| I prefer a mixture of both. Not to diabetes introducing but neither to edgy either. |
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I like watching lighthearted anime the most. |
SerafosMar 23, 2024 9:36 AM
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| Anime where characters I like survive and there is a nasty fight between female characters. |
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| Why not both? Cute girls doing cute things during the Black Death. |
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| Probably both, but I don't care as long as it's entertaining. |
| A mix of both depends on my mood most of the time |
| Lighthearted. Real life is dark enough. |
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| I like lighthearted shows. Watching something dark is kinda tiring. |
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| Lighthearted with a thin veil of darkness is my favorite mix. |
| Most of my favourite anime are a mixture of both. |
  ｲ乇刀乇乃尺ﾑ乇 ╔⏤═⏤╝   ╚⏤═⏤╗☽ Shaded Horizon ☾ |
Spunkert said: I prefer a mixture of both. Not to diabetes introducing but neither to edgy either I tend to gravitate more towards darker anime, but i'll enjoy anything that has great characters |
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Reply to Zarutaku
Probably both, but I don't care as long as it's entertaining.
Zarutaku said: Probably both, but I don't care as long as it's entertaining. Same here and depending if it's an anime I can enjoy or like. |
| Both. majo no tabi tabi type shit would be cool. |
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| Ofcoure, I love Lighthearted animes more. Darker animes can be good but lighthearted anime makes me feel better. |
| I need somebody who can love me at my worst No, I'm not perfect, but I hope you see my worth 'Cause it's only you, nobody new, I put you first And for you, girl, I swear I'll do the worst If you stay forever, let me hold your hand I can fill those places in your heart no else can Let me show you love, oh, I don't pretend, yeah I'll be right here, baby, you know I'll sink or swim |
| My mood changes pretty frequently when it comes to anime. I'm generally into a good mix of both but recently I've been going for lighthearted content. I'm always down for a dark aesthetic though I love that. What comes to mind would be like Eva, Lain, Dorohedoro, Death Parade, Vampire Hunter... |
| For me, being dark is a high-risk high-reward strategy. A lot of my absolute favourites are very dark, but most of the stuff I enjoy is more lighthearted. A dark story, done just right, can be one of the most incredible things you can get from television. But it needs to have that meaningfulness to it, I don't want to wallow in misery without a very good reason. Whilst fun stuff doesn't need to be meaningful in order to be jolly good fun. I just finished Elfen Lied which is one of the worst anime I've ever seen, I'll pass on that kind of darkness/edginess. There is actually quite a lot to Elfen Lied, by the way. But it's kind of stealthy about what it's doing, so its very easy to miss, it's not the sort of thing you naturally look for. Very broadly, it's about a horror anime trying to eat a harem anime. As a Doctor Who fan, I have an instinctive ability to pick up on this kind of genre collision because it's something Who has been doing sort of from the very beginning, and quite explicitly from the mid 70s onwards. But it's quite an alien way of doing things to American culture, where television is based on cinematic traditions rather than theatrical ones. |
| As long as it has cute girls in it, I'm fine if it's dark/depressing. For example, WataMote is very dark, but I love it since the main girl is a smelly socially inept nerd craving love and attention. She's the type of girl who'd be obedient as a dog to you for the rest of her life once you showed her some attention. Definitely my fetish. |
| i enjoy watching gruesome bloody dark seinen comedy anime |
 Migi... Handle the defence. |
| I generally prefer lighthearted. But when a cheerful show takes a dark turn or tackles serious subject matter, it can be especially memorable. Most of my favorites are like that. |
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| I'm leaning towards the lighthearted tone of the series since I like slice of life. Although, depending on my mood, I enjoy a mix of both. |
| All of the above really. Depends on my mood |
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| I would say it more depends on the anime itself. If the anime is a Romcom, I would say more lighthearted. If its a horror or mystery anime, I would say more dark. |
 Be safe and well travels, Chris |
| In the middle of both, but I guess leaning more towards lighthearted. |
| The best result is achieved by combining them in a way that works thematically in the story and makes logical sense. I'd probably still be onboard to watch it as long as it doesn't drift to far into either end of the spectrum, though. Too light or too dark and I find it to be contrived. |
KruszerMar 23, 2024 6:37 PM
| "The name's Gambit. Remember it." -Gambit "X-Men '97"  |
| I like my anime to be mixture of both lighthearted and dark to make it more interesting. |
| All 3. I like lighthearted anime, dark anime as well as a mixture of both, it ultimately just depends on how well it's written and how enjoyable it is. |
Always the same… Every age, every generation. Human beings are infinitely more cruel and selfish than any demon in hell ~Dantalion (Makai Ouji) |
| I just want a story to be well written |
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| Lighthearted > mix > dark I don't really care too much about how dark a series is, maybe the teenage me would, but at this point I prefer lighthearted series that is a joy to watch. |
| Honobono Log - best slice of life short -------------------------------------------- most kawaii loli overlord ---------------------------- Donquixote Doflamingo AMV - Control |
| Mixture of both, even manga like Berserk have some lighearted moments in there. |
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| Nowadays I definitely prefer my anime to be lighthearted, as I watch it to relax myself :) |
| It honestly depends. Some days I'll just wanna watch insulin spiking moe crap, the next day I'm re-watching Higurashi |
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| I don't have a particular preference, but I think I've been watching more darker anime lately. |
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| I love both equally lighthearted makes my heart tingle but dark gets me hyped |
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| Gegege no Kitaro (2018) and Jigoku Sensei Nube are on my favorites for getting that balance absolutely perfect. |
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| I prefer my anime in #1 with a score of 9.39. |
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| I put "mix of both," but I don't mean in the same anime. I either want my anime to be complete fluff or soul rending. No in between. |
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| dark anime goes heavy on me I can't sleep at night light-hearted is better |
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