>>296368Excuse for my english.
This is my stance. Im pro-escapism. Against the common beliefe that escapism is coward avoidance, i say that escapism is actually a natural human response to hopeless anxiety, and is a self-therapeutic mechanism to heal and grow. Neither i believe that it is coping mechanism, as that term is usually used in condescending way, and also because i believe escapism is a practical phenomenom to strengten the individual. I believe escapism is a stage of needed mental relaxation, deliberance, organization and grow to confront the problems that seems to be unresolvable.
And i believe that escapism itself has different stages, i would say that it starts with distraction, then abstraction, then evolution.
A problem with escapistic media that i have is that it has became his own market, ultracapitalistic individual consuming timewasters. And that is a trap that it is too easy to fall for. You can start your journey with anime, movies, or vidya, but these might stop you at the distraction stage, because they are designed specifically to be products to be consumed as much as possible. They appeal to your lower instincts, rather than provide you with novel insight. Here is where the idealistic media that OP mentions is situated, in both narrative and aesthetic endeavors, the material becomes ultrageneric and completely lacks of substance.
So i advice to be very weary of falling for mainstream comercial media. Not to say to avoid genres or mediums, but that at certain point it is necessary to search for greater quality of art, or actual art to be honest. You can watch the latest generic moeshit, or find some niche manga where the author is going to communicate his perspective. Play fortnite, or a videogame thats praised for its innovation. Watch marvel movies, or go find international directors.
And here is when you start to learn, reevaluate and think about problem resolution. When you start to slowly come in contact with different perspective of realism. Literature (fiction and nonfiction) are better for this than other media. Ive been leaving anime and cinema for literature and is a world with both, ultrapessimism and enlightening optimism. I will never gonna stop reading manga, i would fucking die when i stop reading manga.
I would say that it is okay to start with idealistic medi
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