Talk:Yang Xiao Long VS ???/@comment-26978720-20151003130311/@comment-5808856-20151003173558

Like most modern anime, Berserk takes itself way to seriously. You know how people sometimes critisize shows for being TOO silly? Well, one can go to far the other way as well and make them to serious as well. When that is done, it just becomes very dull and forgettible, because it just has no heart. This is why I hate Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Naruto, the Sailor Moon manga, and One Piece. They are so boring, much like how most super comedic shows get annoying.

For a show to be good, like Steven Universe and the classic Sailor Moon anime (Japanese original/Viz redub) are because they mange to balance the light and dark themes. Plus the well written, developing characters are each fantastic. Sure there is alot of filler, but durring those there is tons of character development. They have light and dark themes and balance them well. Plus the stories are compelling. Sailor Moon is not meant to be a huge dark and gritty bloodbath, which gets old quick like Berserk. Sailor Moon is a nice slice of life show mied with the superhero genere. They have compelling storylines, with wonderful characters like Ami, Rei, and Usagi.

In shows like Berserk or PMMM, they just take themselves way to seriously to the point to where they are just dull. This is also why I don't like the Sailor Moon manga either. The most important part of entertainment is to entertain, and when they fail at that, they fail as a show. This is also why I hate 95% of modern anime. They left behind wonderful whimsical stories in favor of bland dark and gritty garbage.

This is why Ghibli got it's aclaim. It's charming stories. It's loveable characters like Totoro, and sense of whimsy With all these shows like PMMM, Naruto, One Piece, Akagme Kill (what ever it's called), are all just dull and forgettible. I don't feel grossed out by te blood and gore. I don't feel sad by any character death, I don't even care about the fate of the heroes. I am 21 and have outgrown my need for dark and gritty shit when I was 12. What I need is characters I can care about. Stories I can get invested in. Feels that feel natural. Villains who are capable of character deveopment like Nephrite or Bethier.