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[i2amroy]

2 episodes done into Gakkou Gurashi!

It's simultaneously making me not to want to watch anymore episodes and watch more at the same time, which is not an easy balance to create.

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Honestly I'm getting a way different vibe from the show than something like Madoka or Yuki Yuna. Those had their dark side, but they just didn't have the same cringe factor that Gakkou Gurashi! pulls out.

It might just be me, but mental illness is one of those strong aversion things for me, which generates that cringe that things like Madoka lack. I place a huge amount of importance on intelligence and thinking, so mental illnesses have always had a strong uncanny valley effect from me. But on the other hand the shows looks like it could be really good; but then again it keeps crossing back and forth over the cute/feels/horror boundaries so much that I just don't know what to feel. All in all it's giving me a very mixed, sort of cringing sensation, like a cross between an "oh god did she really just do that" and an "all the feels", with just enough happy to be very confusing.

Also calling that Megumi is just another fiction of Yuki's mind right now. She's been appearing and disappearing without warning, she hasn't actually manipulated anything, and the only times people other than Yuki interact with her is to say thank you or something similar... after Yuki has announced that she is present.

(Also unless you actually quote me I'm probably not going to read any spoilered responses. I'm trying hard to avoid further spoilers so far, though the initial twist was already spoiled for me due to just reading the "teaser summary" on anichart before it first came out to determine if I would be interested in it ).

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Still managed to make me cringe/gasp when the first episode hit though.

[EnigmaticHat]

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I place a huge amount of importance on intelligence and thinking, so mental illnesses have always had a strong uncanny valley effect from me.

If its any help, actual mental illnesses don't tend to be as... complete as they are in fiction.  In most cases its possible to very aware and intelligent while simultaneously not being able to change whatever your little quirk is.  So like someone with OCD will generally recognize that they have it, even if they don't know what its called, and be "normal" in areas that don't directly pertain to their compulsive behavior.

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Judging by the tvtropes page for that anime, it sounds like Yuki's mental illness is a Joker-esque "we're just making this up whole cloth".  Which is really MY little pet peeve when it comes to mental illness.

[i2amroy]

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Yeah, I've certainly looked into the real stuff quite a bit as well. It's just... I know someone who used to be rather intelligent, but a side effect of them getting in a car accident and splattering part of their brains across the windshield was that they took a major IQ hit. They went from being a rather intelligent person, to being very close to a stereotypical ditz with a handful of mental problems. I've also met people who were definitely intelligent, but just watching them go through their OCD motions over and over despite knowing them fairly well was still cringeworthy.

Things like that just; well, they honestly just scare me. I place intelligence and mental agility way up there on the "qualities of a person to know" list, and the idea that not only do things that interfere with it exist, but that they can actually happen to someone who didn't have them before? It really hits me. And the fact that fiction takes things in a more complete direction than reality does just means that they manage to slam all of those aversion buttons instead of just some of them.

The end result is that I'm getting very conflicted messages. Half of me is loving the darkness and reveling in the extreme contrast that is being created between it and the cuter parts of the show (extreme contrast and genre whiplashes like that are honestly some of my favorite things in just about any type of story, be it anime, tv shows, movies, or books), while the other half of me is screaming "no stop watching it get away I don't want to think about this".

As for what she has specifically, it's difficult for me to tell since I've only see a couple episodes, and it's certainly exaggerated at least somewhat from what it would be like in real life, but it seems like the closest match for what she's experiencing would be some form of Dissociative disorder, which is the category that includes things ranging from PTSD to having multiple personalities switching in and out. It also can include inability to separate fantasy from reality, memory problems, and hallucinations as part of its symptoms, which appears to fit what she appears to be experiencing. She's possibly even got the multiple personalities thing going as well, albeit being expressed through hallucinations instead of by directly controlling her. Though of course I haven't watched more than the first two episodes, so I'd need to put in another few hours before I could be more sure about that.

[EnigmaticHat]

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Yeah, I've certainly looked into the real stuff quite a bit as well. It's just... I know someone who used to be rather intelligent, but a side effect of them getting in a car accident and splattering part of their brains across the windshield was that they took a major IQ hit. They went from being a rather intelligent person, to being very close to a stereotypical ditz with a handful of mental problems. I've also met people who were definitely intelligent, but just watching them go through their OCD motions over and over despite knowing them fairly well was still cringeworthy.

Things like that just; well, they honestly just scare me. I place intelligence and mental agility way up there on the "qualities of a person to know" list, and the idea that not only do things that interfere with it exist, but that they can actually happen to someone who didn't have them before? It really hits me. And the fact that fiction takes things in a more complete direction than reality does just means that they manage to slam all of those aversion buttons instead of just some of them.

