Ryandr [#22]
It has been the case since demon slayer release. Demon slayer is the most popular new gen anime, is even more popular than solo leveling or jjk but it's plot is mid. People nowadays mostly care about only animation and action.
Yep I think that was the turning point. A lot of people were introduced to anime in covid but their standards for a good anime were so low. And it doesn't help that anime already has a bad reputation with romance anime being associated with soft 🌽 but now it seems that the only anime that become popular are ones with good action and not much else. Demon slayer is OK but having read the whole manga, it isn't anything special imo. It's a fun watch or read, but like I said with solo leveling, it doesn't make me feel any different after having watched it. At least demon slayer has more story and emotional scenes in it, but there are so many lowkey and underrated anime that are much better even if they don't contain any action. This is why I quit watching anime- all the mainstream stuff is not very good anymore, and actually I felt deterred from watching any other anime that may be good because I feel like my taste in anime has been ruined by these popular anime and I wouldn't be able to appreciate a good story anymore.