OFFICIAL ANIME AUTISM LEVELS EXPLAINED

[@zkrust5406]

This is it folks, this is his magnum opus.

[@enraversadi2903]

Nah. We have accepted mediocrity. Ironically, the message of that video is not original, its just a supremely smooth video.

[@TheLastOneUsaw]

@@enraversadi2903 Yeah "We have accepted mediocrity" is far and away the best video essay I've ever seen. It'll be hard to top.

[@nhagan001]

@@enraversadi2903 There was something in the video bothering me... in the background on the wall... There is a particular character... she is naked amongst all these other clothed characters. ( I assume Rias Grimory from High School DxD) WHO IS THAT. I don't know why I need to know, but she stands out too much for me to let it go! It looks like she has a red scarf on and her hands in front of her breasts. She is between the "Final Fantasy X-2 Yuna" and the "Panty and Garderbelt" I don't know why it bothered me, but there were times I had to rewind and listen again to actually listen to Digibro at times.

[@Robersora]

it's his NEW Magnus Opus.

[@glyphknightmax]

I personally still think that "Weird Anime Sex" is the best one, but it's kinda a shorthand of this, in a way.

[@_M_4]

Gonna advertise myself with "Level 3 Autism" in my CV and on dating sites from now on.

[@toatrika2443]

pls do not give any kind of context and just treat it as a scale everyone should know about.

[@IdiotN4]

Level 25... God I need to take a nap.

[@tomschult133]

I'm there too I guess. NGE and Kill la Kill are probably my two favorite shows so I guess there is no denying it. I didn't think they really had anything in common, who would of guessed it was my autism level that explained it.

[@Spudlyman44]

Patreon reward tier idea: Give Digi money for him to look at your MAL and tell you what Level you're on.

[@MiotkeIRL]

Hell yeah

[@purplespectre]

Okay, if that became a tier, I'd become a patron. Make it happen!

[@jamessmith-ek8rq]

Yes

[@scarslikereminders]

That would make for some stupendously thorough analyses, if you ask me. Hell, it could well give rise to something that's on a much, much grander scale like a pro-consumer renaissance where constructive criticism is about as commonplace as anime tropes of the garden variety.

[@1mattzone]

Now this is something I can get behind

[@nuclearbreadstick6891]

does this mean the scp foundation is the most autistic piece of media bc it's literally just a story in the form of a database

[@penzorphallos3199]

@@Eyessetonthehorizon SCP is the capeshit of autism

[@pencilears]

Yes.

[@danielquinlan2457]

I feel as though Digibro's entire career, nay, his entire *LIFE* has been leading up to this single video.

[@Trixiethegoldenwitch]

Me too.

[@TamaChien]

What you're saying is not a stretch. If I ever have to introduce someone to Digi this would be the video I send them to

[@LeifMaelstrom]

Okay. But I feel that way about every Digibro video. In my own life I am free. But I feel like Digi's life is this endless row of gears each clicking forward to the next exonerable gear moments after it is obliterated, a machine that exists in time and we can only see the cog that is presently presented in the present.

[@ahmedamine24]

@@LeifMaelstrom I am the chord of my word. Tales are my body, and frames are my soul...

[@jimmyt5487]

Why wasn’t this done as a tier list or a spread sheet. I need a visual representation. REEEEEEEE

[@trolldatshityeahyou4001]

If you can't create the spread sheet in your head you're not strong enough

[@Συναισθησις]

We have a level 7 here guys

[@r4fa3l59]

Visual representation is life.

[@Ben-xj2rf]

"tinge of the 'tism" I'm 60% sure he made this video to say that line.

[@toshi7786]

Why 60%

[@jesus-ck4el]

I wanna hear it where's the time stamp?

[@riderwolfseeker5066]

@@jesus-ck4el 4:40

[@beng9790]

“ They appeal to those people who only have a tinge of ‘tism.”

[@josephluther6747]

I never heard him say that, can you give a timestamp?

[@beng9790]

4:40.

[@AnimotionTheRock]

"read title" ppppfffff, Digi can't possibly be serious about this "after video" wow, that make lots of sense

[@badsmilesorrisocattivo]

I open the comments for write a similar comment

[@austinwyant2928]

I feel like this is the core of Digi titles

[@AnimotionTheRock]

@Laplace's Demon did you watch the end of the video? He clearly said he is no psychologist, and he use the word autism because it's the buzz word he like to use and that's why you clicked on this video.

[@AnimotionTheRock]

@Laplace's Demon fair enough. When I said it "made sense", I meant the separation of interest in the media. I could totally see myself, showing Stein's gate to my sister and she didn't get it. Remember kids, get diagnosticated Get vaccinated Do drugs in great moderation PS. Ganbare Shamiko!

[@ohzoramari]

So, I am a hard level 5 autist. I obsess over every detail of big, sprawling universes like Homestuck, Touhou, and Pokemon, all their inner workings and rules, all their myriad character relationships and how I might relate to specific characters. I often obsess over a specific character because I can see myself in them the most. I will spend days or weeks at a time building massive lists and spreadsheets, reading and editing wiki pages. I have probably spent tens of thousands of hours on Bulbapedia for instance. I've never been able to relate to normies and I was bullied constantly while growing up. I have great difficulty using and understanding nonverbal communication. I'm rarely able to get a job let alone keep one and have more or less resigned myself to living on autismbux until I get married again, to someone who can deal with my autism. My favorite animes are generally idol shows, magical girl shows, and Pokemon. I'm fluent in Japanese because of this (though I studied textbooks a lot as well). I kind of wish I were capable of contributing to society in any tiny way. I think autists are the most pure and beautiful people though. Thanks for the vid.

[@bloodypommelstudios7144]

Have you tried creating your own works? With that level of obsession and attention to detail you could potentially produce something quite special. Maybe find a more neurotically friend to keep you slightly in check though.

[@evo683]

Damn, very interesting read. When Digi was explaining the level 5 I didn’t really have a good image of how they differed from level 4, but you helped contextualize that for me. I agree with the above comment, by the way.

[@forsenfan69]

based

[@greatness2421]

Autismbux aka alimony

[@ohzoramari]

@@bloodypommelstudios7144 I think I should, if I can find a good creative space. I have a tendency to start creative projects and then abandon them because I feel frustrated with the overbearing complexity of nearly anything I create, but I suppose that if a neurotypical friend kept me in check and focused then perhaps I could tell stories that are uniquely me.

