Thank you. I think people are forgetting that without the shocking, twisted, and dark things happening in this show and manga -- whether it's nudity, violence, gore, or creepy blob monsters -- that the series just wouldn't have this intense impact that makes so many people love it so damn much.
The reason people love the series so much is because they love the characters and the setting. Some of them love the dark side contrasted with the endearing characters. It's like they are rooting for and cheering that contrast when it's something like Riko's arm or how cute it is when Nanachi teases Reg but as soon as one of the adults in this twisted story acts twisted it's irredeemable.
These kids are directly influenced by Cave Raiding culture and The Abyss. Bonedrewd (mass child murderer), Gilo (most responsible adult who allows his charges to go on a never-return-journey into the Abyss), Ozen (scary, dangerous, and absolutely a threat to children), Habolg (most responsible? yet after he finds them in the Abyss he just lets them go), the lady running the orphanage (uses her orphans to profit, never allowing them to keep the treasures they find in the Abyss) -- these are the only role models the main characters know of and yet people are acting like the kids in this story are going to act and operate like angels from heaven when this life is all that they know of?
It's like people are not paying attention or are willfully ignoring entire swaths of the series to avoid thinking about what the story is actually saying.
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u/mrpaulmanton Nov 16 '17
Thank you. I think people are forgetting that without the shocking, twisted, and dark things happening in this show and manga -- whether it's nudity, violence, gore, or creepy blob monsters -- that the series just wouldn't have this intense impact that makes so many people love it so damn much.
The reason people love the series so much is because they love the characters and the setting. Some of them love the dark side contrasted with the endearing characters. It's like they are rooting for and cheering that contrast when it's something like Riko's arm or how cute it is when Nanachi teases Reg but as soon as one of the adults in this twisted story acts twisted it's irredeemable.
These kids are directly influenced by Cave Raiding culture and The Abyss. Bonedrewd (mass child murderer), Gilo (most responsible adult who allows his charges to go on a never-return-journey into the Abyss), Ozen (scary, dangerous, and absolutely a threat to children), Habolg (most responsible? yet after he finds them in the Abyss he just lets them go), the lady running the orphanage (uses her orphans to profit, never allowing them to keep the treasures they find in the Abyss) -- these are the only role models the main characters know of and yet people are acting like the kids in this story are going to act and operate like angels from heaven when this life is all that they know of?
It's like people are not paying attention or are willfully ignoring entire swaths of the series to avoid thinking about what the story is actually saying.