SofiaBulga said:
EmperorThor said:
What do you think about that?
Hmm the message while I was watching the anime, came in loud and clear. However IT WAS in fact, the hardships and abuse in their lives that I cared about and how it and they were portrayed. I hadn't seen live-action be this expressive with how it portrays controversy. Anime at the time, Elfen Lied specifically, because it resonated with me more than live-action did, was able to affect me. I'd seen rape, mutilation, and all manner of edgy things in live-action previously and it didn't touch me on the conscious level Elfen Lied managed (made me aware and think about it). I wouldn't go as far as saying, my innocence was stolen, but it resembles the feeling of the first time you feel genuine appreciation for something.
As for the "most of these diconii girls just want to be loved and approved by someone" part. Yeah that came through to me as well, but although I've been watching anime for most of my life, I choose to not dissect in to it, more than I need to, for the sake of entertainment. I don't want to delve to deep beyond a certain layer, like fans that write reviews, critics and people that make it a source of pride, as if I know and understand oh so much. I do occasionally think a little more extensively, when it comes to anime I especially love, but I prefer the surface level entertainment I get.
It resonates better precisely because it is not just fictional monster tearing them apart just because it is a monster, but another basically human being with their own feelings.
I get your point about not trying to dissect it any further. However it is not that simple. You say you do not want to dissect that further, but you still notice it.
I do notice it as well. In fact it is so clear and obvious to me, it is more like 'how could I not notice' rather then dissect further into it.
Now about enjoyment.
In fact in my case it is because these girls are so pitiful that I can so enjoy them. Like them. If they would not be pitiful I would not be able to enjoy them so. I want them to be pitiful for my enjoyment actually.
There is just something about it and it just resonates with me, like say songs of Depeche Mode or Aria(Russian Band).
Plain scary monster story will not necessary be enjoyable to me at all. Say for example I do not like Samurai Champloo or Berserk precisely because they lack that kind relatability and pitiful characters. They do not resonate with my psycho, they conflict with it instead.
Without deep connection to psycho, that just leaves ugly surface that is not enjoyable at all. At least for me.
If it is about surface only, then GuP, Bofuri, Gochiusa and may be K-On! would be my shows of choice. Code Geass, Fate/Zero and Madoka Magica kind of have both good surface and good depth.
However even in these lighter shows I still like characters not only for the surface. Their personality matters, even if it is not a very complex personality it has so be a likable in my eyes personality.
I talk so often about -dere types because they are simple basic personalities that do not require too much thinking to understand or write.
One important note though: it is not a very simple thing as to what I can pity and why. I am not just there to save everyone in need. Only certain things and situations do have appeal to me, sometimes very unconventional. May be only unconventional.
I do not pity disabled, elderly, mothers with children and such. On the contrary even.
Another thing is that I do not help or care much. She has to be able to survive on her own, the most she can expect from me is sympathy. Patting her head, looking on her teary face and hugging her. Well sex as well, I am into them after all.
May be I just like depressed and/or innocent(naïve) girls or something like that. May be girls that are unfairly in my eyes mistreated and abused by others.
One final thing: there is probably another reason. I kind of like to get to the bottom of things. 'I like knowing things.' As Gregory House would put it. That is how I am. Just my own obsession with digging into stuff. I do this almost not intentionally. My brain just keeps digging into it on its own and does not stop until I get the answer that satisfies me.
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