A common thread in many anime forums pertains to either the shows you consider the best, or the titles you believe to be the worst. With so much attention being directed towards your most valuable assets and the products you wish you've never come across, I think it's high time we bring our focus to the folks in the middle of our group. IE, the anime that you found good--as in not falling into that muddy "okay" or "meh" territory--yet didn't hit the mark for entering that "very good" area and beyond. The default entertainment zone, if you will.:heh:
That said, some noticeable examples for me are Naruto, K-On! and Shin Koihime Musou.
For Naruto, though I found the Wave Country, Konoha Invasion, and Sasuke Retrieval arcs quite good, the Chunin Exams and Tsunade/Itachi Returns parts felt somewhat lackluster by comparison. Probably because they were less like stories and functioned more as set-up arcs for the Konoha Invasion and Sasuke Retrieval sections respectively.
The deal with K-On! is actually quite easy: I found Hyakko to be better. By no means do I hate moe' anime, because one look at the shows I've watched will tell you otherwise. But rather, I'm kind of frustrated that it [K-On!] is "just good" for me when I know a show of a similar vein was a step above it and just aired two seasons behind it.
Shin Koihime Musou is actually pretty weird. All three seasons--Koihime Musou, Shin and Otome Tairan--were much the same content wise, yet for whatever reason only Shin was the weak link.
That said, some noticeable examples for me are Naruto, K-On! and Shin Koihime Musou.
For Naruto, though I found the Wave Country, Konoha Invasion, and Sasuke Retrieval arcs quite good, the Chunin Exams and Tsunade/Itachi Returns parts felt somewhat lackluster by comparison. Probably because they were less like stories and functioned more as set-up arcs for the Konoha Invasion and Sasuke Retrieval sections respectively.
The deal with K-On! is actually quite easy: I found Hyakko to be better. By no means do I hate moe' anime, because one look at the shows I've watched will tell you otherwise. But rather, I'm kind of frustrated that it [K-On!] is "just good" for me when I know a show of a similar vein was a step above it and just aired two seasons behind it.
Shin Koihime Musou is actually pretty weird. All three seasons--Koihime Musou, Shin and Otome Tairan--were much the same content wise, yet for whatever reason only Shin was the weak link.