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Bad plot description: Wolf can't decide if he wants to fuck rabbit or eat rabbit. Possibly both?
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Bad plot description: Man literally too stupid to burn.
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Bad plot description: A being of ungodly power terrorises a local crime lord by making him buy her fish eggs.
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Bad plot description: Kid who is one billion percent sure of everything tries to speedrun the Civilization tech tree.
Anime of the 2010’s I loved #57: Megalo Box
Man who should by all accounts be kicked out of futuristic boxing tournament for not having the regulation equipment is somehow is let compete.
Anime of the 2010’s I loved #68: Vinland Saga
Bad plot description: Kid goes out of his way to not listen to any of the good advice his dad gave him.
Anime of the 2010’s I loved #60: Asobi Asobase
Bad plot description: Three neurotic teenage girls reenact the downfall of human civilization as a club activity.
Anime of the 2010’s I loved #64: The Promised Neverland
Bad plot description: Orphans farmed for their abnormally large chins plot escape strategy.
Anime of the 2010’s I loved #52: Tanya the Evil
Sociopathic tendencies are a fantastic way to get ahead in life, both in corporate Japan or in magical world war one, until they are very suddenly and dramatically…
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Bad plot description: Androgynous crystal people fight Hindu-inspired cream cheese flying creatures that attack from the moon via ink blots in the sky.
Anime of the 2010’s I loved #61: Cells at Work
Bad plot description: Terrible delivery girl is helped by blood-soaked police officer.
Anime of the 2010’s I loved #55: Girl’s Last Tour
Bad plot description: Two amorphous blobs pretending to be humans travel across desolate former mega-city and annoy each other.
Anime of the 2010’s I loved #53: Made in Abyss
Bad plot description: Small girl jumps down big hole because she thinks her mum is in it.
Anime of the 2010’s I loved #59: Lupin III – Part 5
Bad plot description: Hairy-palmed man and his fedora-wearing toyboy steal shit from rich assholes.
Anime of the 2010’s I loved #63: Skull-faced Bookseller Honda-san
Bad plot description: Customers of a bookstore repeatedly ask a neurotic skeleton to help them find a good book instead of run screaming.
Anime of the 2010’s I loved #56: A Place Further than the Universe
Bad plot description: Teenage girls try to flirt their way to Antarctica.
Anime of the 2010’s I loved #66: How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift?
Bad plot description: Girl works out so she can keep eating as much as she wants.
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