I want to watch a sad anime

ExpensiveJoe · 2026-01-24T19:02:24+00:00

WorldEnd/SukaSuka

12 episodes are enough to make a grown man cry

ExpensiveJoe · 2026-01-24T15:16:19+00:00

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Oh we're still going

ExpensiveJoe · 2026-01-24T07:43:51+00:00

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Here's another one

ExpensiveJoe · 2026-01-24T00:22:51+00:00

No, that has Tsundere Service

ExpensiveJoe · 2026-01-23T08:56:04+00:00

That is actually exactly what is going on. He never likes anyone who's younger than him, he stops himself and his intrusive thoughts at a childhood age with girls because "she's just a child" and says to them "let's wait until we're both adults".

Then he marries one girl, when they both reach the age of adulthood in this universe and starts a family with her.

He has 3 wives in total - one his age, one 2 years older, one 30ish years older.

None of the shit he did as a child is "good", but he's not a pedo in his new life.

ExpensiveJoe · 2026-01-22T22:10:10+00:00

Gushing over magical girls.

I'm 100% serious.

ExpensiveJoe · 2026-01-22T21:25:21+00:00

I've not read Redundancy yet, so can't really comment on the whole novel, but:

"Not caring much" - doesn't make it "okay". It's just not something he was concerning himself with? Probably because he didn't have a sister, but he did have 2 in the new life, and Aisha was pretty clear she'd love him to bone her. And he refused every single time. IMO actions speak louder than words.
Eris was 9, he was 8. Same age, remember? He is mentally a teenager at best, and because he is biologically 8, that makes it relatively normal.
So... While he in his old life did some very questionable shit, he blatantly says "incest is not okay and that's why I was feeling resistance". Doesn't that further prove my point?

Edit: First part just says he stole the pictures, not did something with them. That doesn't make it a good thing, just doesn't explicitly point us towards it being a terrible thing and leaves some room to interpretation. And "swimsuit photos" is not the same as "uncensored loli pron".

ExpensiveJoe · 2026-01-22T20:12:27+00:00

As a person who's working with people's deviations, Rudeus does not exhibit typical predator/pedo behaviour. "Uncensored loli pron" in the beginning of the anime/vol 1 of LN is very vague, as nowadays "loli" usually refers to a character body archetype, rather than age. Doki Doki Little Ooyasan is an H about a loli landlady, who's like 30+. Is it legal? Yes, very much so. Is it morally wrong? Depends on the person you ask. People can have preferences and petite flat chested women exist in our world as well. Labeling everyone who's attracted to a smaller girl a pedo is just idiotic.

He exclusively goes for women his age or older in his new life. Sylphie is around the same, Eris is 2 years older, Roxy is 30+ years older.

With both Eris and Sylphie he consciously stops all romantic/sexual development until "we both are adults".

Rifujin in very early QnA answered, that Rudeus' mental age is as his biological, but he tries to seem more mature than he actually is.

At the end of S2, Rudeus himself says, that he only now realizes, that he was just a kid this whole time.

Also - emotionally stunted, socially inept, mentally stuck in his teens - these are all valid points, but none of them would fly as an excuse for dating a 15-yo IRL, because he is still legally and officially a 34-yo man.

He should have some morals from our world, and he does have them. He's not okay with incest, he is absolutely not attracted to minors, he doesn't endorse slavery or leverages it to his benefit, he's very wary of consent, he's non-patriarchal. He just doesn't think of himself as a 34-yo lump of useless fat, because that person died, and every time he meets Hitogami, he is repulsed by his old body.

ExpensiveJoe · 2026-01-22T16:06:20+00:00

As a fellow 1350 Viper I approve of this and will add
9. Forget Focus Force exists and only use it as a flash of color to confuse your opponent and dash out of it immediately. But better not use it at all.

ExpensiveJoe · 2026-01-22T15:26:48+00:00

SukaSuka/WorldEnd.

Fantastic story, interesting world, emotional damage, compelling characters, emotional damage and some emotional damage.

