ITT: Pretentious shows that are not even funny
>>283382978Steins;Gate. I don't think Konosuba is pretentious.
>>283382978Maybe you just have a poor sense of humor.
>>283382978konosuba is anti-pretentious, what are you on about?
>>283382978>Watching Konosuba soberAnd here is your mistake!
You guys dont understand what pretentious means
>>283383248Are we going to forgot the absolutely pretentious ending of this shit series?
>>283382978You can dislike this if you want. That's your opinion. There is no way it's pretentious. It's straightforward and wears its intentions on its sleeve.
>>283382978What are you even talking about retard, how is konosuba pretentious?
>>283383317this
>>283382978I agree that it's not funny but it never was pretentious. It always presented itself as cringe parodyslop.
>>283382978>>283383301>today's episode: /a/non thinks he learned a new english word
>>283383371>It always presented itself as cringe parodyslopThe problem is that it turned out to be an actually good anime, and some people forgot what it was supposed to be.
>>283383579>it turned out to be an actually good animelol
>>283383371>>283383579Also, watch it witch beer anons
>>283383269>>283383632>those filenames
>>283382978This one.
>>283383371>parodyslopi don't think it was really parody'ing isekais. The gimmick was just kazuma being self-aware and then getting monkey-pawed at every step.
>>283382978>konosuba>pretentious you don't know what that word means do you?
>>283383700gintama is even less pretentious, you're more retarded than OP.
>>283382978Re:zero
>>283383700Braindead opinion
>>283384021wow, not a single correct application of the word so far, sasuga /a/
>>283383201This is the one.
>>283382978Filtered
Babylon was genuinely pretentious, for instance the galaxy brain trolley problem discussion. But it still doesn't fit OP's requirement because it was (unintentionally) funny.
>>283383201Filtered by Masterpiece;Gate.
>>283382978Konosuba is incredibly funny and not pretentious at all though
>>283382978>>283383688>ITT: Pretentious shows that are not even funnyThis one
>>283382978Nah bro the succubi episode is one of the funniest things i seen in anime.
>>283384419S;G isn't pretentious, but its fans sure are.
>>283382978Konosuba was funny though?
>>283384471The first correct response to OPs question
>>283384471Take that back, it was unfiltered KINO.
>>283384021thisevery time loop with a le epic grand scheme
>>283383269>>283383632>ZIMNE PIWOhello polish or possibly chicago friend
>>283382978That word...doesn't mean what you think it means.
>>283382978i want to have baby making lovey dovey cuddly kissing hand holding marital sex with Yunyun
>>283384021Not at all, S;G is way more pretentious than Re:Zero.
>>283382978Konosuba is very funny
>>283383301Using words you don't know the meanig of doesn't mean your argument look valid, anon. It makes you look pretentious.
>>283386374Maybe this one, but most of the jokes are focused in Japanese pop culture, which i don't care... The girls are cute though and Marie, i think, shows her butt with a mongolian spot, cute but not that funny, basically i don't get it and I'm not supposed to but still somewhat enjoy it.
>>283383786Outside is a small handful of exceptions, like the obvious tractor-kun scene, it really isn't a parody. It's just an isekai that also happens to be a comedy. It's honestly even more of a pure isekai than most of its contemporaries. It's literally a story about a Japanese NEET bring reincarnated in another world and told to defeat the demon king. And while the dirt is predominately defined by the antics of its characters, that is what it's about from start to finish.
>>283382978YOURE pretentious and not even funny
>>283385884witam :)
>>283383700trvke
>>283382978>Pretentiousyou don't know the meaning of that word
knowing what pretentious means is pretentious
>>283382978I laughed watching Konosuba.
>>283386374It's rare for a show to make me both laugh AND cum as hard as this one did so shut up.But it's hard to find a comedy that's pretentious. You'd need to be leaning hard into "this is only funny for intellectuals who understand this topic as deeply as myself". Rakugo anime do seem like a solid choice. This is clearly the more pretentious option.
>>283387845It's the exact opposite. You're just painfully retarded.
