I'm in a bit of an angry mood today. Not that I'm angry at anyone of you, but I just feel like saying some rather harsh things just to blow off some steam. And by things I mean "opinions" alright? I'm not gonna jump down anybody's throat, just let me say what I want to say.
WARNING: I realize that this subject can revolve around more than just anime/manga but I feel that it is most represented with the subject of anime/manga regardless. Please don't make me feel like a dumbass and say "um, this can apply to *insert other subject* here" or I'll be forced to burn your ass. Okay, I won't burn your ass for real, but please, don't give me that. I'm not in the mood.
Okay, now that I've gotten that out of the way, let me explain my beef:
So, in the world of anime/manga, we have certain series that are loved by all and are given a good shake for being purely good. Then we have series that aren't as good as that but for some reason people like shoving it down the throats of everybody else that "*INSERT SERIES TITLE HERE* IS THE BEST DAMN ANIME/MANGA EVAAAAAAAAR"; usually this happens with a brand spanking new series that the overly-indulging part of our current generation likes to jump on the bandwagon of said series just for the sake of jumping on bandwagons, I guess. I don't know how it really starts. I guess the series just hits the right demographic at the right time and it explodes b/c of the over-indulging thing I said earlier. Whatever. Anyways. another thing to note is that most of the time, the series being over-hyped is an anime adapated from the original manga or even light novel. These include Attack On Titan, Sword Art Online, and even Fairy Tail in my personal opinion. I'm not saying all of those are horrible series (well, I don't like Fairy Tail in the slightest, but that's not the point) but they were/are most certainly over-hyped.
I mean, what kills me the most is not the over-hyping itself but the people who over-hyped said product. Like I keep mentioning, anime and manga fans have a thing nowadays where they over-indulge into a series to a point where they're willing to put it on a pedestal over everything else. They're basically a combination of two other animanga groups I hate too: weeaboos and animanga hipsters. And oh my shit, these people are ANNOYING. How many times have you met a person where they're like "hey, you need to check *insert name of series here*, its the greatest thing ever" and if you have a different opinion or say that you like something better, they will jump on your ASS for it. Seriously, they will throw excuse after excuse after excuse at you, and yes I say excuse b/c the word "argument" implies that they have some points in their words, but they don't! They just want you to like it no matter the reason and they act like whiny babies in the process. It's like a damn fly that keeps flying by your nose that you can't seem to swat away; its EVERYWHERE. Even series that aren't even that new; in fact, every single fanbase in every single series pretty much has those fans that over-hype the series. People like the Big 3 Tards or even some of the fans of shows like Fullmetal Alchemis, Death Note, and HunterXHunter. Hell, I've even done my own share of overhyping of certain series like Kill La Kill and Space Dandy. And you know, I think that right there leads me to my final statement:
We need to at least try, AT LEAST TRY because saying we all need to do this is pretty much impossible, to stop over-hyping our favorite series, whether you do it excessively or only occasionally. Because at the end of the day, the great debate of whether or not *insert various series title* here is the best series ever is pointless. Why? Because there IS no series that can have that title. No series at all. We're always going to have our own opinions, our own personal tastes, and our own favorite series and that will forever nullify the possibilty of being an anime that we can all agree is the best anime/manga ever. Just like pretty much everything else we like.
I'm in a bit of an angry mood today. Not that I'm angry at anyone of you, but I just feel like saying some rather harsh things just to blow off some steam. And by things I mean "opinions" alright? I'm not gonna jump down anybody's throat, just let me say what I want to say.
WARNING: I realize that this subject can revolve around more than just anime/manga but I feel that it is most represented with the subject of anime/manga regardless. Please don't make me feel like a dumbass and say "um, this can apply to *insert other subject* here" or I'll be forced to burn your ass. Okay, I won't burn your ass for real, but please, don't give me that. I'm not in the mood.
Okay, now that I've gotten that out of the way, let me explain my beef:
So, in the world of anime/manga, we have certain series that are loved by all and are given a good shake for being purely good. Then we have series that aren't as good as that but for some reason people like shoving it down the throats of everybody else that "*INSERT SERIES TITLE HERE* IS THE BEST DAMN ANIME/MANGA EVAAAAAAAAR"; usually this happens with a brand spanking new series that the overly-indulging part of our current generation likes to jump on the bandwagon of said series just for the sake of jumping on bandwagons, I guess. I don't know how it really starts. I guess the series just hits the right demographic at the right time and it explodes b/c of the over-indulging thing I said earlier. Whatever. Anyways. another thing to note is that most of the time, the series being over-hyped is an anime adapated from the original manga or even light novel. These include Attack On Titan, Sword Art Online, and even Fairy Tail in my personal opinion. I'm not saying all of those are horrible series (well, I don't like Fairy Tail in the slightest, but that's not the point) but they were/are most certainly over-hyped.
I mean, what kills me the most is not the over-hyping itself but the people who over-hyped said product. Like I keep mentioning, anime and manga fans have a thing nowadays where they over-indulge into a series to a point where they're willing to put it on a pedestal over everything else. They're basically a combination of two other animanga groups I hate too: weeaboos and animanga hipsters. And oh my shit, these people are ANNOYING. How many times have you met a person where they're like "hey, you need to check *insert name of series here*, its the greatest thing ever" and if you have a different opinion or say that you like something better, they will jump on your ASS for it. Seriously, they will throw excuse after excuse after excuse at you, and yes I say excuse b/c the word "argument" implies that they have some points in their words, but they don't! They just want you to like it no matter the reason and they act like whiny babies in the process. It's like a damn fly that keeps flying by your nose that you can't seem to swat away; its EVERYWHERE. Even series that aren't even that new; in fact, every single fanbase in every single series pretty much has those fans that over-hype the series. People like the Big 3 Tards or even some of the fans of shows like Fullmetal Alchemis, Death Note, and HunterXHunter. Hell, I've even done my own share of overhyping of certain series like Kill La Kill and Space Dandy. And you know, I think that right there leads me to my final statement:
We need to at least try, AT LEAST TRY because saying we all need to do this is pretty much impossible, to stop over-hyping our favorite series, whether you do it excessively or only occasionally. Because at the end of the day, the great debate of whether or not *insert various series title* here is the best series ever is pointless. Why? Because there IS no series that can have that title. No series at all. We're always going to have our own opinions, our own personal tastes, and our own favorite series and that will forever nullify the possibilty of being an anime that we can all agree is the best anime/manga ever. Just like pretty much everything else we like.