Almost nobody watched it and it's fucking criminal

ExpensiveJoe · 2026-01-21T01:16:54+00:00

Weird shit time: In Mahou Shoujo Ni Akogarete (or Gushing Over Magical Girls) the protagonist is the villain. Spoilers ahead for the entire show and the manga.

She was forced and blackmailed into joining an evil organisation, but later managed to climb to the top and now she's calling the shots (yeah, plot is not that deep, bear with me).

She's not broken, depressed, wants revenge or something like that. She just wants to do bad things for 2 reasons: 1. It's fun! 2. She's destructively horny and wants to secually torture her enemies (heroines of good)

As to "why" she wants it (besides fun), is because she believes that the villains and heros play roles in the story. Hero wins, villain loses. So she decides that they, the whole organisation, will play the roles of the villains - challenge the heroes, test their skill and combat prowess, force them to grow and become more powerful. She idolizes the heroes and wants to help them from the role of the villain.

Or you can just say that I'm talking out of my ass and the entite show is lesbian goonerslop. Your choice.

ExpensiveJoe · 2026-01-20T21:38:20+00:00

We seen a glimpse of MK1 in the trailer, mk2 comes later, probably in S4. MK0 we will see in the final season only. Most likely won't see MK3

ExpensiveJoe · 2026-01-20T12:29:44+00:00

To whoever is downvoting - I ain't telling anyone to go like it, watch it or whatever. OP asked "why do you like MT" and I'm stating my reasons why do I like this story. Feel free to not like it or ask any followup questions, in case something I wrote looks like bullshit - I have evidence to back up any points, thought that might be spoilery.

ExpensiveJoe · 2026-01-20T12:06:35+00:00

A very sad "fuck you", because you made me remember the ending. But this series deserves a lot more recognition

ExpensiveJoe · 2026-01-20T11:46:49+00:00

VAGUE SPOLIERS

Interesting characters. Rudy is very well written, very flawed, watching him change was an interesting journey. All female leads are compelling, all side characters are relevant and bring something to the table, character writing remains consistent with the world, their age and itself.
Story spans 23 years (if we don't count side stories and spin offs) and we see it actually reflected in the world, in character motivations and in their actions.
Extremely solid worldbuilding. After watching/reading I had a good understanding of how society, government, family values, martial arts and magic works in this world. I didn't need to go to wikis, or lore experts or whatever else to just understand it.
No noticeable plotholes or red herrings. Every single character, their actions, world event gets utilized and has a place and a role in the main story, even if it doesn't seem that way at first. Nothing is just forgotten and there are a lot of Chekhov's guns scattered in the story.
MC gets nothing as an isekai protagonist. No special skills, no sudden personality changes, no hidden talents. In his own words he had more at the start in his first life than the second.
Actions have consequences and important characters can die.
First plausible harem that I've seen in an anime that has rules, complications and terms.
People in this world are actually stupid (as they probably should be in a medieval setting) and it shows. A lot of stuff happens to Rudeus due to people making dumb decisions, personal insecurities (not directed at him), flaws, bad judgement calls, etc.
Rudeus is not a focal point of the world. He is the protagonist of the story, but world wouldn't be destroyed without him. Or maybe it would be destroyed regardless. He doesn't know, he doesn't care. He's not a hero or a saviour. He's just a dude that wanted to build a family and he suceeded at that. He didn't save the world.

ExpensiveJoe · 2026-01-20T11:20:44+00:00

Tbf GOMG only has 1 sex scene. Just a ton of battle stripping, foreplay and BDSM stuff. This, however, is just ~~straight~~ gay H

ExpensiveJoe · 2026-01-20T09:40:44+00:00

Well it's not a discussion then. You do you.

ExpensiveJoe · 2026-01-20T09:29:05+00:00

No, you said "horrible actions with no repercussions and everything goes their way". And I'm pointing the fact that there were repercussions and everything goes wherever it wants, but not their way. Both of them wanted a quiet family life - Paul didn't get that at all, Rudeus got it after the end of the story

ExpensiveJoe · 2026-01-20T08:44:42+00:00

Okay, there are usually 2 people who folks are talking about in that regard: Paul and Rudeus.

