Mr. Tines wrote:I agree that the Zero Two/Hiro thing is a bad thing because it's unhealthy co-dependency (even if that is the only way to stabilise a "ho into housewife" fantasy like this), but if this show were truly proto-fascist, do you think it would be using a main couple that are race-mixing?
lol @ ho into housewife fantasy
about the race-mixing... that's a point.
I guess they are not actively trying to sell a proto-fascist point, the writer is just incredibly uneducated, I guess.
Mr. Tines wrote: and his reputation is for putting characters through the wringer before delivering a happy ending (
Stein's;Gate
....
oh
Of course this guy was responsible for
Steins; Gate. That disgusting transphobic sexist show...
That one at least had good direction.This guy's world view is, frankly, despicable.
Mr. Tines wrote:What this is doing is playing off the red
oni/blue
oni motif.
What's that? I thought it was just a poor attempt to twist Gendou into a
good person, we can be friends with.
pwhodges wrote:As for Gainax, they’re currently doing a show about piano playing which is OK except the animation gets weak when they are rotoscoping actual players.
Gainax, the company is an empty shell of its former glory. All the amazing people have moved on. We were talking about the
SPIRIT of Gainax.
I'm glad that some of you recognize the messages of this show as backwards and misguided as they are.
It's perfectly fine to show that for some people the nuclear heterosexual family with children is ok, but to imply that this, and just that, is the only way to break free from oppression is ludicrous. This idea that you have to choose the 1940s normie lifestyle or be unhappy, even if it goes against your natural disposison is kind of troubling, considering how many young people soak this stuff up... and
especially if you consider the times we are in politically.
This show frames normed lifestyles as rebelling against the globalist elite. Rebelling against the fear that all the gays and unmarried will lead to the extinction of the human race? I mean, the fact that we live in times of an unprecedented exploding population, makes this whole argument invalid to begin with.
This show is the fascist antithesis to Utena in every regard, all the while daring to steal parts of the structure of the show. It's an affront, tbh. If Ikuhara was dead he'd rotate in his grave.
So yeah... But what makes this whole affair even funnier, is that the show is incompetent as fuck. There were a few high points, that have all but vanished. The sense of mystery evaporated into a show that is preoccupied with info dumping its plot, because it couldn't figure out how to tie it into the "how to raise a fascist youth Slice Of Life". The mech designs are great, but we rarely et to see them action. Supposedly all hell broke lose recently - it certainly doesn't feel that way, because everyone has time to stand around talking exposition to each other.