Saying Akira is overrated is like saying Bladerunner is overrated. It was a culturally significant game-changer and trope-namer the likes of which had never been seen prior to it's conception. It's only considered overrated because a thousand other things have copied it since, and it creates this backwards roundabout where viewers think the original is boring and the copycat is fresh.
Also, the plot of Akira makes perfect sense. Why does everyone say it doesn't? Like what exactly are you not getting?
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