... like the writers are afraid of offending someone? Maximum adherence to formula, tropes, and stock characters almost as bad as Western capeshit. We previously had original series like Ghost in the Shell, Ergo Proxy, and Mirai Nikki but it seems like recent anime is just coasting off the success of past eras with nothing new or daring to contribute.

Is this a symptom of Japan's economic implosion? Studios can no longer afford to take any risks?

I remember my life used to be guided by rational, low-risk decision making despite massive anxieties and depression yet nowadays I my decision making is mostly emotional and I am crumpled in a corner more often than not.

Is this long-term mental damage from a hostile, adversarial political and social climate? I have only ever spent life at the bottom of the social ladder and never really integrated myself into an institution where I've been appreciated as an employee.

>my last hope was escaping the U.S.
>realized that every other country treats foreigners as disposable second class citizens unless they come loaded with cash
>there's no hope
>i'm stuck on this prison planet forever