“Only a Teenager Could Like This!” – An Observation on Boogiepop Phantom, Gunslinger Girl, and Adolescent Dreariness

It seems to me that if you’re going to focus on adolescence, it’s important both to show the beauty that becomes apparent at the time as well as the absolute complexity of life itself. All kinds of anime, alongside other regions of mass culture, suffer from their exclusivity. Focus on the topic at hand is important, but taking that too far makes it... See more