>>283386888Yeah but OP said "that are not even funny"I laughed at S;G. I only cringed at Re:zero
>>283383201FPBP
>>283383201If you think Steins;Gate is pretentious, you are a certified midwit who entirely missed the point.
>>283392067Both the show and the fans are pretentious.
>>283382978
>>283392342No, that's just projection from the pretentious haters who think they're impressive and superior because they don't like the popular thing, which is also why they never elaborate on why it's supposed to be pretentious.
>>283383201You are genuinely too stupid for Steins;Gate if you somehow came away with the impression that it's pretentious.
>>283392721"You are too stupid for my favorite anime" is pure pretentious retard behavior.
Steins;Gate pseuds continue to be insufferable.
>>283392565People having no valid arguments about why S;G is bad is purely a S;G fan cope. I've been in those threads and plenty of things have been listed on what is wrong with that story, you simply refuse to listen to any of them.
Gayniggers from outer space: >>283382978
Truthfully just the ED arc. It was shit.
>>283394987S2 part 1 was just not it, especially when compared to S1. I really don't understand. The studio was formed as a spinoff specifically to adapt the entirety of Mushoku Tensei into anime, but then they started to take side-jobs...
>>283382978You dont have to find something funny but how the fuck is konosuba pretentious?
>>283382978It's not pretentious, but I personally don't find it funny. Anime comedies never really tickled my funny bone for some reason. Shit like panty and stocking got some laughs out of me, but beyond that nothing really sticked for some reason.
>>283382978S1 was kinda funny in a novel sort of way. It was new, so the comedy worked. I cant recall many anime that have even so much as gotten a chuckle out of me but I commend it for even accomplishing this much.
>>283383201I'll be honest makise is easily an 10/10 for me and all the other girls in the s;g might as well be irrelevant to me.But what makes it so pretentious to anons?
>>283382978Ignore those denying that Konosuba isn't pretentious slop. Because it definitely is.It may not look like it because most people here are anime-only and didn't read the shitty source material, but the whole point of its existence is 'subversion for the sake of subversion' shit.Still, pic-related is the only good thing that came out of this shitshow. The author fucked it up by forcing her into a shitty dynamic with what might be one of the shittiest MCs in any piece of media that I've ever consumed.
>>283395657>It may not look like it because most people here are anime-only and didn't read the shitty source material, but the whole point of its existence is 'subversion for the sake of subversion' shit.Interesting, I am also among the anons that never read the LN and only knew the anime, was it really that bad?
>>283382978Konosuba was funny when I watched it during the pandemic in middle school but I realized that I've outgrown the humor now
>>283395707Very much so.If you liked the relationships that each member of the group had each other, you'll be disappointed to find that most of it was ruined by harem shit, or were simply shitty from the getgo.Also, not that I mean to disappoint you even more, but there is no nopan Aqua in the Light Novels.
>just call (insert safe controversial opinion) pretentious randomly>get a bunch of (you)sIs it that easy
NGE
I'm so not pretentious that I'm posttentious.
>>283393988it's incredible how every one of these moronic bait threads starts with unprompted S;G seething, then whenever fans shows up to disagree with the retard who apparently has a hate boner for something 10+ years old, the fans are called insufferable
>>283383835It pretends to be funny
>>283383201I wouldn't call S;G pretentious. It is still overrated though, just not for trying to look smart.
>>283382978Really? My Dick thought it was hilarious.
>>283395721>during the pandemic in middle schoolThis has to be bait
>>283397249NTA but I'm 20 and I was in 8th grade for the first few months of the pandemic. 2020 was a pretty long time ago.
>>283397249Bruh, the pandemic was a long time ago. Someone who was in the 8th grade five years ago is an adult already or becoming one
>>283397510Did you get held back?
>>283382978aqua and her porn is hot tho so i'll forgive it. i hate that faggot r*ddit mc so many r*dditors self insert to, albeit.
>>283397684No. I was 14 which is the usual age for 8th grade.
