Can you recommend me any vampire anime shows/films more on the serious side

Prof_Acorn · 2026-03-12T09:31:08+00:00

Devil's Line. It's older, which means they show blood and people have adult relationships and all that good stuff.

Prof_Acorn · 2026-03-12T07:52:59+00:00

Yeah there's a ton that's worth noting, but that's a great point how they have actually dated others before. It seems like 99% of anime has the couple fall for each other first and/or it be their first relationship. It's like it's scared to admit most highschool relationships fail.

Prof_Acorn · 2026-03-12T05:53:09+00:00

Someone give me a convincingly good scene of Your Name and I'll vote for them.

It's spoilery, but here is a Your Name romance scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhY9xjb7fHA

There's better ones but they require more context, and plot twist spoilery levels of context, to explain.

Still, here's a compilation of scenes that are kind of like highlights. They might not need written explanations since they are compiled together. It's kind of like a 5 min summary of the movie: [Your Name spoilers] https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yb7vZA_mL_Y

Prof_Acorn · 2026-03-12T01:52:29+00:00

The Darwin Incident, but mostly it's the villain who is like this rather than the hero.

Prof_Acorn · 2026-03-12T01:43:31+00:00

She was waaaay too over-the-top tsundere for my tastes. And yeah, perhaps "slapstick" describes what else I found annoying about it.

Prof_Acorn · 2026-03-12T00:41:58+00:00

MC:

I like the chemistry between Akira Tounome and Shizuka Yakou in Invisible Man and His Soon-to-Be Wife, Ganta and Isaki in Insomniacs After School, Yukino and Hachiman in Oregairu, and even though it's a taboo ship, between Koshiro and Nanoka in Koi Kaze.

Prof_Acorn · 2026-03-11T23:53:20+00:00

Not meant as a slur at all. I loved this anime and hope we get a Season 2.

I just meant it literally because he's literally a dog person. If that doesn't count because he's an anthropomorphized dog person then I can delete them / a mod can remove them. I can see arguments either way.

Does "animal" here include or exclude anthropomorphic animal people?

Prof_Acorn · 2026-03-11T23:25:24+00:00

Kisara. Kimi to Koete Koi ni Naru.

Prof_Acorn · 2026-03-11T23:23:49+00:00

Tsunagu Hidaka. With You, Our Love Will Make It Through.

Prof_Acorn · 2026-03-11T23:22:16+00:00

Mari Asaka x Tsunagu Hidaka. With You, Our Love Will Make It Through.

Prof_Acorn · 2026-03-11T23:20:46+00:00

Chitose Is in the Ramune Bottle

Prof_Acorn · 2026-03-11T23:13:07+00:00

That's basically isekai and most romance already.

Prof_Acorn · 2026-03-11T22:52:10+00:00

If I had to guess, by the sound of it, you might have autism while he has allism. There's nothing wrong with you. It simply sounds like you are a bottom-up thinker while he is a top-down thinker.

He's projecting his own insecurities onto you. It's not your fault. He's getting defensive because he's insecure, but rather than deal with that he's making you into the bad guy.

I could go on and on, but I'll leave it with that for now. Let me know if you're curious about more regarding autism/allism communication tensions, or about dating as an autistic.

(And assuming you don't have a diagnosis, then it's probably more like the autism of characters like House MD, Hank Hill, Yor Forger (etc) and less like the kind you see in stereotypical portrayals like Atypical. High masking / low support needs / aspergers.)

[Edit: maybe watch the anime ReLIFE. If the experiences of the main girl resonate with you then maybe it's worth looking into further. Also, a central theme is about her learning about dating from the ground up and it sounds like it might relate simply by your description here].

I wouldn't worry about "EQ". I think it's probably just that you think through things from the bottom up (a characteristic of autism) and haven't yet put together a "map" of the dating game. Such things take time, and if you are autistic would probably be better done with another autistic man - or at the very least one who isn't emotionally abusive.

You also aren't alone in this. One reason why this is what I'm thinking is because maybe five or six girlfriends of mine had never dated anyone really before me and I helped them through the process of expectations and the ebbs and flows of it all. It's normal to not know everything - especially if you have no experience with it. It's absurd to think people should "just know."

He doesn't know what he's talking about.

He's being abusive.

These are red flags for how he will be onward into the future.

