2009-03-18, 04:04 PM
IllegallySane Wrote:Ok, you're REALLY looking into this too much. They're fictional characters. They're not meant to follow the rules so tightly. What difference does it make if Magus killed a country's worth of people and Vegeta killed a planet's worth? Am I now supposed to hate Darth Vader with a passion? Am I supposed to now want Hannibal Lecter hanged instead of imprisoned? Should I now be on a manhunt for the Joker? Should I have had the Riddler dead instead of having him help the police force using his brilliant mind?? They're fictional for a reason: they're meant to entertain people.
It's not just DBZ, it's a problem I have with anime in general. Like Gundam Zero has random people exclaiming "omfg you Gundam pilots are so gentle" but the series is almost entirely about them blowing up hundreds of manned machines which really pose no threat to them. Then you have crying freeman where some woman begs the main character not to let her drown, and he right there drowns her... and then starts "crying." Crocodile tears anyone? I'd say with anime stuff like this is the rule, not the exception. And little kids watch it, which to me is seriously disturbing.
Japanese animation is visually attractive but I seriously wonder who the hell thinks up this $hit. I'll take Garfield over this junk any day.