Interesting to see the Shenmue fandom turn into every other fandom out there. I honestly thought this was one of the most chilled fandoms around, but seeing how some of you have reacted to my posts, that is obviously not the case and it's just as bad as any other.
I have highly praised Shenmue since I first joined this forum, never said a bad word against it, but as soon as I started sharing my thoughts on the anime, some of you turn into raging fanboys because it's not what you want to hear. I said it felt hollow and soulless because it was missing the content from the games that I personally felt gave it all of its soul. I don't see anything wrong with having this opinion. And yes, I fully understand that the Shenmue anime can't be like the game, I don't expect to see Ryo feeding the cat everyday and asking everybody in Dobuita if they know of any sailors near by or see him trying to break every high score in the arcade, but this is what made Shenmue special too me. The slow day to day life of Ryo, that homely feeling and atmosphere it gave off and how I felt in control of it all is the soul of Shenmue from my perspective, and not having that same experience in anime form, even if I fully understand why it's not there, makes the anime and it's story feel hollow and soulless too me.
Until now, I have never once got personal with any of you, but I don't see why I should accept the bullshit accusations aimed my way by the likes of
@DarksideHazuki @Jibby, and a few others too. I deliberately took a break from talking about the anime for two weeks on this site because it got to the point where I thought I couldn't post my thoughts on it without some of you getting all pissy. You don't see me going after others opinions and using words like hyperbolic because they think it's a 10/10 greatest anime ever. No, I allow them to have those opinions because who the hell am I to invalidate those opinons? If you don't agree with my posts, go ahead and disagree with them, but those of you calling me and anybody sharing crticisms of the show fake fans can fuck right off, like that ShadowMonkey clown on MAL. Who are any of you to say who is and isn't a fan of Shenmue? You call my opinions on here and on MAL hyperbolic over recent weeks, but I haven't even fucking said anything about the anime recently. I haven't discussed anything on MAL about the series at all since the first episode dropped, and even then, it was like 3 posts!.........and I'm the one accused of being hyperbolic?
Is this how it's going to be now? Are some of you going to be following my posts on here and on MAL making sure I toe the line like a toxic fanboy echo chamber?