Post popular series you just can't get into

Oreimo

>>156437465
If you want to start a thread of this kind you should at least explain why you feel you cannot get in that series.

All of them

>>156437530
not the guy but I feel like everything comes and goes too fast and there's no real sense of risks/stakes
like I liked gran torino and was excited about the trainning, but it was lik 2 chapters of him jumping around his house

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>>156437616
>and was excited about the training,

>>156437678
I was expecting the dagobah training but got nothing
feels fucking bad man, i'm still reading it but it never had a moment that hooked me like arlong park did with one piece for me

>>156437530
the hook within the first few chapters doesn't really instill to me a sense of urgency, and thus I am not compelled to see the MC go on his journey to becoming a hero

>>156437616
I think one of the things the anime can do is use the "filler" episodes to slow down the pace and explore details that the manga went too fast on, like the tournament arc.
I think the author is scared from his precedent failures and doesn't want to slow down fearing another cancellation, so I'm not gong to judge him too hard on his pace, for now. I hope once the series will be complete we'll be able to say it was all for the better. Unlike Soul Eater, that I loved until the last arc and the abrupt ending, fuck you.

>>156437718
>>156437616
>I was excited for training

Oh? So you're just a dull persona its not the manga's fault at all.

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Pic related.
I don't know, I feel it's too ligh hearted, or I smply don't like the characters. I know the plot and arcs thanks to osmosis from friends and being here, but I don't feel to invest time in it. If anyone is able to change my mind I would be happy to finally being able to enjoy such a "great manga" that I feel I'm missing out.

Madoka. It's painfully bad and retarded, it's not even funny.

And I dropped Tokyo Ghoul after the second episode. Terrible.

Berserk
Even though Im caught up I wish I wasnt

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>>156437873
what are you implying? that I am in the wrong that I got excited for something the manga was building up and never even happened? what the fuck is your point mate

>>156437882
Could you explain what's "bad and retarded" about it? I liked the series even if Kyubey was right.

>>156437881
like I said earlier, read it until arlong park, if you don't like it, just drop it

>>156437882

I say it's average. But I don't get the popularity it got, it's no better than the seasonal garbage that we usually get.

>>156437963
What's chapter is that? I could give it a try.

>>156437921
The manga wasn't buildinhg up to a training arc with Gran you fucking autist

Oreshura.
They ducked the osananajimi way too hard in the anime.

>>156438026
the author even said he was LITERALLY YODA, fuck stain fuck all that shit, it ruined the arc for me

>>156437991
chapter 69 to 95
I know it is alot but one piece is a big moving world where everything is connected

Oregairu. It just didn't clicked for me, everything feels so bland and shit.

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>>156438050
>Wanting training with old man arc instead of based Stain

>>156437908
are you one of those fags that think the Golden Age arc was the best?

Eva. It tried hard to be symbolic and philosopical when in reality it's just self-insert otaku fapbait.

>>156438133
>stain
>not shit

he got literally destroyed by 3 kids, no villain is competent in the series wich makes it really difficult to feel a sense of urgency

He should've strainght up gored Lida's brother and should've cut one of Lida's legs

>>156438236
So its anime then?

Dropped the manga when the school festival/competition/whatever arc started. I just can't help but feel annoyed when they had that huge fight with the final(?) boss then just have some festival afterwards as if nothing happened.

SNK
too much cringy characters

>>156437930
Nonsensical plot with pointless crying and inconsistent world and empty characters. 9 episodes in.

>>156438280
>3 kids

One is from the lineage of great heros and even faster than his pro hero brother
The next is a top tier quirk breed from the number 2# hero
The last is a hand picked successor of the number 1 hero with in depth or battle knowledge and planning

Who all attend the best highschool in Japan for raising heros

>>156438454
then just end the manga already if they're so good already
some of them need to get a good dicking by a villain for me feel a sense of urgency
it can happen in the future but I doubt it

bakemonogatari, i can't find the appeal in flashing texts and meaningless symbolism, also the girls are not appealing and lack real personalities and the mc is a shitty selfinsert.

>>156438524
The muscleman fight in the Sumer camp and All for One vs All Might are literally the best in the series

>>156438548
gorespammer pls
its been eight years

>>156438424
>Nonsenscal plot?
Explain why it's nonsensical
>Pointless crying?
>Well they cry a lot but I think that among a lot of anime protagonists fucking 14 years old girls in life/death situations are the most acceptable crybabies
>Inconsistent world
Explain
>Empty characters
Who? Also it depends on what you means with empty. To evauate you should say what you define as a full character.

>>156437465
it's the artstyle and the premise that just don't get my attention, if i wanted teenage superheros i would watch Young Justice, not this

>>156437465
Code Geass, I mean, even Valvrave was better, why did it got so popular here?

