A revenge anime that gives you what you want.
I'm not talking about shows like Nah-Ru-Toe where Sarsaparilla just wanted to hug Tit-Scratchy for 10 years. That was a huge let down. I don't like shows that build this whole huge "ah yeah, he hates everyone!" and then once you hit peak-hate they're like "wait a minute, I actually love." then the crowd goes "awwwe <3" and I throw my drink at the screen while playing Evanescence a little too loud in my dollar store headphones.
I want to see a show (if it even exists) where a man (woman, dog, spec of dust) was wronged in some way and then is like "you know what? fuck you for that one." and then rather than just walking up and killing them, they use the power of anime to essentially bend reality to their will, resulting in the perfect display of revenge carried out to the fullest. As a disclaimer, it doesn't have to be actual magic. I just phrase it like that because anime does some far-out things to get from A to B sometimes.
Don't get me wrong though, the end result of said revenge could still be the one they seek revenge on dying. I'd just like some build up that is done well. So far of all the revenge anime I have seen (and I've seen a good amount) they ALWAYS turncoat at or near the end and even if the damage is already done they're like "Sorry" and then I feel like the asshole for wanting their cheeks spread. Don't even get me started on shows that go through the whole build-up, make it to the climax (revenge realization point) and then jump into a flashback where the one who is about to get got tells us their tragic past and is crying on the floor resulting in them being let go. I call shows that do that "climax denial" because we invest ourselves into something and it amounts to nothing. Like, just stop. Or if you're going to do that, kill them anyway with even more gusto than you would have originally done.
Just to keep me on my toes, feel free to recommend a turncoat/climax denial show/movie too. It wouldn't be as fun if I knew it was 100% what I was looking for.
Posted Sep 30, 2019, 4:25 PM UTC
{Psycho pass} only gets into the revenge later, but it happens, and the show is really good.
PSYCHO-PASS - (AL, A-P, MAL)
^(TV | Status: Finished | Episodes: 22 | Genres: Action, Psychological, Sci-Fi, Thriller)
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