I genuinely mean it. I know every anime I like the fandom is just filled with annoying Tumblr/Twitter fans (should I even call them that?). At least a couple years ago I could be in a fandom but not all of it was filled with annoying Tumblr users, there’d be some sane people left. Now it’s like there’s no sane people anymore in fandom. Can there at least be one anime fandom where headcanons and sexuality aren’t forced upon a character?
I recently just got into Trigun and I was browsing Aliexpress for merch and saw a button saying “I watched Trigun and now I’m blonde and transgender” like what the hell does that mean? How does an anime with Christian themes to it attract these types of people? Like get outta here lol.
Idk it just sucks being an anime fan in this current time.
Almost everyone is tourists on this topic. OP is talking about Trigun, other people are recommending Shield Hero and Berserk and Fist of the North Star. The most surface level of shows possible, likely because they only engage with things that are already popular and have thriving fanbases to meme with.
I think that's just as big an issue as any woke bullshit. The fact that people just need their entertainment to be half social/team bullshit that they can be a tribe with. It not only limits them to the same cliche "I'll sound cool if I recommend this one" lines, but constantly exposed playing right into the Woke's hands by leaving that gaping vulnerability of needing fandoms to enjoy things.
People recommend those shows because they're good.
Now I can sit here and recommend someone go watch Kamen No Maid Guy just for the scene where he plugs a USB into his ear because I think it's hilarious, but the simple truth is that Berserk or Shield Hero are just straight up better shows so they're the ones that I'm going to recommend someone. Hell, even a good but more obscure show like No Edo Rocket is going to be lower down on the priority list because it's more of an acquired taste and without knowing the individual's tastes well enough I'm not going to know that pointing them in that direction isn't going to just waste their time.
They're also so well known that if you've watched any anime you already know of them and their quality. Heck most of them you already know half the twists and famous scenes because the memes are so pervasive you've seen them all before you even could sit down to read it (see, Donovan's face and the Rape Horse from Berserk).
Also:
This nigga stopped watching before the Spirit Turtle started.
You wish. I'm looking forward to season 4.
Does it actually improve from there? I dropped out (manga reader) when after Spirit Turtle it implied he was going to another another world and realized I hadn't enjoyed it since Bitch's trial.