A monster like who?

Posted: May 5, 2009 | Author: flomu | Filed under: Uncategorized |5 Comments »

So after watching Tayutama 03 (which, by the way, continued the tradition of QUALITY art), I realized that in every other anime with some kind of supernatural girl, there’s the “I’m a monster” line.

Is this line some kind of variant on the even more stereotypical “A person like you dating a person like me” line?  It carries the same meaning… something along the lines of “LOOK AT MY LOW SELF-ESTEEM” or “LOOK, THIS IS DRAMA”

I understand why this line could be useful.  It could be used as a twisted form of pathos to get random viewers to be more attracted to said monster.

Still, I don’t understand why some characters (LIKE MONSTERGIRL FROM INDEX) say it.  It’s not like members of the audience are going to feel weak in their knees and swoon over the sight of Hyouka after she says “a monster like me.”  She remains unfavorited on MAL (and that’s saying something, seeing as how sombody has Budoko on their favorites).

Plus who really cares about Melon if she thinks she ain’t good enough for Kakeru… because frankly, she’s not!  Kakeru is a perverted male lead, and Melon is that badly drawn person who always seems to be on screen for some reason! 

This line is really painful when it backfires, I guess.  If the viewers think that “a monster like _____” really shouldn’t be with _____ and/or be _____ (i.e. “alive”), then the whole thing falls apart, no?  Hyoko really shouldn’t be alive if all she does is whine 24/7 and prompt another Touma-runs-across-3-meter-long-distance-in-half-an-episode scene.  Melon really should go away.  Kuro should toughen up.  Mashiro should get a haircut.

This post degenerated into a series-bashing post, so I might as well just try and stuff as much crap as I can in here.

I’m tired and grumpy, and I don’t want to type more for this post.

:3

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