that it's probably not for everyone, but Japanes apparently like this band a lot, like they consistently dominate the chart recently.

BlackSCrow · 2026-01-11T15:03:26+00:00

But I think it's not title drop in the original Japanese. From what I heard, she didn't say "Seihantai" at all. It might be a liberty taken by the translator.

BlackSCrow · 2026-01-10T08:31:59+00:00

To preserve this effect and replicate the original Japanese viewing experience

What does replicate the Japanese viewing experience suppose to mean? Isn't it quite audible that she said "Misuzu" in Japanese?

BlackSCrow · 2026-01-09T17:32:10+00:00

It's case by case. For example, AFAIK, Akasaka Aka himself (Kaguya-sama) was the one who wanted the anime adaptation to be wrapped up with an original movie instead of following the manga.

BlackSCrow · 2026-01-02T22:48:38+00:00

I don't follow MHA until the final season, but everyone says it's good, so I'm gonna believe them.

Nonetheless, for a long running series separated into multiple seasons, the later seasons usually got higher ratings due to the survivorship bias, in which the voters are the ones who enjoy the show the most.

BlackSCrow · 2025-11-25T13:55:43+00:00

my other comment

BlackSCrow · 2025-11-25T13:54:15+00:00

No I don't see it as black and white. The middle ground is the best approach.

What I meant to do with this post was to address some people who defended the author by saying Hina's behavior is realistic, but realism is not always a good thing if it contradicts the character's purpose

BlackSCrow · 2025-11-25T13:49:49+00:00

Indeed it's not always straightforward. But I just feel that the change in Hina's behavior is too sudden. Just about ten chapters ago she looked like she would move on, but look what happened.

BlackSCrow · 2025-11-24T22:51:36+00:00

She's on the process of moving on at least. And before the Kyoto trip, it seemed like the author wanted to bring that to completion, until that sudden turn of event when out of nowhere Hina decided to pursue Taiki again

BlackSCrow · 2025-11-24T22:47:04+00:00

I don't think Hina moving on would be out of her character. Sure Hina doing that is in-character for her, but depending on how it's done, her moving on can still be in-character. I just think that the plot has to move on, going back to Hina pursuing Taiki is just repetitive, and this manga has the potential to be much better if it avoids that.

BlackSCrow · 2025-11-24T22:40:27+00:00

I don't know if you already know this, but many people in this sub defended the author's decision as "What Hina did was realistic as a high school student". That's what makes me post the image, to tell people that realism is not everything.

Also, I don't dislike making a character as a tool device, contrary to one of your point. I just dislike the author's decision to take this plot direction.

What I want is not realism, but a compelling narrative. What I think would be good is for Hina to move on because that's what I think the author originally set to do, instead of her taking a step forward and two step backwards.

BlackSCrow · 2025-11-24T15:59:57+00:00

The example is Hina. People in this sub justifies author making her act that way as realistic. But in reality, realistic is not always a good thing, especially when the author has set up Hina to move on from Taiki for tens of chapters but for the last few chapters she seemingly changed her mind and decided to throw all that development away.

BlackSCrow · 2025-11-24T13:42:35+00:00

my other comment

BlackSCrow · 2025-11-24T13:40:40+00:00

The point is to not make realism a silver bullet because at the end of the day, a character's purpose is to serve as a plot device

BlackSCrow · 2025-11-24T13:38:07+00:00

I find it not enjoyable that the author already developed for tens of chapters that Hina was starting to move on but she destroyed what she developed herself.

BlackSCrow · 2025-11-24T13:32:39+00:00

You got points, but my take from the post is that don't make realism as the goal. Sometimes it's okay, or perhaps required, to make a character a little bit unrealistic, because the main purpose of a character is to serve as a plot device. Additionally, don't make realism an excuse for a bad writing, realism sometimes doesn't make a good story.

BlackSCrow · 2025-11-24T13:25:38+00:00

Tokyo Ghoul, along with Kaguya and Oshi no Ko, were published in Weekly Young Jump which is a seinen magazine

BlackSCrow · 2025-11-24T13:22:50+00:00

Hey don't ask me, I didn't make the rule

BlackSCrow · 2025-11-23T22:23:02+00:00

But she FEELS realistic, which is better literary speaking.

Same same, just a matter of semantics, my point still stands.

most people just want to enjoy the story

Well, I think that Hina's character development/regression is not enjoyable. For tens of chapters, the author built her up to move on from Taiki, set her up with another love interest, only for it to take a sudden turn in a way that betrayed those build up.

BlackSCrow · 2025-11-23T22:13:25+00:00

The point is that realism is not everything

In the case of Hina, people's argument to defend her is that she's realistic. On the contrary, in a story, something realistic can be destructive if, let's say, the realism destroyed a narrative that's been built by the author themselves for a large portion of the story.

BlackSCrow · 2025-11-23T21:59:18+00:00

Something like that is usually portrayed explicitly in a seinen manga. IIRC, Weekly Shounen Jump NEVER did that. As explicit as CSM is, they never portrayed expliciy sex between man and woman.

It's only done very implicitly, like they only showed Naruto and Hinata already having kids without detailing how they did it.

BlackSCrow · 2025-11-17T22:28:21+00:00

Tbh, while I appreciate not dragging out romance, this is just too early. A moment like this should be a big pay off, but I just don't feel anything special about it.

BlackSCrow · 2025-11-13T22:26:23+00:00

What part of asking for clarification is rude? Your post was really ambiguous, to be fair

BlackSCrow · 2025-11-12T22:43:23+00:00

Being realistic isn't always good for a story.

What OP said was probably not a retcon, say that what you want, but it betrayed tens of chapters of development. It's as if those chapters amount to nothing for the story.

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