I figured this was as good as any way to start off this blog. It’s a good example of my somewhat strange opinions I sometimes have on widely hated shows.

I don’t think like critics AT ALL. I don’t feel the need to analyze shows, movies, music or games and I don’t think I’ll ever understand why anyone does. Watching one of my favorite anime related YouTubers “Digibro“, he states in one of his many analytical videos that he is simply unable to NOT analyze a show when watching it. I.E. is not able to “turn his brain off”. Which I guess makes sense, but not in the way I can fully understand. To me bad writing or the smaller details like minor plot holes or unbelievable characters don’t break the show. I find myself able to enjoy a show if it is FUN. That’s it. But what makes a show fun? I can’t really answer that because everyone’s definition of fun is different but for me Ghost Stories meets that expectation. I first noticed during the first episode. I was all caught up on my seasonal shows and decided to watch it because I’ve always heard it’s one of those “so bad it’s good” series. Around half way through I started to realize that the funny dub wasn’t the only thing keeping my watching. This show or at least this episode was doing the trick alone. I never felt bored and was always looking forward to what was going to happen next even while some of the flaws were being pointed out by the American voice actors themselves.

Nothing ruined the series for me and it stayed this way all the way through. I was amazed by the end at the reputation this show had. How do such boring shows maintain such a good reputation for having good writing and clever character development but Ghost Stories is shit on for having a bunch of flaws that don’t ultimately ruin the series, as it stays to be a very, very fun and enjoyable series? Maybe it’s just my “shit taste” but I find it hard to believe that shows like Ghost Stories aren’t hated by relatively everyone due to bandwaggoning.