Share an unpopular anime and manga opinion
Posted: 30 Apr 2021, 16:39
Yes, share an unpopular anime and manga opinion. You can even share several opinions. However, don't make me regret posting this. While gentle ribbing is okay, don't be nasty to one another. We all have differences of opinion and that's okay. Without further ado.
Tenchi Universe - aka Tenchi TV- is better than than the original Tencho OAV. Yes, I get that the OAV has more background on the characters. I get that Tenchi has more power, such as summoning the lighthawk wings. But I still found Universe to be so much more enjoyable. I loved the buildup of Universe, where it starts out with Tenchi just being a backwater farmboy, who by the end learns he's a prince of Jurai. I thought the buildup to that revelation was so much more powerful than it was in the original OAV. Also, the two movies that followed it, Tenchi Muyo in Love and Tenchi Forever - aka Tenchi Muyo in Love 2 - were beautiful ways to end the story, exploring themes of love, devotion, and sacrifice. I felt that the third set of OAVs of Tenchi was a mess, introducing too many new characters and pushing the ones we love to the back. In other words, I felt like the OAVs tried to do too much, whereas Universe didn't do as much but inevitably did so much more.
Original Dragonball is better than DBZ. Don't get me wrong, I do enjoy DBZ and I think it's a good show, but the original DB was superior. Fighting was more about strategy rather than brute strength. I loved the humor and the happy-go-lucky story in a world full of anthropomorphic animals, elements that were mainly lost in DBZ.
Speaking of DBZ, DBZ Kai is better than the original DBZ. Original DBZ just dragged on with useless filler. The only filler I really liked to Z was the Garlic Jr. Saga and the little side-story of Maron. Garlic Jr. was cool because it showed that Gohan, Krillin, and Piccolo could fight and defeat evil with Goku. As for Maron, it made it more meaningful when Krillin met android 18. These fillers were underrated and dare I say awesome. But much of the rest of the filler just dragged, creating unnecessary plotholes and not getting anywhere. Kai is so much closer to the manga in feel and in spirit. No waiting forever for Planet Namek to explode. No more useless stories about driver's ed, etc, etc. Kai was closer to the manga and had better pacing issues because of it.
On the topic of Toriyama, the Dr. Slump manga is underrated in America. Goofy? Absolutely! Pointless? Sure! But I find it so ridiculously funny. It's a manga that makes me laugh a lot. Though it's pointless without much of a story, the same could be said for the anime Lucky Star. Though I find Dr. Slump amusing and Lucky Star just obnoxious.
As for single movies, I would like to bring up 5 Centimeters Per Second. Don't get me wrong, Makoto Shinkai is a wonderful storyteller. But he has so many better movies. For instance, Your Name is absolutely a beautiful work of art with an intriguing story and even more intriguing characters. I found 5 Centimeters Per Second to be lacking in the story department and the characters didn't grab me as much as they did in Your Name.
The manga Love Hina is highly overrated. There is some great harem manga and anime out there, such as Ranma 1/2. But the manga Love Hina (I don't dare see the anime) was just garbage. I wish I remembered it more to express why I feel that way. But the whole thing just felt so shallow to me.
Okay, so what are your opinions?
Tenchi Universe - aka Tenchi TV- is better than than the original Tencho OAV. Yes, I get that the OAV has more background on the characters. I get that Tenchi has more power, such as summoning the lighthawk wings. But I still found Universe to be so much more enjoyable. I loved the buildup of Universe, where it starts out with Tenchi just being a backwater farmboy, who by the end learns he's a prince of Jurai. I thought the buildup to that revelation was so much more powerful than it was in the original OAV. Also, the two movies that followed it, Tenchi Muyo in Love and Tenchi Forever - aka Tenchi Muyo in Love 2 - were beautiful ways to end the story, exploring themes of love, devotion, and sacrifice. I felt that the third set of OAVs of Tenchi was a mess, introducing too many new characters and pushing the ones we love to the back. In other words, I felt like the OAVs tried to do too much, whereas Universe didn't do as much but inevitably did so much more.
Original Dragonball is better than DBZ. Don't get me wrong, I do enjoy DBZ and I think it's a good show, but the original DB was superior. Fighting was more about strategy rather than brute strength. I loved the humor and the happy-go-lucky story in a world full of anthropomorphic animals, elements that were mainly lost in DBZ.
Speaking of DBZ, DBZ Kai is better than the original DBZ. Original DBZ just dragged on with useless filler. The only filler I really liked to Z was the Garlic Jr. Saga and the little side-story of Maron. Garlic Jr. was cool because it showed that Gohan, Krillin, and Piccolo could fight and defeat evil with Goku. As for Maron, it made it more meaningful when Krillin met android 18. These fillers were underrated and dare I say awesome. But much of the rest of the filler just dragged, creating unnecessary plotholes and not getting anywhere. Kai is so much closer to the manga in feel and in spirit. No waiting forever for Planet Namek to explode. No more useless stories about driver's ed, etc, etc. Kai was closer to the manga and had better pacing issues because of it.
On the topic of Toriyama, the Dr. Slump manga is underrated in America. Goofy? Absolutely! Pointless? Sure! But I find it so ridiculously funny. It's a manga that makes me laugh a lot. Though it's pointless without much of a story, the same could be said for the anime Lucky Star. Though I find Dr. Slump amusing and Lucky Star just obnoxious.
As for single movies, I would like to bring up 5 Centimeters Per Second. Don't get me wrong, Makoto Shinkai is a wonderful storyteller. But he has so many better movies. For instance, Your Name is absolutely a beautiful work of art with an intriguing story and even more intriguing characters. I found 5 Centimeters Per Second to be lacking in the story department and the characters didn't grab me as much as they did in Your Name.
The manga Love Hina is highly overrated. There is some great harem manga and anime out there, such as Ranma 1/2. But the manga Love Hina (I don't dare see the anime) was just garbage. I wish I remembered it more to express why I feel that way. But the whole thing just felt so shallow to me.
Okay, so what are your opinions?