ReMightyRon said:curlypubes said:I really hate it. I hate growing up. [main topic incoming] It's so fast. I was a teenager just a few days ago and now I'm an adult. How does this work? [main topic incoming] I used to sit back and binge anime and now I can't ever do that. And, I'll need to get a job too. But, this is not my main concern. [main topic] My main concern is how I'm losing my taste. Like, the shows that I used to enjoy a few years ago, I don't find as appealing now. There are many shows that had separate place in my heart, but their newer seasons didn't appeal to me as much. It's like I'm losing a part of myself. Anime is something I wanted to enjoy forever, and seeing how less and less shows appeal to me is concerning for me as I can't control what I like. I had many friends— ok you got me. I had a
few friends (2) who used to watch anime with me, and they just grew out of it. What if it happened to me too?? Is this the part where I'm supposed to let it happen?????
Now, as to why I made this fvckass post under this anime is because KaoruHana is a perfect example. If I watched it a few years ago, I would've loved it. I think. But, now I just can't enjoy this show. I want to enjoy it, but I can't help it.
Either allat or this anime is just buns and overhyped.
Or, better yet, maybe I'm just burnt out right now.
Until I see y'all folks again :D
Since I found this text full of your feelings and expressions, I decided to give an appropriate response.
You should look at things from a different perspective, because everyone has their own life, circumstances, and problems to solve. I'll give you my example; whether you believe it or not is up to you. I'm also an adult and have been watching anime since childhood. I started reading manga in my teens and it's been many years since, but I've never felt the same way as you. As I said, everyone has their own life and circumstances. Fortunately, I currently don't need to work (in fact, I've practically never worked). I like variety, so the more the better. Every year there are new anime/manga to enjoy, so I always have something to watch. At most, I've even started to dislike some famous works like Bleach, Naruto, Dragon Ball, and others.
Even so, it doesn't mean that today I hate something that I used to be a fan of, I simply replace it with others that I like more, because in life nothing is eternal and inevitably our tastes will change as we get older, but I also don't like growing up, I would love it if I could be a child forever, after all, what is it like to be an adult? Don't be fooled by these ideas that can only be found in human society. I've also thought about this a lot, mainly because I consider myself a nihilist and stoic person and see the world in a more "free" way (because I also follow Taoism). Of course, we all have our responsibilities, but whether you're a child, teenager, adult, or elderly, none of that matters because in the end, we are all living beings. I like to call humans:
"Mother Nature's little cubs" or "Adults who cannot escape their own immature nature."
Just like any other animal on earth, "we will all live and one day die in the same way," regardless of our status in society. The famous phrase: "Humans are social animals" comes precisely from the fact that, in order to live, we need to study and explore ourselves and the world around us, so that we can pass on all this knowledge accumulated over eons and generations only to be used by the "next adults." Thus shaping the entire reality of human society to transform it into its best version, or at least that's how it should be.
In reality, what we have are mere offspring of Mother Nature, simply yearning to feel more, trapped in their own material desires, releasing their endorphins for short-lived pleasure, and striving for something that will one day cease to exist. At the end of the day, this will be their temporary happiness, marked by the passing of the ages and disseminated throughout history.
Everything will one day come to an end, and in more than a billion years, I'm certain that humanity will no longer be the dominant animal on this planet, and that it will also become uninhabited by living beings, just like thousands of other planets throughout the universe.
So, since I have enough money to buy everything I need for the rest of my life, I've already decided that I'll continue watching anime, reading manga, and buying related items solely for my own pleasure as long as I live and am healthy. I'd love for the world to be egalitarian and for everyone to be able to live that way, however they wish, but unfortunately, that's not our reality.
Regarding Kaoru Hana wa Rin to Saku, I'm really enjoying the anime and even wrote a short review recommending it, I stopped reading the manga around chapter 80, the animation is beautiful, and I like the characters, of course, there are convenient plot elements that only serve to generate all the drama we see in every episode, but it's far from being one of those weak anime like the isekai/fantasy ones from this same season, I understand some of your frustrations, unfortunately, in life, everything is destined to changes, and all we can do is adapt and move forward, always seeking our own happiness.