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Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [Week 4] (ani.social)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by wjs018@ani.social to c/anime@ani.social

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Another week is upon us, which means another weekly thread. For those of you out there that prescribe to the three episode rule of thumb for shows, it is crunch time for shows to prove their worth. As always, please use this thread however you like, whether that be questions, comments, suggestions, etc. Some examples might be:

Who did it better, Frieren's First Class Mage Exam or Harry Potter's Tri-Wizard Tournament?
Is The Dangers in My Heart a cautionary tale about high cholesterol?
In Blue Exorcist, why doesn't somebody cheer him up?

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[–] wjs018@ani.social 2 points 1 year ago

You bring up a good point I hadn't really thought about before, that the medical drama genre isn't as represented in anime as it is in Western media. There are many examples that I can think of from US television (House, ER, Grey's Anatomy, etc.), and I haven't even watched any of those shows. However, I would really have to go searching to try to find them in anime form. Maybe games? I can think of the Trauma Center series of games which are medical drama visual novels. Interesting observation!

In any case, I tend not to watch medical shows because it is a bit too close to what I do professionally, and my suspension of disbelief is pretty easily stretched beyond the breaking point when it is in a field I actually know a lot about. It really makes me think that other genres must also really stretch reality quite a bit, but I just don't know enough to know any better. Next thing I know, you are going to tell me that soccer isn't played like it is in Blue Lock.