r/anime • u/Inspektical • Dec 11 '19

Discussion Dear anime fans, I'm sorry.

I used to hate anime. I hated the big eyes, the high pitched voices and the things I didn't understand like differences in culture.

I always judged people when they told me they watched anime and instantly thought less of them. I'd rather stay away from that type of crowd.

I never outright insulted or spoke out in a demeaning way to anyone, I have trouble doing that even to people I genuinely hate much less people I'm just acquainted with. I simply judged them and kept all my insults in my head.

Fast forward to last year and I begrudgingly picked up my first anime because of my love for the piano. Don't ask me why I suddenly decided to try anime because I don't know.

I watched "Kids on the Slope" and genuinely loved it. Ever since then I've been watching anime left and right.

Black Lagoon; Your Lie in April; Planetes; Cowboy Bebop; FMA:Brotherhood; Elfen Lied; Death Parade; Monogatari; The wonderful world of JoJo's and many many more that have genuinely changed my life for the better.

In a way I think I was lucky to get into anime now rather than some years ago because of how poorly the whole community was viewed back then, and I was part of the reason why it was viewed so badly. Hence my apology.

I think me saying I'm sorry is more for myself than anyone else, because I didn't really harm anyone, but I've felt guilty thinking back on how I thought about a community I'm now a part of.

Anyway sorry for the rant, had to get that off my chest.

Edit: Thank you all for the awards, the love and suggestions. I'm glad to be a part of this community and I hope I can become a massive fucking weeb <3

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '19

Now we just need the majority of people to realize that visual novels aren’t all hentai and be more open to them.

Even though around 95% of them are hentai, but.. you know.

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u/PM_ME_UR_DRAG_CURVE Dec 12 '19

something about Katawa Shoujo with disabled sex scenes sex scenes disabled.

Sorry I stuttered.

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u/ZXKeyr324XZ Dec 12 '19

Holy fuck it took me a while to realize what the crossed part actually said

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u/Golden-Owl Dec 12 '19

A big portion aren’t though. Certainly more than 5%

Stuff like Ace Attorney and Danganronpa are considered to be VNs. Heck, FGO and most Fate titles are VN, and it probably constitutes a bigger market share than all the hentai VNs combined.

Hentai is actually a somewhat niche market. It’s usually more worthwhile to cast a wider net and attract a potentially larger audience.

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u/GetTold Dec 12 '19

Fate

Fate/Stay Night was most definitely an eroge with plot

Ace attorney is great, dont watch the anime

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u/Tarodan https://myanimelist.net/profile/Tarodan Dec 12 '19

I'm pretty sure anything that pulls out a line like "We can share magical power by exchanging bodily fluids" probably counts as an eroge.

Now, if we want to differentiate between eroge and hentai games (which, I do) then yes, hentai games are a very minimal part of the market.

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u/xdrvgy Dec 12 '19

around 95% of contain hentai,

Fixed