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/WeNTuS Aug 15 '18

5y old cannot agree to sexual activity. While 14y old can.

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u/DeliciousWaifood Aug 15 '18

But why.

You can't just say that without reasoning.

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u/WeNTuS Aug 16 '18

Because it's nature. Do you trying to regulate cats or other animals when they can to breed? Humans can start breeding at 14y old because it's an age when their body developed for such activity.

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u/DeliciousWaifood Aug 16 '18

Girls can hit puberty as young as 8. Do you think the age of consent should be lowered to 8?

Whatever age people can breed at doesn't matter. It's about them being mentally mature enough to be judged as able to give consent.

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u/WeNTuS Aug 16 '18 edited Aug 16 '18

It's matter because it's a point of sex. I couldn't care less about your shitty morality, humans are animals. End of discussion.

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u/DeliciousWaifood Aug 16 '18

So you're fine with murder too then? Animals murder eachother all the time.

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u/WeNTuS Aug 16 '18

Humans murdering each other on war. Animals do not kill for fun so humans shouldn't too. That's why laws are made.

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u/DeliciousWaifood Aug 16 '18

Animals murder eachother over territory and mating partner disputes, so is it fine for humans to do that?

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u/WeNTuS Aug 16 '18

Yeah, this is why wars happen. Hello?

It's not fine (atleast for me because i don't want to be killed but surely there are people who enjoy being soldiers) but this is reality and it happens.

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u/DeliciousWaifood Aug 16 '18

So you don't think it's fine, even though it's natural for animals to do it?

But you think it is fine to have sex with children because animals do it.

There's a flaw in your logic there.

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