>>283396885>It pretends to be funny>pretentious and pretend are the same thingwhere did you learn english kumar?
>>283397916Truth Social mostly
>>283382978Sousou no Frieren is the definition of pretentious, beautiful on the outside but empty on the inside. Strip away the surface of good art, music and cinematography, and you are left with mediocre, meritless shounen-slop.Each episode does the following:>Arrive at a new town>Flashback to Himmel>Stark says "bazinga">Fern says "ecchi">Cue sad musicThis show is so deep bro, it reminds me of that time a girl liked me and I didn’t notice until three years later. Truly profound.
>>283382978It's literally the only anime that has ever got a general chuckle out of me. Anime/Japanese humor is so god damn awful and shitty while Konosuba actually feels like normal responses from a shitty group of people especially a human from our world being trapped in a fantasy world and how he might respond without being given amazing godly powers like every other "pretentious" Mary Sue in Isekia Animes.
>>283398284You will never have a real personality.
>>283383201I find it interesting how much this show makes nu-/a/ seethe. I suspect it's because of how utterly sincere it is. The honesty and optimism present in it's portrayal of internet and otaku culture is utterly incomprehensible from the vantage point of the irony poisioned climate that zoomer newfags such as yourself grew up in. So the natural result is to lash out at it, calling it "cringe" and other such buzzwords which are wholly devoid of meaning.Also I can't imagine what in the show could be pretentious. You'd have to be very low IQ not to understand Steins;Gate, the narrative is quite straightforward.
>>283398284You have more personality than Shitrencucks I'll tell you that much, bub.
>>283398284Its sad to watch the most simplest thing elude someone. You have my pity.
>>283398677I'm not seething but I didn't see a single sincere thing in S;G, that's the main reason why I don't think much of it.
>>283383201fpbp
>>283382978All of these anime are more obnoxious in pandering their themes and storytelling, barring isekai or Monogatari slop. AnoHana is an honorable mention. Monster is a passing mention.
>>283392067>t. a pretentious Slops;Gate fanboy
>>283392721>you are too stupid to enjoy my favorite anime about time traveling banana Tutturuuu EL PSY CONGROO awoooHoly fuck.
>>283398677>nu>seetheright off the bat in the first sentence. S;G fans and spammers are always newfags
>>283398284This. Sad truth, truth nuke even, about this anime. It's not a shitty show, but it's definitely a pretentious and dull slop. Even going by modern iyashikey standards.
>>283398677>Reddit-style>nu>seethe>"uhhh ohh IQ level"You're just a pretentious normalfag. Possibly a tourist. Not saying that it's bad, thought it is, but stop larping and admit your newfaggotry in anime.
>>283382978>pretentious What? Niggers like you are the reason why there's a stigma against ESL here.
>>283382978This is the only real answer. The Reze movie proved the director was a pretentious faggot that nearly killed the franchise.
>>283384471Anon cant handle KINO
>>283396534Why are shitposters cross-posting and why do people feel the need to post about it?
i wanna nakadashi megumin
>>283398284No, Frieren is great and it's extremely straightforward. A story being sincere is not automatically attempting to be profound or deep, especially when it comes out and tells you what it's trying to say in very simple terms. This post on the other hand is pretentious, you're just digging desperately for something interesting to say and you can't help but insinuate that you're too smart to be tricked by Frieren as if the sad music were creating the emotions out of thin air for retards, rather than the content of the story being told having substance.
>>283398677they're just trying to look smart, the easiest way to do that is to call popular things bad, because that "proves" you have better taste than the average person and requires no effort
>>283400682i think frioren isnt bad, but its not that great either, just enjoyable slop,SG on the other end is kinda meh, it truly feels like watching 'retards first scifi'
The character design in Konosuba is truly masterfully done, every SINGLE girl in it is cute.