[@jakalaka223]

Have it be known that if Shakespeare were to live today he would enjoy cute girl anime.

[@orangedalmatian]

cute *boy anime this is Shakespeare after all.

[@ACuteBlastosis]

And Dali would be the biggest shitposter

[@mbase6469]

This video made 2 things very clear to me: 1. I am level 2 autism. 2. Level 2 autism is the end of being able to present yourself as "normal" to greater society, and anyone deeper will have to work very hard in their life to adjust the way they talk and present themselves to get the same kind of acceptance. Much in the way Digi has, and yet even Digi is still Digi.

[@MikadoHa]

Idk, based on this video I should be like 3.5 but I don't have any problems with functioning in society and I was never diagnosed with any kind of autism. On the other hand, I do understand how autistic people feel and have trouble with figuring out romantic relationships so maybe I am an autist.

[@calcadacorsova6725]

@Demencia The way I view autism it’s not one sliding scale but more like thousands of really specific ones.* Digi’s scale takes account of stuff like obsession and ability to relate to people but less stuff like patterns and IRL interactions because it’s not so relevant to anime. @MBase I know someone who might be a 4, 5, or 6 and got diagnosed at 4. So they were taught about autism for years and they were the one who told me I was autistic and came up with *the thousands of sliders analogy. Now you only really see their autistic side in the insane spreadsheet worldbuilding S*** they do in their spare time, and I’d put them at a 1 or 0 for interacting with society.

[@ruymartinez4526]

I'm at six and I ended up channeling a bit of Touhou nerdiness into a useful social thing??

[@danielr3587]

So what is code geass or attack on titan? They seem to rang from 1 to 3

[@caretakerITA]

Digi uses 'autism' in a (half?)joking sense, as "how deep are you in the anime hole", and how much you are "weird" when you speak of anime/manga if watched by a pure clean person that has never seen anime (aka, a "normie" or "average" person).

[@Patricia_Taxxon]

ITS BACK UP

[@ProfeJavierS]

Thomas the tank engine is level 7 Thomas the tank engine has deeper lore and meta than eva and monogatari Thomas the tank engine is the deepest anime

[@shadowboltgambit9628]

Shining Time Station was where it was at

[@evo683]

Well the increase in level doesn’t necessarily mean more meta and depth. It just means that there is less of a centralized story and that the appeal is more so in the viewer’s thoughts and emotions while watching.

[@bloodypommelstudios7144]

I wonder what goes through the heads of people level 7+ and above who can't verbalize their thoughts? how much are they taking in? If one day you showed them an edited version of a TTTE episode they've watched 100 times with one tree removed for example would they freak out?

[@evo683]

Bloody Pommel Studios I think that’s where it gets to clinical autism which most of us are more familiar with

[@bloodypommelstudios7144]

@@evo683 Definitely but I think most people level 3+ are probably diagnosed as being somewhere on the spectrum.

[@breannaw7254]

10:40 *pauses tv during the climax of Kill Bill* "okay so have you guys seen Lady Snowblood (1973)? Because this is an exclellent homage to the cinema of 1970s Japan" -me

[@waaurufu]

Broke: The nine circles of Hell Woke: The nine levels of Anime Autism

[@inellipsale3296]

there are only seven levels

[@ChoiceSnarf]

Broke: The seven deadly sins WOKE: The seven levels of anime autism

[@curvingfyre6810]

@@inellipsale3296 The last 2 levels are me. I'm the last 2 levels. I had os much autism, I needed a 2nd layer just for me to fit it all.

[@BandGGaming]

Level 0: Normie. Level 8: lives in world of their own creation

[@ainain8821]

@@inellipsale3296 i will surpass the seventh level just u wait

[@fminter]

I loved this video. That been said, I'm in the spectrum myself and I'm VERY autistic about Autism, so I'll hold myself to not over-correct everything but I just want to say that autism is a neurobiological condition, not psychological, not a personal trait of weirdness. But in this more broad and funny meaning of the word, I think you nailed describing the autistic mindset, at least from my experience. I woulded be more specific differentiating the autistic appeal from other non mainstream like ironic consumption, meta-comments, etc. I think Jojo's is specially autistic for some reason, and from what I know, people watch My Little Pony in a very autistic way. Also, I try not to think of each of my interests as the result of my autism, but I think a reason I enjoy anime is the simple and strong narrative behind most series and movies. Is not just the tropes and the common places, is something implied behind it, even when it is subverted, and that makes it easer to enjoy the little things, the details, the designs, etc.

[@Kryto_Gaming]

Yeah that was a problem I had with this video. I had a difficult time telling if Digi was talking about Autism in a serious medical sense, or if he was only referring to his own less strict definition. I feel like clarifying exactly what HE means is Autism levels 1-6 in this video would do a lot to make it more coherent.

[@FluxerCry]

@@Kryto_Gaming He is 100% talking about it in a medical sense and has absolutely no shame whatsoever in telling people who struggle with autism that he thinks he knows better than them what it actually is. It's frankly disgusting and I think a lot more people would agree with that if half of them didnt think Digi was talking about "autism" and not "literal autism."

[@Kryto_Gaming]

@@FluxerCry Hmm is that really the case? He does make that disclaimer at the end (which should be at the beginning). The video makes a lot more sense if Digi is talking about "autism" and not litteral medical autism.

[@calcadacorsova6725]

As someone autistic I feel this explains a lot and makes a lot of sense and I can forgive stuff like how high and low functioning autism are already used for IQ because of the disclaimer ( 39:30 ) and it's not as if autism is so easy to define anyway I figure Digi is just having some fun trying to explain some stuff he’s seem and, like everything he does, wanted to put it out there I get why it ticks you off @FluxerCry but I think you’re taking Digi way more seriously than he does

[@FluxerCry]

@@Kryto_Gaming "I am 100% serious, 100% talking about real autism, and 100% confident I will be exonerated by science and history" -Digi last night in the patreon discord

[@Patricia_Taxxon]

hey, i dunno if you're still checking comments on years old videos, but I really wanna articulate how important this video is to me. yea its kind of a shitpost & i have issues with some of the framing, but I saw it when I was 19 and it was the first time I ever considered autism to be something that informed my taste and identity, and now autism is something that I can actually value in myself instead of it just being the reason I was put in a special class and battered constantly by behavioral specialists. thanks

[@Patricia_Taxxon]

what an excellent fucking video

[@bon.8819]

have you seen the “How do anime characters think” video also by trixie? If you haven’t yet then I think you’ll find that video cool too

[@Rafael-kl2ts]

i got called autistic for 43 minutes straight lol

[@Uchiha-fi4ij]

There's nothing wrong with being autistic.

