Have you ever heard of a Japanese animation called Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba? It talked about a teenager who became a demon slayer after his family was slaughtered and he strived to find ways to turn his demon younger sister back into a human. I am a big fan of it and have watched it again and again. Its stunning visual effects are fascinating, but my favorite part is the strong family love presented in it (from 13:18 to 15:42):
The close bond between the siblings always moves me to tears. I will be very happy if the video also touches you. As a fan, receiving others’ positive responses to my sharing is a great satisfaction because it means that more people are interested in what I love. However, I do not understand why some fans distorted the nature of sharing and turned it into nonsense fights.
Why did things develop in this way? “Forced engagement” is the key point and there are three stages. At Stage 1, the fans kindly recommended people watch the animation. If these people were uninterested in it, the fans would keep convincing them to watch it. It is Stage 2. At this stage, the fans’ strong passion was actually imposing pressure on the people, which was “forced engagement.” Then these people started getting annoyed and might express their thoughts more directly. For example, mentioning other animations were more worth watching or giving negative evaluations on Demon Slayer. Some fans could not tolerate any criticism of their favorite masterpiece and thus made personal attacks on the critics. That’s Stage 3 — failing to control emotions and starting wars:
From the above comments, the fans called the critics “Dokuo,” a Japanese slang term referring to men who lacked communication skills and attractiveness to girls. They also called the critics pathetic women who kept complaining about how bad Demon Slayer was. The fans got off the track and the focus became offending the critics. To fight back these irrational attacks, the critics called the fans “on9 jai,” a Cantonese foul language meaning dumbass. Oh, endless wars.
Well, I do not blame the critics since they were first offended by the fans. The critics did nothing wrong to criticize the animation. In fact, the fans were the ones to disrespect others’ opinions by using offensive wordings. The fans should not insult others when they failed to “invite” people to join the fandom. The uninterested people would only be further reluctant to receive information about the animation, just like other comments shown above. Some netizens were tired of watching silly fights about Demon Slayer and knowing anything about it. That’s what all fans hated to see — repelling Demon Slayer.
As a fan, of course I want more people to join our fandom, but fans should also understand critics are everywhere. We have no right to stop people from criticizing the animation. Therefore, we should respect others’ thoughts as rational fans. Lastly, as a human being, I believe that showing respect to people who hold different views should be essential for all of us.
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