When I first started watching anime, it felt very new and fresh, as if Japanese studios really truly cared about making well-written stories, and didn’t rely on

When I first started watching anime, it felt very new and fresh, as if Japanese studios really truly cared about making well-written stories, and didn’t rely on lazy stereotypes or prudish Western conventions. I very quickly realized that it felt new because it was new to me. Anime is chock full of stereotypes, cliches, re-hashed plot lines, and lazy unimaginative plots. Maybe even more so than Western media. 90% of anime absolutely is crap, just like 90% of everything else