>Darling in the FranXX: Japanese anime series about fighting for the survival of humanity
>Darling in the FranXX is an original Japanese animated (anime) television series that aired between January and July 2018. It includes 24 episodes and was created by Studio Trigger under the direction of Atsushi Nishigori, who was the character designer for the popular series Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagannin 2007. The series is now available on the streaming service Crunchyroll, which specializes in East Asian media.
>The series takes place in a future dystopian world where humans live in self-contained, glass-domed cities, defended by young teenagers who operate the FranXX—giant robotic weapons (mecha) that require a pair of pilots, one male and one female, to operate. The children defend the cities from klaxosaurs, a mysterious race of beings who live underground and regularly attack the cities.
>The children themselves are indoctrinated in regard to the history of humanity and the overall circumstances surrounding their service. They aspire to be “adults,” a number of whom live in the center of the cities, but with whom they never get to interact. The people in power are collectively referred to by the children as “Papa,” and they pray to them, as though to a deity, before each meal.
>The series’ main protagonist is a young pilot named Hiro, who once showed great promise, but in recent years has found himself unable to operate the machinery with success. The operation of the FranXX is associated with the onset of puberty, with the male and female crew members assuming positions within the machines that are overtly sexual.
>The principal aim of the show’s creators seems to be to examine what it means to be a human. (But how enriched and developed is their conception?) We learn that the society’s “adults” are humans who underwent a process whereby they could become immortal at the expense of their reproductive systems. They live in an advanced state of unchanging age, but no longer have interactions with each other and live sterile lives where they do not even speak.
>Anime is a complex medium, with many divisions and subdivisions. Its roots in Japan are generally traced back to the early twentieth century, but it was not until the 1970s and 1980s that the form became a part of mainstream Japanese culture. This was no doubt a contradictory phenomenon.
>Japanese anime no doubt has mobilized considerable skill and even artistic brilliance. But like other artistic forms that emerged in the late 1970s and 1980s, it inevitably bears the stamp of the cultural and social problems of the time. The receding of the radicalization of the late 1960s and early 1970s (which had been very intense and explosive in Japan) had consequences. No matter what its admirers may say, there is an element of escapism in anime. That doesn’t disqualify it, but one has to be honest. It cannot be a coincidence that the rise of anime coincided with the collapse of the Japanese cinema as a serious intellectual force. One of the greatest national cinemas of the postwar period, Japanese filmmaking has produced almost nothing enduring or penetrating about the reality of life in that country over the past several decades.Get the full article at
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/08/20/frxx-a20.html and other important insights, of the ICFI.
>>9503The growing Darling in the Franxx movement, despite increasingly desperate denial from the pseudo-left Pabloite revisionist renegades, is striking fear into the hearts of the global imperialist monopoly bourgeoisie. Global capitalism, now more than 80 years into its terminal death agony, can only be transcended through the fulfillment of the objective historical revolutionary role of the proletariat. The emancipation of the proletariat must be the act of the proletariat itself - under the leadership, of course, of the one true world party of socialist revolution, the International Committee of the Fourth International. In their steadfast struggle against all forms of pseudo-left vulgarizations of revolutionary Marxism, David North and the SEP have won the Rank and File proletariat to a genuine Marxist program. The contradictions of global imperialism threaten a Third World War fought with nuclear weapons, much alike what happens in the hit anime TV series, Darling in the Franxx, and therefore the fate of not just the working class, but the human species itself, depends on resolutely exposing the Pabloites, Grantites, Cliffites, Healyites, Hansenites, Wohlforthites, Mandelites, Steinerites, and all other forms of counter-revolutionary opportunism blocking the path to left unity and planetary proletarian revolution. We urge all workers, youth, and intellectuals stirred by this call to action to unite in Rank and File Committees, watch Darling in the Franxx, and praise its brilliant decision to end in a struggle against the eternal alien menace and their crypto-fascist hivemind agenda, and to contact the International Committee today.
