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Have a Nice Game4 votes

Anyone know why the anime industry have been pushing out the same story over and over again?

Guy goes to a battle school

Guy ends up dueling one of the most powerful female student at said school

Guy beats said female either because he is special or because he accidentally violates her

Guy ends up with a harem

Over and over and over again every season

Why? Q_Q

Demon King Maou1 votes

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Anyone know why the anime industry have been pushing out the same story over and over again?

Guy goes to a battle school

Guy ends up dueling one of the most powerful female student at said school

Guy beats said female either because he is special or because he accidentally violates her

Guy ends up with a harem

Over and over and over again every season

Why? Q_Q

They ran outta ideas a long time ago :P that's basicly Highschool DxD and Madoka Box in a nutshell ( plenty more then just those two )

D3m37r11 votes

Some use new ideas but they generally don't do that well. Nowadays people care more about "plot" than plot so the makers have to adapt. Pokmemon and Yugioh still going strong but most of the people that watch those started when they were younger.

Zarvanis2 votes

Because it sells.

The anime industry has been struggling to stay afloat for a long time, so they endlessly pump out awful-to-mediocre moe/ecchi/harem/wish-fulfillment crap because they know die-hard otaku/hikikomori will buy the blu-rays and figurines. They've broken it down to a science. They intentionally use as many cliche and stereotypical characters as possible to appeal to as many otaku as they possibly can.

People are afraid to take risks and try making something new and unique because their studios could go under. It's tragic.

Ralanr1 votes

Because recycling the same stupid plot is easy and marketable.

I mean really, sure the story already exists, but why would you look up an older work when you can get a newer work that's more "up to date with the modern world."

I can respect when a creator is trying to do what they want, hell nothing is really original anymore (what matters is how we tell it). But when it's basically a play by play of every other manga/comic out there, then I have to wonder how you could get this published when there are thousands of other artists are putting their heart and soul into something with some more original ideas that the general populace would at least find interesting.

But it's a business. And businesses are better known for playing it safe (rather than taking risks like in fictional businesses).

Melledoneus1 votes

Want to watch a great anime? Gintama.

The funniest show I have ever watched, let alone anime.

Ralanr1 votes

Gintama is fucking amazing. I can just open up a random chapter in a manga and find fun without much of the context. I'd watch the anime if I had the attention span.

Melledoneus1 votes

Trust me.

Watch it.

It will raise the value of your life. I kid you not, life is so much happier after watching ~250 episodes and counting.

Glory ln Death3 votes

Actually, there's a good number of male characters in anime who are cringe-inducingly weak scaredy-cats... There are a bunch of super buff ones, but I think it's the females in anime that have the real issue of inaccuracy.

Friendly Ram3 votes

Touma?

Zarvanis3 votes

Straight out of JoJo.

ADepressedLeona1 votes

17 years old and built like a fucking tank.

Nilok1 votes

It runs in the family.

Can I say how weird it is that both Joseph Joestar and Jotaro wear the exact same sized cloths?

VoidStaresBack2 votes

While I totally agree with your post, I was mildly amused by the fact that someone named "Demon King Maou" commented on this since Maou's human form is scrawny as all hell [slayer-jinx-wink]

Demon King Maou1 votes

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While I totally agree with your post, I was mildly amused by the fact that someone named "Demon King Maou" commented on this since Maou's human form is scrawny as all hell [slayer-jinx-wink]

Shhhhhhh just let it happen ;P

Chaos6891 votes

Umm.. what did I just click into?

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