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Unlike most people who seem to have extremely strong opinions on it one way or the other, I feel pretty lukewarm about anime. I too don't think enjoying a bit of it is some scandalous activity as long as you aren't consuming the degenerate strains, but I certainly wouldn't feel inclined to run around telling people I watch it, either.

I think a reason why it's so polarizing for people compared to Western media, which also has highly variable levels of cringe, is because of how culturally alien it is, especially watching it subtitled. The mannerisms, tropes, and whatnot just feel *off* to someone who identifies strongly with their native Western culture, even when it is very well made.

It seems to me that there is a certain strain of socially stunted autism that has to be dominant in the psyche of a Western man for him to get *really* into anime. I think that people who have this strain are, to a certain extent, spiritually Japanese, and that's why the exaggerated and colorful world of anime resonates with them more than the non-autist, who prefers far more subtlety in his media.


It is a product of the Japanese, for the Japanese, who are a very socially autistic people on the whole compared to Westerners, with a strong NEET culture. But by chance, some neurodivergent Whites and others also get caught in the same target audience net.