Am I Heartless?

Sep 25, 8:29 AM

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Why most people are cry watching episode 1? Am I heartless? I don't cry at all but I can understand the problems. Or are people who cries feels like it's so relate for them?

Sep 25, 8:38 AM

Star_Platinum696

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Most people are exaggerating when they say that they cried.

Sep 25, 8:41 AM

Laplace_kun

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Crying is a way to react. How you react to things, especially in media, doesn't define your core values.

"All truth is meaningless. In the end, 'meaning' comes from the mind of each individual human. Even when there is a single truth, it can mean different things to different individuals. The truth has no meaning in itself!" - Erika Furudo

Sep 25, 8:43 AM

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Xeveronivy said:
Why most people are cry watching episode 1? Am I heartless? I don't cry at all but I can understand the problems. Or are people who cries feels like it's so relate for them?

see not everyone shows sadness through crying some people just don't it doesn't mean you are unemotional or anything just live your best life

Sep 25, 8:54 AM

Cielord

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You aren't, it's normal to not cry or even be sad over anything "sad" in fiction. Honestly, the fact that you have to ask this is the weird thing here.

Sep 25, 8:55 AM

NotBhaumik

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You are not alone man. I found this anime quite uneasy to watch rather than emotional tbh.

Sep 25, 9:33 AM

FutoiOtaku

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I found it uncomfortable rather than emotional. Although a few scenes moved me, just not nearly enough for tears.

Sep 25, 10:14 AM

ueno_

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you're not alone. I found this anime really messed up to cry or even get emotional tho I did cry at azuma's episode with his brother

Sep 25, 10:23 AM

AnimeQira

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Jokes on you, I laughed by the end of episode 2

Sep 25, 10:32 AM

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Zarutaku

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Yes, you definitely need to cry over contrived drama, otherwise you are a sociopath.

*kappa*

Sep 25, 10:42 AM

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Xeveronivy said:
Why most people are cry watching episode 1? Am I heartless? I don't cry at all but I can understand the problems. Or are people who cries feels like it's so relate for them?

I didn't cry when I first watched episode 1-6. Idk if that's a me-problem, but I need to build that kind of connection to the characters first. But the end was probably the most I've ever cried while watching a show.
But during my second and third rewatch, I've cried like the entire time

Sep 25, 12:45 PM

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anihili

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I cry because of how people glaze it

Sep 25, 2:22 PM

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Chillmanga

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This anime made me sick instead of sad.

Sep 25, 3:57 PM

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DeusVult186f

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it's not sad though, it's shocking. I was mostly laughing if that makes you feel any better lol.

Sep 25, 4:37 PM

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SgtBateMan

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No, the one mistake the author made was in his head. I nearly had a good laugh with that almost a joker of a creator. Emotional damaaaaaaaage

SgtBateManSep 25, 4:41 PM

Help! I need somebody. Help! Not just anybody. Help! You know I need someone. Helpppppp!

Sep 25, 4:43 PM

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i would say it was more shocking than anything else

Sep 25, 6:53 PM

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I’m a guy who cries A LOT. Like, A LOT. Obviously not openly, only when I’m by myself. Almost any piece of media can make me cry — whether that be out of sadness, despair, adoration, happiness, or whatever other emotions can make you cry. I think of myself as someone very empathetic.
So it came off as a huge surprise when I could barely cry watching Takopi’s Original Sin. Like, I did like a couple of times, but knowing the premise I feel like the number should’ve been higher. But I think just the horror of each episode made me unable to cry… if that makes sense. I felt suffocated every episode and lowkey asphyxiated during certain scenes. I just processed it differently than I usually do.

Perhaps you also had a different kind of processing rather than crying?

Sep 25, 7:53 PM

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Jya_Asiaboo_sama

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I didn't cry, I just thought to myself, "Here we go with another peak fiction"

Ej사마

Sep 26, 2:09 AM

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Xeveronivy said:
Why most people are cry watching episode 1? Am I heartless? I don't cry at all but I can understand the problems. Or are people who cries feels like it's so relate for them?

you not the only one who feel this.. you don't need to cry to show that you sad.. its enough that you feel sadness and empathy to the character.. its show that you care for them and you understand their problem

Sep 26, 3:39 AM

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nah it just means that u r more grounded in reality. See, I didn't cry watching it either, but it's not like I don't cry for fictional characters at all. Well, I didn't "cry" but I did feel very sad at certain character's demise, and mostly because I got attached to them. U just can't get attached to any character within 6 episodes, so it's completely normal.

Sep 26, 5:19 AM

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KanekoKTIA

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It was more disturbing+depressing to me then cry sad like say Clannad After Story is

Sep 26, 6:08 AM

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Magpareddi

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I see everyone in this thread is pampering you but I'll just be straight with you; Yes, you're heartless. Absolutely ruthless. Cold as ice. If they ever adapt your life into an anime, the opening song will just be silence.

