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20 years ago it was the show for the wallet chained and that's hard to get past. I guess Limp Bizkit came back too, the wallet chained are being vindicated.
You're only understanding it in the context of how it fit into mainstream culture at the time, in the anime subculture it was firmly established as a pillar of the edgy side of anime. It sits at the boarder between shounen fans and more mature shows, having a protagonist who's simply not conventionally good, some exploration of themes, and frequent depictions of death and disturbing concepts. It may be clumsy or juvenile at times, but it's a core piece of media to anime fans, and watching at least the first season is part of the shared culture and media in that sphere.
That makes sense. I was in high school when it first was a thing and wowee it seemed exclusively for mall ninjas.
there's a difference between "people who watched Deathnote" and "people who wouldn't shut up about deathnote"
There was a dude who tried making his own smoke bombs to dissappear in, they of course didn't work and i think he set if s fire alarm and got kid arrested one time. There was another dude who tried to do a cool climb leap over a chain link fence and caught his leg on the descent. Cool exits seemed to be their biggest gambit. The early to mid 2000s had an interesting cast
that's incredible
It's what makes me question how it was something to come back after almost 20 years and not something without being associated with dudes whonacted like Kaiba from yugioh irl. We talk about embracing cringe now but at least thst implies you still know it's cringe being cringe while thinking you're the coolest thing ever is a whole other thing
That's the thing, it didn't come back. It's always been part of the anime community. Just like EVA and Sailor Moon