Been a combination of busy and also just uninspired when it comes to writing lately, but I really want to write something, so here’s something. While browsing the MAL anime discussion forum for ideas, I sometimes notice certain trends in the posts where a lot of them are sort of commenting on the same general topic or idea. And this has been happening again recently. So I’ll try and read the room here and take a shot at what I think has been going on. Just to be clear, I’m only going by the forum post titles, I don’t actually delve into these and see specifics (if there are any given in the po ..read more

To clarify, since I didn’t want the post title to be super long, this prompt is referring to an anime being ruined due to external factors. Like you hear about how people won’t watch a certain anime because the manga author said a certain thing, or because a studio did X, or whatever. Basically, anything that isn’t the actual anime itself. This one is actually kind of tough for me, because I personally don’t really care too much about external factors when it comes to things like this. I mean, I’m not really exposed to any of it either. I’ve read people mention that the author of Attack on Ti ..read more

I feel like this is a prompt that most connoisseurs of their respective genres of anime would have different ideas for. Like I can just imagine someone who watches a lot of daily life / romance anime feeling like certain character interactions or scenarios don’t seem all that realistic or whatever. And of course, being a fanatical fantasy binge watcher myself, my mind naturally thought up some ideas related to that more fantastical side of anime. Safety in Medieval Settings First up is one of the biggest aspects I’ve had an issue with for, well a long time. And that’s just how safe these medi ..read more

This one seemed interesting, I’m sure people have mentioned this sort of thing before here and there in other posts. It could even be as simple as a thought like “this character reminds me of ____”. And overall this is really just a subjective thing, I don’t plan on researching author interviews and whatnot trying to find the smoking fun where they admit that they took inspiration from X character or whatever. I’m sure if I went down my anime list and spent a lot of time pondering various characters I could come up with a better answer, but for the moment all I’ve got is a pretty broad one. B ..read more

Original question on MAL was just outright claiming that isekai is the most misunderstood, a bold claim to be sure, but I thought this question would be better when opened up to all genres. Although honestly, I feel like this is the type of question that just provokes bold answers, since you have to declare one genre more misunderstood than all others. That, and the idea of calling something “misunderstood” comes with the connotation that you understand said thing more than most people, which can also feel a bit arrogant haha. But hey, let’s all be a little arrogant here with this one. So why ..read more

Here’s another prompt by myself. I know, shamelessly prompting myself here on the blog… what can I say, I get an idea and decide to just turn it into an impromptu prompt! This one was actually just because I wanted to share a funny little thing on MAL that I noticed before going into the depths of the forums to see if I could find any interesting topics to turn into a prompt. So I figured, may as well turn this one into it’s own prompt, and the topic is basically random anime interaction(s) we’ve possibly had with others, either in real life or just online. Although I admit, mine is not so mu ..read more

I’ll admit, the source for this prompt was just myself. But that won’t stop me from answering my own burning questions! I’m sure we’ve all encountered something or another that we thought would be cool to see in anime. I recently wrote a story idea along these lines. But in this case, it’s not exactly a full story idea, but more just an idea that could fit into various kinds of stories, although there is still an overall archetype that my present idea fits. My idea was inspired by the words “chaotic, neutral, lawful”, which as I’m sure you’re aware are often used to describe the morality of c ..read more

Let’s continue with the theme of the last prompt, but this time, let’s look at the biggest flaw of our favourite characters! Similar, but different! I’ve mentioned it before, and it’s still true, that Seiya Ryuuguuin is my favourite character. The guy is just a total legend, and there really isn’t anyone like him out there. So what’s his biggest flaw? He’s too cautious! And that’s a wrap, so what’s your favourite character’s biggest flaw? Just kidding. At face value, you may think something like that he takes too much on himself and doesn’t rely on others, but if you pay attention in the ser ..read more

Well, this is a good one I think, but it’s also difficult right off the bat because I have to decide upon my favourite anime again. Or at least, my favourite at the moment. I’d say that my favourite fantasy title of late has to be Eminence in Shadow, so I’ll go with that for this prompt. There’s just so much I love about the story, how it’s told, and the dynamics that go on there, as well as some mysteries surrounding the nature of everything. But anyways, this prompt isn’t for rambling about my favourite anime, but rather, to point out it’s biggest flaw. “It’s too short” – Many people Of cou ..read more

Here’s an interesting one I found recently, it’s along the lines of a recent genre prompt I wrote about. This would be referring to genres such as shounen, shoujo, seinen, josei. Basically, the categories would be boys, girls, men, women. I guess there’s probably another genre category as well for children. And so the follow-up question would be something like, are these genres even necessary? First off, I could see why some may feel like these sorts of genre categories aren’t necessary. With the exception of children, one could argue that putting a label along the lines of male / female coul ..read more