Many people use anime as a form of escapism from the cold, harsh real world. Therefore, their preferences of the 2D world tend to be as unrelated to the real life as possible. The more unbelievable stuff that will never ever happen in the real world, the better. This is basically a refraction of real life, as the wavelengths between the 2 worlds differ, separated by heaven and earth.
Take Zero no Tsukaima for example, since I’ve just completed both seasons a couple of days ago. A tsundere mage as the main lead, excessive fanservice, a harem, an insane 1 vs 70000 battle and many more illogical. The reason why people enjoy the series is because none of this ever occurs in the real world. Hence, when watching such a show, it literally transports them into a totally brand new fantasy world, distant from the unfeeling world that one lives in.
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That’s what’s happening to me now. Ever since school began 7 weeks ago, I’ve been living in my own world revolving around mainly 2D stuff. The mention of the word school brings about the sudden thought of cute high school girls in seifuku flashing into my mind, not that anyone in my school wears anything remotely resembling a seifuku. And what’s studying? Is it some Kaworu-level yaoi activity that transforms GAR men into Shinji-like characters?
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Published on March 6, 2008
in Otaku and Rant.
Something I will never experience, which is why I enjoy watching it. Not in 2D form, but in 3D form. For me, anything about high school in anime is good. Sports, slice-of-life, comedy and the list goes on. Anything, except romance. Which is why I don’t watch stuff like Clannad and many others of the similar genre. Yes, I am a fool who misses out on how great Key’s work is, and it doesn’t bother me. Not even the slightest bit.
Sorry, but I’m not interested
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Published on January 16, 2008
in Otaku and Rant.
The siscon fetish has a soaring popularity among the fans of 2D. Heck, I even touched on a bit of it in a previous post. I suspect it might be as well sought-after like other well-known themes such as Nekomimi and Megane. When such themes are a huge hit among otakus, they tend to take take the initiative, bringing things to the next level by borrowing the concept from 2D, and integrating the concept into 3D. Visualizing just isn’t enough to satisfy some needs.
For Nekomimi fetishes, it is unfortunate that humans are unable to grow real cat ears, and the poor otakus would have to settle for females who don headbands with those furry ears. As for Megane fetishes, it is realistic, as there are glasses in the real world. However, it is so realistic, many end up disappointed and feeling cheated. As opposed to the 2D world where the beauty of the ALL meganekkos’ exceed any unimaginable standard, only an extreme minority in the 3D world appear really attractive in glasses. The rest are either average or worse, invoking a nauseous sensation on sight.
Like the 2 themes mentioned above, Siscon is no exception. Stay on to find out why.
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