>>86923235I watched one fucking series out of the assload of Harlock available. Not even totally sure which one.
I didn't like Gundam that much either until I saw "War in the Pocket", which is often considered the most unconventional Gundam series. Otherwise I remember Gundam as
>*Kills thousands of innocent people*>Are... are we the bad guys?>Nah, we're plucky young people with our hearts in the right place>It's all good>*Resumes killing a fuckton of people*>Kills BBG with power of loveCode Geass was better while trying to hit on some war and philosophy, but my like of it burned out about halfway through it. Combination of wasted potential and mediocre writing. Could have been a lot better than it was.
Harlock's character is why I don't like Harlock. He has a similar issue, his entire character exists for the author to wank wank wank a handful of philosophical etc points popular in Japan. Anything they do to make him likable just comes off as inconsistent and high horse as fuck.
He's a pretty good example of Anime character tropes and philosophy tropes ruining shows for me.