[@stuffnclips1516]

@@Uchiha-fi4ij no one's saying that

[@d_d1721]

Shit... I'm level 3 - 4. I'm kind of proud that I'm still a totally functional part of society. Very good.

[@PeenyWheeny]

Throughout this video I was thinking, “I can’t be lower than level 2.” But then I realized that I wanted Digi to make a spreadsheet for this video...

[@naikyou]

At this point, I'm more invested in creating lists and spreadsheets of titles than actually watching shows. I've looked through the entirety of the MAL seasonal charts twice now to add stuff, used several hours to type titles into a private SQL database and a couple of Excel sheets and...I guess the shows I like range between 2 and 5 according to your scale. As a little bonus nugget, I can listen to harsh noise for hours on end without getting bored and have created a 2000 entry Excel sheet to order my bandcamp purchases. For the final cherry on top, I'm an industrial mathematics major. Autismo represent, I guess.

[@Trixiethegoldenwitch]

Epic. I didn't get into music in this, but I do think the ability to appreciate noise begins around level 3.

[@lookatthepicture4107]

I have came so far as to create an Excel chart abou all the animes I've watched and reach to the point to create a point system to place them in order regarless of my personal opinion...

[@purevert]

I personally add shows I want to watch or have finished to MAL, export the list as a tar file , extract it convert it from XML to CSV using the program I wrote and then use import data function in Excel to filter out non duplicate entries and add them to the bottom and sort them alphabetically.

[@supermariosunshine64]

I'm more interested in optimizing vidya on running on older computers that I have than actually playing them.

[@LeoSkyro]

Some time ago I pinned the MAL seasonal chart, where I'd started from the 20's to add stuff I could like, and went all the way through to today. In hindsight, that's just another side of my autism. Like making google sheets keeping track of everything, from gym exercise, to my correct % when reviewing kanji and japanese vocab on anki (which in and of itself is a program for autists) to whatever related to anime. I'm afraid to make my 3x3 because I know that's another rabbit hole I might get lost into

[@Axeshizzle]

Something that can appeal to all 7 levels of autism, Legos.

[@nonenone6704]

Bionicle comics and lore at level 7!

[@tichepotato7992]

Bionicle fan versions at level eight. Shameless plug inbound. sites.google.com/view/bionicle-eternal/

[@jongall3136]

It's possible I could be really high on this scale, due to me just listening to this video and accepting it without much thought. I think I've been down the "this have given me so much contextualization and introspection" road so many times that all this comes as like "Well of course!" to me now.

[@fangedladybug]

Thank you for bringing up fanfiction and how it factors into the scale! From the introduction, I had some quibbles with the "database" view of autism and anime fandom, since it seems - and please don't call me an SJW- very dude-centric. I think male fans (of any medium) are on the whole way more into categorizing and storing specific (often niche) information: remembering minor plot points in detail, keeping track of people involved in production, collecting figurines, etc. Fangirls don't do that nearly as much, so any view of autism in fandom that boils down to "how many xxx have you memorized and how often do you apply them?" will be way more targeted to dudes. But fanfic is almost entirely a female thing, so thanks for drawing the connection, it made the rest of the video much more comprehensible.

[@Inter-VersaL]

Hey, a lot of guys write fanfic too (me amongst them). Though I do believe there is a distinct "feel" that distinguishes guy fanfic from girl fanfic. More specifically, the former (you can find these more often in sites like Spacebattles & Sufficient Velocity) seem to lean harder on the database element mentioned by Digi, with plots like more detail added to the worldbuilding, characters learning new powers, applying their powers in novel ways, or by comparing & contrasting two different fictions (e. g. writing a crossover and extrapolating how the magic systems interact, or who would win in a fight, etc.). Girl fanfic, on the other hand seem to more on exploring relationships. Shipping and all that, with way less focus on fighting or worldbuilding. There are fanfic that combine the two approaches, though. A good example would be "Harry and the Shipgirls", a Harry Potter / Kantai Collection crossover posted on Spacebattles & Sufficient Velocity.

[@AlienFetus]

metamodernism is upon us

[@Cherb123456]

Dayumn, that makes sense 😳

[@ChaosLierLen]

[@deadfr0g]

Metamodernism? It’s about time! Ahahahah.

[@klakhouse]

OMG when you mentioned being obsessed with Thomas the Tank Engine i immediately thought of a person i know. They are SUPER into Star Trek and are PISSED about the new series having the wrong serial number on one of the ships.

[@FortWhenTeaThyme]

Star Trek nerds are way lower on the list than Thomas fans. I complain about the new Star Trek show and enjoy the old ones, but I don't give a shit about serial numbers or how dilithium crystals work and I'm only a 2.

[@Jalae]

this video spirals around the ideas so many times. Can we get a level 2 take this video and make a 10 minute version with infographics please?

[@cantide1]

This one gets it. Level 2 represent.

[@caretakerITA]

Same, but I understand a little more (probabilly I'm lv. 2.5/3 being a pure SoL/Romance anime watcher). A shorted, more infographic version will be more understandable to lv. 0/1/2.

[@thegreatcheesedemon]

I’m level 3 and I’d love an info graphic so I could see if I’m overshooting or undershooting.

