Well there was Drive with Shinnosuke & Kiriko, but to me it felt forced.

I want something that ends with a kiss!

Agito is extremely Man vs. God.

It depends by what you mean by mature? Stuff like death and blood is not always dark and mature. It all depends on how its used.

They could have expanded on that even more if Hikawa/G3-X was the main character.

Isn't there an episode of the toei spiderman where spiderman had to destroy a blue print from ww2 for a WMD and it like touches upon the themes of war and how we disconnect from the creation of weapons to the firing of bullets? Like am I misremembering? I just remember toei spiderman burning something and their being flashes of like ww2 bombers.

Liveman has tons of that. Betrayal, redemption, giving up being human for more power, etc.

I don’t know why, but this reminds me of a complaint made during a reading of a bad fanfiction when he got to the “Liveman” tribute. Which instead of focusing on any of Liveman’s actual plot elements, had more references to Hurricaneger and Maskman than it did to Liveman. This screenshot sums it up.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EnLb8tkX...jpg&name=large

Let's face it, the main point of these shows is to sell toys to children; literary values are gonna come second. It's al one big money-printing enterprise. Of course, good plot and good morals are integral to keep the children watching and the parents from complaining. And considering how they're pumping out these shows by the year, there'll be some misses. Also, good plot can contribute to good toy sales (I think?).

Take Ghost for example. Friendship is a nice trait and all, but it won't give you superpowers in real life. And the whole 'human potential is infinite' is nice idealism, but ignores the realism of external factors, such as whether or not humans are actually willing to work together to achieve said potential, whether or not an asteroid might suddenly kill us all before we reach said potential, whether humans actually have infinite potential given our inherent limitations whether it be physical limitations or moral defects, etc. etc. and so forth.

I do admire the show for its tasteful handling of Fumi and her death, however.

What kind of fanfiction reading is this? Link to a video or something?

Here’s a link to the playlist of the read along. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...lCQXUr8kqKksIB Please note that some videos are out of order.