What is an anime where you genuinely don't understand why it is as popular as it is?

What is an anime where you genuinely don't understand why it is as popular as it is? Discussion

For example, while I personally might dislike SAO, I can totally see why it's as popular as it is. It has a pretty cool premise, great animation and music, a harem element that probably resonates well with the target audience etc.

But what's an anime that is decently popular, but you just can't figure out why it's as popular as it is?

Edit: Guys, if you're gonna ad "I can see why it's popular, but..." just don't post lol. This isn't supposed to be about what you personally dislike.

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u/thatguywithawatch Aug 10 '21

My biggest problem was that it seemed to be a show that wanted me to take the plot seriously but also had giant mechs that were piloted by two kids having metaphorical (?) doggy style sex inside of it or something.

Dumb ecchi stuff is great (hell, I love Highschool DxD), but not if you want me to think of the show as anything other than dumb ecchi entertainment.

Also Zero Two was a really boring character after how much the internet had hyped her up for me.

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u/nbmnbm1 Aug 10 '21

i mean the message was literally "Please have sex japan is dying"

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u/darkjungle Aug 10 '21

02 got a lot less interesting when she started fawning over the MC

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u/tstngtstngdontfuckme Aug 10 '21

She was never interesting beyond horny waifu with literal horns.

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u/darkjungle Aug 10 '21

What can I say, I like horny waifus. Notice me senpai waifus, not so much.

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u/youaregoingoffline Aug 11 '21

Yeah, but at least you could say her character e had some flair. After that she was just kind of hiro’s love puppy

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u/Brex_667 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Brex667 Aug 10 '21

i call 02 the basic white girl of waifu's

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u/Adagio-Bulky Aug 10 '21

Honestly for me, the plot between kokoro and mitsuru was way more interesting than 02 and hiro If they wouldn’t have had that ecchi aspect it’d be so much better, lol I love kokoro and mitsuru so much that it’s still my favourite anime but I don’t get the hype behind zero two

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u/youaregoingoffline Aug 11 '21

That shit needed some more development. They really didn’t use their 24 slot of episodes well, and a lot of them were episodes that could have flashed out the characters better

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u/HammeredWharf Aug 10 '21 edited Aug 11 '21

02 was insufferable. She spent tons of time complaining about others not liking her, when she almost got them killed several times. Hating a total asshole isn't racist.

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u/Zolo49 Aug 10 '21

Yeah, I noped out hard during that second episode when they showed how they "piloted" the mechs. Dumb and cringe as hell. Didn't even finish the episode. I'm guessing it's all supposed to be some metaphor over the course of the entire story to show how good relationships are supposed to work, but I just don't care. It's all too fucking dumb.

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u/throwaway48u48282819 https://myanimelist.net/profile/TGSKnight Aug 10 '21

Dumb ecchi stuff is great (hell, I love Highschool DxD), but not if you want me to think of the show as anything other than dumb ecchi entertainment.

Even that hurts the logic of the show, because it boils to "tfw Darling in the FranXX is 'Daimadaler" if it was played seriously instead of "dumb ecchi for dumb ecchi's sake."

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u/DuckofRedux Aug 11 '21

Yeah, I like ecchi but metaphorical doggystyle sex is my limit, at that point you are just appealing to horny teenagers, really lame and cringy fanservice.

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u/FalconX205 Aug 11 '21

HEY WATCH IT WHEN YOU SPEAK OF DXD