[@ArchOfficial]

Seems really quite accurate, just as I expected. My favorite anime off the very top of my head are basically the Monogatari series, NGE, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, K-on!, Lucky Star, stuff akin to that. For whatever reason, I also LOVED Railgun and Girls und Panzer. I don't know where Shirobako would fall on the 'tism scale, but it's one of the only anime where I got emotional, due to personal reasons, mainly Ema's struggle as a visual artist, but I think the reason I watched it initially was due to the industry context. I also just love the sheer number of characters and shit going on. On the other hand, Great Teacher Onizuka and Steins;Gate is in my top 10's just from sheer quality and thematic merit. I'm also REALLY into the creators behind anime and media in general, sometimes as much or more than the media itself. I'm watching the SoulTaker right now just because I love Shinbo's shit. I'm also one of those people who absolutely must know the voice and production staff of whatever show they're watching and derives great joy from "spotting" what kind of seiyuu and staff worked on any given show. I've watched all your long shit like the Shinbo videos or the entire SAO and Assterisk War series, as in sat through them and really listened. I did laugh at the point about saving before every choice in a game; because I thought everyone else does that. Videogame wise, I've got really gripped by some compelling narratives like NieR Automata which I played through in basically two 10 - 20 hour long sessions unlike anything I'd done before, but in terms of long term enjoyment I gravitate towards stuff like competitive skill based games where you need to grind some technique or know some shit, RTS games and literal spreadsheets like Factorio, with which I once spent an entire week doing nothing but 16 hour long playsessions straight. So how autistic am I based on this? Probably a 3.5, like you claim you are. Which makes perfect sense, because I'm yet to get a bad anime recommendation from you, so logically similar stuff would resonate. On that note, I loved Clannad though, which I don't understand why exactly you dislike even when you've explained it, but honestly I like it almost entirely due to personal reasons, even if the writing is wonky or whatever the issue with it is. I guess that's pretty fuckin' autistic too.

[@op_player7097]

"I've built an entire career on my autism. Whatever" -Digibro, 2019

[@DrAgasa_anime]

I love how Digi can talk about complex ideas for 43 minutes straight with almost no pause.

[@ejfunny]

at least a lvl 3 feat

[@Συναισθησις]

This video has tons of cuts though

[@jiado6893]

Video is too long, could you give us a downloadable spreadsheet instead?

[@jjrambles683]

Or a tier list with examples at least

[@ryunoe9353]

Please

[@Isolanporzellator]

The thing I find intriguing about this system of categorization is how it accounts for the possibility that multiple people can enjoy the same shows for entirely different reasons. The issue I see with it is that it's nearly impossible to cleanly rank a show in a certain level of your scale, as I have no way of understanding how a certain show appeals to someone on a different level on the scale. For instance, I like Railgun and MtG, but honestly wouldn't place them at level 4 because I don't think their "spreadsheetness" is their only appeal. At the same time, I wouldn't rank FMA: Brotherhood at 0.5, because to me one of the main intrigues of the show is how its entire power system and everything that comes with it is build on one single concept - equivalent exchange - and just how far you can take that one single concept is a very spreadsheet-esque question. That it has a great consistent story and good production quality is just the cherry on top, but I'd also watch it if it were "less good". I think it wouldn't be the highest rated show on MAL if it didn't also appeal to higher levels of your scale in some form.

[@francis6489]

You could say that Kubrick's films exhibit the ultimate tunneling-down effect: everyone between autism level 1 and 7 can love his movies for their own wildly different reasons.

[@tomschult133]

That's because Kubrick was really two midgets it a trench coat. One was entirely autistic while the other was only level 1. The miracle is that they were able to communicate and collaborate so well.

[@HemborgerChariot]

I think this video, and "We Have Accepted Mediocrity" are the 2 most defining videos of Digibro's KZbin career. Other (in my opinion) legendary Digibro videos include "K-On, The Ultimate Adaptation", ""The Asterisk War" Sucks" mega-series and "Shin Sekai Yori is Worse Than Sword Art Online"

[@taj-sid]

You have to add his SAO review/critism/analysis video series. That was what shot Digi to whole new level after the Brony days.

[@flitzpipe4229]

You forgot "The arrival of Ben Saint" But Yeah you are 100% right I think "we have accepted mediocrity" is one of the best KZbin videos in general

[@greenspartanligado]

s a t i s f y i n g v i d e o is clearly the best video digi has ever made

[@TheAngryMarshmallow]

HARD FUCKING AGREE

[@ParadoxDelta]

The Shinsekai Yori Thing was like the only time I didn't agree with Digi. Sure, the story has big fallbacks but the sense of threat and hate of two races fighting for survival was more intense than in any other media i've witnessed. Damn, does this make me a bigger autist than Digibro? Plus I didn't agree on the Makoto Shinkai rating. Especially 5 Centimeters per Second moved me deeply with the melancholic view on life despite the little narrative and subpar character designs. Level 4, here I am.

[@jibibi9109]

This is legit one of the most interesting videos on youtube to me. Definitely one of my favorite videos from you.

[@Fr1sen0]

This man has a mustache resting on his forehead.

[@Remy-mz5ug]

Fr1sen0 great, can’t be unseen

[@BaileyZK]

Clicked on the video. Started some light scrolling through the comments while it loaded. Saw this comment and thought huh, I wonder what the heck he means. Scrolled back up and instantly laughed like fuck XD thank you sir!

[@TheMrgrafixable]

lmao

[@mesan4641]

Hearing Digibro go through and explain the levels of autism made me reflect on my journey and my changing ways of enjoying anime, I'm currently at level 4, so I guess I'll be at level 5 in a few years

[@rafaelandrade7627]

This is it folks, this is the peak. The internet was invented so that digi would make this video. KZbin has served its purpose.

[@5H4D0W-TP]

Me: "I thought Autism is just having trouble reading social cues." Digibro: "This is Anime Autism, which requires big brain time."

[@tichepotato7992]

Well, it's having issues recognising social cues because of thinking and interacting with the world in a different way, isn't it? This is catagorising and explaining some of those different ways.

[@5H4D0W-TP]

@@tichepotato7992 even if there are different categories of autism, all I can say is... _"It's the same, but different, but still the same."_

[@tichepotato7992]

Different flavours of a shared food.

[@pshuckle7488]

It's a lot more than that. It can straight up affect your senses, making them way more sensitive. Unfortunately not in the super power kind of way.

[@tichepotato7992]

Yeah. It's not fun. I struggle to pick out detail in really messy images, because it's just a mass and blur of colour. I have no idea what it is specifically, but my perception of things is a bit... weird.

[@artificialdevil-sm]

As someone who is actually diagnosed with autism, this actually makes a lot of sense. I know that some people are going to find this offensive (as one does these days), but at no point in this video did I feel like the term was used as anything "bad". I will say: if you have an actual diagnosis (meaning it became a big enough deal that you were actually tested for autism), then you're probably at LEAST a level 3, more likely higher. (Incidentally, I'm level 4.)

