R: 23 / I: 3Anime is an outlet for cattle.
Now before I start, I must make this very clear. That this CANNOT apply well to the average normie anime fan, rather this applies to the average anime fan who is an imageboard user or who is in a community that may not be considered mainstream or be well-known. Which is the type of people whom I will be talking about in this thread and believe to be cattle.
<REDDIT SPACEALONG WITH THAT, not all modern Japanese media can be considered slop. You may or may not consider the majority to be slop, but you must admit, some of it can be good.
<REDDIT SPACEIt should be obvious that some of the language i will be using is a bit symbolic and metaphorical. Keep that in mind before reading.
<REDDIT SPACENow with all of that addressed, let us begin.
I believe anime or modern Japanese media is a particular form of a disease type which has negatively affected many people dearly.
<REDDIT SPACEThis disease type is basically numbing the cattle to have a distorted view of the environment they live in, so they cannot understand the reality around them and see the horrors happening right in front of them.
<REDDIT SPACEThere are many examples of this disease type, of which you may already have in mind. Social media, television, vidya, film, shows and etc, all of this isn't inherently bad, but is used by this disease type in order to carry out its duty.
<REDDIT SPACENow back to the topic at hand, anime/modern Japanese media. This form of the disease has a special charm to it which gives it a unique advantage to spread itself more effectively over its counterparts. It is effective at targeting individuals which may not know how to properly communicate to others. This will be of very beneficial use to the disease.
<REDDIT SPACEWhen the potential host first encounters it, he is intrigued by its charm and is fallen victim to it, the disease has now gained a host to do its duty. Since the host in question is a social outcast, (for he cannot properly communicate to others.) this can be a contributing factor to not having a proper sense of identity. The disease overtime makes it apart of the host's identity, for the disease is the only option he knows of, that he can make a proper identity out of himself. The disease harms the host with the degeneracy it brings as a consequence, but the host doesn't mind as the disease has numb him and become apart of him. The disease has also given him the ability to properly socialize with others, whom are like himself, and of course, breed degeneracy with each other. The disease, since it is now apart of the host, aligns the hosts goal with its own goals, thereby becoming intrinsic to the host, greatly rewarding the host if fulfilled. The host has now achieved a proper sense of identity and a proper way to socialize, and the disease a complete carrier of which it can use to transmit itself onto others. Socialization is a necessity for both and is frequently used.
<REDDIT SPACEThe host now goes on his way to spread the disease as much as possible onto potential new carriers, some people fall for the charm of the disease and become degenerates themselves. The majority do not, and ignore the tricks of the disease and are disgusted by its effects. But sooner or later, the disease's rapid spread has now forced the majority to either fight against it or not.
<REDDIT SPACEIf the majority do decide to fight against it, they must fight with great effort, for the carriers goals are intrinsic, which can bring about great rewards to the carrier if fulfilled, and will make them a more difficult opponent to fight against. Unless a janny or something else can be used as a triumph card to guarantee an effortless victory. On the other hand, if they were to lose or not fight against it, the majority would become degenerates, or either flee and leave their board/place of socialization to the carriers and have it become a place of degeneracy, a shell of its former self. If a few non-infected decided to stay, they would either be forced to eventually become a degenerate due to their conditions, force their sanity to be upheld, or come into their senses and finally leave.
<REDDIT SPACEThe carriers, if they have won, have successfully gained a new place along with new victims who become mentally castrated cattle (or not if they decided to flee.) of which degeneracy will flourish in.
<REDDIT SPACEThis is what I present as a consequence for disease in a person and if it were to be spread if not stopped.