You get settled in, enjoy whats shaping up to be a great series, look forward to seeing what happens with the characters once they’re introduced … aaand the writing trips over it’s own feet and faceplants into the ground like so many defeated enemies.
What’s the worst one out there, and what happened to it?
Controversial, but Attack on Titan.
When they realised how much money they could squeeze out of the IP, they decided to stretch the story way to long. It should have ended already.
Hot take on your hot take–I disagree that AoT fits as a fumble, but I disagree because I didn’t like the writing from the outset. I’m glad so many people enjoyed AoT, but that’s one I never really “got.”
It’s not stretched that much, in my experience it’s just the way they’ve broken up the series for animation that makes it feel longer than it really is, since they spend so much time inbetween each cour.
I don’t know the pacing of the manga, but holy mother of CG was the armored Titan arc some bullshit. I checked out from poor storytelling, and I’ve been told the manga reveal is no better.