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The Meme Reminded Me That I Need To Write Up My Epic Manga Hierarchy Post
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lalita_b :
In your opinion, which is the anime/manga you know that...
...you like the most?
Soul Eater
...has the best character development?
Saiyuki
...has the most original plot?
Princess Tutu
...has the most imaginative writers?
This is a tie between Soul Eater (the world building) and Princess Tutu (absolutely everything).
...has the biggest Gary Stu among its characters?
Naruto. See title character. And also Sasuke.
...has the biggest Mary Sue among its characters?
I have yet to met a female character who reaches the Sue-heights of Sasuke and Naruto. Although to be fair, the protagonist of Sailor Moon typifies everything I hate about anime female characters.
...inspired you to draw your first anime fanart?
I have yet to inflict my horrific art on anyone.
...inspired you to write your first anime fanfic?
Fullmetal Alchemist, which was my very first anime.
...has made you laugh more than any other?
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
...has the best filler episodes?
Apparently Ouran Host Club has filler episodes which I never noticed, so I'm going to go with that anime.
...you stopped watching for some time, then started watching again?
Skip Beat
...is the sequel that should have never been made?
To be honest, I'm not thrilled about a second FMA series being made, although I've yet to actually watch it.
...you're embarrassed to admit you like?
Naruto
...pissed you off when they stopped airing it?
I can't think of anything.
...made you cry the most?
I've cried at two works of fiction in my entire life - neither were anime.
...started out well, then went down?
Black Cat.
...had a mediocre plot but excellent characters?
Naruto, Yankee-kun to Megane-chan (seriously, plot? In that anime?).
...had a good premise but the characters were incredibly obnoxious?
Bleach.
...you watched just because you were "in love" with a character?
Well, I kept reading Naruto past the wave arc because of Kakashi....
...hated when they aired fillers?
Soul Eater. DAMN YOU EXCALIBUR, DAMN YOU TO HELL!
...impressed you just because it existed?
Claymore
...never could follow up and understand no matter how much you tried?
Serial Experiments: Lain. Also, I typically need someone to explain the plot of Black Lagoon to me after I finish reading the arc.
...every time you watched an episode you had to comment it with your neighbors?
Naruto, Soul Eater.
...is a disgrace for everything animation-related?
Sailor Moon, Pokemon. Both shows that taught me that as a genre, I did not like anime.
lalita_b :In your opinion, which is the anime/manga you know that...
...you like the most?
Soul Eater
...has the best character development?
Saiyuki
...has the most original plot?
Princess Tutu
...has the most imaginative writers?
This is a tie between Soul Eater (the world building) and Princess Tutu (absolutely everything).
...has the biggest Gary Stu among its characters?
Naruto. See title character. And also Sasuke.
...has the biggest Mary Sue among its characters?
I have yet to met a female character who reaches the Sue-heights of Sasuke and Naruto. Although to be fair, the protagonist of Sailor Moon typifies everything I hate about anime female characters.
...inspired you to draw your first anime fanart?
I have yet to inflict my horrific art on anyone.
...inspired you to write your first anime fanfic?
Fullmetal Alchemist, which was my very first anime.
...has made you laugh more than any other?
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
...has the best filler episodes?
Apparently Ouran Host Club has filler episodes which I never noticed, so I'm going to go with that anime.
...you stopped watching for some time, then started watching again?
Skip Beat
...is the sequel that should have never been made?
To be honest, I'm not thrilled about a second FMA series being made, although I've yet to actually watch it.
...you're embarrassed to admit you like?
Naruto
...pissed you off when they stopped airing it?
I can't think of anything.
...made you cry the most?
I've cried at two works of fiction in my entire life - neither were anime.
...started out well, then went down?
Black Cat.
...had a mediocre plot but excellent characters?
Naruto, Yankee-kun to Megane-chan (seriously, plot? In that anime?).
...had a good premise but the characters were incredibly obnoxious?
Bleach.
...you watched just because you were "in love" with a character?
Well, I kept reading Naruto past the wave arc because of Kakashi....
...hated when they aired fillers?
Soul Eater. DAMN YOU EXCALIBUR, DAMN YOU TO HELL!
...impressed you just because it existed?
Claymore
...never could follow up and understand no matter how much you tried?
Serial Experiments: Lain. Also, I typically need someone to explain the plot of Black Lagoon to me after I finish reading the arc.
...every time you watched an episode you had to comment it with your neighbors?
Naruto, Soul Eater.
...is a disgrace for everything animation-related?
Sailor Moon, Pokemon. Both shows that taught me that as a genre, I did not like anime.
no subject
Although, have you read Jim Butcher's Codex Alera series (good series, badass girls, I think you'd like it)? Basically, the entire premise was based on Pokemon, the lost Roman legion, and Jim's desire to win an argument that there is no such thing as a bad idea. I think he did a pretty good job of taking a series where the monsters are fucking cute and making them so they're fucking-dangerous-rip-your-bleeding-jaw-out monsters, which we all know are the kind he likes better.
And I'm surprised you've watched Ouran.
SPOILERS FO CODEX ALERA
I have read the Codex Alera series, which I really, really liked until the last two books when it seemed like he was cock!blocking Amara to give Bernard more chances to be awesome, and then he did that think where Amara is all, 'tra la la I'm a married women now, so I'm wearing skirts and not flying fast because oh noes, the peasants won't like it! But my husband likes me wearing skirts and making nice with his peasants and provides me sexual favors that make ME like not being the woman he fell in love with!'
It really bothered me, and made that scene at the end of the book, where Bernard put the slave collar on her flat out disturbing instead of clever and disturbing and hot. I remember reading that scene and going, you know, they hadn't done that in the beginning of the book, I would think this scene is the best think since sliced toast.'
It felt like a betrayal of Amara, who was always shown to be very professional and love her job dearly. (And yeah, I can see her having some backlash towards that idea after the last book, but I would have liked her husband to have been concerned about it and not thrilled.)
Why are you so surprised I've watched Ouran? I'm not afraid of shojo.