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costanton11 Since: Mar, 2016
2021-08-01 20:15:07

You can probably trim some of the excess.

HaydenM2001 Since: Aug, 2020
2021-08-01 20:21:36

How should a revised version of that part look? I was thinking something like this:

"While it starts off similarly in tone to past installments of the series, it gets significantly Darker and Edgier as it goes along, with its last acts incorporating elements of Cosmic Horror Story and more philosophical themes. This is due to the influence of head writer Chiaki Konaka, who had largely worked on shows aimed at significantly more mature audiences, like Serial Experiments Lain and Hellsing."

Not sure if even the Cosmic Horror Story part fits, however. Though the D-Reaper is definitely influenced by that sort of story, the description of "A genre wherein the universe is dominated by destructive, unimaginably powerful and incomprehensible entities which don't care about (and may not even notice) us." and i'm not sure it fits that.

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costanton11 Since: Mar, 2016
2021-08-01 21:02:51

Maybe you could just say it's conceptually inspired by such stories.

FishiousRend Since: Jul, 2020
2021-08-01 23:12:04

Worth nothing Konaka has written Lovecraft Mythos stories before, and his previous work on Digimon included explicit references to Lovecraft.

That said, I notice a lot of Digimon (and anime in general) fans tend to over-exaggerate how serious or mature a work is, especially since the Digimon dub cut out a fair few scenes. The trim looks good.

costanton11 Since: Mar, 2016
2021-08-02 06:43:29

On a related note, several pages also refer to the next season, Frontier, as being lighter, when it was quite a bit of heavy moments.

FishiousRend Since: Jul, 2020
2021-08-02 06:48:40

Yeah, clean it up. A lot of anime is way too overblown in its darkness by their fans. Even Attack on Titan isn't that grim.

HaydenM2001 Since: Aug, 2020
2021-08-02 14:55:35

Thanks for the advice. Re-wrote the page.

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