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DS Wants You! To Watch Toku(-inspired) Anime!
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12-11-2021, 08:38 PM
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Hello, was just reading through the thread and decided to reply. To me, looks like the majority of your problems with the anime were from how the dub translated things, as I could gather you watched the dub. I watched the dub and the sub, and the latter makes it more clear that Akane wasn't already evil as you stated in your thoughts on episode 12, though instead just lonely, and that Alexis used Akane's loneliness to his advantage. Also, Rikka and Akane, though they poke towards yuri tropes, are by no means supposed to be in love. The interpretation that makes the most thematic sense, and that the creators have hinted at being true, is that Rikka is a manfiestation of Akane in the real world. A normal girl with a few but not many friends. Not only does real world Akane sort of resemble Rikka, Rikka's earbuds and school uniform are seen in the room, paired with Akane's stuff. It also explains why Gridman chose to dwell in Yuuta. Everyone else, as per Akane's programming, loved her as she appeared in the anime, her fake, ideal self. Yuuta had eyes for Rikka, the "real Akane". This interpretation, to me, makes the most thematic sense. Akane was based less on Malcolm, and more so on Malcolm's Japanese counterpart, Takeshi Todo, who was petty, easily angered, and, again, petty, petty, petty, though, later on in the series, was revealed to be lonely, and even helped the Gridman crew defeat Kahn Digifer(Kilokahn) in the end, much like Malcolm. Akane's knife is the same one Takeshi used in the original Gridman. A lot of context is left out, yes, but is shown in the Gridman voice drama, which is only in Japanese, but is subbed. The Neon Genesis Junior High Squad were Hyper Agents who unknowingly merged with pieces of Gridman. Also, everyone loves Akane because that's exactly what she wanted. She literally programmed everyone to love her. Rikka's arc is about choosing to be Akane's friend because she wants to be Akane's friend, at least in the sub, and about how she knows her flaws and wants to help her.
Thank you for the reply!
I was aware of most of these. Alot of it comes down to how much leeway the viewer is willing to give Akane and how much they're willing to downplay the lives of the people of the city.
Is Akane lonely? Yes. Was Alexis an influence on her? Also yes. But that doesn't change that fact that she killed people for petty reasons while laughing about it.
Speaking for me personally, there's only so much leeway I can grant Akane here. Should she seek to be better and repent for her actions? Yes. Do I just instantly forgive her because of her negative emotions like everyone else in the show does, even those who logcially shouldn't have the "programmed to like her" excuse? No.
We are never shown Alexis out and out forcing Akane into anything up until the very end, and there's literally no reason to doubt Alexis when he says that Akane was already the way she was when he found her. Does he get alot of enjoyment out of her Kaiju attacks? Yes. Did he ever once threaten her into making one, or force a Kaiju to come alive when she didn't want it? Again, not up until the very end of the show.
It also doesn't help that, programs or not, the people of the the city are still treated as actually living beings with their own thoughts and feelings, with
Dynazenon
only going on to hammer this in even more. If they weren't, there'd be no reason to care about any of the characters in this show.
I see why some like Akane and her arc. Me personally though? Not a fan.
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