>>283400682I agree that being straightforward and sincere doesn’t make a story pretentious. I think that Frieren leans heavily on its art, music, cinematography and constant flashbacks to appear more reflective than it really is, that’s why I call it pretentious. Strip those away, and the story, themes, characters and their relationships are shallow. The characters are typical shonen tropes, Frieren’s development is wrapped up in the first few episodes, Fern and Stark’s relationship regresses after the ballroom dance. The show is repetitive and episodic, very little development continues between episodes, and half the season is focuses on boring magical administration.I liked Frieren, but I still think it's pretentious.
>>283382978i know this is bait but how is a slapstick like konosuba pretentious
>>283401752OP is just taking the piss but then there's people like this faggot >>283395657 who, as far as I can tell, is 100% genuinely arguing it is kek
>>283401199megumin is my wifer, aqua is my mistress, darkness idc cause shes a bitch
>>283401778Why are you so retarded as to quote my post as if I've left the thread?
>>283382978>>283383201ITT: Children who don't know what pretentious means
>>283402457>as if I've left the thread?I didn't know or care if you left the thread, I am just pointing out that you said something incredibly retarded.Completely irrelevant too since OP very specifically said "shows"
>>283395707It's fine honestly.
You think konosuba is pretentious?
Am I doing it right?
>>283402523>I didn't know or careExplains why you resorted to passive-aggressive bullshit like a woman, at least. And why would it be irrelevant? KonoSuba anime builds upon the source material, anon. It's not that hard to understand.
>>283402608Whatever retard, I am not about to engage seriously with someone who calls fucking KONOSUBA pretentious.
>>283402631Then leave the thread, faggot. Why did you engage at all?
>>283382978Anyone that says Konosuba was not funny is lying.
>>283402633this, shitchijou is PRETENTIOUS nipponese humour, it fucking BLOWS. kyoani should've been burned completely to the ground, they only managed to put out trash after trash only enjoyed by complete midwits
I think op is pretentious in his pretentiousness
>>283404491just tell us you have no sense of humor.>Was I supposed to laugh when aqua screamed for the 20th time that she isn't useless?Unironically?Yes,
>>283382978every "comedy" anime ever
>>283385450>>283386933>anime>funny pick one
>>283383201/thread
>>283383201Steins;Gate fans are more pretentious than the show itself somehow
>>283402633Yep. Mogged by Daily Lives of Highschool Boys, the sliciest of life shows.
>>283402633Maybe you are just stupid
>>283404491pretentious does NOT mean "it wasn't funny"pretentious DOES MEAN "implying or stating more depth or substance than actually present"why is /a/ so illiterate despite being filled with manga/LN elitists?
Most "" "pretentious""" anime are just called that because the person naming them is dumb and didn't understand them.
>>283406385Do you call every bad comedian or person telling a bad joke, pretentious?
>>283383201Holy falsenvke
>>283406001Every S;G fan's response is that the other person is too dumb to understand their gay show. That's pretentious if I've ever seen it
>>283383201fibby pibby this shit is so ass
>>283406630no u
>>283382978It's shallow and pedantic and insists upon itself.
>>283406787it's the rare "style == substance"
>>283406531And s;g isn't even a smart story either.
>>283382978>Pretentious shows that are not even funnyYour mom giving me lap dance. It's really sad.
>>283382978I dare you to explain how Konosuba is pretentious.
>>283383201Why does /a/ hate S;G now? It used to be one of the most loved shows on here.
>>283399908>redditHe is too sexist for that. Reddit used to tolerate such behavior more before covid but there were too many bans since then.
>>283407409was meant for>>283397834
>>283392721>says the MOST pretentious thing imaginable>it's not pretentious thoretard
>>283389921sounds about right
>>283398284Good post, correct opinionAn oasis in a thread of wrong opinions
>>283407409You're underestimating reddit's hypocrisy. I'm pretty sure those dummies still think Okabe and S;G are the greatest things ever made.
>>283407760steins gate is the rick and morty of anime
>>283407795Rick and Morty combined with Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
>>283383301I don't know because I don't read Light Novels. Tell me what happened and why the ending is pretentious
They should ditch Kazuma and go lez.
I'd rather worship Aqua than any abrahamic deity.
