#but actually that has implications. the ideal understanding hero doesn't exist in isolation

[muninnhuginn]

When series begin to question their initial premise and in doing so pull the rug from underneath the audience's feet. Like, walking up a hill and sitting on a bench only to find out I actually just sat down on a roller coaster

#mob psycho 100 #kaguya-sama #steven universe future #(these are the three that come to mind for me. probably in this order in terms of execution from best to worst too) #I feel like these all pull it off by playing into genre conventions tbh. The audience *could* question mob's explosions or reigen using mob #but for the most part it just trundles along and basically functions as a mechanic for the setting? Until you find out it's not #with kaguya-sama it tends to use its comedic side to set the scene. The entire idea of them confessing to each other is a competition #until it's not #but kaguya-sama actually does this multiple times where something is a gag until you look closer and it's actually not #su: f is doing this to the entire og series by looking at how a chara like steven fits in the genre #but actually that has implications. the ideal understanding hero doesn't exist in isolation #ugh anyway there's probably some trope name for this but idk exactly what it is #mp100 #su #suf #(edit: also I realise this makes it sound like reigen taking advantage of mob is entirely ignored which isn't quite the case #because separation arc. but it's not actually concluded there even tho it seems that way) #idk if utena would count with the entire idea of a prince not existing but I feel like it's upfront enough from the start #about deconstructing that idea that it doesn't feel like it quite fits in that category with the rest)