Is anyone watching thisother than me?
In the '89 version he was more ruthless.
>>156453178
moguro backstory when
>>156453230
I want to know why he's such a fucking troll.
>>156453178
No, because the writing is goddamn trash.
>>156453178
>Guy doesn't know how to drive and constantly fails driving exams
>"I'll teach you, no charge!"
>Brings an expensive car to train him every time, the guy obviously trashes the cars but Moguro doesn't care for some reason
>One night they go drinking and Moguro brings a truck and turns out the cars were stolen all this time, including this one
>He makes the guy drive, telling him to rush through traffic, smashing cars and crossing red lights, police behind their back
>Literally crashes and bursts through one house only to end crashing into another
>The guy gets arrested and his life is potentially ruined
>He just wanted to learn how to drive
Also
>Loser can't get a GF
>Moguro says he can hook him up with a hottie
>Only show him pictures, have him "exchange love letters with her", makes a fake voice recording, etc
>One night, Moguro tells the guy to go see her at the park
>There had been reports of a pervert roaming around the park
>Guy sees a silhouette and sits with her, talking etc
>Moguro presses a button from behind
>The girl was a doll all this time, Moguro had activated a speaker with a recorded voice screaming "Help, pervert!" etc
>Guy gets slammed by every dude in the park, arrested, and life gets probably ruined
>He only wanted a gf
In both situations Moguro just disappears, smug as fuck. This guy has no chill.
>>156453572
Edgy.
>>156453538
>>156453230
Do you not realize he's meant to be a supernatural being? Not knowing his backstory makes him mysterious, and therefore spooky. He could be an evil more ancient than man.
>>156453664
That second one you mentioned was fucking savage. Moguro doesn't give a shit.
I watched half the first episode (the first short story) and dropped it like a sack of bricks. What a terrible show. Shitty writing with an absolutely pointless Faust style and cheap as fuck animation.
>>156453664
>people think this is good writing
>>156453765
I mean, it's interesting. He's supposed to have a very questionable morality.Were you expecting something more deep and intricate from Fujiko Fujio?
>>156453765
If you think it's not, you're most likely a brainlet. The stories are not meant to be aesopian moralistic fables, they just seem that way to the unintelligent. In reality, Moguro is an allegory for man's corruptive influence, how society creates monsters and then blames those monsters for acting within their nature.
Here's the thing, there is a monster lurking within every human. Society is an aggregate of humans and thus takes on their traits in aggregate. So anger, lust, greed, sloth, anything that is moralistically considered a sin, is endemic to society. Individuals are corrupted not just by their own failings, but by a system that encourages maladaptive behavior.
That is the Salesman. Dehumanization, isolation, betrayal, and with a smile. The Salesman is the society that tells you you can have it all, then allows you very little and punishes you for trying to get more.
If you think of the Salesman in this fashion rather than someone trying to teach a moral lesson, he becomes brilliant.
Brainlets who don't get this will never understand.
>>156454017
Okay, I get it, you're a hipster fanboy. You can stop now.
>>156454017
Didn't see it like that but yeah kinda makes sense.
>>156454052
Not him but how is any of that "hipster"?
>>156454128
He's just too much of a brainlet to understand so he's lashing out. Please be understanding.
>>156454128
>show is unpopular (and rightly so)
>B-BUT IT'S GOOD YOU'RE JUST [random /v/ meme]
Actually, I should issue a correction here: He's a hipster fanboy from /v/.
>>156454365
It's apparently popular enough to get a reboot.
>>156454759
maybe its the Geist treatment and its one guy trying to force it
>>156454864
Are you trying to imply that M.D Geist is not GOAT?
>>156454017
At last I truly see. Good post, anon.
>>156454864
>geist treatment
que?
maybe the salesman can make me a better guitar player
http://vocaroo.com/i/s1cgVQvycl3j
>>156453765
It's not supposed to be good, they are meant to be cautionary tales like fables but with more gimmicks
>>156453178
which is the better version?
>>156459600
Pretty ok.