Let's face it: on occasion, we look down on pieces of media because of their apparent quality. They don't ascribe to be anything more than glorification or pandering, and you want nothing to do with that, so at most you just give it a watch to prove your point.
Then it turns out that the work is actually pretty good because it has depth. It's not just a fanservice-filled fantasy, or a gorefest among gorefests. When you stop and think about it, the series is awfully enjoyable because it actually handles complicated subjects in an interesting way, which improves your opinion of the series.
Let's point out some of these, in this thread, to collect as much data possible in a single location, and even discuss the actual values of this so-called 'depth' we saw.
RULES
First and foremost, the piece of medium we're dealing with is supposed to be surprising in its depth. This means that something that is obviously trying to be deep should not be counted for the purposes of this. Nobody blinks when someone argues that there's more to Neon Genesis Evangelion than giant robot fights, but if someone managed to successfully argue the same of Godannar, I can see heads twisting from that. (...I didn't finish Godannar yet, but you get the point.)
You could say that well-known media can't apply for it anymore, as well. George Romero's zombie movies can be treated as criticism of consummerism, and while that is a deep analysis of something that is shown mainly as dead people eating non-dead people, it's just so obvious even people who never saw it can point it out (like myself). So look into the less-obvious examples, pretty much, unless you found a new depth (maybe the zombies are symbolically representing hipsters and how they ruin everything they touch).
Starting this off? Sora no Otoshimono. It's not just about a super pervert who gets perfect/ideal robot maids who will do anything he wants, but it keeps hitting upon the nail that this is an unhealthy fantasy that cannot lead to actual happiness, and how complicated relationships can get when actual feelings, and not just 'LOL I WUV U NAO', are mixed in this. I actually got surprised to see this much amount of dark undertones used in the series, another reason why I chose to keep buying the volumes rather than just read online.
So, you guys, what do you have to add?
Then it turns out that the work is actually pretty good because it has depth. It's not just a fanservice-filled fantasy, or a gorefest among gorefests. When you stop and think about it, the series is awfully enjoyable because it actually handles complicated subjects in an interesting way, which improves your opinion of the series.
Let's point out some of these, in this thread, to collect as much data possible in a single location, and even discuss the actual values of this so-called 'depth' we saw.
RULES
First and foremost, the piece of medium we're dealing with is supposed to be surprising in its depth. This means that something that is obviously trying to be deep should not be counted for the purposes of this. Nobody blinks when someone argues that there's more to Neon Genesis Evangelion than giant robot fights, but if someone managed to successfully argue the same of Godannar, I can see heads twisting from that. (...I didn't finish Godannar yet, but you get the point.)
You could say that well-known media can't apply for it anymore, as well. George Romero's zombie movies can be treated as criticism of consummerism, and while that is a deep analysis of something that is shown mainly as dead people eating non-dead people, it's just so obvious even people who never saw it can point it out (like myself). So look into the less-obvious examples, pretty much, unless you found a new depth (maybe the zombies are symbolically representing hipsters and how they ruin everything they touch).
Starting this off? Sora no Otoshimono. It's not just about a super pervert who gets perfect/ideal robot maids who will do anything he wants, but it keeps hitting upon the nail that this is an unhealthy fantasy that cannot lead to actual happiness, and how complicated relationships can get when actual feelings, and not just 'LOL I WUV U NAO', are mixed in this. I actually got surprised to see this much amount of dark undertones used in the series, another reason why I chose to keep buying the volumes rather than just read online.
So, you guys, what do you have to add?