>>156438600
who

>>156438722
Memes

Any fucking moeshit like k-on, idol shows, lucky star
God it's so fucking cringe

Also madoka Magic. It's a chore to watch.

Dragon Maid, it's just looks so okay that I just don't want to bother with it.

>>156438815
It's nothing special

Just very average

>>156438815
>Dragon Maid
>popular
Anon, just go make another thread with "Series people liked but you don't udnerstand why"

>>156438815
its not a particularly good series, nor is it ultra fanservice trash

it just another series

>>156438617
Not him, but triggered fanboy is triggered.

>>156438722
I never considered that people might still be watching Code Geass. What is the appeal of that show if you're not watching it with /a/?

>>156438333
This. I don't even think it's badly written or anything, I just don't care about anyone.

>>156437881
I dropped One Piece around the time of Ace's death.
It's great. I love it. It kept me going.
But I couldn't stay interested in a manga that had almost a thousand chapters.

>>156438333
the MC and his groupie are pretty annoying

Blond kid is a cutie tho

>>156437465
Attack on Titan.

The characters are okay, the plot is interesting and the concept is solid.

But the pacing is fucking atrocious

>>156439191
Well it IS getting a third season soon

>>156438424
>Nonsensical plot with pointless crying and inconsistent world and empty characters
did we watch the same show?

>>156439690
But why would anyone care if they weren't here for the original? There wouldn't be any hype behind it.

>>156440001
I personally think Code Geass season one is legitimately good stuff.

Season 2 is a train wreck but it's a very entertaining train wreck.

Also it got air time on Adult Swim so it's recognizable in the States. It's like asking why people care for TTGL if they weren't here when it aired.

I was here for Season 2. That was a trip.

>>156437530
Bakugo is annoying.

>>156437465
Every single harem.

>>156440055
I dunno, man. I still don't see why someone would enjoy it without /a/. Valvrave too, for that matter.
/a/ makes trainwrecks fun to watch.

>>156439659
>the characters are ok
Kek
What's "ok" with a group of teenagers with mental disorder ?

Fate series
Not a fan of the character designs and the digital effects, looks obnoxious.

>>156437530
My biggest issue as someone who is keeping up with it, but not 100% sold yet is the relative lack of conflict outside of Bakugo vs everyone. Most of the friendships don't feel very real since everyone is just always nice to each other all the time.

They even set up All Might not getting along with Eraserhead, but doesn't seem like there's any issue between them ever outside of the first time we see them interact.

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Pic related. For some reason I keep losing interest after episode 2 or 3 or so. There's so many characters but I don't really care about any of them.

>>156437465
Code geas, im not interested in these shit

Oh, I dropped Cowboy Bebop after space monkeys episode.

I don't mind episodic formula, it's just stories told in Cowboy Bebop didn't do it for me.

>>156444587
But that was the best episode.
The series goes full retard by the end

>>156444613
>Some old rich lady tries to be Gorilla Grodd
Thanks, but no thanks.

>>156440267
>>156440055
Then you're both too narrow-minded. Code Geass is still watched pretty regularly across the world and people still get both enjoyment as well as appreciation for it, even in 2017.

Even if S2 does get crazier, especially towards the middle, it still has a good main character and a great ending (which is something Valvrave totally lacks). Rather than a wreck, it's a rollercoaster that might not be to everyone's taste yet still gets a good cross-section of new fans.

>>156445141
Is not shit but its overrated because if its meme status

>>156444230
This. I watched the whole thing and the only fun storyline was the one about the train.

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Seriously. If I wanted to watch big guys fight with stupid martial arts powers I'd watch Fist of the North Star.

>>156438280
Stain didn't want to kill them, he didn't even want to fight them

>>156447712
>If I wanted to watch ___ I'd watch ____.
I don't even like Jojo, but that has to be one of the dumbest tryhard hipster responses in the thread.

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>>156448158
>Comparing two series with similar aesthetics from generally the same era is out of the question and unreasonable

Kay

>>156437465
K-On. I watched the first season, but will most likely never watch the second. The characters are boring as fuck.

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>>156438633
>watching new 52 DC

>>156438333
I'm hoping the anime spices things up. I only read the manga because I'm in too deep to drop it now.

NGE
Death Note
Code Geass

I just can't seem to like them

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Solid series tanked by a shit tier main cast
>Gon is literally useless for 100+ episodes and everyone is impressed with him for almost no reason
>Killua goes between nicest guy you'll ever meet and twisted fucking psychopath at the drop of a hat
>Leorio was designed to be a character that watches fights and commentates on them while being shit tier comic relief
>Kurapika is actually unironically the last member of his super special clan that was massacred and now he's out for revenge

Side characters are good, no idea why it's focused on these 4 fucks

>>156448317
new 52 was a relaunch title for the comics between 2011-2016 iirc. I can't give an adjective for that garbage cartoon desu.

