btw, the anime changed the end of that episode a little. the manga is very clear that Konoha killed that girl, whereas the anime plays it more ambiguously. a lot of people took her assassin ranking being lowered as saying that she helped her escape with her life. even discounting that, she certainly shows a lot more remorse there
Oh, thanks for the heads up, though I thought it was pretty clear she killed her. Her rank tanking was because of not killing Kuro/Leader after drawing on Assassin resources to find her location, this was unrelated but I can see how it could be considered as such. That being said, it's been made pretty clear so far that Konoha Will Kill You if She's Hired To Do So, she may dislike having to kill you but she Will.
it kinda feels like he picks his jokes from what is popular in his immediate surroundings. i wouldn't ve surprised if he was still personally familiar with anime, but it feels like since all his jokes are about fans rather than anime itself, it's possible it all just comes from fan observation
either way, the greatest sin ultimately comes down to the levels of irony. it's just too much
extremely long winded response because i want to be precise and careful about what i'm saying, particularly for a public figure who is very active in the same space as me
part of the thing with his selection of jokes that i wonder about, particularly since he's got no compunctions about doing this for attention, is whether or not he's getting a lot of it from his viewers direct engagement and encouragement. as a public figure of this sort you can actually coast a lot on your own audience feeding you their injokes and preferences (i think of halimedemf watching mecha anime and fate largely at the behest of her avid repliers, and then gaining credibility when she recycles posts about it later), and he never pulls like "actually i read madoka magica wraith arc and it was fuckin mid, lol [ironic tone of voice]", so i don't read a positive love for madoka magica from him. i've not seen him use an actual piece of manga or a blueray or a light novel as a prop, but instead regular books with modifications that could be made with a printer and some tape. this sort of indicates that he really is just taking whatever is at hand for these skits to get them out there, doesn't it? maybe he's not, it's hard to really prove anything just by cursory observation, especially when tony is as obfuscatory as he is.
with that, if you're being ironic you have to ask whether you would be comfortable saying what you're saying unironically, right? it's less funny to pretend to be racist if you aren't racist, you're more likely to find your humour in making fun of racists directly, that sort of thing. the combination of these two things, for me, the lack of apparent love, and the reckless abandon towards ironic hate, at least seem to suggest a very strong distaste for anime or its fans, even if its not proof positive.
to reiterate and expound upon what i said earlier about his commitment to the bit, what i find amusing about it is primarily the duration of it, the fact that this continues to go on and he keeps making the same videos and he's not doing anything with this. his online presence is extremely low effort, so it's not a "wow, this guy is going above and beyond", it's more of a "hah, he's still going at it. he still hasn't come up with anything new? that's kind of funny". he really just can't drop kayfabe, in part because he really is the guy he presents himself as i suspect, and that makes him funny to me. unkindly, he has made himself into a pathetic joke, and as a cruel person i find that funny. but let's be kind here
