My personal favorite for flawed reasons is Madoka because I was there for the live reactions to the infamous episode and it was magical watching everyone lose their shit. It was also my re-introduction to anime after being shamed out of it for liking sailor moon as a kid.

  • geikei [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    Its a great shounen, with better writting ,consequences and mature characters than the vast majority but its nothing near a deconstruction. Togashi himself would laugh at the idea that he was "deconstructing" the action shounen genre

    • RedHelhest [they/them]
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      2 years ago

      I dunno, I feel like Gon's arc especially in the Chimera Ant arc is a big time deconstruction of the normal shounen character arc, but maybe I'm crazy.