[@Mortz992]

Hi I also have been diagnosed with autism. I'm a level 3

[@Noelciaaa]

I think I'm level 3 but used to be 4 and never got an official statement but I had been attending therapy and two of those therapists that i talked to said yeah I probably do have autism. But I never really received appropriate counseling, they kinda treated that as ocd, social anxiety etc etc. Later in college i have suffered a complete burn out and p much became unable to interact with others, could barely function by myself, I again got treated for the wrong thing, which was depression (I mean I must had some of it too but that wasn't the main thing!). It only got better for me when I started adjusting my life to my needs not the other way around... I guess I am functioning as a level 3 but my tastes are more like level 4. Nobody ever really understands why I enjoy the things I do and esp for which reasons exactly. I often don't know myself but visual symbolism is a big thing for me i will cling to for a long time.

[@qqqrrr2556]

I used to watch movies in order to check them off of a list. I would literally spend multiple hours a day bored out of my mind in front of a movie just to get the dopamine of having completed it. What autism level am I? Oh yeah and I also stopped watching anime for 3 years so I could become fluent in Japanese before I started watching anime again because I didn't want to "ruin" it by not understanding it. I got fluent by watching thousands of hours of Japanese idol variety shows while I didn't allow myself to watch anime.

[@Chrisc0Disc0]

Johnny Davidson sounds like a 4 to me

[@mistergaur]

Bruh

[@inendlesspain4724]

Recently (less than a year ago) I started learning japanese completely on my own, with the intention of getting closer to achieving the goal of being able to play JRPGs untranslated, something I've wanted to do since I was a teenager, but never did any effort towards achieving because of a mix of lazyness and lack of confidence. I didn't stop watching anime and I didn't care if I ever became capable of listing to anime without subtitles, however, I couldn't help pausing episodes from time to time to check if I understood certain words or entire sentences correctly, more and more frequently each time. It got so bad I started downloading japanese subtitles for the anime I watch to read alongside the ones hard-edited into the episodes in my native language (spanish). I think it's worth noting that I learned all primary school kanji way before I took a single lesson of grammar. I looked up as many strategies to memorize kanji as effectively as possible, but other than that it was me memorizing everything I could vebatim, without even knowing if the words I was learning were nouns, verbs or adjevtives, or which type they were, though I think I'm pretty advanced in grammar right now as well. Considering how far I got in less than a year, I wonder if I'm a level 6 or higher in the scale. ...I still can't "hear" the language though, since just about 90% of my study material is text only.

[@theblackswordsman7558]

Probably level 10 you have broken the scale with your devotion

[@MikadoHa]

You just described my life.

[@ascii_9727]

35:03 Oh god yes finally, I thought I was crazy. I really tend to not generally be interested on live action shows in general and every time I try to explain it to a friend it feels so surreal.

[@NarcissistMargarine]

"Man I hope Digi actually shows the spreadsheet he made" ... "oh no"

[@neosho3953]

I think one of the reasons I love playing the Pokemon games so much is because it is basically a giant spreadsheet masked by images of cute monsters.

[@neosho3953]

@George Bell Ah very cool! I did not know that.

[@MegaBebb]

I feel like the saving at every option in a visual novel meaning you're level 4 is flawed. For me, that is something that is learned instead of something I just do. The first time I played a visual novel, I saved my game only to find myself in a dead end. That meant that I had to restart the game from the beginning and get to the last choice before I saved and then choose the other choice. I save at every option so I don't have to restart my entire game if I chose incorrectly. In other words, laziness

[@Trixiethegoldenwitch]

Fair enough, I wasn't thinking about failstates in those games

[@KingprosBr]

I think he's referring to saving at every option so you can read all of the possible dialogue and have that spreadsheet.

[@MegaBebb]

@@KingprosBr I believe so too but the distinction between the intentions behind the saving wasn't made so it ended up becoming a blanket statement for all intentions. This is why I believe it's a good idea to write a script for the video then to leave it for a day or two to clear your mind of the mindset you were in when you wrote it and then reread it to see if you agree with what you wrote.

[@machinronii]

@@KingprosBr Yeah, that's me. I have to complete the 100% of every aspect of the VN I am reading and that includes all the possible dialogue or scenes

[@marlonyo]

If you save at every choice because you are afraid to loose sure but if you save at every choice so that you can see 100% percent of the content then yes. -Certify level 4 me

[@giginoelani5880]

I feel like this is more about stereotypically male autism though, I find that females with autism tend to care more about the nuances of characters personalities and their relationships with each other, imagining different scenarios between their favorite characters and what not. Kinda like how men with autism tend to be more into science or math but women with autism are more into art or music (of course not always, but generally). For example, my sister is SUPER into kingdom hearts. It's probably her favorite thing of all time, but she hasn't even played all the games. Most of them, she just watched me play. She's more into the characters and their personalities/relationships as the story goes on.

[@giginoelani5880]

oop ignore me i only watched the first 2 minutes when i made this comment

[@Rycluse]

The dead seriousness of this video is the funniest joke I've heard all year

[@josezuniga4814]

"The slightest tinge of the tism" absolute poetry

[@miju2596]

This helped me realize I'm probably comfortably level 2, which explains why I get so into your videos and ramblings because I genuinely do not see the same things you do and I find it really interesting to hear.

[@UTU]

"Digibro's General Theory of Autisticity"

[@jnes3736]

I'm at the same level of Digi, hugely facinated with the meta of Anime and its history, and just wants to chart it and my love for it, but until recently, I haven't thought about how much time I would need to put into it, which is why I'm not a level 4 cause I would had done it anyway. I'm going to try share it around to a few people I know, and see what their response to it, and if it's accurate to them.

[@Uainimes]

This theory's structure is so weird I think I'll never be able to explain to my friends why it connects so easily with me and... wait a minute

[@BlackMita]

Level 2 exactly. Just finished re-watching the first season of Psycho-pass for the third time. I still like early Bleach just for the cool fights. Anything more "involved" than Neon Genesis Evangelion is too much for me.