The end result is that I'm getting very conflicted messages. Half of me is loving the darkness and reveling in the extreme contrast that is being created between it and the cuter parts of the show (extreme contrast and genre whiplashes like that are honestly some of my favorite things in just about any type of story, be it anime, tv shows, movies, or books), while the other half of me is screaming "no stop watching it get away I don't want to think about this".

As for what she has specifically, it's difficult for me to tell since I've only see a couple episodes, and it's certainly exaggerated at least somewhat from what it would be like in real life, but it seems like the closest match for what she's experiencing would be some form of Dissociative disorder, which is the category that includes things ranging from PTSD to having multiple personalities switching in and out. It also can include inability to separate fantasy from reality, memory problems, and hallucinations as part of its symptoms, which appears to fit what she appears to be experiencing. She's possibly even got the multiple personalities thing going as well, albeit being expressed through hallucinations instead of by directly controlling her. Though of course I haven't watched more than the first two episodes, so I'd need to put in another few hours before I could be more sure about that.

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I don't think disassociate disorders work like that, the amnesia doesn't directly change what you experience in the present and the hallucinations aren't a full replacement for reality, plus even the worst instances I've heard of hallucinations you don't get them 100% of the time.
That being said I suppose its within suspension of disbelief that SOMEONE, SOMEWHERE might develop something like that.  So perhaps the Joker comparison was not entirely fair.

[JoshuaFH]

I finally got around to watching "When Marnie Was There". It was very tasteful and sweet. Heartily recommended.

[Reelya]

Up to date on Gakkou Gurashi now. It's getting pretty good, can't wait for those last couple of episodes to come out!

A toss up between Gate and Overlord to watch next, I picked Gate because the setting sounds much more interesting.

[Frumple]

Dunno what happens in the anime, but it's not entirely sessile in the LN. Think I stopped around the point they were getting ready/starting to

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invade and probably genocide the lizardpeople.

Not because it was exactly bad or anything -- I've actually still got it open in some tab or another -- just got distracted by other things.

[Reelya]

Gate wasn't as good as I hoped. While I won't spoil any details, here's a picture of the most powerful warrior of the world beyond the Gate:

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It was a fun series but it was sort of all over the shop too.

[JoshuaFH]

I demand that everyone check out "Health and Physical Education for 30 year olds". It's a raucously funny mini series about a god of sex trying to guide a 30 yr old virgin to graduate from his virginity. I'm only about 4 eps in, and each ep is about 12 minutes long, but I'm already madly endeared to it.

[Frumple]

Gate wasn't as good as I hoped. While I won't spoil any details, here's a picture of the most powerful warrior of the world beyond the Gate:

Spoiler: Rory Mercury (click to show/hide)

It was a fun series but it was sort of all over the shop too.

Now go read the manga :V

Mostly so someone that's seen both can tell me how much the anime cuts out, heh.

... actually, probably don't. We've had this discussion before.

[Furtuka]

Thought you might find this amusing since we've had all that Mahoukaman discussion earlier.

[Reelya]

Well, Gate announced as split-cour at the end of the last episode broadcast (not available yet for us though). I definitely got the feeling that it was going to a cliffhanger in episode 11, a new major plot thread was introduced near the end of the episode and it well apparent that there's not enough time in the last episode to resolve it. So yeah, eps 11-12 are setting up the plot for the next cour which will air in January. Damn I shouldn't have watched Gate yesterday, because I could have left it until December and watched it just before the next half airs, and watched another show just now. Oh well.

Today I'm checking out Himouto! Umaru-chan. Looks cute / funny.

Also thanks for that JH, I'll give 30-sai no Hoken Taiiku another look if you think it's good. I gave the first episode a quick look ages ago but didn't like the artstyle.

[JoshuaFH]

Also thanks for that JH, I'll give 30-sai no Hoken Taiiku another look if you think it's good. I gave the first episode a quick look ages ago but didn't like the artstyle.

Well, it certainly looks like a cheaply made animation, but the atmosphere and gags are top notch after quickly binging the entirety of this short series.

After that though, I immediately picked up "Rowdy Sumo Wrestler Matsutaro" about the naturally hulking and strong Matsutaro, who is a delinquent that is scouted to do sumo. I'm on ep 4, but I'm enjoying it thoroughly so far. The MC reminds me alot of my cousin, almost down to the t. Pig-headed, no manners, immature, but freakishly strong. It's almost like they made the anime in his tribute, though the MC looks like Nishi from Ashita no Joe, if Nishi wasn't a huge coward and loser.

[Reelya]

It was written by the same guy as Ashita no Joe actually

[JoshuaFH]

I should've known when I saw the slightly older Sachi clone.