>>156448248
>take two series and boil them down to the most crude, shallow, and superficial comparison
>heh, why would I watch this punchy guy if I could watch that punchy guy?

If you have a better thought out opinion on the matter, it doesn't change how dumb the way you phrased it was.

>>156448260
There's nothing wrong in not liking moeshit

>>156448751
Other than you know you will have nothing to watch.

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i just cant

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>>156437616
>"everything comes and goes too fast"
>the anime is actually paced slow as shit

>>156438280
Except he decided to let Deku and Todoroki live without any long term damages, that's why he lost.

>>156448474
Could I have phrased my argument better? Sure. But I really don't care either way.

I could dive deeper into what makes both series tick and dissect them inch by inch drawing out comparisons in character, designs, and themes. But again I don't care.

>>156437465
Never could get into this either this and Mob.

>>156448829
Don't know if you were here when it aired but the threads on /a/ and the constant waifuwars made this show a lot more easier to watch.

>>156448437
don't forget O MY RUBBER NEN

>>156440226
>>156444230
>>156447712
>>156448829
This.

>>156448751
I never said anything along those lines. There are moeshits out there that I like. K-On is not one of them.

>>156448437
I have to agree, Gon seems so fucking bland its insane.

He's the most boring cookie-cutter MC iv ever seen but people eat Togashi's shit up. It's crazy, his only good moment was his bullshit powerup. Let's all be realistic here, at this point in Yusukes story he was 10x stronger than Gon.

steins;gate. I found it boring as fuck.

>>156448437
gon would be a better mc if he had kept the fishing rod
it was way cooler and more creative than "use nen to do strong punch"

>>156448474
Jojo started off as a North Star rip-off though

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I just hope that autist is right and Izuku dies

Imagine the shitstorm

>>156448839
talking about the manga here

bebob
space dandy was way better

>>156437465
I think MHA woulda been better if Deku didnt get OfA at the beginning, and instead had to prove himself to All Might to get it, but at the end its revealed All Might was just BSing to get him to try his best.
I just want a Rock Lee protag

Also Todoroki shoulda been a girl.

>>156437465
Tokyo Ghoul
Code Geass
Attack on Titan (though I've seen all of Season 1, I'm just not interested in story and characters)
Dragon Ball Super
Blue Exorcist
Hitman Reborn

Yuyu Hakusho
I dunno man, I can listen all day to people talk about how it has amazing directing and how the character progression is amazing and talk up the fights and all that. And for what its worth, aethetically its really amazing. I just cant really get into it for some reason though. One episode feels like it takes an hour to end. It just feels so predictable and shounen tropey, I guess. And I dont want to force myself through 30 more episodes for it to "get better"

>>156449584
I loved HxH but yeah fuck this shit. The rod just fucking disappeared halfway through, it would have been cool combined with nen.

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It's not bad, but I haven't got a clue why people call it the best OVA ever. Can someone explain? Because the only reason I can think of is that they like if for being a serious take on their favorite shonen.

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I get why people like it, but most of it's attempts to be cool just felt cocky and annoying.

>>156448437
Even though I love Hunter x Hunter, I kind of have to agree.

>>156448437
Summed up my thoughts pretty exact.

>>156451402
I love YYH but yeah the beginning isn't that exciting

Its around the Dark Tournament that even shounen-ness of it is fun as heck

Gintama. I like some of the humor but even after the required 20 episodes hurdle I just couldn't get invested in any of the characters.

>>156449584
>gon would be a better mc if he had kept the fishing rod
I don't even dislike Gon but I agree with this.

>>156452290
Personally, I thought Ultimate was shit. The original wasn't quiiite as try-hard and was much better because of it.

>>156437881
>>156439306
Back in my youthful days before I knew shit about anime and /a/ I watched the anime a lot. I watched more than 500 episodes of that show but dropped it right before the timeskip. For me, if the gang was not together I didn't wanna watch a lot of episodes of them off doing their own thing. I couldn't stay interested when it was split up like that. I dunno, I loved it a lot at some points but it just drug on and on...

I hate boku no hero. I wanted a manga about heroes, and I didn't get it.

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I really wanted to get into this but I just couldn't do it mayne.

>>156455265
What didn't work for you, just out of curiosity?

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Tokyo Ghoul.

Though from what I understand, the anime is apparently shit compared to the manga for some reason.

>>156455553

Yeah the anime was shit, dropped it in like 6 episodes. I'm following the manga and overall it's great although these past few months it's been shit.

>>156455624
Is it one of those anime's that follows the manga for like 3 episodes and then goes and does whatever the fuck it wants?

Or is it the one that does whatever the fuck it wants off the bat?

or is it the one that tries to follow the manga, but they simply cram way to many chapters into as few episodes as possible?