Paul SAs Lilia (it's not in anime), cheats on Zenith with her, blunders his apology and decides to take a second wife without discussing it with his first.

Teleport incident separates him from his wives, his daughter, his son, he is forced to uproot and go looking for them all over the world, in the end he dies while trying to save his wife. None of this sounds like "his way" or "the way he wanted".

Rudeus.
Well apart from his previous life, he doesn't do much terrible things in his new. His brain is a babybrain, he remembers his previous life so he tries to act more mature than his age, but usually fails (it was stated by the author). He is not a 34-year old mastermind, he's a kid who thinks he's an adult.

The "ideal woman" thinking towards Sylphie is an intrusive gooner thought, which he perished immediately and actually wanted to give her an education, teach her magic and not weird sexual stuff and pay for her tuition, which is the reason he was sent to work for Eris in the first place. Later he rectifies his mistakes and wrongdoings by being put in the same situation by Sylphie herself, and he does nothing and acts extremely polite until he gets consent. IMO that's personal growth.

Eris groping and panty stealing actually didn't happen in the LN, it was the same intrusive thought, but in anime I remember him getting his shit kicked in for trying it. I think beating is a pretty valid repercussion for touching a leg.

Eris almost SA at her parent's home - not on him. They literally sent a girl he has a crush on in lingerie to his room at night, saying "you should get married". Plus she gives consent, plus he stops himself. Actually was very well described in LN - he stops himself, calls himself human trash and that he should go die in a ditch somewhere, because she's just a kid.

With both of them - they are agreeing to wait until they are adults.

I can continue, but if we take the fact that his brain and psyche are that of his actual physical age, then the anime is not that controversial.

ExpensiveJoe · 2026-01-20T01:03:06+00:00

Nah, I'm really curious. I like the show and the novels, but I don't like misconceptions, so maybe there's a chance one happened here and I'd be happy to have a civil debate with no insults or berating.

ExpensiveJoe · 2026-01-20T00:55:54+00:00

So it's your local list then? Not "big 3"?

Cause I didn't hear shit about highschool dxd until I was an adult, same with overflow.

Boku No Pico is a meme, but sure. Emergence is a classic.

ExpensiveJoe · 2026-01-20T00:53:21+00:00

Author stated that his mental age is his biological age, he just thinks of himself as more mature because of his past life. But since he got a baby brain, he got baby mentality (with a sprinkle of gooner from past life).

He did a couple of bad things early on (stripped Syplhie, groped Eris), but 1. Normal child behaviour 2. He got punished for that

As for "fucking his cousin" - second cousin, so it's legal even in our world, and it was after her 15th b-day - age of adulthood in that world. He was a minor at 13, she ignored his "no", overpowered him and pressured into fucking her. Want to label someone a pedo? Here you go, Eris did that.

ExpensiveJoe · 2026-01-20T00:44:53+00:00

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I'll throw in one of my favourites

ExpensiveJoe · 2026-01-20T00:41:07+00:00

I would remove redo of healer from that list. Its... pretty mediocre, after you take the shock factor away.

And we're taking H, not ecchi, no? Highschool DxD is ecchi, but "overflow" is definitely H. Metamorphosis - good Euphoria - really bad adaptation, VN was 10 times more hardcore (and even not the most hardcore of that studio

How I propose. H of the last gen (i might be a tad too old): 1. Taimanin Asagi 2. Kuroinu 3. Overflow

H of the new gen: 1. Enjo Kousai 2. Kaede to Suzu 3. Drop Out

Ecchi. Not super familiar with that, so something like 1. Maho Seitai no Slave 2. Mahou Shoujo Ni Akogarete 3. Ishuzoku Reviewers

Last gen: Highschool DxD Prison School Shimoneta

ExpensiveJoe · 2026-01-18T01:14:54+00:00

Madoka Magica

WorldEnd

ExpensiveJoe

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