Originally Posted by
Halo354
I have always feared consuming anime/manga which involved romance/cute girls who crush on the MC. However, the art style in these anime look so good that I often cant help myself and check them out, only to always… ALWAYs end up crushing hard on the girl. Some examples of such anime I have tried are Nisekoi, Quintessential Quintuplets, Bunny Senpai something-something, and most recently Duke of Death and his Black Maid.
The scenarios the MCs find themselves in are always so perfect and ideal aside from relatively minor inconveniences, whilst the world and events move around them to cause the girls to develop feelings and aggressively chase after the rather bland MC.
For example, I just watched the Duke of Death, and almost immediately crushed on Alice. The thing is, its not just that the girls are all extremely beautiful/cute, but something about their mannerisms characteristics and actions make them extremely desirable. I just cant put my finger on what.
I then spend days moping around disappointed with reality and life, feeling jealous of the MC “like why do they have to be so perfect together? Why is what they have so sweet?” And it makes me long for someone who is as exclusive, devoted and perfect as the female protagonist “like oh I wish I have what they have, but all I have is this sad reality”.
I mean I try to tell myself that these are just lines on paper animated by people. They are just puppets whose actions and situations are dictated by the imagination of the animators… But it still just makes me feel so sad and empty y’know?
Is this a trick the authors/animator use to draw you into their work? Does anyone have any advice on this?
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