User blog comment:Goregutz619/HXH episode 100 discussion/@comment-4783583-20131016144623

Great Episode, can't wait for next week. Again it felt a bit to fast, but it didn't feel nowhere near as rushed as the phantom troupe vs zazan felt.

On other news : Well people watch things for different purposes, some people watch stuff to be entertained, others just watch something to relax, again others watch stuff soley to learn stuff. Some people like depth and plot others go out their way to watch stuff which is simple, which is the lowest doniminator etc. You should first try to find out what kind of watcher you friend is and go from there. Since anime is not a genre but a medium, there should be anime that are completely suited to his taste, there are many romantic anime.

For more explaination:

Medium: A medium is a method by which all kinds (all genres) of stories can be told with all kinds of subject (themes) matter. Movies, TV Series and Anime are mediums.

Genre: A genre is a classification for a story, most stories have two to three overlapping genres. All possible genres are known, the time of new genres arriving is kind of over. The main genres are Science Fiction, Fantasy, Drama, Action, Thriller, Horror, Comedy and Documentary.

Theme: A theme is a certain aspect of a series. Some common themese are: Good vs Evil, Friendship, Adventure (this can both be a theme and a genre), Love, War, Sex, Violence, Racism etc. Themes are generally thought to deal with life, society and human nature. Though this is not alway the case.

One Piece is indeed great, look at my username, but like most people you are kind of overestimating its depth, it has depth but in never goes in deep. Slavery and racism are touched upon and in regards to shonen it goes deep into them, but in reality they basically just pass by it and go on, those themes could have been explored more, even though it is shonen. If you want real depth and development you should read seinen (read not watch) I recommend gantz (even though most people don't pick up on its depth the first time reading it) and Berserk (less depth, more awesome story and development).