• TotallynotJessica@lemmy.blahaj.zoneMEnglish
      71·
      2 days ago

      there’s a lot of good things about her characterization and the story can be really sweet at times…

      but god damn is the author creepy as shit! i would be enjoying a really cute scene only to have the male gaze get turned up to 11, reminding me the author has a history in loli hentai. Unlike the nier creator, it feels a lot less harmless when the oc is so clearly an immature kid.

      • Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        10·
        1 day ago

        I have similar thoughts on Made in Abyss. Holy fuck is it good horror and a compelling story, but jesus the author is creepy towards little kids. And I’ve only watched the anime, which is probably very toned down on that front compared to the manga

        • 野麦さん@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          62·
          1 day ago

          I think saying “yo this is actually good but the author is a pedo” is basically the same as admiring Mein Kampf while arguing the death of the author is important

          Basically what I mean is Made in Abyss IS BAD and I don’t like people heaping praise on it. The author is a pedophile. The story, characters, and plenty of scenes in it are softcore (or maybe not even softcore, I haven’t read it for obvious reasons) child porn. Sadistic child porn too. I can poke a million holes in Made in Abyss, but what’s the point?

          • Melmi@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
            8·
            1 day ago

            Years ago my ex was trying to get me into anime and they decided to show me Made in Abyss and it put me off anime for years

          • Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
            5·
            1 day ago

            Agreed. I very much have no intention of ever reading the manga or supporting anything to do with it for those reasons. The anime i watched sort of out of morbid curiosity.

    • Phuntis@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      91·
      2 days ago

      I hate nagatoro so much I watched literally one episode then had to stop she’s just a standard bully that I dealt with growing up people just think haha she’s so cute cause girl she’s genuinely awful

      • MentalEdge@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        171·
        2 days ago

        Yes. She starts off genuinely mean spirited.

        That is not mutually exclusive with the likable person she turns into over the story.

        The story wasn’t for you. That’s fine.

        • TotallynotJessica@lemmy.blahaj.zoneMEnglish
          81·
          2 days ago

          it’s honestly so real for someone to bully their crush bc they aren’t mature enough to handle their feelings. Her overcoming that is actually a plus for the sorry

          • Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
            2·
            1 day ago

            Its weird. She was one of the “mean girls” at the start, and had no idea who the MC was before that. So she genuinely was kinda just a bully. But she does grow as a character significantly.