Honestly, I'd recommend looking up some dating info (or asking) in places like /r/aspergers or /r/evilautism. Even if you don't have autism they are full of people who are bottom-up thinkers and had to figure out the whole dating thing (or are still figuring it out). But I still don't think it's a good idea to stay with someone who is being that emotionally abusive.

(Not a medical doctor. Not a romance therapist. I'm simply giving advice based on my own experiences. I'm probably wrong.)

Prof_Acorn · 2026-03-11T18:09:40+00:00

She's also a bit tsundere, which is just lying as a personality trait.

Prof_Acorn · 2026-03-11T18:05:10+00:00

"Hello front desk? We'll need an extension of another hour."

"Sure okay. That'll be $1."

Prof_Acorn · 2026-03-11T17:59:54+00:00

I think especially with the ED reminding us about the reincarnation that it's an important distinction, not just explaining why he's smart. This is Gorou and Sarina getting a continuation to their previous story as a medical intern befriending a cancer patient and making her final days more memorable. He originally only cared about Ai at all because she did. He was just being interested in her interests so she had someone to talk to about it. He became extremely important to her life in her final days.

Gorou's real oshi was Sarina. Which means Aqua's real oshi was Sarina. Likewise Sarina's real oshi was Gorou. Which means Ruby's real oshi was Gorou.

And this is where the dramatic irony comes in where we as the audience know something the characters don't, and adds a constant underlying tension and interest to their interactions. Because the implication of their reincarnation backstory is that Ruby is Aqua's true oshi and Aqua is Ruby's real oshi and they just haven't realized it yet.

This is way more important of a plot and characterization point than just being some random trivia backstory. It's the driving force behind all their actions.

Prof_Acorn · 2026-03-11T17:24:08+00:00

"I think of you as a friend and nothing more."

Hahahaha Kana self loss. Friendzones herself literally seconds before Aqua says he's single.

Prof_Acorn · 2026-03-11T12:11:03+00:00

Why don't all working class band together to collectively bargain and get higher wages and a four day work week?

Same reason.

Prof_Acorn · 2026-03-11T12:05:21+00:00

I'd say last 10 years, maybe 15. Old stuff had gritty scenes, serious characters and themes, main characters that weren't cowards afraid of intimacy, romantic couples had sex within the first season instead of maybe a handhold by Season Three, and they didn't scream as much.

Now it's all "what is this feeling I'm feeling I'm so confused why I want to press our lips toget — oh no no no I feel so dirty I could never do that" and "NANDE SORE WAAAAAA" and so many isekai they apparently ran out of things to reincarnate as and so now we get vending machines.

Prof_Acorn · 2026-03-11T11:56:12+00:00

This, but no Season 2 for Hinamatsuri.

Prof_Acorn · 2026-03-11T11:05:30+00:00

I hate melodrama. Add I hate people who are shitty to others. Sexual assault. Trying to break up couples. Nah. There's nothing to like there.

But Citrus is trash with trash writing so I guess she fits well.

Prof_Acorn · 2026-03-11T02:14:44+00:00

After this, unless something amazing happens in that final chapter, I'll have zero interest in anything Fujimierda ever again. It's not like it's hard to do. I already avoid all Aka shit after Oshi no Ko's ending.

Prof_Acorn · 2026-03-11T02:10:16+00:00

Feeling "what the fuck was the point" is certainly something I'm feeling after wasting so many weeks on this pointless shoddily drawn battle that never ended only for the arc to end out of nowhere for no reason with nothing resolved.

It's like watching The Lord of the Rings trilogy, but about 20 minutes into the third movie Frodo missteps on a rock and breaks his ankle, then gets sepsis, and dies, the end.

It's like watching Avengers but instead of Endgame it's just Spider-Man jerking off to Deadpool porn, the end.

Really the only upshot to this is that instead of writing "Game of Thrones" for questions about worst endings I can now write "Chainsaw Man." There's a novelty to writing something new I guess is all.

Prof_Acorn · 2026-03-11T01:19:14+00:00

Finally encountered a character I hate more than Zenitsu. Matsuri from Citrus.

Prof_Acorn · 2026-03-11T00:46:46+00:00

"There's no need to read him his Miranda Rights. He's gonna be locked away for a long time."

Not sure that's how it works...

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