Never-Ending Anime

It's been quite sometime since my last post. I only wrote occasionally - meaning anytime that I remember I still have a blog (...) - because it's hard for me to find something to scribble. Furthermore, my English is bad, but I still choose to use it because some things can be described better using English than Malay. And of course I need to improve my second language, if that's the least i can learn in NZ. As usual, I'm gonna talk about anime, only this time i won't focus in a particular anime - but rather a bunch of it. My main topic is "anime which is long enough making some people tired to watch". Well, I might digress from it .

Firstly, I bet you guys have noticed the pattern of a never-ending anime. In my observation, those kinds of anime - for instance, Bleach, Naruto and One Piece - would have a filler. You would probably said 'like, duh..' to that, but wouldn't you agree that fillers are too much and unnecessary in the first place? Well, I know they did that to fill the gap between one seasons so people won't have to wait idly for the next one - maybe. But it sure kills anime lovers outside of Japan! (I'm dying to ask whether the Japanese really like the fillers) However, from my personal view, One Piece has good fillers. The filler such as the 'G8 Arc' where Luffy's crew fell from the sky into the marine's nest has a quality as good as the original one. So, I won't complain much. But for Naruto's fillers... it's just painful to watch it. It's not only 'not good', but I find it very childish that only small children would watch it (but the fanservice wouldn't suggest it).


Now, it comes to the part that I 'like' the most - the second pattern of a never-ending anime; a fairly ridiculous amount of flashback. Flashback is essential for a story. It serves as a reminder to the viewers and often creates suspense in a story, or develop a character. But when the same flashback repeated several times, eventhough not in the same episode, it could cause boredom and annoyance instead. As if viewers have bad memories, they are inserted in the anime without putting a limit how often a flashback can be. An example of anime with a whole lot of flashbacks is Naruto (it's not that I condemn Naruto, trust me). Sometimes I think of it as a spoiler to a good action. Because the flashback always comes between fights, climax or even repeated over and over again. As for bleach, there's also a lot of them, but I think it's not overboard. Same as One Piece.
Generally speaking, I think Naruto's storyline has improved by time (maybe since Naruto has grown up ^.^) plus there's a lot of actions also less idling around. I admit I can't relax like before when watching it cos suspense and surprises come one after another without warning. But that's more exciting, isn't it? For Bleach.. erm, frankly I'm quite disappointed with it. I don't know if it's only me, but I realized that the quality of the graphic has decreased. Even the expression of the characters has not done well. I wonder whatever happened. It's as if they change the artist of the anime - or did they? O_o Whatever the reason is, because of that I'm less keen to watch Bleach than before. And it's certainly not because of it's length. On the other hand, I think it's quite the opposite for One Piece. I know by instinct that the quality or even the storyline would be the same as before, if not better. But.. maybe it's a bit too long for me to follow it. I will someday, but my current internet -which is so slow I'd die - tells me to find a nice short anime for now. Or just read a one-shot manga. It's shorter, but still took hours to read at home T_T.

Alrighty then, I'll stop for now. Ideas won't come out anymore. Maybe I'll write my next post next month, or maybe you'll have to wait longer (if you are even waiting).

Lastly: Enjoy living, others won't hurt you if you don't let them. And don't give up on anime yet!

miaomiao