>>283408030they fall apart without kazuma, much like most all-female groups.He provides all of them with a steady flow of lust.
>mfw a bunch of anons on /a/ don't know what the word "pretentious" means holy shit how embarrassing
>>283407182Most fans of older anime have chilled out over the years but Steins;Gate fans are still arrogant as fuck years later.
>>283409246people are acting like the anime are pretentious when it's really the fans of those shows that are the pretentious ones.
>>283382978Made in Abyss, Re;Zero, and Apothecary Diaries. The holy trinity of “deep” shows for pretentious midwits.
>>283382978Frieren and Steins;Gate
>>283382978Konosuba is funny, at least at first.
>>283400119This, 100%. Thank god he's gone.
>>283409404>re:zero>deepI thought it was just pure garbage
>>283408030sex these two
>>283398898>KEKren Yeager out of NOWHERE
>>283395657Are we going to pretend any isekai LN is better? They're all the same shit: barely high school level prose, nothing makes any sense, some variation of Dragon Quest mechanics.
>>283382978If there are any anime that can be described as "pretentious," it's definitely Evangelion and Monster.
>>283404226>comedy aimed at native speakers>I don't understand so its pretentiouscome on
>>283384471This anime made me sad
nigger
>>283407182/a/ has overrun by MALfags who have the likes of S;G, FMA:B and Frieren rent free on their head.
>>283414412Out of those three only Frieren is good at the most.
>low-brow ecchi comedy with cute little characters is pretentiousKill /a/ users by firing squad, manI fucking hate zoomniggers or genalpha or whatever they are
>>283414412For the longest time it's been FMAB/St;G/HxH that was the MAL/Reddit trio.
>>283382978>>283383201Both of these are not pretentious.
>>283414028I think with Evangelion at least its definitely more the case of this >>283409307.
>>283394987You made a mistake and didn’t say the entire series
>i'm too good for XThis thread is pretentious.
>>283416097I made no mistake.
>>283395657>pic-related is the only good thing that came out of this shitshowOnly salvageable part of this post.
>>283408030Megumin already has Yunyun, Aqua deserves better.
Clair and Darkness should have sex with each other or a threesome with Alice.
>>283416638
>>283416612Luna x Aqua or Aqua x Eris, the Goddess ship
>>283416612>>283416710
>>283416735
EVAMonster (and the other works of the author in general)Welcome to NHKEspecially Monster. EVA is weird because it definetely feels pretentious at times, but then Anno comes and says stuff like "that was pure shit and I'm ashamed that I have created such thing", so it ends with mixed signals.
>>283414412I find posts like this annoying because it's like these people are trying to create an idea that you're not allowed to criticize Frieren and S;G on 4chan otherwise you're a "contrarian". I don't care, they aren't that good.
>>283395657>DragonBall is pretentious because it subverts tropes
>>283416760>Monster (and the other works of the author in general)Monster is good whenever it's not jerking itself out on the deeply uninteresting character Johan as if he's a complex masterpiece. Also, Lunge should have been the protagonist past the first 10 episodes or so.
>>283419361Also whenever his sister is the main focus it's also bad. She cute though I guess.
>>283382978do zoomers really get filtered by konosuba?
>>283385675>>283400209first half yes, second half was trash. Same as Summertime Rendering.
>>283392067Steins;Gate is overhyped trash, your midwit insult is pure projection.
>>283419414My zoomer nephew and younger cousin like it a lot. But I like to think I've had a positive impact on their tastes.
>>283419548Summertime Rendering was a false bill of sales. It sold me on a paranormal murder mystery-cum-romance, only to deliver me up-jumped battle shōnen. Granted the bitch who brained monsters with a fucking sledgehammer was absolutely kino. But that manga still really failed to make good on its premise.
>>283416978Almost nobody is effectively "criticizing" those things though, they just say something like "it's bad" or "it's pretentious" and then refuse to elaborate or make a dumb argument, that's shitposting and it's pretty safe to assume contrarianism is the motivation.
>>283421761That's 99% of all "criticism" on the internet.
