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The Sopranos is often praised as one of the greatest TV shows of all time - and yeah, it definitely broke ground for prestige television. But if you take off the rose-tinted glasses, a lot of what made it "great" is that it repackaged mafia clichés and made references or allusions to popular mafia media.

Sure, the show is smart - it knows it's borrowing from mob cinema. It throws in references like Easter eggs, name-drops classic mobsters, and even casts actors straight out of Goodfellas. But being self-aware doesn't automatically make it deep. It often feels like it's playing Greatest Hits of Mafia Culture, not crafting something new.

The Sopranos is good TV, no doubt - well-acted, often brilliantly written, and entertaining. But strip away the acclaim and prestige, and you're left with a show that's less revolutionary and more referential. It doesn't escape the shadow of the mafia films it constantly nods to - it just recycles them with a suburban Jersey twist.

Redo of Healer isn't just bad - it's a grotesque, sadistic mess of a show that strips away all pretense of storytelling to serve one purpose: to indulge in rape-fueled revenge porn under the thin veil of fantasy. It's not edgy. It's not deep. It's a trainwreck of ethics, storytelling, and decency, and its continued existence says more about the worst corners of fandom than about art.

This anime is mental garbage. Watching it doesn't just waste your time - it is active brain rot, weaponised. There is no character development, no moral questioning, no genuine emotion. It's a repetition of:

"I was hurt, so now I'll hurt others - sexually, violently, relentlessly - and the world will clap for me."

It's psychological sludge parading as narrative. You don't watch Redo of Healer for the plot; you watch it if you want to see people degraded, humiliated, and brutalized - especially women - under the fantasy of "revenge."

The protagonist, Keyaru, is one of the most repulsive leads in anime history. He's not an anti-hero - he's a sex criminal with magic powers. The show constantly tries to justify his actions by saying he was abused, but instead of showing trauma or healing, it lets him become a rapist, torturer, and manipulator who brainwashes and sexually enslaves his victims - who then fall in love with him.

Even if you strip away the disturbing content, Redo of Healer fails technically. The animation is bland, with reused frames and choppy action. The fights are unmemorable, and the art style leans heavily into softcore aesthetics rather than fantasy immersion. It's clear where the budget went - and it wasn't world-building.

This isn't anime pushing boundaries - it's anime scraping the absolute bottom. It's not thought-provoking. It's not daring. It's a glorified rape fantasy made for people who don't care about story, characters, or morality - just domination, submission, and perversion.

If you're looking for intelligent dark fantasy? Look elsewhere. If you're looking for revenge stories with weight and depth? Try Vinland Saga, Monster, or even Code Geass.

Redo of Healer has no artistic value, no emotional core, and no excuse for existing other than to pander to the lowest impulses of viewers. It's not just bad - it's dangerous, degrading, and shameful.

Watching A Scanner Darkly feels a bit like getting stuck in a late-night dorm room conversation with a philosophy major who just discovered weed, Orwell, and the concept of "reality" - all in the same week.

This is a movie where everyone talks like they're trying to win a "Most Confused" contest, while looking like they were drawn by someone who only kind of remembers what humans look like. The rotoscope animation? Cool for five minutes. Then you realize it's like watching a graphic novel come to life... one that refuses to turn the page. It's like someone said, "What if The Matrix but everyone's high, and also cartoons?"

Keanu Reeves stars as... some guy. Maybe two guys? Honestly, it's hard to tell. He's a narc who's spying on himself, which is either a deep commentary on surveillance culture or a bureaucratic HR nightmare. Robert Downey Jr. Is there too, clearly having more fun than the audience, playing a guy who talks like he's doing coke and reading conspiracy forums simultaneously.

The plot meanders like a stoned Uber driver with no GPS. You keep thinking something's going to happen, but instead, it's just another long-winded, animated debate about the meaning of existence - with occasional hallucinated bugs. The movie seems to think it's revealing deep truths, but it's really just mumbling in the corner of a house party while everyone's in the kitchen having a better time.

In the end, A Scanner Darkly is a cinematic trip that forgets to go anywhere. It's weird, it's preachy, and it looks like your Sims game glitched. If you're looking for a thought-provoking sci-fi thriller, look elsewhere. If you just want to feel confused and mildly annoyed for 100 minutes, congrats - you've found your film.