On writing a fight/action story from a tired reader.

[PancakesWitch]

I can't read shounen anymore. I'm so sick of the "power of friendship," the constant shipping characters that nearly always goes nowhere, evil villains being forgiven for practically anything because "muh forgiveness and mercy" by overly naive protagonists, the endless battles where practically no one dies, and while I don't see this one as often anymore, I still physically cringe when someone says "you should never kill," with absolutely no nuance/context allowed whatsoever.

Naruto Shippuden was the last shounen I ever read. Sasuke being allowed to continue sucking air was the last straw for me. To me, the Boruto show does not exist because Sarada should NEVER have been allowed to exist. Sasuke should NEVER have been allowed enough freedom to even CONSIDER the idea of making Sarada with ANYONE.

Naruto isn't the worst example, but definitely the one that finally broke the camels figurative back for me.

The Second Hokage was right. The Uchiha being allowed to remain a viable group is what caused damn near every ill that befell the Ninja World during the shows lore-run. If Hashirama had killed Madara after the first time he defeated him, like Tobirama told him to, a LOT of the problems the Ninja World suffered later on, would never have happened. Sure, other problems would have occurred, but I don't believe for a second they would have reached the world-altering levels they became in Late-Shippuden.

I wasnt really talking to you though. But whatever, sure. Although so far there are very few that use the power of friendship as some sort of tangible power. Usually it just the bonds of people that keep them togehter against adversity (surprisingly, that's how humanity progressed so far, nobody did everything alone you know?). At the end of the day if you dont want to read shonen manga or something similar, and you can't read novels because not all of them are stake-filled action fantasies with nothing else but muscular men punching each other, then I dont know what to tell you. If movies or other forms of entertainment dont work then perhaps just write your own perfect story instead of trying to demand to authors to write what you want to read without even offering money for it? Honestly this whole thread is just full of hypocrisy and shows just how stupid can readers be.

 

[Gray_Mann]

I wasnt really talking to you though. But whatever, sure. Although so far there are very few that use the power of friendship as some sort of tangible power. Usually it just the bonds of people that keep them togehter against adversity (surprisingly, that's how humanity progressed so far, nobody did everything alone you know?). At the end of the day if you dont want to read shonen manga or something similar, and you can't read novels because not all of them are stake-filled action fantasies with nothing else but muscular men punching each other, then I dont know what to tell you. If movies or other forms of entertainment dont work then perhaps just write your own perfect story instead of trying to demand to authors to write what you want to read without even offering money for it? Honestly this whole thread is just full of hypocrisy and shows just how stupid can readers be.

Yeah, well I was talking to you. Funny how people can talk to others without being asked to yeah? Surprisingly, it's pretty common in discussions you know?

Honestly this whole thread is just full of hypocrisy and shows just how stupid can readers be.

Also, I was referring to a dislike of a genre and my problems with it. That is the only bit of criticism I've leveled in this thread. But nice try. However, if merely offering criticism of something we dislike is hypocrisy now, that means everyone here on this site is a hypocrite including you if we do ANYTHING but praise a work, or otherwise remain silent on it.

Perhaps thinking about what accusations/criticisms you make of others before typing would serve you well in the future eh hypocrite?