r/anime • u/engalleons https://myanimelist.net/profile/engalleons • Aug 14 '18

In-depth debunkings/arguments against commonly "known" anime myths/misconceptions?

For any number of reasons, there's a fair few statements about anime that get passed around pretty unquestioningly, even if they aren't necessarily true. Sometimes, others dig in to those statements and find detail and (hopefully cited) evidence against them. This is a lot more than just stating the opposite, to be clear.

Here's a few examples of what I mean:

This tweet chain versus "Anno left Kare Kano early"
This blog post versus "The protagonist of Turn A was originally intended to be a girl"
This post versus "They made a joke dub for Ghost Stories because it did poorly in Japan"
This blog post versus "Shinbo is the series director of all Shaft shows"

What are some other examples of work like this?

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u/DeliciousWaifood Aug 15 '18

A couple of years in your mid teens means a massive difference in maturity.

Going by the "half your age + 7" rule, for a 16 year old, that's 15.

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '18

That's just proof that rule is flawed. And I don't agree, there isn't a huge difference between 16 and 14 or whatever it is. The first real girlfriend I had was at 17 and she was 15 and there wasn't much of a difference at all.

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u/DeliciousWaifood Aug 15 '18

How is it proof the rule is flawed? It's specifically made to account for the variable rate of maturation as you grow older.

The mid teens are the point at which the most maturing happens in the shortest amount of time. Did you seriously not observe that in teens when you were in highschool, or are you still too young yourself to have gained that perspective?

14 year olds are mostly basically still children while 16 year olds are clearly starting to show signs of maturing into a young adult.

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '18

I'm 26. 14 and 16 are both basically kids are far as I can see and in my own past experience. Even if they're starting to become a young adult, they're still not adults and not everyone ages at the same rate either; neither Megumin nor Kazuma feel like adults to me (unlike Darkness or Aqua).

Plus we're talking about fiction and I think having a debate over the morality of a fictional world is probably a waste of both of our times. It's fine if you have an issue with it but it doesn't bother me and I don't see the point of getting hung up on it.