Jun Inoue

Make Anime Great Again.

Still relevant in 2018 sadly

Make Anime Great Again.

Make Anime Great Again.

I'm not sure if you were sarcastic on that Gate definition lul.
Gate was a sloppy handjob to Japanese imperialism. The other world leaders are cartoonish villains, the "moderates" of the Japanese parliament are pictures as bitchy clowns who don't truly love Japan, the MC is a "I can't be bothered to do anything but I'm literally the ultimate ultra soldier" self-insertion, and so on. The media? "Honesty? What's that? We're here for the big news and the money boissssssssssss". Literally everyone but the JSDF, the military, are depicted as Disney villains.
To make an interesting comparison, think about how the Empire in the world of Gate is depicted. Kind of a decadent Roman Empire, an oppressive regime that's not even smart enough to realise they shouldn't pick a fight with the insanely more powerful Japan and whose stupidity is hurting its own citizens and oppressing most of them. Do you know what was the leading ideology of European Imperialism? We are not conquering these nations and people, we're helping them cuz they cannot properly manage things by themselves. We're basically doing them a favour!
The resemblance is striking. Gate romanticises Imperialism. And does it so thoroughly, so in your face and so sloppily, that it becomes rather silly.
I see... that's part of what I have heard. I'll still at least watch the first episodes to see how I feel about it or, worst case scenario, at least enjoy the sights  

Gate does have Rory, though so atleast it has a redeeming quality

If I remember correctly, Jill is actually bi... I think.

How could you go into it with a pure and wholesome image. Everything about the show screamed "fetishistic yuri anime"

Oh, no, no no. This will never be about taste. Your taste is shit, and so is mine, and same for all of us. I mean, I really like Gate, and god is it an awful anime.
I get the whole context-based bias, how due to the similitudes Death March can look like an smarter Smartphone (hue). I reacted that way mostly because it reminded me of the way people try to defend not their taste, but bad shows being not so terrible because "well I like it", an argument that really gets to me. Quality and enjoyment don't necessarily go hand by hand, we know as much, so there's a need to sometimes "mark the line" a bit too strongly between the two.
Btw, regarding the harem, it is indeed going into that direction, and really hard. I can't remember if it's the OP or the ED, but you can see a part of it where it shows like 5 or 6 girls in succession; they are all part of the harem (not really a spoiler, I'd say, since the OP/ED literally shows them to us). I would comment smth else about the harem... but that could indeed be a spoiler, so I'll refrain from it
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