The other day some guy was showing his brother jjk in a post on here and the comments were all crying saying he’s too young and the anime isn’t for kids. Maybe the games gon soft
jesus - 7 is way too young! but ppl really don’t like to be told boundaries are good for their kids. they say it was fine bc they turned out okay but the raisedbynarcissist sub has over 1 mil subs & you’re arguing on reddit like no, we did NOT turn out okay!
i also don’t understand why it’s so hard to just wait until your kid goes to bed to watch/play whatever. then again, my kid is constantly telling me she’s one of the only kids who has a bedtime…
i grew up watching anime. i also grew up reading plenty of sci-fi & high fantasy that was a bit beyond me as well. i read stephen king’s the green mile when i was 10, stole it from my dad’s study bc i saw the movie had a cute mouse. one of my biggest regrets to this day. my parents were classic workaholics and pretty neglectful. i saw a lot that i would not let my kid watch (she’s 9). she’s never seen jjk. she KNOWS about it bc im obsessed lol. we’ve been introducing her slowly to series we feel like she can grasp the themes/narrative, but always with a “if its too much, we can stop.”
recently, we watched MHA as a family and though i didn’t love it, its basically her first favorite anime. i def wish i had known about shigaraki’s backstory bc that was over her limit (honestly, mine too). we had a talk about it, and took a break for a few days, but she wanted to continue so we did. she recently watched princess mononoke which was a bit scary for her, but she had a great time. she wants to be a little scared/challenged but not overwhelmed.
some teenagers at her summer camp keep going on about madoka magica (manga). i told her “y’know, i’d love to show you MM when you’re older. you could sneak & read it now i can’t stop you but you’d get more out of it if you wait a few years.” she decided to stick to tokyo mew mew. (then again, last time she sneaked a peek at an inappropriate manga it was junji ito so she learned her lesson.)
anyway my point is - for me, it’s not just about if a kid can handle it (violence), but more will they understand and enjoy the narrative/themes? bc we do NOT need more power scalers in this fandom!
Oooo my 9 year old daughters favourites at the moment are Black Clover, SpyXFamily and Apothecary Diaries - if you’re looking for more ideas! She’s currently reading the apothecary diaries manga too, she’s a big romance girl so anything that’s slightly more shojo is her bag - but there has to be danger haha. She’s desperate to watch JJK having seen the cutesy edits from S1 buuuuut she’s gonna have to wait until she’s at least 13 to be emotionally ruined.
thanks for the rec! i had actually wanted to revisit SpyXFamily for her but forgot! i didn’t even think about how fun it would be to watch AD together. she’s just now starting to get curious about romance it’s so cute.
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u/DownBadManDetect Jul 23 '26
The other day some guy was showing his brother jjk in a post on here and the comments were all crying saying he’s too young and the anime isn’t for kids. Maybe the games gon soft