[@Adenybaloi]

Level 7: Thomas the Tank Engine This broke me. LMAO

[@froufroudeluxe]

Your profile pic makes me so nostalgic

[@GundamChao]

...Uh oh, when you mentioned Sonic the Hedgehog like that... I realized, I do that. For Sonic and Mega Man, those are my things. I can just think of them anytime, and be satisfied. There's so much I could think about, about them. I do that music shifting thing for their songs, and even though there's so many games I don't feel a need to go too "wide" with it, I tend to just focus on the same songs. The fact that those series exist at all, is enough to impress me, let alone that new games are being made for it which is wonderful but I'd be stuck on these series regardless of if they were no longer made or not. Further, I make pen-and-paper strategy games on these series, and I don't publish or share them at all because I don't feel the need to, though I happily meta-balance the games to the most exacting detail. Regarding the video games themselves, I replay them all the time, sometimes in the same way as usual, sometimes in slightly different ways, but to me it's just the sensation of playing them that matters; I don't have such concrete goals as "oh I want to improve how quickly I can run through it this time!", I just manifest myself through the game in whatever way feels natural at the moment. Oh but I don't want anyone to see this and worry about me, I'm fine! I've learned to function irl very nicely, even though I had a very difficult time connecting with others as a youth; hell, if I didn't eventually get obsessed with the analysis of peoples' motivations (psychology sociology anthropology) as well as the subject of logic (to round out how I should best respond to situations) in general, I might still be quite lost. It took me until age 20 to meaningfully "get it". Also my career field is that I'm aspiring to be a Mathematician, so make of that what you will!

[@joeclaby2818]

Same here with the music shifting, I even transcribed the whole soundtrack from Sonic 2-Sonic and Knuckles by ear back in middle school just because I love the music so much, never gets old. I feel the same way as you described about socially functioning irl and all that, really cool to see your similar experience with the music and games though

[@rockoutloud2112]

This is honestly one of if not my fav Digi videos

[@sasquatchprom2k198]

I can already tell this will be your best video from the title alone

[@jinkleburg]

Listened to this in the background while trading cryptocurrency, organizing my anime/video game OSTs into mood-sorted playlists, and coding a function for flipping SVG text across the middle axis of an image without mirroring the text itself. Level 3 autism confirmed. Time to rethink my life

[@diamd3931]

Interesting that the importance of well-constructed and thematic narrative seems like a sort of bell curve, most important for those in the middle of this scale and less for both the superficial masses and heavy autists. I'm the kind of guy who freaks out over what I see as clever writing, interesting symbolism, and MUH THEMES (huge fan of the Chimera Ant and Succession War arcs of HxH) so I suppose that's where I'm at.

[@Bug_Berry]

Serious question. Can you explain why you like the chimera arc so much? I remember just outright hating it and loving everything else. I am rewatching so maybe my perspective will change, but I am legit curious. I'll go ahead and state what I remember about why I didn't like it. Power spikes went up to DBZ levels didn't focus on Gon, Killua, or hell even Leorio, or Kurapika much or at all. Gon went rage mode over a person he met's "tragic death" but that didn't happen much otherwise with anyone else. furry bait kind of? Dragged on the longest. that's about it.

[@ciherrera]

DiaMD Yeah I found that interesting. I’m the kind of person who did not enjoy Kimi No Na Wa because of how little sense the time travel made. However, I can look past plot holes if I enjoy other parts of the work (JoJo’s is probably the most extreme example). My favorite shows are probably Steins;Gate and Hunter x Hunter for the same reason.

[@LeoSkyro]

I dont know, there are some autists you are really into the technique of writing and how stories are structured

[@tadasdatys5999]

​@@Bug_Berry That's level 2 thinking. At level 4, the chimera arc, especially the palace invasion, is catnip. It takes a scene that lasts minutes in real time, and in obsessive detail catalogs what every character is doing and thinking. I don't agree with your criticisms, but that doesn't matter. Even if the narrative wasn't amazing, the chimera arc would still be the best thing ever.

[@diamd3931]

@@Bug_Berry I'll try to put the appeal succinctly into words as best I can: The arc's climax is famous for being an exhaustive analysis of a rather short span of time from over a dozen different characters' perspectives (Digi has a whole video describing it as chaos theory in storytelling). Meanwhile, all of the mechanics involved are logically sound, character actions are all feasible thanks to the amount of info you're given on their personalities and states of mind, and there are more than enough "badass" as well as highly emotional moments to keep people all over Digi's autism scale hooked (see Netero vs. Meruem, Dragon Dive, Godspeed Killua, Gon-san vs. Pitou, and Meruem and Komugi's last moments for some examples). Throughout all of this is a depth of writing and thematic richness that left me rather impressed (see Meruem's conundrum of his identity, how each RG identifies him differently, the evolution and devolution of Youpi's respect for humanity, Pouf's loyalty driving him to near insanity, and all of Netero's Buddhism associations for instance). That's most of the appeal as I see it, now I'll address your specific points: Apparent power levels increased dramatically in the case of Meruem, the RGs, Netero, and Gon-san, but this makes sense in every case. Knowing the phagogenesis properties of the chimera ants it is no wonder why their king and RGs are so incredibly strong. As for Netero, he is the chairman of the entire hunter association, was established as a monster since the hunter exam arc, and his flashback when he falls from the sky frames him as a downright martial arts legend. I could understand if you had some reservations about Gon-san, but Gon has always been known to have insane potential, the restriction mechanism was well set-up since Yorknew, and the transformation is thoroughly foreshadowed by following Gon's emotional state throughout the arc. I would also say that Togashi spits in the face of DBZ powerlevels when the chimera ants die slow unimpressive deaths to poison, Netero's strength isn't enough so he needs to use a fucking nuke, and Gon vs. Pitou is not framed as a triumphant victory for the protagonists at all, much the opposite. Additionally, if you follow the manga it seems clear that the chimera ants and Nanika (Ai) serve as preparation for what lies on the dark continent, as both came from there, so it's understandable for power levels to jump somewhat considering how insanely dangerous a place that is. As for why Gon was so affected by Kite's death, the 2011 anime really dropped the ball on the guy but he's the very first character to appear in the manga and the only reason Gon knows about his father and aspires to become a hunter, sort of like a second father figure for him in the absence of Ging. Gon is also a child who has never experienced grief before, and so takes it rather badly. As for Killua, he gets a ton of attention as well throughout the arc, what with overcoming Illumi's needle influence, doubting whether or not he is a good friend to Gon, and breaking down in front of Palm when he gives in to how badly he just wants his friend to be alright. More of Killua's stuff is settled in the following election arc too. Kurapika and Leorio are much more prominent in the arc following that if you're curious about what they're up to. Some of the chimera ant designs aren't really that great admittedly, Rammot is probably the worst offender, but by the time the palace invasion occurs every one of them still around looks fine in my opinion. I've never heard of any furries gushing about this arc, the closest thing would be Pitou's waifu popularity I guess. It is also definitely rather long, but I'd say that all of the payoffs in the climax, as well as moments like looking at the Phantom Troupe defending Meteor City, make it well worth it. I'm sure typing all this out has bumped me up to at least a 4 on Digi's scale, but here's your answer.

