I really loved the beginning arc of this show, but I can't bring myself to read the entirety of the village arc, and I've never finished it. Does the series get better after it? It was such a massive step down from the earlier arc.

>>280759574 (OP)
I stopped watching after Idofront because I knew that would be the peak, nowhere to go from perfection but down

MEGA SPOILER.

Spoiler not so big.

Spoiler smol.

Regu pantsu.

>>280759654
Going down is the point of the story

This show is like a pretty looking mystery box, booby-trapped with a dozen poisoned needles. It’s beautiful to watch, painful to approach, and disappointing once you open it. What I mean by that, the only incentive it’s giving you is the scenery porn, the torture porn, and the constant unknown of what lies ahead. All three of which have been proven to be disasters for any title.

The setting of the show is Kaiba gone terribly wrong. In both series, we initially know nothing about the world and the amnesiac main character. By the time the show is over a dozen episodes later, we know everything about Kaiba, and absolutely nothing about the Abyss. It’s a perpetually ongoing mystery, existing for the sole purpose of teasing the viewer, before it overstays its welcome and becomes nonsensical in the likes of Lost.

There is no sense of meaningful adventure. Rico wants to explore the abyss, find her mother, and does neither. Gon in Hunter X Hunter for example, was also looking for his father, finds him at the end, while informing you about every area he was going to. Rico on the other hand didn’t find her mother and didn’t discover anything, since the only thing she knows about the Abyss is scattered information other explorers have already recorded in books.

There are not even any traditions or folklore regarding the explorers and how they are living around the abyss. The hole has nothing to do with them. They just moved there to essentially pillage the place for money, and have nothing to say about their civilization or the culture they are currently tomb raiding. So basically, despite the setting being a very deep hole, there is absolutely no immersion. It’s vapid air, nothing is fleshed out.

Going back to Rico, she is so bad at exploring, to the point she would have died a dozen times without Reg and his “kill everything” beam. You can’t even call Reg a character, since his only motivation is saving Rico because … fuck he knows. He has no motivation; he just appears out of nowhere and becomes her pet. He is literally a walking plot convenience, since he can one-shot any monster, jump around long distances, and never gets damaged because he’s indestructible. He’s just there to debuff an otherwise impossible journey.

And yes, there are cases when can’t overcome a challenge but even then there is an unbelievable amount of plot armor. There’s this crazy explorer who overpowers them, and just about when she is ready to kill them, she goes “trololol, I was just kidding, I never wanted to kill you.” There is another scene Rico gets poisoned and out of nowhere someone appears to save her. It’s all fake suspense, since every time they are in danger, everything is instantly resolved in a lazy way.

It doesn’t help how every character is a plot device, existing either for infodumps or plot armor. Everything they say or do is happening in a forced and artificial way since it happens exactly when it needs to happen. Even the freaking curse of the abyss is a plot device, existing for preventing the characters from moving too fast, instead of having an in-series excuse for being part of the setting.

>>280759711
Shrine maiden and who??

That is also why every scene with injury and suffering is torture porn, since it’s forcefully happening for the sadistic pleasure of the viewer and is then quickly taken away so the plot can go on like nothing happened. Speaking of viewer pleasure, the characters are shamed by constant sexual teasing and low brow erotic jokes. It doesn’t add anything to their personalities besides fueling fan fiction and deviant doujins.

Even if you filter out the deviance, Rico and Reg are completely basic personalities, and are only defined by a couple of vague features. There is nothing memorable about them compared to the things they experience, effectively falling victims of the curse. Not the one of the abyss, but rather the one of shock factor, where the viewer cares about the horrible experience, instead of the character experiencing it.

The best character ends up being not in the main ones, since it’s the fluffy bunny, for being the only one with a backdrop story and a lot of knowledge to survive with practical skills instead of deus ex machina bullshit. Unfortunately, she is introduced late in the show and most of her appeal is furry fan service, and even more misery porn by being a victimized cute girl.

And that’s why Made in Abyss is nowhere as good as many make it seem. Even Mahoujin Guruguru, a show airing at the same time, does everything better.

>>280760287
**Little Tepaste.**

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>>280760329
I agree with most of your points, except the ones about plot convenience. I find them a little harsh, since in any story everything can be said to be for the convenience of the plot. I do however I agree that it feels inorganic which makes it noticeable.

>two threads

>>280760329
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>>280760247
This fag has only speedwatched season 1, probably went in expecting "pedo shit", got triggered and now vented his retardation here.

Is it election tourists again? Just listen to this tripe
>There are not even any traditions or folklore regarding the explorers and how they are living around the abyss.
Fag ignored the adoration of the white whistles, the loredumps around the orphenage and orphans. The culture and religion tied to the abyss. The "birthday curse", the mysteries surrounding the praying skeletons, the funerals, the idea that orphans left behind takes pride in their parents dying. Then we have stuff like being drawn to the abyss, where select people from across the world journey as by instinct to the abyss. Feeling homesick, or having a longing. This fag glossed over it all, because only season 1 was watched, and it was in bad faith.
>Going back to Rico, she is so bad at exploring, to the point she would have died a dozen times without Reg and his “kill everything” beam.
Yes you insufferable midwit, she's 12, yet still cannot stop herself from going into the abyss. It's like that horror manga with the holes shaped like you. It's the entire premise, and the horrible shit we see happen causes tension because you know she's a milisecond from being turned into red paste. Most series have zero tension because the reader has faith in the abilities of the main cast and there is never any sense that shit can turn bad. That's she's a cute 12 year old girl only helps to enforce that sense of unease.
> unbelievable amount of plot armor. - and just about when she is ready to kill them, she goes “trololol, I was just kidding, I never wanted to kill you.”
Yeah, to drive home a point. Next thing that happened is that she is proven right. It's all in service to build tension.

God, I hate redditors so much.

>>280761868
We didn't get a single white whistle who was against the pillaging until recently.

>>280760329
>That is also why every scene with injury and suffering is torture porn, since it’s forcefully happening for the sadistic pleasure of the viewer and is then quickly taken away so the plot can go on like nothing happened.
Made in Abyss is about the frontier spirit and human will that transcends the flesh. The body horror in MiA is an extension of this - to reach the bottom of the abyss and surpass the limits of the known you have no choice but to pilot your disgusting shitting pissing meat suit there
>Rico and Reg are completely basic personalities, and are only defined by a couple of vague features. There is nothing memorable about them compared to the things they experience
Rico has the pure soul of an adventurer. Her purpose in life is explore the unknown at any cost.
There are few others like her because every other show requires that adventure have the most tepid justification of good versus evil

>>280759654
False. We got a cute homocidal moth girl and Riko mastering the art of give and take.

>>280762894
This sounds like mental gymnastics.

>>280763298
At least it's his own opinion.
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>>280760329
This is just some faggot's 8 year old aniDB review copy pasta. You don't even possess the critical vocabulary required to articulate your own opinions.

>>280759711
is that one of the extras?

>>280759711
Looks like the Nugget person, pre-nuggification.

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>>280759574 (OP)
Village went completely artist schizophrenic and I haven't bothered to attempt reading the manga since the...murder orgy? Or whatever the fuck was going on after faputa lost an arm or whatever.

Sou desu, watashi wa Fluffzen.

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>>280759574 (OP)
i was a fan of this, idk im not a fan of a so ill leave

Imagine actually reading a post longer than a couple of paragraphs on 4chin lmao

>>280759574 (OP)
you're gonna miss the best scene

>>280759574 (OP)
>willingly choosing to miss out on the joy that is Faputa
I shiggy diggy sosu