Post Stockholm Syndrome series

Literally the opposite. The beginning is great, and if you don't like by the time the main 4 are together you can safely drop it. It turns to shit later due to massive amounts of filler, and repetitive arc structure.

I dropped One Piece after 50 chapters.

Gintama had its ups and downs but was mostly enjoyable until it jumped the shark with Utsuro

gets good once they enter the grand line imo, thats where Oda starts to flex his creative muscles and have cool new places for the crew to go to

First 40 episodes are average desu, but it gets really good after that. Timeskip killed this franchise honestly

Agree, last arcs were underwhelming.

I liked it from the start...
sure there are some boring ass episode sometimes, but that's mostly because I don't understand regional references...
BTW MADAO BEST PROTAGONIST

>Bro I totally enjoy the series even though it's main appeal is Japanese puns and references which all fly over my head

I mean Katakuri was dope tho.

Same here, i tryed powering through it but it was just not fun in any way.
I dropped it about 250-300 chapters în, it just got too repetitive for me.

>Bro it's good because it doesn't make any sense!

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I dropped it on episode 1. The funny is not funny.

It's alright for 40 chapters, gets good at baratie and better at arlong park, reaches greatness at alabasta and skypeia, and then becomes god tier at water 7/enies lobby and the marine ford saga, and then regresses to the mean post time skip and from then onward it's just a balance of highs and lows. But it's mostly pretty good still and the best weekly shounen by far.

Only three arcs have repetitive structure and even then only on the surface.

>Timeskip killed this franchise for me
FTFY

Nice thread, Snob.

Dropped it before the literal best arcs lol.

For brainlets, yeah.

>I promise, you'll get regular updates and a real ending soon

True definition of Stockholm Syndrome. Miura could shit in my face and I'd still avidly love Berserk

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Being this delusional isn't good for you user, Gintama threads then were a blast while naruto threads were kicked out by everyone. Lurk 2 years before spouting shit like that.

i fell in love with it on episode 18, although desu after it got too serious in the later parts i lost interest and still haven't finished it.

Based

Gintama is not for everyone. It mostly targets people who are into anime and can appreciate the cultural references and parodies it makes.

>Bro it's good because it doesn't make any sense!
Maybe if you are a speedreader retard.

How many times are ya gonna make this same thread? Is this autism?

Maybe it'll get good after 100 threads.

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It's good for watching something with no strings attached during dinner. At least that's what I did. Now I'm 100 episodes in I think.

>Go to island
>Fight bad guys on island
>Save island
>Party on ship
It’s the same shit every single time

No it isn't. only arcs that follow this are alabasta, skypeia and dressrosa and even then only on a surface, they all have their own unique stories and characters.

Evangelion

oh shit

It’s literally copy your homework but switch it up the series. Why are you defending it?

Are you fucking retarded?

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I have literally seen several people, in several different threads, claim Black Clover gets good after episode 40~50. Similarily, I've seen people claim One Piece gets good after/during the Water Town arc, which is at episode 120 or something. Both of which are absolutely insane to me. No matter how long the show, if it isn't decent in the first 10 episodes, I'm dropping that shit.

>It turns to shit later due to massive amounts of filler, and repetitive arc structure.
Did they changed writers or something?

I'm just being objective here. you're the one who's being very reductive when you likely don't even read the series. The entire marinford saga, whole cake, thriller bark etc have nothing in common with other arcs and the one's that do share a common structure only share just that. You might call them repetitive but they're not a hollow. They have their own important characters, story ans aesthetic. you can reduce entire genres the way you're doing with them.

That's why it really starts to shine after the first 100 episodes.
By that time the world is large enough for the jokes and puns to become internal to the series rather than to Japanese culture.

That said, if you can't stand the first 100 episodes you will probably not like the rest of the show either as the humor remains the same it just becomes more relatable.

Nah but you’re a retarded dickrider

I love Gintama

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cope

i dunno, i just read it for the art these days.
the moment elfboy was added as a comic relief character there was no turning back for the series.

There’s 900 chapters and you only pointed 3 arcs out of about 10 that does something differently and that’s only the ending. They’re still going around doing the exact same shit and I even left out some other formulaic plot points

Also I can only think of a handful of series that has a repetitive storyline

Yeah keep choking on that cock kiddo

>giant robots fighting is totally cool dude, it isnt ridiculous and childish at all
>no dont skip all anime with silly giant robots, you're missing out on great shows!

The only three arcs that follow a formulaic structure are alabasta, skypeia and dressrosa. And skypeia itself is still kind of a stretch since it does stand out as a special arc. The marineford saga spans a huge chunk of the series. Water 7/ enies lobby is also unique and it's only similarity with other arcs is the straw hats fighting individual opponents, there's zou, punk hazard, most arcs leading up to alabasta. Even fish man sland is unique in the sense that villain is a jobber, there are no individual fights and the climax revolves around destroying a ship and exchanging blood, it's a fully lore based arc. Wano also seems to have a unique 5 act structure with the only similarity with other arcs being that it involves saving a country

>and that’s only the ending.
No, pretty much everything about those arcs is unique other than maybe thriller bark, which is also just a haunted house romp that doesn't involve saving an island.

>Even fish man sland is unique in the sense that villain is a jobber
They’re basically all jobbers except for Crocodile, Doffy, and the Yonkou

What arc is in 500 chapters anyway?

Nah, no villain has been so far below luffy's level like hody. Even zoro one shot him once.

I think it's the end of marinerford.