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title: "kenja no mago and other anime"
published: 2019-06-27
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## kenja no mago

was not worth the time i spent watching it. the bad far outweighed any redeeming
qualities it might have. the premise was unimaginative, the humour was
consistantly lacking, and the storytelling and plot direction were clunky and
forced. to be fair, all of these problems seemed incredibly likely by just
reading the synopsis, but i wanted to give it a go anyway. however, there is
something that has been troubling me about this and i'm hoping by writing things
down i'll come to a better understanding of *why* and *how*.

> the thing that's been eating at me

***this show was without a doubt one of worst ones i will have watched this
season, yet it's also one of the first that i actually finished.*** i did finish
**tate no yuusha** first, but the fact remains i have not yet finished
**senko-san**, **hitoribocchi**, the first half of **kimetsu no yaiba**, almost
all of **bungou stray dogs 3**, much of **fairy gone**, and i haven't even put a
dent into **shingeki no kyojin 3** or **dororo** (which i'm pretty sure was last
season).

> giving myself some credit

in all fairness, it's not that i've been intentionally neglecting any of these
other shows, but obviously **a)** it's easier to binge watch shows when they've
finished airing and **b)** i watched a lot of anime which are no longer
"current". more than i watched current shows at any rate. i have no regrets for
this. i saw some pretty smegging good stuff. off the top of my head there's
**perfect blue**, **mondaiji-tachi ga isekai kara kuru sou desu yo?**, **fate
stay/night**, and the brilliant classic anime film **akira** which i honestly
wasn't sure i'd enjoy all that much. i also watched **aiura** which honestly
just by watching induced the same sort of effects i could expect from certain
types of drugs, as well as started some other older shows and re-watched some
shows with online friends.

going by this, i would say that the fact i finished **kenja no mago** says very
little about the quality of the show overall, except that it's a show that has
little to no reason to be seen when it *isn't* currently airing. it tried to set
itself up for a sequel, but i hope it doesn't get one. i want sequels for shows
that i think are **good** and that **are long overdue for one** in many cases.

## that's all folks

that's all the time i have today, but perhaps i'll write more about the shows i
mentioned here that i enjoyed at some later date. we'll see. until then,

> **live long and prosper**