>>156455553
>>156455624
Is the manga that much better? I thoroughly enjoyed √A, but haven't gotten around to reading the manga. Something about the art style bothers me.

>>156455698

I say it's close to your third statement. For me kaneki's internal monologues carried the manga and the anime just focused on the fight scenes instead of kaneki's struggle.

>>156455755

Go for it. The artstyle got better around 40-50ish but it's been a long time since I read part 1 of the manga.

>>156455265
Same here, I only managed to finish s1, but it was light 5/10 at best. Darkness was basically defined by a terrible joke, Megumin was cute and nothing else, Kazuma got boring and annoying halfway through after novelty wore off, the jokes were meh and repetitive. Only enjoyed Aqua, but that's because I've always liked characters like her.

Any harem series.
I just don't find them appealing, at all.

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>>156437616
>everything comes and goes too fast

could it because you read a lot of it at a time you fool take for example the anime its slow as fuck

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Berserk only read 5 chapters but i'm a baby who likes light-hearted stuff

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>>156457024
>not staying put for best daughteru

for shame

>>156437465

Don't worry OP. That's like not getting into Black Clover or Naruto; you aren't the 10-12 year old child the series is aimed at.

Hunter x Hunter

The gay shota posting and constant hiatus jokes make not want to read.

Boku no Hero would be so much easier to enjoy if the pace wasn't so glacial. Speaking about the anime, however. The manga probably moves quicker due to the format.

>>156457339

>watching adaptations of shonen manga.
>watching adaptations at all.

What the fuck, man.

>>156442906
To an extent this but in a broader sense I don't feel any grander conflict whatsoever, any major risks. I know there is buildup currently but it seems really weirdly paced, making it off-putting.

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>>156455901
>11 pages into first chapter
>girl with hair down to cover one eye

AAAAAAAANNNNDDDDD muh waifu.

Why do I find girls like that attractive?

>>156457399
Not him but I appreciate a good animated format. OPM, Ippo and BnHA are pretty good on that

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>>156437465
finishing 1st episode was a huge suffering. i had to stop every 3 minutes just to take a break. dropped around minute 10 in second episode

>>156438809
Go back

>>156437465
I like the anime at first but then read the manga and now i feel like im pushing myself to watch season 2 probably will drop the anime and maybe the manga

>>156438809
madoka was crap till episode 9. ep 10, 11 and 12 were everything.

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>>156437465

Saw bits and pieces of the Chimera Ant Arc and loved every single one of them.

Occasionally I go to the first chapter and try to read it, but something always stops me.

I guess it's just the feeling that I don't want to fall in love with the thing and then become mad every time the author goes on a hiatus. I already deal with that shit with Vagabond, Berserk, hell NaNa is basically done for.

Clannad. I didn't feel anything for the characters the episodes about the starfish girl were a pain to watch.
SnK. Dropped it the moment eren went titan mode.
K-on. Couldn't find anything good about this show.
NNB. Same as K-on.
Berserk. Fucking boring, i feel really sad for all that people that keep waiting for new chapters.

One Piece. People are so overly enthusiastic about it, it has the aura of some shonen holy grail. but I read like 6 volumes and it was just ok.

>>156457399
Some are well-done and add music, some, more rarely, are transcending base material, see Kyoani or SNK even if I'm not that into it.

>>156437881
The voice actors in the anime get really annoying to listen to after a while. Also, it takes a long ass time to get to the fun parts of the show and you have to sit through a bunch of tedious filler episodes. That alone just doesn't make it seem worth finishing to me.

>>156447712
Some people just love them some bara.

>>156437465
I lazily watched the first season of this back then, and then picked up the manga.
But it gets boring pretty quick, maybe you're just not supposed to binge read it like I did, and now I don't even have any drive to read it again.
Oh well.

Hyouka

>>156438936
Except it's pretty popular, seeing how people constantly post .gifs on other boards and on pretty much every Discord chat. No other Kyoani anime received that treatment.

I see about 2 episodes of it and the tomboy lead makes it seem interesting, may watch the rest someday.

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>>156457024
Can't blame you, not sure the ride is worth it

Say what you will about MAL, it does show how popular some shows are.

I have watched 4 shows in the top 30.

https://myanimelist.net/topanime.php?type=bypopularity

Gintama

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Watched 1 episode and it just felt like author was going from one cliche to another without trying to build any of emotional impact to them.

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Jokes were literally too complex for me. The amount of in-depth cultural allusions and wordplay left me completely out. I can't comprehend just how much of a weeaboo must one be to actually get it.

>>156437465
most of them.

why would you try to get into them? you either like them or you don't

>>156465583
I've only watched 400 anime but I got most of the jokes in the show. How new are you?