Barcodes of 2012
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2012 is Sword Art Online, and SAO changes everything not about how anime looks but about who watches it. The dataset's dark-ending arc for 2012 reflects titles that understood their audience had grown up: you can end on weight, on consequence, on the first casualties of a war the series hasn't finished fighting. The industry has learned that audiences can bear darkness if they were given something to love first.
