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I get what you’re saying. Personally I enjoy episodic series when each episode is completely their own thing, anthologies I guess? Or if the episodic series is really really out there.And each characters' arcs aren't told through 4 episodes in a row, but rather over the course of the series with different jobs inbetween, and I appreciate that realism just the same as how in life we frequently have waiting periods between big or momentous moments.
Otherwise it feels more and more like an American cartoon to me like Futurama where for the most part, it’s very slice of life feeling even though characters are built throughout the series, or like monsters at work. Or actually even anime like Pokemon, where every week basically has it’s own story etc.
But I feel as though there is a way to make something with waiting periods and big moments, and still have it feel much more connected and much less slice of life feeling? Breaking bad or Better call Saul come to mind.
Yea, I know how fillers work, I was just trying to describe the feel of it. I think a better description is slice of life esque space cowboy bounty hunter style?Whereas with filler it's more like, hey, we need something to kill time while the manga develops further, buy us a year with a 54 episode filler arc, buy us a few months with a 12 episode arc. Sometimes there's also the fun filler just to get to enjoy the characters on an offbeat adventure, very similar to the original-story movies we see so frequently in anime.
Again, breaking bad or better call saul come to mind when thinking of something that feels very arc focused yet also has smaller scale character moments and waiting periods vs big periods. Even oddball episodes sprinkled throughout. They both sprinkle in character backstories across different episodes (much more so in better call Saul). And a lot of the time it feels like the story moves in small increments. Things get introduced and dropped and then brought back later, etc. But it always has a driven feel to it, like a balance of realism and story.character moments during these smaller scale stories that can help you get attached to these people, and in the back of your head you always know "Spike is gonna run into Vicious again," or in Firefly's case "We're going to find out what experiments were done on River and see why she ended up so crazy."
Absolutelyits stellar soundtrack
So basically I’m not too into the slice of life feeling in story based series (it’s better in comedies)(edit: it depends how it’s done and within what context, here it doesn’t do it for me). I think the main thing for me, somewhat connected to the slice of life, is the whole setup. how after 8 eps in, I still don’t feel any type of overall goal to get to. And I’m also not terribly emotionally attached to any of the characters yet.
Keep in mind this is after 8 eps. And even though I am unfortunately already an adult, who knows, my feelings for it might change with time regardless.
really appreciate your wholly written response
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