What do you consider to be the true essence of anime?
For me, it's a kuudere girl in a skirt far too short wielding a sword with a hint of visible panties.

>>280919113 (OP)
>hint of visible panties
you can literally see her cunt on that pic

>>280919371
It's hard out there for the tasteful pantyshot guys, you know. Either there's nothing all at between the magic skirts and black voids, or it's all over the topic gonzo ecchi. Subtlety is a lost art, unfortunately.

>>280919113 (OP)
twin tails. just twin tails, straight up

>>280919113 (OP)
kurohime is a late 2000s early 2010s trope. A very archetypal trope, but not one seen since then or before.

>>280919371
That's not her cunt, that's her taint.

This LN artstyle, often used by someone as a profile picture with a dumb name and who uses a lot of emoticons.
Maybe someone will ask him what anime this picture is from and he will reply saying that he doesn't know and that he just found it online and liked it.

>>280919113 (OP)
I consider it to be actual Japanese production, written and animated by a Japanese team with a certain artstyle, not whatever your overly specific fetish is.

>>280919113 (OP)
I say shows between the early 00s and early 10s especially action shows and weird shows like Kamen no Maid Guy. I watched many 90s shows as a kid but the first time I really got into anime was in the late 00s/early 10s. These kind of shows were popular at that time and also defined new shows. I still watch new anime regularly and enjoy some of them but the feeling of these 00s and early 10s shows is something I still yearn for.