Have any of you guys ever seen this? What did you think with its messages related to democracy / authoritarianism and such?
74 posts and 32 image replies omitted./a/ has the shittiest, most infantile takes on LotGH. I'll never participate in one of their threads again, lmao
>>13853>going on /a/ for good discussionThe only /a/ threads that aren't total trash (or at least not when I used to go there) were threads for Naruto, One Piece and for some reason Louise the Zero.
- Dragon Ball? Latinos shitposting and being fags
- Hunter x Hunter? circlejerking over the same shit over and over again
- Tanya the Evil? "Ohhh I luv anticommunist cunt-loli!" (see
>>795 thread)
- Konosuba? The same dead reddit memes about useless Aqua and lolicon cravings over Megumin
- Gundam? Same generic takes over and over again about literally nothing
- Evangelion? Asuka v Rei, HOAD, Kaworu uvu and more shit takes.
- Every classic old anime? "Totally not that deep fag! Stoopid leftist materialism, let me fap to my rightoid fantasy!"
The only reason AoT isn't mentioned is because it got memed the fuck out.
>>13854I'm glad that the far-rightiod fags who self-insert as Arin got totally whiped out. I feel like the author is just some dumb lib who overly valorized some fascist asshole MC Mary Sue and wanted to knock him down a peg despite how illogical it was.
>>13857Yeah I think the author realized he'd been going too hardline fascist and decided to just keep on cucking the MC.
>>3863Nearly the whole thing was leading up to social liberal propaganda.
>>11342>it is not as anti democracy as many people claimIt's actually more anti-democratic than people probably even realize. Because it does the historically-ignorant thing where it conflates republican oligarchy with democracy when in fact for two thousand years after Aristotle it was understood to be its opposite. This old bait-and-switch is one of the most calamitous errors of modern politics and most people commit it in total ignorance after having been brainwashed since childhood by Jefferson's Orwellian disciples.
>>3863The series thesis is not consist of dialectical materialism but Republic-Caesarism cycle. Not a good education. Ngl Alliance should've ended with Yang agreeing to lead the coup & establish a military Soviet.
Unfortunately, Yang didn't want that. That's the mistake. But the franchise didn't frame his value as an error yet inevitability. That's ultimately still Japanese nihilism.
But of course, it's still debunked the end of history doctrine before its time.
Yang ideology however, proven incorrect & should've been depicted as such. Then it can be a critic of militarism because ultimately it disheartens people to the prospect of progress. As a historian, Yang couldn't have overlooked the material contradictions of his country yet he choose for idealization of values, is pretty much a fatigue of social conscience that plagues even someone like him. THAT is the real tragedy.
Yeah, resign after take office for a certain time is a good precedent (since Yang is so pro-democracy). But tbh there's a lot need to be fix affirmatively in Alliance (like what kind of solar system that lacks food, how its development & how its distribution). From that foundation alone, the Empire better off than them. Because their domains mostly consist of agrarian feudal states.
>>12145They reference a "commune" at one point when on Iserlohn
>>18683Commune is also a common administrative division
>>3863>Have any of you guys ever seen this?"Sometimes it gets so hard without you…it seems to me, the whole world's away"
Absolutely Beautiful, I started it in late Nov and finished it towards the end of January and thought it was the peak of anime, the death of Yang was really hard to watch, inducing genuine anxiety and the feelings of foreboding in me. The critic in me would have rather both Reinhard and Yang to have lived though, and prefers the show prior to the culmination of the Terra assassination. After watching the first two movies, I think I'll watch the new series before finishing all of the old stuff to savor the older experience.
Good anime. I watched it years ago but I'm thinking about rewatching it again.
>>20761>screaming about loli out of nowherefuck off
>>20763>This retard doesn't recognize the "take a seat" reference>Doesn't recognize the "1000 year old vampire/demon loli" joke that's been staple of weeb community humor for decades>Immediately gets defensive about "muh loli"Sounds like you got something to hide schizo-newfag. Lurk moar and relax your anus.
>>20761I want her to shoot me uwu
>>10688I think that these scenes were definitely an influence on OG Evangelion's battle bridge look
Reposting 7ko's question in the relevant thread
>Are Wenli and Reinhard in LoGH supposed to represent the Confucian-Legalist dialectic?
>>7196That pic always cracks me up
>>29564>I have a feeling it's just full of retarded bourgeois philosophy.also yes
It's a fun space opera with some neat sci fi and plausible politics. What more do you want?
>>29564It's a great show, might be my favorite anime. I definitely recommend it.
Politically it goes in a few different directions, I wouldn't call it Marxist by any means though.
ALSO make sure you watch the one from the 80s/90s and not the new slop one.
Incredible show. Nothing like it in any other medium. W Schenkopp, W Attenborough, W Iron Muller, fuck sissy Reinhardt and his bitch Kirchheiss.
>>29567There is no proletarian anime.
As far as bourgeois slop goes, LoGH is a gem.
>>29564The show is a masterpiece and you should watch it.
Of the twin protagonists, one is a diehard liberal who is definitely portrayed as the good guy, but his naive idealism costs him on more than one occasion. Meanwhile the liberal regime he is part of is portrayed every bit as corrupt and dysfunctional as it's real-world analogues are. There is no rosy-eyed "liberalism fuck yeah" to be found here.
its gigakino
i tried to watch it but i thought the writing was too retarded for what it was trying to accomplish
lotgh is magnificent, but certainly not for marxist political commentary lol. the worldbuilding, character depth and conflict, and political complexity, are what make this show a gem, and one of my personal fav anime of all time.
i think if you project the expectation of agreeable political philosophy onto media, *especially* as a marxist, you're setting a pretty narrow configuration for what you can and can't enjoy :P
>>29564Excellent show, give it a watch.
>>29583It really is. The stark deviation from traditional shows of the medium and the attempt to showcase the difference between a
corrupt democracy and a benevolent dictatorship gives it a hand above almost everything else in the medium.
Anybody feel it predicted Trump? it's liberalism vs fascism but you somehow end up rooting for the fascism
>>29609Reinhardt actually tried to help the people with public works/etc whenever he was in-between battles, so I'd say no.
>>29565>democracy is about friendship and everybody being equal What the fuck? Can't the writers just go live in a democracy for one week to know what it's like?
It has a liberal lens, as one would expect, but the actual plot and the characters are compelling enough that you will like it. One of the best anime ever made and I say that unironically.
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