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Been watching High Score Girl, which is basically 90s video game nostalgiafest with an idealized Gamer Girl heroine as the main character's love interest/rival, but it's a genuinely lovely show that brought back so much bittersweet memories for me.

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Originally Posted by TokuKnight89

I never watched Paranoia Agent before Toonami put it on the lineup and I honestly don't completely get it, which seems to be a common remark that I'm seeing from people on Facebook! I don't get what they were truly going for. It's not like I don't understand any of the character's problems, but the idea of Lil' Slugger appearing to "help" the "cornered person", which seems to have some kind of an effect on people doesn't fully resonate completely. Then there's that Maromi dog who seems to be everywhere to the point that the Chief's wife believes that both the fictional dog and Lil' Slugger are one and the same cause they both delude people!

Can someone give me a hint as to what they were going for?

Been a while since I watched this, but as I recall, those two are metaphysical symbols that represent certain aspects of society and the human characters as a collective in this show. In any case, the early-show may seems very obtuse and confusing, but in the end I believe they laid it out relatively clearly.

This episodic commentary may make a good companion piece while watching the show; I discovered the show after reading this, incidentally.