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What's the deal with anime? (lemmy.autism.place)
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Anime is pretty popular among autistic people. However, aside from being obsessed with Voltron as a kid, I never got into it. I'm wondering what I'm missing.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Thank you very much for suggesting and summarizing those animes. Based on your post, I want to give Rise of the Shield Hero a shot first, but Code Geass and Konosuba look appealing to me too.

What do you think of Blue-Eyed Samurai? My friend recommended it to me. I saw the first episode, but it seems to be taking a while to get started and already appears a bit formulaic. I was watching it with a friend that feels the same about formulaic plots, and she was predicting the rest of the entire series. Are we wrong about the plot and does it get better?

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Glad I can be of help.

I haven't seen Blue-Eyed Samurai yet, sorry.

The formulaic approach is something we cannot escape completely, I fear. It's why I am trying different media from different countries.

The formula is a bit less obvious with an older target audience. Here I can also recommend older stuff like Trigun, Cowboy Bebop or Black Lagoon. It's been a bit since I saw those, so I won't summarize them in fear of spoiling or misremembering something.

With anime I also try to skip the intros and outros, as they often contain spoilers, or rather hints. I usually watch those on YouTube after I've finished.