Why is reality so grim and depressing?

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>>138723728

Why do living hurt so much?

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>>138723728
>Why is reality
stopped right there

Anime is an illusion that hides reality from our very eyes.

If it weren't, anime would have no need to exist.
So reality is depressing because anime exists.

>>138723728
I had no idea that school was based on a real building.

>>138723728
It's almost like a perfect end to the cycle of living.
The Japs themselves realize how shit life is, so they don't bring in new kids and sentence them to suffer through this existential nightmare. The problem is that this only furthers the depressive atmosphere by highlighting the decay of an aging nation.

>>138723903
Like everything in SoL anime seems to be based off of real places.

>>138723728
Because positivity can't exist without negativity. If you're talking purely visually, blame physics and nature for not making everything bright with high contrast.

>>138723728
what anime?

>>138723728
Left: anime
Right: first person shooter

>>138723728
Lighting.

>>138723728
Well, it helps illustrate your point that the real life photos are taken in a completely different season from the anime screencaps they are compared to, as well as having a cloudy weather when the weather in the screencaps is moderately clear.

Point is, if the photos were taken on a sunny summer day instead, the real life comparison wouldn't look as grim and depressing at all.

>>138723728
Atomic bombs, baby!

>>138724006
coincidentally, I heard they are coming out with a Non Non Byori first person shooter set in Vietnam.

>>138724002
Glasslip.

>>138723992
Man, this is eye opening, I've never been outside my room before. I didn't know other places exist outside of my 8x8 NEET cell. What else is there?

>>138723728

because we're adults now

everything in NNB is saturated with light because the protagonists are all children and perceive things that way

the right hand side is what Candy Store and Nee-Nee see every day

>>138724041
This, take those pics on a bright sunny day and it will seem completely different.

>>138723728
Right is more comfy looking to be honest. Reminds me of my childhood.

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>>138723994

>>138723728
because in anime you get to choose what parts of reality that you want and dont want to include

>>138724146
Bob Ross is the man

>>138723728
left is summer, right is fall or something where all the plants die

>>138723903
Most of the time background artists will just take a picture of a location kind of like what they're looking for and draw something like it. That way they don't need to worry so much about perspective and whether buildings or objects should be in a particular location and all the minor creative details it would take to draw a background from scratch.

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>>138724220
*was

>>138723728
to be fair, having a playground at the top of a mountain cliff is pretty dangerous

Please kill me god, I no longer wish to be alive.

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Real things rot and are unpleasant.
One day we will be putrefied husks of what we are now, if not just dust sitting in a tomb or some basement (the two may overlap).

Anime characters only suffer such eventualities when the plot calls for it, some maintain their youth and smiles forever.

Anime worlds are full of hopes, dreams and happiness as expressed through the vivid motions and vibrant color schemes. Those things die the second you become an adult, if not a bit sooner depending on your life circumstances.

tl;dr: being real is suffering and comparing reality to idealistic rose-tinted fiction is a bad idea

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>>138724232
Unrelated to the thread, but on that note NHK did a really interesting piece on how Inio Asano draws his backgrounds (among other things).
It's subbed and on youtube, here is the segment about backgrounds in particular:
https://youtu.be/vYEh0AeRVlc?t=14m29s

>>138723728
To be fair, overcast weather makes everything look like shit.

>>138723728
because its author is an edgy teenager who sucks at drawing

>>138724516
Why is the weather always so shitty and unflattering when in these background hunt shots? Is Japan always like that or something?

The only time I've seen semi-flattering photography was from Cuenca.

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I'd rather live in Hinamizawa

buildings aside, seasons etc do have a large impact
you could have something like a hill look so grey like a cemetery full of death, then have another season green as all hell almost like it was shopped

>>138724680
I don't think you would.

It's not about your surroundings. It's about the people your surrounded with.

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>>138724801
Maybe not, but certainly if the real place was filled with cute girls too it would annul any inconvenience.

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>>138723728

In production terms it's quicker to just copy a real place than draw one from scratch.

>>138724935
It's depressing when you're surrounded with shit only.

>>138723728
Because cute 2d girls brighten up the world

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>>138724092
Nature

>>138725154
>Nature
What's that? The thing from Yama no Susume?

>>138725154
We need more hiking anime like Yama no Susume.

>>138724995
Well, shit attracts shit.

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>>138725243
A magical place where the mushi hang.

Hermit > NEET

>>138725359
Can I get high speed internet in this magical place?

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Japan is one of the comfiest countries in the world imo. Whether it be countryside to smaller towns to big cities. I think Switzerland only slightly beats it in some aspects.

>>138725436
I've always been attracted to contrast of cluttered neon cyberpunk cities and quiet comfy and slightly abandoned rural sections of Japan. It's a very odd little country.

>>138725436
Absolute rose tinted glasses. There's a reason why they're society is such garbage. But romamticize away.

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>>138723728
Nips have already succumbed to the fantasy life. It's only a matter of time before the rest of the world follows.

>>138725707


If I eat this will I shit plastic?

>>138723728

Because those are different seasons.

>>138726003
It will be extremely painful.

>>138726044
Thats a lot of spaghetti

>>138726066
FOR YOU

>>138724102
;_;
How do I become a little kid again?

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>>138726236
Try to prevent a loli's death

>>138725707
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPQrNkOgttQ

>tfw waking up every morning disappointed I didn't die in my sleep
>tfw I can't kill myself because it would hurt my parents too much
>tfw even after they're gone my little brother will be around so I still can't find release

>>138726775
You can always kill your family, then kill yourself

>>138723728
Because one is clearly winter on an overcast morning after who knows how many years of neglect, and one is a bright midsummer afternoon at the height of activity.

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>>138724092
Nature 'n shit yo.

>>138723728
Because the subtext of Non Non Biyori is the fact that they live in a dying village. It's a kind of contemporary dystopian iyashikei sort of like YKK.

Even though 3D is PD, I don't believe all 3D is equal. Some are worse than others. For example, even though Japan is a miserable country to live in, there is a sort of appeal to the cityscapes and landscapes that make it up. I can't really say the same for the United States, comparatively. Why are man-made communities in the United States so repulsive and unappealing? I can't put my finger on it.

>>138723728
>pictures on the right obviously taken during winter compared to the left taken during the summer
>hurr why is reality so bleak
I can guarantee you, when it is bright and sunny out, even the remnants of an old and moldy school looks appealing contrasting to the clear blue sky of a summer's day.

Looks like an overcast winter day, of course it's not going to look bright and warm.

>>138723903
Most anime and VN stuff copy from real locations. You must be blind.