My personal favorite for flawed reasons is Madoka because I was there for the live reactions to the infamous episode and it was magical watching everyone lose their shit. It was also my re-introduction to anime after being shamed out of it for liking sailor moon as a kid.

    • Gogoplata [he/him]
      hexagon
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      2 years ago

      Is that rare here? I guess it is kinda sus tbh, but I don’t want to be disappointed so maybe don’t be too honest lol

      • barrbaric [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Honestly, I'd be surprised if it wasn't popular here. A pretty common interpretation, imo, is that

        spoiler

        Kyuubey represents capitalism and patriarchy, among other things. I also have compelling evidence that he was behind 9/11.

        • Gogoplata [he/him]
          hexagon
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          2 years ago

          That’s dope and mind expanding because I never considered that. I just assumed the hate boner this place has for anime meant anything that could be considered loli is haram.

          • Cromalin [she/her]
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            2 years ago

            kyubey is exploiting young girls into sacrificing their lives to make an abstract number go up while telling them that this is actually empowering. i don't have much beyond that, but you could definitely find a valid reading.

      • Comp4 [she/her]
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        2 years ago

        Oh no. Im sure there are others. Just happy to see a comrade enjoy Madoka

        • Gogoplata [he/him]
          hexagon
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          2 years ago

          Such a good show. I know the chans are bad, but looking up the archive of the live discussion thread for episode 3 is always a laugh. Urabuchi perfected the bait and switch tbh.

            • Gogoplata [he/him]
              hexagon
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              2 years ago

              There’s more than one, but googling “archive madoka episode 3 chan” comes up with multiple

                • Gogoplata [he/him]
                  hexagon
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                  2 years ago

                  Yeee, I’ll link the specific one I’m referring to if I can find before getting too sleepy. Multiple lokos deep at this point lmao