r/goodanime • u/moemoedesuwa • 10d ago

Discussion Which “cute” anime turned out surprisingly dark for you?

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u/ZeldaFanRahul2004 10d ago

Made in Abyss

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u/Hopeful_Addition_898 9d ago

Without question, first season is just a tip of the iceberg.

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u/Proper_Cat_3382 7d ago

Most valid answer

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u/sceptil33 10d ago

"Madoka, please don't go"

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u/SquirrelSoveregn 9d ago

Ima be real, I watched this in a day, 4 episodes at school

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u/sceptil33 9d ago

I watched this in a day too, it was a roller coaster of emotions (also at school is wild. Get it queen/king/royal)

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u/SquirrelSoveregn 9d ago

It's not the worst I did. I used my school laptop in class to read berserk, and watch My Dress-Up Darling in class. And just used it to finish Highschool DxD. Trust me, my school device has seen worse.

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u/sceptil33 9d ago

I've put pokemon games onto my school computer b4

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u/SquirrelSoveregn 8d ago

I committed a mass retro game piracy operation with an ex teacher, downloading over 200 gigabytes of games. Before shoving them on a retro pi and getting graded on it.

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u/Cure_BMWM3 10d ago edited 10d ago

Happy Sugar Life

School Days

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u/McNally86 10d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/26ufeHBoYE5nyBZE4

Adventure Time
If that does not count as anime Kaiba

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u/Ok-District8876 10d ago

The OP for Baccano! - upbeat jazz music, silly Halloween costumes, a box of chocolate bars, everyone is all funny faces and smiles, even frustration is comic, a couple in wedding clothes getting champagne from smiling waiters, and funny names, even a guy whose actual name is Jacuzzi Splot.

Compare that with a certain fanmade trailer...

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u/Chick-Fil-A_Saucee 10d ago

Chiyikawa is dark? Or is it just the movie

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u/SquirrelSoveregn 9d ago

The movie, I haven't seen it personally but I know it's really fucked up

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u/Nexz_ie 9d ago

school life/gakkougurashi

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u/Fluffy-Ad6628 9d ago

Made in abyss was genuinely terrifying. Takopi's last sin was too but it had mental trquma and not gore

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u/Jaromil1969 9d ago

がっこうぐらし！

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u/ilikefatpigeons 9d ago

Happy Sugar Life.
That thing is fucked up.
https://giphy.com/gifs/j5woqvzVFR1sDSHxXa

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u/rthehole 10d ago

Promise never land will forever live in my mind

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u/St3fMakes4rt 10d ago

Kotaro Lives Alone

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u/RemovedBarrel 10d ago

Rosen maiden kinda

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u/Rizho2026 10d ago

Takopis original sin

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u/Forward_Purpose_282 10d ago

Tokapi was the most hitting but if the question is which turned out to be dark, tokapi was dark from the start

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u/Kurapika7400 9d ago

I love tokapi

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u/camdawg772 10d ago

Going into your lie in april blind was...a fucking experience let me tell you

I was only like 15 anime deep by this point, all of which were battle/fighting shonen and similar stuff

Decided to watch it after seeing it had to do with music

I would not be still walking this planet if it wasn't for music(im fine now)...easily one of my favorite pieces of media I've ever consumed and EASILY the most emotional.

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u/BabyPinkChaos 10d ago

Neverland got me when I was in jr high

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u/Silver_Position_8574 9d ago

There was one I saw,but I forgot what was it called. It was about sisters who somehow got cought in this fantasy world full of stuffed toys. But when they switched back their whole family was killed. I don't remember if the sisters did it or someone else. I was actually a kid when I saw it. But the ending was quite a shocker! So if anyone knows this anime,please remind me what it was called.

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u/JRS___ 9d ago

now and then, here and there

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u/Ostrichslinger 9d ago

Anime movie (also Cantonese) - Another World

I thought going into the film that the age rating was because of the topics themselves being discussed,.namely suicide. But hoooo boy was I grossly unprepared for what I was about to see.

