Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-74.101.236.56-20170321065847/@comment-25936766-20170609185328

Here's a tip, Chish: Just because an anime is popular it doesn't mean it's good, or at least universally good. It might not even interest you, and it makes sense that one wouldn't watch something that doesn't interest you.

However, synopsis only tell so much, even videos and mentions, and one can be tricked both ways. You might have been interested in something, but after watching the show, you don't see what interested you. But, at the same time, a show that didn't interest you much can make you interested once you start watching it, and you may stay anyway, even if for different reasons.

An example from this very season, for me, was Rokudenashi Majutsu Koushi to Akashic Records (Akashic Records of a Bastard Magical Instructor). At first, it looked, sounded and felt like a very generic Shonen anime, complete with hot-blooded protag, tsundere love interest, and so on.

Then after watching it, it turned out to be.....still a very generic Shonen anime, but one that played a bit with the usual tropes and expectations, giving it a more comedic spin that's genuinely funny.