Mass-produced media always recycles the same thematic stories. Western cartoons aimed at kids recycled the "power of being yourself" to death. Ask my tweens ab

Mass-produced media always recycles the same thematic stories. Western cartoons aimed at kids recycled the "power of being yourself" to death. Ask my tweens about the shows they've watched, and they'll pick apart how repetitive the story beats are between them. The beats that anime is recycling may be different, but all of them get tiresome and feel pandering.