[@TheSilentFool]

In 150 years this will be the definitive medical Autism test.

[@ganondorfchampin]

They gonna hire him for the DSM VI.

[@michaelskells6112]

I feel this idea has been in my head for years now but I just never knew how to put it into words. This had made me rethink a lot of things about people in my life and what they enjoy. I think I understand more about myself and how I engage with media. Thanks digi this may be a life changing video for me.

[@Kryto_Gaming]

I found this to be an interesting and thought provoking topic. This is the kind of content that Digi seems to be good at making. HOWEVER one big problem I had was that it didn't define Autism and the Autism levels well enough. Before going into vague ideas like "Database" and narrative, I think the video would benefit GREATLY if Digi explained to us exactly what he meant by Autism. First explain Autism, then give an EXAMPLE of a PERSON with level 1 Autism, show us how he might interact in real life etc, on and on for each level. Then go into what kind of media that person would enjoy and how it relates to anime and anime Autism levels. I had to go on Google to look up Autism levels, but with no prior experience of Autism it was very hard to parse out exactly how these Googled definition fit into the context of the video. I was also unsure if Digi was even referencing the same definitions I found. This is, in my opinion, a HUGE failing of this video. I shouldn't be left with a vague understanding of Autism and hoping that Digi is talking about the same concepts I'm thinking about lol. Granted there were some explanations, but I found them insufficient to fully understand the video. Heck I'm left wondering if I'm a level 1 or 2 autistic person myself at this point.

[@darktoonlink2k145]

Exactly!

[@showshowshowmgc2]

this should be a rating category on mal

[@yurifaggu]

This video has been eye opening and I literally can't see the world the same way I used to.

[@Jacklekins]

Welp. I'm level 3 or 4 as I watch damn near every cute girls show and am on a quest to try every single one. Oh also I love Fate.

[@Levittchen4G]

"At level 6 your favorite thing is probably sonic the hedgehog"

[@cyberninjazero5659]

Internet: "THAT'S NOT HOW AUTISM WORKS" Digi: 39:30

[@omrihooker7992]

It hasn’t even been a full day but I’m starting to use this shit as a Bible 🤔😤

[@hkoxnw]

Second for Digi not folding his shirts

[@VesperLoveReal]

"If you read visual novels you're automatically at level 4 autism" -Digi ow bro....

[@curziomalaparte3008]

Digi has ascended

[@genericyoutubeaccount579]

TLDR: If somebody tells you that you "read too much into a show" you are probably at a higher autism level than they are. You may enjoy shows from +/- 1 Autism level Level 1: Naruto, Bleach, 1 piece, Dragonball Level 1.5: Keeping track of power levels, power scaling, power creep, ect. mostly in shounen. Level 2: Story structure and tight plots become more important. Plot heavy shows. Stein's gate. Also enjoying a shounen by identifying with 1 of the factions. Level 3: 55% of enjoyment comes from the meta surrounding a show; how it comments on other shows. 45% about the plot/narrative. Evangelion and Monogateri. You like a show more after watching a video essay about it on youtube. Level 4: 75% about the meta. 25% about enjoyment of plot. Level 5: 100% about the meta. 0% enjoyment from plot. Level 6: Enjoyment of a show is massively determined by fan art, fanfictions, AMVs, ect. Low Functioning Autism. Level 6 autists cannot understand each other when they talk. Level 7: Level 6 but with even fewer social skills. Usually obsessed with just 1 thing.

[@KingprosBr]

This is my favorite video from you. When you described all of that categorizing and reasons to enjoiy shows my brain started salivating.

[@N00bvlog]

Hey Digibro, Railgun was one of the first shows I watched as a normie and I still have positive memories of that show. On another note, I think I was a level 3 autist at some point, but I'm straddling the line between level 1 and 2 right now.

[@ok-oli]

Really like the blue lighting with the blue shirt, also the red lighting in the background is a cool look and would like to see more!! please

[@pgj1997]

Using "autistic" to describe something. Dude. Like, what the hell? How does this not have so many dislikes?

[@QuinnShiHuangDi]

he is incredibly autistic himself.

[@AProbablyPostman]

"If anything's below an autism level of 3, I'm not even interested."

[@bizarregold4515]

Here's a drinking game take a shot every time digi says autism

[@aquakittycat]

Golden Hyenas rest in peace brother

[@tonyo743]

My liver.

[@Jalae]

better game ever time he says "you know"

[@drifter402]

I was hyped for this video from the moment you mentioned wanting to do it on the PCP. It was exellent but it really made me miss the heavy editing a lot of your videos used to have.

[@realityglitch2688]

That disclaimer about how “autistic” is mostly being used as “just a label” should really have been closer to the beginning if the video, if not at the start, rather than towards the end; as I feel that such use is very much a misnomer. For the entire video until that point It seemed like you were conflating autism with a much broader phenomenon that, while autism can push one further through the levels, is not populated solely by those who are at a given level (except 6 & 7 (and maybe the further echelons of 5)) due to autistic tendencies. (Though, I agree with the implied “Level 0 is the least common denominator.”) A feeling I can describe in retrospect as “You don’t /really/ mean ‘austism’.” I also feel like the the different levels differ more in kind than in magnitude (at least until 5, 6, and 7); though, I can see why someone more prone to obsessing over work would be more likely to fall within a higher-numbered “level”. And by merely writing this, I’ve probably given away my position on said scale. 😃

[@FluxerCry]

No he actually means "literal autism." I tried to argue with him on this. He does not give a single shit what we go through or what it feels like to be made light of like this, and since he has a number of autistic people sucking his dick he feels justified. I want to make it 100% clear that Digi is making sweeping, unfounded assertions on the medical condition that is autism. If that makes you uncomfortable, good! It should! Please dislike this video or do SOMETHING to show Digi this shit isn't okay.

[@crablettes]

@@FluxerCry It's just chan speak, autism is a pretty formless word in these contexts

[@lovesoderpalm1555]

FluxerCry Bruh Moment

[@lostinwalmart3224]

@@FluxerCry yeah I've seen people use this just to describe someone doing something weird or being weird, and also as an insult. that is enough to make me feel bad. but a 40 minute video is just... :(

[@FortWhenTeaThyme]

@@FluxerCry As someone pretty low on this scale, it definitely doesn't come across as "making light of autism" to me. It's a fairly interesting insight into how normies can enjoy schlock, and how people further on the spectrum can enjoy works that might seem bad otherwise like Sonic or Thomas the Tank Engine. IMO the big issue with the video is just that it's inconsistent. Database theory -> Tropey unrealistic characters -> Childhood Impression seem more like three different ways to look at this than one unifying theory.

