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Monsterland: Eugene, Oregon (2020)
Lack of closure is an under appreciated art form
Many negative reviews focus on this episode's abrupt ending and lack of apparent closure. This is more a reflection on the consumption oriented nature of the audience than any particular failing of the story. When it ends it leaves you mildly irritated, guessing, thinking, theorizing. Instead of spoon feeding you a carefully digested resolution it makes you run it back in your mind, examine various key moments and come to your own conclusion. Trust me, it will take you 15 minutes at most to figure it out. It is depressing that people are so used to training wheels on their entertainment that 15 minutes of reflection seem like an obstacle to deeper appreciation of an art form.
Kûtei Doragonzu (2020)
Excellent hunting slice of life
Hunting may no longer be a necessity in our first world nation where you can comfortably ignore where the meat comes from, but it has been a persistent reality for thousands of years, and still is in many less industrialized societies. Basing an anime on that very real aspect of life is just as valid, if not more, than any other less objectionable themes. Personally I would much rather explore themes that are "controversial" but bring value and honest portrayal of human character than some politically correct vanilla piece about clear lines between Good and Evil. Nothing spells death of creativity like moral absolutism that I'm noticing so prevalent in a lot of these so called reviews.