Sep 26, 7:06 AM

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you might have healthy family dynamics which is great, i mean feeling no relation to these kind of parental behaviour and not having conscious or unconscious flashbacks of your own.

Sep 26, 7:27 AM

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It's just the first episode I went from feeling a little bit bad for her, to finding it hard and uncomfortable to watch to crying in the end it's an emotional journey, and it'll be different for different people. so just go with the flow. as long as you can feel compassion and are being attached to the story or world it doesn't mean at all that you're heartless

Sep 26, 7:02 PM

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Xeveronivy said:
Why most people are cry watching episode 1? Am I heartless? I don't cry at all but I can understand the problems. Or are people who cries feels like it's so relate for them?

when people say they cried its not that they literally cried i said i cryed but the emotion was tehir i felt bad sad kinda depressed for few hours but didn't cry cause i have seen more depressing things but the sadness was their if you didn't feel the sadness yea man you gotta check yourself up cause you have severely low empathy

plus forget criying i felt extreme hate for one carecter more than anything and we all know who not evwn the ending saved her from my personal warth

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Sep 26, 7:03 PM

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Star_Platinum696 said:
Most people are exaggerating when they say that they cried.

true i said i cried but j didn't i just felt bad and depressed and extreme hate towards one carecter

Sep 26, 8:42 PM

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Xeveronivy

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Are you guys giving your honest answer? 🥲

Sep 27, 6:53 AM

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yuhamk

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I cried 2 hours straight

Sep 27, 9:14 AM

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REAL10

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Not crying is not a big deal. It's normal that you won't feel like others. But your asking this question is the most weird thing.

Sep 27, 1:10 PM

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NotBhaumik said:
You are not alone man. I found this anime quite uneasy to watch rather than emotional tbh.

yea same, my neck did feel tight in a lot of scenes tho

Sep 27, 6:01 PM

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Xeveronivy said:
Why most people are cry watching episode 1? Am I heartless? I don't cry at all but I can understand the problems. Or are people who cries feels like it's so relate for them?

Tbh dude, thats not a weird at all. It is sad seeing these things happen to a poor kiddo. And people who have felt similar ways definitely will be more relating to the scene and react that way, but not crying at that scene ain’t heartless at all. I cried my eyes out on episode 4 and for some people they mightn’t relate to that and not cry over it either.

Sep 28, 3:59 AM

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Xeveronivy said:
Why most people are cry watching episode 1? Am I heartless? I don't cry at all but I can understand the problems. Or are people who cries feels like it's so relate for them?

I think they cry because they can relate

Sep 28, 4:24 PM

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I think laughing or calling it "unrealistic" is the most concerning response. It depicts abuse, depression, and suicide in their most realistic forms. Takopi is just a vehicle for the viewer to witness the suffering of the cast. Abuse isn't clean. Depression doesn't mean you can't smile, but it is a sense of despair and hopelessness about the future. It's an incredibly disturbing show in how accurately to real-life its darker themes are.

I only finished episode 1, but my reaction coming out of it was "holy shit." Not even by how graphic it was, but just how completely accurate it tried to be. My secondary reaction is "I'm on Mr Bones's Wild Ride and I'm not sure if I want off or to keep going." So, cowabunga it is.

"Thorkell has no resistance to getting kicked in the f-in head. To be honest, neither do I." -Captain Mack

"You've faced many life-and-death situations. But that does not make you an adult. Finding more fallen-out hairs on your pillow, watching your favorite stuffed-bread disappear from the convenience store... the accumulation of those little despairs is what makes a person an adult."-Nanami Kento

"When a piece of media is bad, it's much easier to nitpick the less significant things because they're seen as a part of the problem. Alternatively, it becomes more difficult to nitpick something like a masterpiece because even the flaws are seen as contributing to the overall quality of the media." -Paraphrasing Mauler

Sep 29, 4:32 AM

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Konpaku_Hungary

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who said anyone has to cry? ._.

Sep 29, 4:41 AM

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nah you are not, this anime is ass, nothing more than pure misery porn dressed up with shallow little twists just to emotionally manipulate the weak individuals.

Sep 29, 5:02 AM

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Haunt88

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no bro, that's just a social construct

Sep 29, 11:21 PM

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Xeveronivy said:
Why most people are cry watching episode 1? Am I heartless? I don't cry at all but I can understand the problems. Or are people who cries feels like it's so relate for them?

me neither,but it was still sad

Oct 2, 10:24 PM

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Serpentto

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I don't cry for this anime because it gives us feelings in 6 episodes.I only cry for long series

Nov 12, 3:59 PM

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Snaita

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Didn't cry. Not because it wasn't sad, sometimes you don't sometimes you do... I cried in one of the episodes Kaguya-sama and I rarerly cry watching something, so it's normal.

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