What was the appeal? The entire series is literally just a power fantasy

I like power fantasies
this series sucks though

it's enjoyable as fuck, I don't care

muhhh power fantasy *shits diaper*

Is this supposed to be a bad thing? What's interesting about a powerlessness fantasy?

Probably because your skin isn't brown enough to find this garbage entertaining. Try moving to brazil, india or something and meet with the fans and ask them.

No fucking clue wtf this shit is.

It's time to make a SL thread on bant to see from where are spamming against SL or actually enjoying it...

The entire series is literally just a power fantasy

yes

It's the prefect series to watch on a treadmill since it doesn't require much attention. Same with anime with trainwreck plot like Lycoris.

Because this is fiction, and you can write whatever you want. Character A is stronger than B, wow, that's cool. He's so powerful he can XYZ? Riveting. There's nothing interesting about dick measuring when the dicks are made up.

Violence is still one of the most interesting visuals and dick measuring contests (competition) is as fundamental to your psychology as hunger. What's not interesting is trivialization

power fantasy

is literally just a power fantasy

What was the appeal?

Do you process at all the words you type?

But it's not a contest. It's fiction. One guy doesn't beat the other because he was stronger or smarter, he wins because that's what the author wrote. If there's an upset, THAT can be interesting, but in a power fantasy you already know the main character is the most powerful and he's going to win.

is there anything of value here
Like a lesson or is it all aura farming and the main character face becoming longer as things progress

Bruh you don't get it it's PEAK WE EATIN GOOD BROS W EATS WERE SO BACK

Flashy designs and "hype" scenes that would impress anyone who thinks: more animation = better animation. It's essentially Jujutsu Kaisen if it had no redeeming qualities whatsoever.

Congratulations, you can outsmart a story by predicting what's going to happen with dramatic irony instead of watching what happens. You are not the only person on earth capable of this. It's still enjoyable to watch the good guy beat ass.

JJK had redeeming qualities?

Boy are obsessed with buff sad boys it’s popular

Best looking fight scenes ever actually can save a show sorry not sorry

I've never seen this series and I probably never will. I have no idea what it's actually about but I don't think the character designs look cool so I don't feel like watching it.

The entire series is literally just a power fantasy

idk if you've successfully sheltered yourself from the isekai craze of the last decade but about 5-10 shows like this come out every season. this one just had a high animation budget.

Small children also enjoy simple, repetitive and predictable stories. It helps them learn to navigate the world without challenging them too much.

I was one of the people who started following it back when it was first being translated. The ending is shit, for anyone who's wondering.
It's a time travel ending. Also the last two arcs are massively retarded due to how obscene the scale of things becomes.

You sound insecure about your intelligence. It may help to find challenge somewhere other than cartoons, such as employment.

Bright lights.
Flashy effects.
Swish swish, clang clang noises.

Even the assterix war had more to say than this

The conversation started with a question asking what's wrong with "power fantasy" and that's the answer: it's written for people with the intelligence of a child. If you're struggling this much to follow a simple dialogue then it makes sense it appeals to you.

Because it's cool you stupid faggot, that's why.
A weak loser becomes the strongest gigachad and kills monsters, not everything has to be profound and thought-provoking.

Except you're coming to that conclusion because you're insecure about your level of intelligence. If you were more secure in your intellect and didn't think it was quantified by the cartoons you enjoy you might be able to enjoy power fantasy for it's other strengths such as masculine appeals to competition, violence, gore, ect, rather than instantly comparing yourself to a toddler.

Honestly the story isn't all that interesting but the action is top tier. The video game skill system isn't that original but it's just fun to watch bad guys get fucked up

You've accidentally stumbled upon the correct answer: "power fantasy" enjoyers need to read stories about violence and gore specifically because they need the reinforcement. They need to see and read the same simple story over and over to make the lesson stick.

You answered your own question.

It's pretty fucking boring.

This isn't even a complete thought. Reinforce what? What lesson? You just used the word "need" three times after explaining how the genre is for the easily satisfied.

Nothing. It was just massively shilled and consuumers lack critical thought and free will so they will jump onto any bandwagon.

You said it yourself: power fantasy's strengths are masculine appeals to competition, violence, gore, etc. Power fantasy has simple messages about morality like "competition and violence are masculine". If you're unsure about what masculinity is, you can watch and read power fantasy to reinforce your beliefs. The repetition is reassuring and helps you learn.

So which are you? Do you not know what masculinity is, or do you need to be comforted by hearing someone tell you something you already know?