>>9503Much agreed comrade. The growing Japanese animation movement, despite increasingly desperate denial from the pseudo-left Pabloite revisionist renegades, is still striking fear into the hearts of the global imperialist monopoly bourgeoisie. Global capitalism, now more than 80 years into its terminal death agony, can only be transcended through the fulfillment of the objective historical revolutionary role of the class conscious proletariat. The emancipation of the proletariat must be the act of the proletariat itself - under the sole leadership, of course, of the one true world party of socialist revolution, the International Committee of the Fourth International. In their steadfast struggle against all forms of pseudo-left vulgarizations of revolutionary Marxism, David North and the SEP have won the Rank and File proletariat to a genuine Marxist program. The contradictions of global imperialism threaten a Third World War fought with nuclear weapons, and therefore the fate of not just the working class, but the human species itself, depends on resolutely exposing the Pabloites, Grantites, Cliffites, Healyites, Hansenites, Wohlforthites, Mandelites, Steinerites, and all other forms of counter-revolutionary opportunism blocking the path to left unity and planetary proletarian revolution. We urge all workers, youth, and intellectuals stirred by this call to action to unite in Rank and File Committees and to contact the International Committee today.
anarchismAnarchism >>9503Darling in the Franxx has to be most right wing anime which aired in recent years. It subtlety plays with the conservative ideology (traditional gender roles and Cis identity) unlike Gunbuster which blatantly romanticized the imagery of Imperial Japan. By emphasizing on Mitsuru and Kokoro, it is trying to propagate this idea that humanity must stick to traditional role of continuation of species. By rendering Kokoro unfit for piloting Franxx, a metaphor for career women losing their job after getting pregnant, we are told that it’s okay as long as they are curing gays of their homosexuality like Mitsuru.
Mitsuru was your stereotypical angst gay who was frustrated for repressing his homosexual urges in a strict heterosexual environment. His character development involves not only giving in to the advances of a girl whose secondary sexual characteristics are way more mature than any of the pilots but also impregnating her after being made to undergo intercourse on her urging. Which brings us the curious case of Ikuno, the lesbian dyke of the entrouge. When she finally confesses her feelings to Ichigo, all she gets in reply is that it is okay to have wrong feelings, thus outright stating that homosexuality is wrong. Then we have Franxx, facsimiles of Klaux. By making them strict constructs of binary pairing and intentionally extending it to ancient civilization of Klaux, we are being told that strict hetero cis normitivity is the way things are since olden times and should be followed even in far future. Nines and Virm therefore become the very caricature of left the right wing tries hard to portray. It is very apparent that nines are there to demonize transgenders and their affinity towards Papa to imply the collusion of some concocted Cultural Marxism that leads to this kind of behaviour
>>9515>I am authoritywhat a weird name, but ok, hello Auth, nice to meat you
>culture industry of Japan a reflection of ideology of the ruling class.fine I'm going to watch some of this Franxx, just to see what's up with it.
>>9503>Not posting your own text for the OP and linking to the Article for details>Posting Darling in the FranxxThe show is a ripoff of Evangelion mixed in with some Gundam, it's full of Moe-blob shit and bland characters as well as the kind shitty romance triangle that Evangelion specifically avoided for good reason. Honestly I never thought I would need to repost my breakdown of WHY Darling in the Franxx is shit but I guess I'll have to recover the archives and do that, just so some poor sap doesn't get suckered into watching this trashbin by the hype and the Studio Trigger logo.
The article is also pretty shit since it just says generic things about "anime over the 1970s and 80s" and goes out onto a tangent from the anime at hand.
>>9511A-are you implying that Yaoi and Yuri means you have an understanding about gays and dykes? Yeah, no wonder everyone hates you Fujos.
>>9521Because it allows for cute angry antics and dumb romance drama about "forgetting our promise" and also putting in less work for having a relationship seem real.
>>9517 Don't, just watch Gundam and Evangelion and you've seen 90% of Franxx, everything else is a fanfiction tier obsession with sex and relationships that resembles the Clan Restoration Act from a decade ago (CTRL+F in
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/FandomSpecificPlot/Naruto)
>>9503From the Article Unedited:
>Many of these series do have their charms, as does Darling in the FranXX, and the animation is very skilled, but there tends to be a larger focus on more juvenile themes, which express themselves in the ultimate plot and character progressions in many series, preventing them from saying anything truly insightful about life.
>The themes involved here are fairly banal and platitudinous, and the view of life one takes from them is inevitably limited. The creators of this and most anime series are trying to “teach messages,” but such advice doesn’t amount to much more than empty moralizing in a world racked by escalating social inequality, poverty and war.
>Social inequality is mentioned in passing, but the focus is on interpersonal relationships and sexuality as the real defining characteristics of what it means to live and be human. In their arrogance, adults threw away their ability to reproduce in a selfish attempt to become immortal, but “nature” had other ideas and forced the children to regain their sexuality in order to survive and propagate the human species. The idea of human “progress” is depicted as inherently flawed.
