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Death Note dies with L. I recently re-watched death note and it was great until L dies, I actually thought L's pinpointing of Light was advancing the plot too rapidly. I remember this being the critique back when I watched it as a teen. I enjoyed breaking bad but it did not cause aesthetic pleasure like a simple anime does. It is like my hatred for normal people has been so intensified that the only relief I can get is if the characters are not human at all. Seeing a human face presenting itself as something it is not harms my ability to immerse myself into the scene. The animated character is complete in it self, created from the mind of a japanese man, but after leaving his mind the character is complete totally by it self, not reliant on a human person. So the anime girl is as she was created. The actor not so.I understand your dislike on the failure of japanese plotlines but as you said with breaking bad any successful western show suffers the same extension for money, really the whole format of TV is based on this premise. But for me when viewing an anime I enjoy, I do not wish for it to end, thinking of it ending is like thinking of my death. But worse really because the whole life of these characters is over. Never to be re-opened unless the author so desires to grant them life again. An actor goes on playing other roles as boomers are fond of saying "he was in this or that", the actor partially becoming the character he plays and partially bringing those previous roles into his future roles. But with an anime character it is not so. Like a novel the characters end with the novel. Thats why the "Good Ending" in fiction gives the characters a life that you could imagine continuing but you just are not privy to the details of it. I think a good anime ending consists of this. Also slice of life avoids the problems of plot totally and really is one of the best genres for this reason. The point of the show is to go in circles aimlessly.
Death Note dies with L. I recently re-watched death note and it was great until L dies, I actually thought L's pinpointing of Light was advancing the plot too rapidly. I remember this being the critique back when I watched it as a teen. I enjoyed breaking bad but it did not cause aesthetic pleasure like a simple anime does. It is like my hatred for normal people has been so intensified that the only relief I can get is if the characters are not human at all. Seeing a human face presenting itself as something it is not harms my ability to immerse myself into the scene. The animated character is complete in it self, created from the mind of a japanese man, but after leaving his mind the character is complete totally by it self, not reliant on a human person. So the anime girl is as she was created. The actor not so.
I understand your dislike on the failure of japanese plotlines but as you said with breaking bad any successful western show suffers the same extension for money, really the whole format of TV is based on this premise. But for me when viewing an anime I enjoy, I do not wish for it to end, thinking of it ending is like thinking of my death. But worse really because the whole life of these characters is over. Never to be re-opened unless the author so desires to grant them life again. An actor goes on playing other roles as boomers are fond of saying "he was in this or that", the actor partially becoming the character he plays and partially bringing those previous roles into his future roles. But with an anime character it is not so. Like a novel the characters end with the novel. Thats why the "Good Ending" in fiction gives the characters a life that you could imagine continuing but you just are not privy to the details of it. I think a good anime ending consists of this. Also slice of life avoids the problems of plot totally and really is one of the best genres for this reason. The point of the show is to go in circles aimlessly.
