The clichés from animes could have a significant impact on the perception of the population. In many scenes, the series exaggerate and rely on unrealistic concepts. A transport manager from Shizuoka, Japan is now worried that this might have a negative effect on his profession.
Which anime cliché is it about? The transport manager is concerned about the scenes where important characters in the story die dramatically in a traffic accident.
Often, large vehicles such as trucks and dump trucks are responsible for the characters meeting their demise. According to him, the size of the vehicles is meant to create a more effective impact.
There is a well-known method of brainwashing called subliminality, but when this occurs through imprinting into people’s subconsciousness, it is likely that they are imprinted in the subconscious of people through the television and the cartoons they have been watching since childhood.
Angry transport manager from Shizuoka, weekly-net.co.jp
The scenes with the truck would spread a sense of fear and disgust among the population. Especially when the rest of the story is emotional, the viewers could identify with it more easily.
The isekai genre is full of scenes where characters are run over and awaken in another world. One of these isekais is Mushoku Tensei:
Trucks transport characters to another world
Are trucks so often featured in animes? In fact, it is common for trucks to run over people in animes. In the isekai genre, the accident is often used to send a person to another world. But also other animes use the deadly monsters on four wheels. This includes:
- Mushoku Tensei
- KonoSuba
- Zombie Land Saga
- The Eminence in Shadow
- Yo-kai Watch
- Gintama
- Death Note
The list includes not only isekai but also anime classics like Death Note. The truck as a murder weapon is used in various genres. It’s no wonder that almost every anime fan has seen such a scene where a truck kills a character.
However, it doesn’t always have to be a truck. In Yu Yu Hakusho, which recently got a live-action adaptation on Netflix, the protagonist is killed by a car and revived.
What are the consequences of this depiction? Besides the negative image that trucks create among the population, there is concern that recruiting new drivers is becoming more difficult. Due to the negative portrayal in animes, the professional image would be distorted, which would cause young people to look for other jobs.
Meanwhile, there is even a whole meme cult surrounding Truck-kun. He is a truck that is constantly looking for new victims:
Therefore, the transport manager demanded compensation. The image of the truck driver should be brought back into the right light. This would not only enhance the professional image but also improve working conditions.
If you want to keep an eye out for more trucks, the isekai genre is perfect. MyMMO demon Cortyn has picked out five animes that are worth seeing in the isekai area: 5 perfect animes for you if you loved Sword Art Online
