I don’t really have a problem with people giving their views and opinions on a show, in fact I’m extremely opinionated and if something blows I’m going to point that out. However, I think we all (including myself) need to make sure we don’t go too far into the “if you like/don’t like” this show you are automatically an idiot.

@DrmChsr0: Shouldn’t you be humping hamsters?

@Calawain: The problem isn’t if you don’t like it or no, everyone has it’s own personal tastes; the problem is the reasons they present for not liking it. The most usual excuse used is the “Shitty Filters” and nothing else, and some guys make it sound even worse by typing it like a 5 year old making a tantrum. I’m one of the most liberal guys you can meet and I perfectly understand that everyone has their own set of tastes, but the thing I hate more is half baked reasons, which is what composes a great deal of the ef haters. If anyone want to provide their opinion about ef or any other matter, please do it using more than 5 words.

@Owen S: We basically share the same view of the subject.

THANK YOU FOR BLOGGING.

P.S. beat you tj.

That post I wrote was attacking the mindset of the people attacking ef, because if there’s something I hate to see it’s shoddy reasoning, or a lack of thinking involved when it comes to stuff like these. There is nothing wrong with someone saying that they think ef sucks, but there is something wrong when someone says that ef sucks because of “shitty filters”, “being pretentious”, “SHAFT doesn’t know what they’re doing”, etc. I’d rather people just admit that it’s not their cup of tea and move on, not act like they’re the bastion of anime superiority when they themselves fanboy/fangirl about shows way shittier than ef.

Owen: FAG
Impz: BITCH
Owen: GAY
Impz: BIATCH

Repeat 1000x

@Linya: Arrr, I actually only knew about the disease after checking it up with Wiki (the words wiki and google are almost becoming words). Hah, you should give it a 3 episode try.

@Drm: *kicks the resident troller*
@MTL: That is the issue sometimes. I mean, I do not think that I like to shove my opinion up anyone’s rear, but a strong language to consider others to be stupid if they do not understand symbolism is rather mean. I mean, we watch anime not to study a whole thesis on it, but simply to enjoy. Different people like different things. For example, I definitely will not like someone trying to shove shounen and mecha onto me, telling me it’s the bible (no, Crusader , if you try, I will finish you faster than a Battousai).

I think that we often push the limits of language too much in terms of different strokes for different folks. It can be poison for one, and tolerable for another person. It is up to tastes and it is only the reviewers like us to convince people who are likely to be not interested to give it at least a chance. If we turn them off, it’s gone.

I do think that Calawain is an idiot, since he likes mature tsunderes and not cute cuddly green hair lolis though. YAY!

What happened to different strokes for different folks? Personally, I’ve never liked highly symbolic entertainment, be it anime or live-action. I’m not a literature, art, etc. major who is going to spend an hour engrossing himself in massive symbolism. I also have little interest in massive filters, funky effects, and artsy transitions that I find distracting. To the contrary, my personality fits my current profession-law student-I want to know what the hell is going on and what the writer is thinking, I don’t want to dance around the topic. I do not enjoy shows like Ef and Eva, I prefer shows that don’t try to have a different meaning for everyone that watches it, I want one meaning if possible. As a result, I tend to be big on action and humor instead.

So, to those individuals who have written some of the unfortunate remarks, instead of trying to act a bit elitist and assume people who don’t like this show are idiots, be glad that there are many types and genres of anime that appeal to different tastes.

This series fails so hard

(j/k)