People are like "Ew that's a child you sickos!" but like, bruh - Look at that thing. There is nothing human about those proportions. This isn't a human child. It's some kind of hideous changeling, a humanoid abomination from beyond the stars sent to infiltrate our world, subvert our governments, and presumably steal all our brains to be put in jars for further study. The fact that it doesn't reflexively trigger the uncanny valley response is horrific in and of itself. It's already overcome our instinctual defense against infiltration. It's already in our homes and the halls of government. It's already won.

(I know the lizard people from space control our government thing is a white supremacist dog whistle for Jewish people. I actually spent a lot of time thinking about whether or not to post this because the whole genre of "Alien infiltrators" stories is so tied up in white supremacy, anti-communism, anti-immigration, racism, and so forth. But, eh. Dumb jokes about Genshin probably aren't harmful? But feel free to call me out if you think I should take it down or that there's aspects I'm missing.)

  • CarmineCatboy [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Some of my friends are saying it has the best story they’ve ever encountered.

    im gonna say this as a weeb

    it may be the best story our friends ever encountered but that probably tells us more about the genre than the story itself

    • TreadOnMe [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      I was just about to say this. Anime and manga stories are pretty much straight up put it in my veins trash, with the only actually good ones being ones that are deconstructing the story tropes in the other 99%.

      This is because these games and shows are quite literally made for a primary audience of children. Doesn't mean it still can't be fun, but like, the story will rarely be that reflective or deep.