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Originally Posted by Njs10

Cause it's not living up to expectation is what I can assume.

Well... for most of us, our only expectation was for Ninninger to be good. And for many of us, it did not live up to that expectation.

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Originally Posted by Njs10

the worst thing to do is to compare seasons cause each are unique. yes this did things wrong but calling this worse than go-busters is a stretch like wizard I wish I got my time back watching go-busters

It's all about opinion. There's no conspiracy. People don't have bad taste. No one's being ufair. There's just a difference of opinion.

I'm glad you brought up Go-Busters. I know I'm in the minority, but I really like Go-Busters. It has an engaging villain, the stakes for the heroes are very high and personal and effectively communicated, and the last 10-ish episodes put the heroes through the emotional ringer. Those episodes were dramatic and exciting and fun, and even though the show could be super uneven at times, it went out with a memorable bang.

I go against the flow for liking Go-Busters, but I'm not going to accuse others of having expectations that were too high or unfairly comparing it to other series because they don't see what I see in it. I like it, and that's that.

As for Ninninger, I was pretty into it for about 5/8 of the show. I would defend it left and right. It was kinda my thing. And then... the last 12 episodes happened. My thoughts on these episodes are well-documented in other Ninninger episode discussions, so I won't go over them again here, but suffice to say, I did not feel like they lived up to the expectations presented by the show itself. I felt betrayed. And doubly so because I was such a fervent defender for so long.

Now, I feel like... Yeah, there were some great episodes-- especially surrounding the Chouzetsu upgrade arc, the Kinji werewolf arc, and the Gekiatsu Otomonin arc-- but they amounted to fuckall in the grand scheme of things. Like, stuff that I felt like mattered in the middle of the show was just abandoned-- plot threads, relationships, hints at world-building that should come in to play based on the show's own narrative just evaporated (or were shunted off to the upcoming V-Cinema). And unless you're subverting our expectations by giving us something unexpected, you can't just fumble all your stories and expect every viewer to follow along.

I tweeted this a bit ago, and I think it sums up my feelings pretty well: "Ninninger, you're hot as hell and we've got great chemistry, but I don't think there's a future for us. Hope we can still hook up tho."