Recent content by Obey

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    Iron-Blooded Orphans - Gundam, anime, and child soldiers

    Since you already said above that my my response is for nought and that you yourself has lost a lot of conviction in your initial hypothesis, I guess me commenting further will be meaningless. But I'll just say this, I think IBO's portrayal of Mika is a bit refreshing. Although he is the MC...
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    Iron-Blooded Orphans - Gundam, anime, and child soldiers

    Oh, a reply. I didn't realize that. Been busy. Anyway, I'm glad I can interact. Did I? Maybe because I think you're underestimating the audience's (Japanese, in this case) intelligence or ability to differentiate between fantasy/fiction and reality. I'm already tired of people accusing games...
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    Iron-Blooded Orphans - Gundam, anime, and child soldiers

    Youth violence is glamorized? Maybe in battle-shounen genre like Naruto, One Piece, Bleach, Fairy Tail, etc. but even the "glamorized" violence are relevant to the world the characters live in. Please note that many shounen actions are set in different world with different values and I think the...