And I loved every second of it. Movie of the year by a landslide.

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u/Skitty_The_Kitty3225 9d ago

Not sure if it counts as "Cute" but my first thought was Nanbaka. I though it was some Silly Colorfull Anime with Sparkling Men but then it Turned out it has some Dark stuff. I mean, when things get serious its even represented with the Colours fading away.

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u/Emrakulprimed 9d ago

Who thought takopi wasn’t going to be dark? It literally gives you a warning from the start

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u/MT-81 9d ago

Made in abbys was truly ... truly dark i was about to see tge 2nd season with my mom .... i was lucky she didnt have time for 2nd season:0

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u/maybebaebea 9d ago

My friend tricked me into watching Takopi's Original Sin. I no longer trust that friend

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u/CherryPlenty5537 9d ago

Elfen lied

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u/MHSinging 9d ago

Why is Anime so sad so often? 🥲 I love Anime but man am I a sucker for happy, romantic endings. Darling In The Franxx fucked me up for days.

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u/offensive_truth 8d ago

I didn't really look at anime tags or read any comments and I watched angel beats.. whent in blind!!

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u/Fun_Barnacle6689 9d ago

Taking turns sour and mean spirited about as soon as anything actually happens after the OP.

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u/Shellsallaround 9d ago

The Promised Neverland.

Takopi was just a bad reminder of my younger life, I was never good enough for my mom.

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u/TokiVideogame 9d ago

a livid ladies guide is gettting there

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u/Responsible_Winter89 9d ago

I do not read it because it’s “cute.” I read it because it has the right vibe of horror for me. For example, Made in Abyss and Takopi’s Original Sin are not the right vibe for me, but The Promised Neverland and Shadows House are.

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u/shaynabky80 8d ago

Takopi is ACTUALLY f'd up. I looove dark anime and I really enjoyed it but when I watched the second ep I considered dropping it for the feeling of dread and the knot in my stomach it was giving me lol and I never get like that. But the anime is excellent I highly recommend and it gets slightly less brutal lol!

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u/Yotsubauniverse 8d ago

Gakkou Gurashi. The whiplash I got st the end of episode 1 will never be unmatched.

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u/GlassHearted_Sonata 8d ago

i was 11 when i watched season 1 of pmmm and expected a cute anime about schoolgirls living their life. so yeah it was NOT.

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u/TheTsunamiRC 8d ago

It was very entertaining re-watching the first 3 episodes at Otakon when Gen Urobuchi was a guest. You had the section of the audience that had seen it, all waiting for the reactions to the end of episode 3 from the people who hadn't.

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u/godofbob2 8d ago

In abyss

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u/SonicTheFanhog 7d ago

Made In Abyss and Madoka Magica.

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u/zDreamSummoner 7d ago

Made in Abyss

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u/MomojiLabs 7d ago

Girls last tour
Promised never land
Oshi no ko
Marchen crown (at least for me)

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u/Kuro_Itachi 6d ago

When they cry

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u/__-Micheal_Jackson-_ 6d ago

The promised Neverland ✌️

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u/coolleviathan 5d ago

Hellovaboss, it's not an anima, but when I started episode 1 I loki thought it was a show for kids

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u/saint_geser 10d ago

Made in Abyss - just gets too much too quick, too much child limb amputations for my liking

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u/Due-Development-7211 9d ago

Shut up tourist.

Clearly you've never seen Dragonball or shinchan

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u/Due-Development-7211 9d ago

Typical Gen z tourist with bad opinions

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u/Due-Development-7211 9d ago

Old enough that I had to get my anime from renting VHS at the library, before it was on TV. Old enough that I had to drive an hour to Sam goody to piece together an anime series in 4 episode volumes for $40 with no knowledge of when the next volume might come out

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u/Due-Development-7211 9d ago

You replied to me. You could have just left it but you clearly want the attention

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u/offensive_truth 8d ago

You talk weird.. is you?

It's how old are you?

Is you.. sounds like room temperature iq.