*Am I missing something subtle here* Yes. *or are you actually going "HURR DURR ...

PhasmaFelis · on April 17, 2018

That's good, then. Would you care to enlighten us, or are you just going to be smug and inscrutable?

herpes · on April 19, 2018

That poster might be saying it’s a life experience that most people can relate to. I suspect most of anime’s audience has attended high school.

PhasmaFelis · on April 20, 2018

Maybe. A lot of high school anime is marketed directly at teenagers, though. If their intention was to say "it's something everyone understands" rather than "it's something relevant to the target market specifically," they picked a bad example.

stcredzero · on April 19, 2018

That's good, then. Would you care to enlighten us

"Us" generally, yes. I think I've succeeded.

or are you just going to be smug and inscrutable?

I find that your reaction indicates that my approach is commensurate with the tone you've displayed in the rest of this thread. I hope that most everyone else has a different experience.

The inscrutability is part and parcel of the message.