Seriously? The only one who has any bias is you, majority of what you watch are shounen shows. You cried for KENSHIN, but not Clannad.
Have you even seen anything Rurouni Kenshin? Do you know how it's just Reflection and T&B and not the TV series that made me cry? Both are considered very depressing, especially Reflection which people consider way too depressing (And I can very easily see why as it's never happy-joy-joy). The TV series has NOTHING in there that would make me cry.
And again, so what if I didn't cry for Clannad? Does EVERYONE have to cry for that show? No, they don't, just like how nobody has to cry for Kenshin either. If you guys watched Trust & Betrayal, and/or Reflection, and didn't cry, you wouldn't see me getting on you for not crying for that, but crying for Clannad. It depends on the viewer, and to be honest, making a viewer cry is one of the hardest things to do.
No form of media whatsoever has ever made me cry IIRC until I watched Trust & Betrayal that third time. That was the first instance I can recall of me ever shedding actual tears when watching anything. Beforehand, Fruits Basket's final 3 episodes, and One Piece nearly made me shed tears.
Also I have a bias towards Shonen, and most of what I watch is Shonen? Look at what I've watched, plan on watching, and am currently watching. List everything Shonen, and then list everything not Shonen.
http://myanimelist.net/animelist/BigOnAnime
http://www.anime-planet.com/users/BigOnAnime/anime/wanttowatch (Doesn't include nearly everything, and I can assure you, most I want to add isn't Shonen. Much of it is fanservice shows.).
(Also, check
this out)
I like the genre (Along with a **** ton of others as I'm open to too many genres), but I don't have the thought "Oh, it's Shonen, so it'll be good.". If that were the case, I'd have tried Beelzebub day 1, but nope, it doesn't interest me, and I have a feeling it'd turn out like crap for me.
The only bias I really have is towards Studio Ghibil. Their stuff
always turns out awesome. I must give a 9/10 or higher to those.
Also again, just because it's Shonen doesn't mean it's good. If that were the case, I'd be considering Buso Renkin, Medaka Box, MAR, Dragon Crisis!!, Kiba, Shana III, and more masterpieces.
Only Shonens that I consider masterpieces:
Nurarihyon no Mago: Sennen Makyou
One Piece
Rurouni Kenshin (TV)
Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & Betrayal
Rurouni Kenshin: Reflection
*I have not seen the movie nor the new OVA, but I have a feeling they will not turn out great for me.
The other 10/10's:
Eden of the East
Eureka Seven
Fate/Zero 2
Grave of the Fireflies-This made me cry as well BTW.
Gurren Lagann
Honey and Clover
Honey and Clover II
Spirited Away
Usagi Drop
Shonen: 5/14 Non-Shonen: 9/14
The Tatami Galaxy is a possibility I feel, and that's not Shonen. Mushi-Shi also has potential.
You also can't deny the fact that the reason we stray away from those 'popular' shows with a lot of episodes is the fact that it has a lot of episodes. Why would I watch 52 episodes of a series, and not get an ending, when I could watch four 13 episode series and be satisfied? It's like preferring blue balls over 4 really good BJs.
You do know many of these series based off of manga don't have endings either right? Most anime adaptions based off of manga never cover all the manga (Even for Shonen Jump series, we saw Gintama, Shaman King, Beelzebub, Reborn!, Bleach, and D.Gray-man to name a few fail to do so), and if they did, you'd see A LOT more stuff being 100+ episodes as 150 chapters or more is a very common thing for manga.
Also watching on a weekly basis isn't that hard. Nobody is telling you to catch up to episode 552 of One Piece in like 10 days. Watch at your own pace with these shows. Honestly, I feel people give long shows too much crap when they're not Shin Chan (Nearing 900 episodes), Sazae-San (6500+), Pokemon (That's around 1000 with all the series), or Case Closed (Nearing 700 episodes).
Not saying you need to watch long shows, just that you shouldn't just look at the large episode count and go "Screw this ****.".
And it's like you have some kind of personal vendetta against anything that you don't agree with. You seriously need to take a chill pill and not write walls of broken logic.
If I did, I'd be attacking you guys directly for not liking shows I love that you guys did actually in fact see a good chunk of. Like I'd be attacking you guys directly for liking Madoka Magica over something like say Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad, Mushi-Shi, or Welcome to the N.H.K (Which BTW, very, very nearly got a 10 from me).
You also don't see me going "You don't find Eden of the East to be a masterpiece, and find Madoka Magica better than it? You're an idiot.". I just accept the fact lots of people aren't going to like it as much as me, and move on. If they like it, great, we might have something more to talk about. If they don't like it, oh well, it's just not their cup of tea.
The issue I had with Cano here was he was practically preaching Trigun being a bad show as fact, and everyone who likes it is an idiot, when really, it's subjective. It's not a fact Trigun is good. It's not a fact it's bad either, it's up to the viewer to see how it will be
in their opinion.
The problem is when people go around voicing their opinions on shows like they're fact, and can't tolerate the opinions of others.
I don't like Black*Rock Shooter for example, I really don't (4/10 says something...). However I don't bash those that like the show. I'll greatly question how on earth they could like that show I consider bad, but I won't insult their taste in anime or anything over it.
I know of people who like BRS over many shows I love, but I just accept the fact they're free to do so, and don't hold it against them.
TC, you keep bringing up that show with the kid that has fire in his hair. Your comments are invalid.
So I discuss it more? And?
