Gantz. It had such a nihilistic view of people, and it seemed to take great pleasure in making the viewer experience every horrific thing the writers could come up with.
Most Shocking Anime ( in your opinion)? (Besides that shit we call "School days")
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Kinda related, but was I the only person who saw the similarities between School Days and classical Shakespearean tragedies like Hamlet or That Scottish Play? The main characters start as good people with (somewhat) good intentions, but are brought down by their fatal flaw (selfishness, jealousy, lust, etc.), and the whole thing ends in a right bloody mess with no one truly happy. This sound exactly like what my Grade 10 English teacher said as we analyzed Mac-*shot*
Moving on, I wouldn't say it was shocking in the same way as School Days, but I recently finished RahXephon, and it had a few surprises up its sleeve. For those of you who haven't watched it, I recommend it, especially if you enjoyed Evangelion but wanted a show with an ending that attempted to make the slightest bit of sense. As for the 'shocking' bit, I know I was surprised at the very last scene when it was revealed that:
It wasn't the sort of sick-to-your-stomach, oh-my-god-I-can't-believe-this-is-true sort of brain shock as much as a, "oh, that makes a ton of sense, and really makes the story that much sweeter" kind of revelation.
Moving on, I wouldn't say it was shocking in the same way as School Days, but I recently finished RahXephon, and it had a few surprises up its sleeve. For those of you who haven't watched it, I recommend it, especially if you enjoyed Evangelion but wanted a show with an ending that attempted to make the slightest bit of sense. As for the 'shocking' bit, I know I was surprised at the very last scene when it was revealed that:
Mishima was a projection of Ayato's garbled memories of a much younger Haruka, whom he had met and fallen in love with before the Tokyo Jupiter incident.
It wasn't the sort of sick-to-your-stomach, oh-my-god-I-can't-believe-this-is-true sort of brain shock as much as a, "oh, that makes a ton of sense, and really makes the story that much sweeter" kind of revelation.
Lol the description of Blood+ and Elfen lied brings me some goosebumps of the old days back when I only watched violent gory anime only.