Why don't the people who watch this just learn martial arts or go to war and become the chads they clearly want to be

As someone who has spent the last few months watching isekai slop non-stop, I can tell you EXACTLY why it's so popular. It's simple really, it's because the MC isn't a weak, limp wristed punk bitch like 90% of japshit anime MC's are.
I literally cannot count how many isekai slops I've sat thru that have damn near the same mc in almost everything but name. And the vast majority of them share the same characteristics:

act skittish around girls despite being in their late teens or early 20s

free power ups they didn't earn

never in any real danger, effortlessly deal with most threats

almost all have the same scrawny, slim build of a malnourished j pop idol

zero fucking muscle what so ever

And most likely obnoxious and constant of all:

ALWAYS forgiving the people who shit the n them no matter how egregious their betrayal was

It's such a constant in jap made isekai shit that the MC always ends up a scrawny, nervous virgin like demigod who rarely who always forgives the people who shit on him, and said enemies usually die to some indirect threat. It really is pathetic and feel like I'm watching Dekuck in am isekai setting again, and again, and again.
This is, in my opinion why so many gravitated to solo leveling and why anime like shield hero and arifirutu gained such huge followings. Strong assertive, MASCULINE MCs are an absolute rarity in today's anime market. What the fuck happened to the japs in recent years?

You said it yourself: power fantasy's strengths are masculine appeals to competition, violence, gore, etc.

This has absolutely nothing to do with whatever the hell you're talking about afterward. If something has "masculine appeals" it literally just means that it appeals to men. If you have balls you already enjoy watching a strong good guy vanquish evil, that's basic psychology, you don't have to be taught that. Wtf are you talking about

why grug tell campfire story about saber tooth? grug go get spear and go KILL saber tooth!

grug tired of saber tooth story, tooth keep growing larger and club keep getting bigger. story same

Having powers doesn't make you any more or any less special than anyone else.

Ok, so you belong to the latter group. You enjoy power fantasy because it tells you something you already believe. You are unsure or insecure about yourself and your place in society, about what it means to be a man or what is morally good, so a story about "strong good guys vanquishing evil" is comforting and reassuring.

KOREAN FUCKING SHITS,how do you differentiate your garbage?Also fix your goddamn paneling,

Reminds me of the frenchcanadian yellow novels. Basically pulp pieces of shlock that mean nothing beyond the occassional wacky premise or visuals.

It sounds like you’re projecting

No, your false dichotomy is just retarded. Stories about "strong good guys vanquishing evil" are as old as written language.
How

You're right, but I'm worried that hearing it is just going to make him defensive. If you can lead him to the truth without making him upset he can figure it out "for himself" and internalize the lesson.

EXACTLY! They're as old as human language! So being reminded of them is telling you that your own beliefs are also as old as human language, that your own beliefs have stood for 8000+ years. When some dipshit on the internet pesters you about your own beliefs, you get uncomfortable. So you take comfort in your stories. Simply mentioning them makes you feel justified or correct.

The way you have multiplied this beyond all imaginable reason is proof of how deeply pseud you are, you're not "leading me" anywhere by forcing retarded dichotomies down my throat. I do not like boobs in my anime because I need to be reminded that men 8000 years ago also liked boobs and because I need my place in society as a boob-lover reassured by boob stories. Parsimony: I like boobs because I am a man and I have balls. It stands to reason that I will also like boobs in my anime.

It's essentially Jujutsu Kaisen if it had no redeeming qualities whatsoever.

So, JJK?

It's badass. Doesn't need to be any other reason. I watch UFC fights and that has no story at all. Combat doesn't need a story, just needs to be badass.

flashing lights and boom boom sounds. Its made for literal apes.

Jujutsu Kaisen if it had no redeeming qualities whatsoever

But Jujutsu Kaisen is Naruto if it had no redeeming qualities whatsoever

You know those stickman flash animations
this is what this reminds me of

me smart

Doubt it, you watch and discuss battle shonen. It's all dumb as shit, this is a bit dumber than usual but when it's all so dumb, that hardly even matters

So Im right then?

Naruto is Naruto if it had no redeeming qualities

You were so close to having a thought above a grade school level but you managed to avoid it. Thanks for putting on a show at least.

Yes, anon, liking boobs does not require PhD level intellect and cunning. It simply requires you to not be a massive fucking flaming homosexual faggot. Hope this helps.

What wrong with power fantasy?
Is "wahhh, I'm a little bitch that tries really hard and with the help of my friends we can whine about how hard we're trying"

You can have a "power fantasy" without taking away all narrative tension and character depth.

If the only thing keeping you engaged in the story are boobs, shaky cameras and pretty colors, it's the anime equivalent of pic related.

I wonder if powerfantasyfags are ever going to get bored or they are stuck with this