>>64924
>shonenshit
Are you that one fucking autist who keeps pushing this?
You are using the most simplistic, shorthand, buzzword-tier words to criticize without having to dig deeper into anything beyond the absolute surface. You might as well just be taking what terms you can find off some shithole like TVTropes and rephrasing them for imageboard use.
TTGL is pretty much the most ambitious anime in history that actually succeeds at what it aims to do.
The idea of Spiral Power and its connection to humanity, the depth of Kamina as a character and his sheer difference from most other characters in the genre (to the point of baiting everyone to thinking he was the protagonist), along with Simon's own depth is incredible. Their relationship and actions are unlike anything in the genre. The arc Simon goes through after episode 8, everything with Nia in general, the messages and themes that are involved with each aspect and part of the world, such as the idea of freedom and individualism being pressed against authoritarianism, human nature and the truth of what the Anti-Spiral represents, the ganmen being a sort of "manifestation of the soul" and all that comes with it when you consider it in the context of the show, what a man's "drill" is, what "direction" you go in and how drastically the difference is when you change that direction (and the resistance you will encounter as a result), brotherhood, belief in one's self and belief in others (and most importantly, how a human needs those things, even when it seems they are incapable of doing so, then they need to believe in something stronger than themselves until they can believe on their own)
It tackles themes of religion, tradition, love, duty, children and passing the torch unto the next generation, the weight of one's decisions, what it means to be a leader, what it means to decide for others, how humans behave, how rapidly humans can change (and not), who is humanity's greatest enemy, the power of one, the power of many, the power of of a bond, the power of a bond between many, who are each individually one against the opposite, despair, hope, ugliness, beauty, color, the meaning of one's existence, the effect of force vs choice, what the effect of a human heart is, the weight of a human, how your soul is yours and no one else's, a man's bond, humanity's legacy and its future (and how it applies to all of us), and so on.
The work is a Kierkegaardian masterpiece that smashes through so many lies that we encounter in our lives today, and I would posit that it is the greatest anime of all time.
On top of this, it is encased in a work that is absolutely compelling, fun, and moving, it does not discount the humanity and uniqueness of the characters, they are not just mere representations for the messages what the author wants to preach; they are their own characters as well, with their own decisions, thought processes, feelings, and inner beings that can't really be known by anyone so easily.
The depth that TTGL was made with cannot be discounted.
Mecha don't move the way they do in TTGL. TTGL was not parodying those things from other anime, it was giving them homage, while simultaneously imbuing them with a greater meaning than the works they came from, like the iconic arms crossed pose in TTGL.
That pose alone symbolizes many, many things.
Expectation, defiance, utter trust in one's friends, putting forth the force of yourself out to the world, and so on.
There is literally too much for me to discuss. I have watched it many, many times and I find new things in it every time.
Don't insult it with your dogshit comparisons.
(1/2 because too long)