One
day while looking over my blog I realized that the majority of the
articles
that I write for Jeckyllcast and Blog are reviews of various anime
shows and movies. One thing that is important to realize about reviews
are invariably subjective as any review requires
an opinion. Even a review that says Princess Monoke is good or Akikan
is bad is actually just a subjective opinion. Thus for another topic
that I can blog about I have decided to write about what I consider to
be good in terms of anime which will hopefully make reading my reviews
more worthwhile.
One
of the most enduring debates in the field of visual media (anime and
beyond) is the importance of characters versus plot in a given work.
There are even arguments about how some people who prefer one thing over
the other determines one's quality as a fan (see more here). In truth
both of them are important as all stories are what happens to the
characters and if you don't care about either the characters or what
happens to them the story will fall apart for the viewer.
One
thing that I think it is important is that all of the main characters
are important to the story. If there isn't a character who has a
significant impact on the story then they shouldn't have a significant
presence in the show. I find this problem is particularly common in
slice of life shows as they are often about the lives of four school
girls and for the most part the show might as well be about the lives of
three girls, a manzai comedy pair and a viewpoint character. It has
gotten so bad that this phenomenon has been lampshaded in Yuru Yuri in
how Akari is the odd girl out who has no real place in the show.
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