tbh, because of anime, I’ve recently gained insight to a problem that inflicts antagonists in a way that ends up detracting from their residing story’s quality, and it’s a problem possible in every kind of entertainment medium involving storyline. - 3-
It’s when monstrous villains get trivialized and easily defeated, and I think the anime Goblin Slayer does a good job fixing that, and even taking advantage of the banal tropes related with the antagonists.
[ Warning: Goblin Slayer spoilers ]
For instance, the anime shows what happens when the villains (the goblins) succeed, at… well… >_> <-< …being the monsters they’re supposed to be, and it drives to point that they’re actually monsters, not some social gaggle of reluctant, petulant, half-hearted, pansy-arsed “victims of their own hubris” capable of being “reformed”.
(I haven’t actually watched the anime yet, but I plan to eventually. >_<)