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<blockquote data-quote="Mr. D" data-source="post: 1178282" data-attributes="member: 10989">Some people use anime (especially the stories and characters in more dramatic/romantic anime) as compensation for their limited grasp of real life situations. Similar to the girls who used to watch ”Friends” and claim they’re ”just like Rachael”, or anybody who still thinks MSM doesn’t have an agenda and it’s purely news.(Slight confession, I used to watch anime somewhat regularly, mainly shows like ”Cowboy Bebop” or ”Trigun”, but I lost interest after seeing a friend watch the climax in the last episode of ”Video Girl Ai”. A long ass monologue about sacrifice in the name of love, while the male lead damn near kills himself climbing a very fragile glass staircase to reach his goal: a magical girl from a fucking VHS-tape. Christ Almighty, what horseshit...)K-pop, your guess is as good as mine. It’s the look, the sound, the (translated) lyrical content or the novelty factor.I venture the mental issues flare up when reality doesn’t meet their expectations. The go-to phrase being ”but it worked in that episode of *insert name of show here*”.Sad really.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mr. D, post: 1178282, member: 10989"] Some people use anime (especially the stories and characters in more dramatic/romantic anime) as compensation for their limited grasp of real life situations. Similar to the girls who used to watch ”Friends” and claim they’re ”just like Rachael”, or anybody who still thinks MSM doesn’t have an agenda and it’s purely news. (Slight confession, I used to watch anime somewhat regularly, mainly shows like ”Cowboy Bebop” or ”Trigun”, but I lost interest after seeing a friend watch the climax in the last episode of ”Video Girl Ai”. A long ass monologue about sacrifice in the name of love, while the male lead damn near kills himself climbing a very fragile glass staircase to reach his goal: a magical girl from a fucking VHS-tape. Christ Almighty, what horseshit...) K-pop, your guess is as good as mine. It’s the look, the sound, the (translated) lyrical content or the novelty factor. I venture the mental issues flare up when reality doesn’t meet their expectations. The go-to phrase being ”but it worked in that episode of *insert name of show here*”. Sad really. [/QUOTE]

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