Olives @olives@qoto.org

Honestly, I'm surprised Re:Monster got adapted into an #anime. I distinctly remember it being like DEVOUR DEVOUR DEVOUR. Lol. Entertaining in it's own way.

It's a novel about a guy who gets reincarnated as a goblin and he can gain someone's abilities by devouring them.

If you read those kinds of light novels, chances are you will run into the god novels.

The power levels drive the plot. It creates an excuse for the gods to fight with each other, and to pursue becoming more powerful gods.

In fact, if you just look at Future Diary, the story is about people killing each other over that.

Kado's flaws are more glaring when you compare it to fantasy novels where people are gods but the gods have power levels.

These novels are pretty upfront about the "dude please, of course everyone would want to be a god".

Basically, everyone has the chance to ascend to godhood and they pull the cliché that this isn't what folks should do because they are supposed to be humans living mundane lives.

I think Kado had an interesting concept for a more serious anime, although the ending was very forced.

It's well known that No Game No Life's light novel is lewder than the anime.

One reason for this might be that anime adaptations are often intended to air on the television (even if they sell a disc with less censored scenes).

But, it might have something to do with how it's adapted (remember that adaptations are truncated or sped up).

Light novels can be lewder than the anime adaptations of them.

If there is someone out there who enjoys watching that, then cool, hope they enjoy it, but then, watching something really serious is not my idea of entertainment.

There was a guy who pitched Legend of the Galactic Empires because it's supposed to be a more cerebral anime (no link to Netflix).

I watch like an episode and can't be bothered to watch another one.

There are people who seem to assume that people write light novels so that the light novels can become anime (which would be the main product), but it's actually the light novels which are the main product.

Something to note about transported to another world titles is that they are often better fleshed out (i.e. world building) in the light novels.

It's the light novels which are the main product, not the #anime adaptations. The adaptations might be sped up or truncated.

I remember that Netflix tried to do a more cerebral anime with Exception and barely anyone seems interested in it.

There are plenty of transported to another world type titles because clearly a lot of people enjoy watching such titles.

Some of these things are also akin to beating a horse. If someone doesn't like, say, the transported to another world genre, then it's pointless to watch such titles just to complain. They are not the target audience.

#anime @anime

This is particularly the case when someone goes out of their way to watch a title which they know they wouldn't be interested in. While infantile language could be an indicator, another indicator could be a profile which looks themed to drum up provocation. #anime @anime

When is it or isn't appropriate to do a review? I'm inclined to think that if a title is relatively niche, or targeted at a particular niche, it can be easy for hate or disdain to be dressed up as a "review". #anime @anime

I wanted to flag this as a phenomena which happens as when someone behaves in that particular exaggerated fashion, it's important to process this phenomena accordingly.