>Darling in the FranXX does have some redeeming qualities in that it pushes the viewer to consider larger social questions and shakes up one’s view of reality, but the lack of a real commitment to thinking through the problems of contemporary life means that the viewer, in the end, is not pushed far or challenged enough. >>15232Nothing memory-holes an anime faster than an ending nobody likes.
I even forgot Trigger were involved in this lmao.
>>15244pochincoff pls (to be fair,they basically were made to look like women)
>>15247Promare sucked ass,Gridman was meh,BNA is pretty iffy,so mostly not. (they're the ones making the cyberpunk 2077 anime too,jesus)
>>15241That and it's blatant Evangelion rip-off aspects.
>>15244Because you're a coomer. But seriously the designs remind of "robots" from early 2000s anime and hentai like pic rel.
>>15249>>15247 Like one of the posts in the BNA thread says, Trigger hasn't been good since it was part of Gainax.
>>17182Because sexual repression being released into hentai and ecchi elements of anime/manga
>>17185>>17184>>17188 Please, touch grass.
>>15242Didn't Trigger also do Kill la Kill and Brand New Animal?
>>9567 Speaking of Gridman, that was one trippy ass mecha with a lot more meta implications than there oughta be. Nothing like what I anticipated.
>>9503Zero two is a discount ripoff of Evangelion's Asuka (and the hilarious part is there's another character that rips off Asuka in it too).
>Asuka original: Ginger Ale >Asuka Rebuild: Diet Sprite <Zero Two: Lukewarm Fanta Face it, she's a ripoff of the worst version of worst girl LOL.
>>21034well yea but again its never in the same profound way that females are.
Men are sexualised but its always for martial prowess in the end.
>>24304>Face it, she's a ripoff of the worst version of worst girl LOL.nah asuka is best girl, ride or die types always are. rei is boring, misato is a hag lol
>>24402>Men are sexualised but its always for martial prowess in the end.negative,charlie
protip:women prefer femboy body types
>>24405>asuka is best girl, ride or die types always areLMAO no, they're the worst, abusive types.
>Rei is boring<Oh no, a quiet, subtle person? Must be boring!You sound like a caricature of high-school jokes mocking nerds, FR.
>misato is a hag <An adult woman at her peak is a hagHave you ever had an adult woman caress you? It's an unforgettable feeling.
>>24417>adult womamThis is redundant.
Women are adults
Thats like saying a female hen or a puppy dog.
>>24407sounds a bit strawmannish
what is otter male body anyway?
An oversized steroided jock?
Also, women have alays loved androgy ous male bodies.
The whole steroided oversized jock is mostly a male thing and is recent.
>>24304I'm going to go against the grain here and say that Zero Two was actually a ripoff of Haruko Haruhara with some Kamina sprinkled in for flavor.
At least until after episode 15 where she suddenly transformed into generic good girl waifu #1374563965247
>>24586>This is redundant You'd think so, but that isn't the case any more. being over 21 is no longer a guarantee a woman is an adult, too many infantilists nowadays.
>what is otter male body anyway? NTA but it takes 2 seconds to look up the term and no it's not
An oversized steroided jock, you sound insecure.
>omen have alays loved androgy ous male bodies.LOL, LMAO even.
>>24593Pretty hot take, but it has some merit.
>>24594>being over 2118 is the minimum legal age
But to address the delayed maturity problem ask Newgene.
As for the oreferred male body type for women, they prefer lean muscle but amdrogynous was historically sought after.
Look at ancient art.
>>24595>>24599Adulrhood is reduced to legality of consumrship. People use age numbers far too much as virtue points. Especially these days.
>>24614Can we please not cry about "pedos" or incels?
Can we please not cry about perpetual sexlessness?
If you do that for me I will shut up.
>>24594>Pink haired girl from out of town who makes a big splash the moment she arrives>Brash and mischievous>Has something of a tendency to just invite herself in>Takes immediate interest in the protagonist and unlocks his own hidden power within him>Most of the protagonist's friends are wary of her and wonder if she's even human>Appears to be on a search for her lost boyfriendI would throw in "has her own agenda and a lot of her antics are building towards her own secret end," but if that was ever meant to be a part of her character, it was dropped before it could flower into anything.
And as for Kamina
>"There's a whole world out there, kid. You and me were meant for greater things than this. How about the two of us getting out of this dump together?">Generally has a belief in the abilities of the protagonist when most people think he's useless >>24824What do you mean, "slowly"?
She is one person in episode 15 and an entirely different person in episode 16. She doesn't merely lose her tendency to push people away, she loses all aspects of her former personality and becomes your typical anime waifu good girl.
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