[@bygon432]

Now, this triggered some very specific memories for me. Back in upper secondary, anytime my best friend wanted to know something about a movie or show (director, actors, release date, continuity in a franchise) he asked me, because to him, one of my distinct quirks was spending a lot of time on Wikipedia *reading* about movies, no matter if I'd seen them or not. Which I hadn't even thought of as a strange thing to do. Besides that, this reminds me of the old fanboy/fangirl dichotomy. Memorizing everything and knowing the canon in and out = Fanboy, making fanfiction and shipping characters between different franchises = Fangirl. How would you categorize these behviours according to your thesis?

[@Roge9]

Watching this video to find out which super saiyan level I'm at

[@jasra96]

Oh my god this is so fucking-- as someone between levels 2 and 3 autism this is so helpful to me. I've had so much trouble my whole life trying to explain to people why I like what I do and why live action and normal shit has just no appeal to me

[@mnnm522]

Level 6 is where you relate to the kaiju more than to the human characters

[@toatrika2443]

If you ever get into a situation where you need to explain what type of content digibro creates / what type of person he is, just show this video. It perfectly describes the entirety of what you can expect from digibro. If you enjoy this video, you will like the others. If you don't, you won't.

[@languidlandscapelad2239]

Digi's fans: Finish and release that Vinland Saga video! Digibro: No, I don't think I will

[@j2208]

What if we used 100% of our brain? Digibro:

[@intelligenceparadigm4931]

Now to find a mate in this Autism 3 egg group...

[@STuD0S]

you're going to love this, trust me. what you're seeing now is my normal state. this is super autism. and this. this is what is known as autism that has ascended above super autism. or, you could just call this super autism two. what a useless transformation, you changed your mal so what? hmhmhm just wait. has he really found a way to surpass ascended autism? is that possible? he must be bluffing, what would that make him? a double autist? AND THIS. eh what he doing? AND THIS IS TO GO EVEN FURTHER BEYOND AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA No stop it! If you do this now it will drain away all the time you have left on earth! And I say you need every second of it as it is! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA NNN ITS UNREAL HOW IS HE GENERATING THAT MUCH POWER Do it dad Its to much! uhhh? Whats going on? His dad is putting out even more energy than before. I-i should go I dont wanna get yelled at again AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA STOP IT! STOP IT NOW!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Theres terror in the streets! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA uhhhuhuhu What is he doing? If he doesnt stop this everything is going to be destroyed! wowowoow please somebody make it stop! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA WAAAAAA I'm sorry it took much longer than the others. I havent had the occasion to practice this one. This is what I call autism level three.

[@darktoonlink2k145]

Epic

[@gordelorth]

In all seriousness how would you classify MLP Digibro? In one hand you got all the metanarrative from the original conception that is very appealing for the lore seekers and those interested in the world building aspect of it. On the other hand you got the simplicity of the script and the idyllic portrayal of the nature and community will also appeal to those attracted to the slice of life of it. So at least in this particular case one could say that the level is set more in the subjective appealling than the objective work itself.

[@ganondorfchampin]

I think it's idyllic nature actually makes it more autistic. Normies would probably be put off by it's idealism, there is a golden level of cynicism that's needed for mainstream appeal. Also, many of the characters feel autistic, it's what initial pulled me into the show. People engage with it autistically both on the emotional and database level.

[@Unknownlight]

MLP is a really tricky one. I'm tempted to place it in the same category as Sonic the Hedgehog. It's inherently a Level 0-1 kids show, but its innate aesthetic appeal can push it all the way up to Level 6-7. Similarly, Sonic is innately a Level 0 video game for kids, but some aspects (particularly the classic games' pinball mechanics) fascinate the Level 2-3 nerds while it also holds aesthetic appeal to people even higher than that.

[@Lazypackmule]

That bit about preferring ideas over loud noises perfectly explains why I generally hate horror movies and games, but love psychological horror

[@blakechildress944]

Digibro should have his own Masterclass on Anime Autism and storytelling.

[@ernestotorelli1209]

Autism layer six, side-effects: nausea, allucinations, loss of humanity, sonic the hedgehog

[@LimeyLassen]

So is autism just that meme where the image gets rougher but the text becomes increasingly verbose

[@Trixiethegoldenwitch]

Yes.

[@topnep1]

Touhou, clearly lvl 5. Its doujin world is a neverending rabbithole. Being 3.000h into PoE, knowing even most math formulas the game uses, clearly lvl 5. Writing over 1.000 essays of self-reflection within 13 years, clearly lvl 5. Teaching myself Japanese (13.000 words, 3.000 Kanji in three years) by using a spaced repetition system, clearly lvl 5. No wonder I have issues.

[@damonplay8185]

Never thought I'd hear tulpamancy brought up anywhere. I absolutely love these concepts niche as they may be. Probably due to its eccentric and outlandish nature as well as the possibilities it opens up in discussions surrounding the inner workings of our minds. On a related note. It is quite rare that you meet people who actually know about such conceptsbmuch less bring it up in the context of an artificial scale of autism in relation to anime. Placing myself on this list is hard though..

[@Motoroil20xx]

Some of this brought to mind the way that I watch Wes Anderson films. I saw Asteroid City at a theater and found that I was extremely entertained by the directorial style, especially at the start. I think it is so aesthetically idiosyncratic that it is what draws me into seeking his work out. The narratives are also intriguing in a human sense. Which brings me to the topic of the video, anime. As far as what was mentioned, Evangelion is a “hyper fixation” of mine; when it comes to discussing it, it brings about major info-dumping, from when I first watched it at age 15 through now, 20 years later.

[@Motoroil20xx]

I just finished watching and I think this video has also caused me to question whether or not I may be on the spectrum in a significant way. I’d suspected the possibility, but the last bit here really hit close to home. I think because I’ve been working on a project that is expressing very specific emotional topics that I’ve had difficulty getting others to understand, I can definitely see at least some similarities between my perceptions, my art, and the art that this video points out as appealing to autistic audiences.

[@qqqrrr2556]

This comment section is filled with level 1's pretending to be level 3's and it's sickening.