What anime series or movie gave you what you least expected? You started watching thinking that you were watch just another story which has been done many times before, only WHAM! You get hit in the face with a complex plot which made you think!
Or you started watching thinking the anime was not that great, but at the end you are blown away and want to watch again.
Or you just were taken somewhere you did not expect to be taken. Or the anime gave you a different, but much better story than what you thought you would get. Or so on and so on.
What anime surprised you the most? And why? I want to know why. Just don't give me a title and close your browser.
I will start off with Ergo Proxy. Here I thought I was just getting another monster anime. Well, it is a monster anime, but one which questions the meaning of humanity and self-identification. Re-l considers herself a strong, independent woman, but a monster and a little girl android slowly teach her the truth. Re-l is more dependent than she thinks. The monster and android are more human. When Pino asks, "Is Pino Pino?," it is not some little girl asking a childish question. It is the essence of self-identification. This series really is deep.
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