whitesnake bastard anime rating
From the second episode onward, a 'viewer discretion' warning appears in the subtitles provided by Crunchy Roll. But nowhere does it appear in the show itself, in Japanese. It is
quite clear who was actually offended by
this show. and it was not the Japanese audience, for whom this anime was made.
I'm going to be quite blunt, as this perception that westerners' views are always,
unquestionably important is bothersome. Japanese anime studios do not care about what English-speaking YouTubers have to say, for
they cannot even understand them in the first place. They do not care about Tumblr, nor do they care about anyone except viewers in Japan who could potentially buy BluRay discs of their series. They are companies, not political organisations. They are from Japan, not from the United States.
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September 5, 2023. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
However, the main cast is also way too
similarly designed. It’s pretty much just slight facial feature
differences and hair style/color changes that you have to go off of. Like literally look at the MAL photos for Theoto and Daiya, and tell me the 2 don’t like 80-90% the same, smh.
On the other hand, I think the character design for Milizé is not bad. I like that Milizé had some wake-up calls that made her realise her virtue signaling was batshit useful. However, her angsty teen romance felt very forced and random: what reason does she have to suddenly fall for a dude who’s voice she can only hear, and who, relatively speaking, she’s barely interacted with over the course of her life.
On the note of Shin, I found certain traits and quirks about him interesting, but overall I consider him to be as generic a secondary main as you can get. Aside from bad-assery during fights, there’s really not a whole lot he’s got going. I felt that his struggles with his brotherly bond, which was his defining trait, was really underdeveloped and suddenly rushed/crammed into the episode where he confronted his brother. That final confrontation also felt pretty, idk, underwhelming? The action aspect was meh and the emotional side was alright, but felt overly forced because of the lack of sufficient prior development.
Enjoyment: 4/10
Again, overrated != bad folks! Did I enjoy watching 86? Eh, I guess? It was watchable and had a few bright spots.
