With the end of the 2024 summer season in sight, members of a Reddit forum began debating what the biggest disappointment of the season was. While most users agree that the season has been quite solid overall, with several series that have demonstrated interesting qualities, there is also room for frustration with certain titles that didn't live up to expectations.

One of the users started the debate by asking: “What was your biggest disappointment of the summer 2024 season?He expressed that, based on his personal experience, the season had at least some positive qualities out of every series he saw, but acknowledged that there were certain shows that did not live up to his expectations. The user in question cited "Narenare" as his biggest disappointment. According to him, despite the expectations generated by the trailers and the show's visuals, the series failed to deliver on the emotional and profound promises it seemed to offer.

This debate generated a wide variety of responses on the forum. Some users agreed that they also found “Narenare” a huge disappointment, while others shared their own opinions about different series that didn’t meet their expectations. Furthermore, it was predicted that many of the responses could lean towards the second season of “Tower of God” as one of the disappointments.given the follow-up it had and the expectations that were generated.

• «Our Last Crusade, or the Rise of a New World. Season 2 was a notable drop in animation quality compared to Season 1 and was postponed indefinitely. I hope it eventually works out with the additional time, but who knows at this point?».
• «Bye Bye Earth: Female Protagonist with a Giant Sword in a Fantasy World with an OST by Penkin sounded pretty good, but the show was disappointing. It has some interesting ideas but doesn't explain anything well, and I heard it got even worse.».
• «Shikanoko Nokonoko Koshitantan: Unfortunately, it wasn't as entertaining as I expected. They hinted at a nonstop, fast-paced show filled with lame jokes every minute, but the final product is much more average than I would have liked and much slower than the trailer and advertising promised.».
• «I wish the deer show was as funny as the memes. It's not bad per se, but if you don't like "lol random," the rather flat characters won't do much for you.».
• «Tower of God, I left».
• «Rick and Morty The Anime: I'm not a huge fan of Rick and Morty, but there were several episodes I enjoyed. The anime, on the other hand, almost feels like a parody made by some fans, and then their excuse for being mean is "well, we were just kidding." haha».
• «Tower of God. I knew it would be bad because of the producers and the studio involved, I just didn't know it would be this bad. I've been reading the series for over 10 years, so I'm a fan. I ended up giving up on the anime. It was a bigger disappointment than Berserk 2016, even with low expectations.».
• «Dungeon People: At first I didn't like how the plot completely changed after episode 2... but I caught it over the weekend and now I can't wait for episode 11 haha».
• «For me, it was "A Nobody's Way Up to an Exploration Hero" / MobKara. I wasn't expecting it to be AOTS from the start, but I found the premise very interesting and fun. However, it's not very satisfying, and the romantic tension between the MC and one of the other characters drags on, and none of the dungeon's dangers are all that interesting.».
• «On the contrary… Fable was a surprise hit for me.».
• «Easily Tower of God. I managed to get through the beginning of the season, but now the writing is bad. Not even in a comedic way, just bad. Like 2/10 bad. I was a huge fan of the first season and I'm struggling to get through each episode. Bad. Bad. Bad.».
• «Tower of God Season 2 without a doubt. Everything about it haha».
• «Tower of God Season 2. I really enjoyed the first season and was looking forward to the second. Instead, the second season felt like a completely different show, with a bunch of new characters, little (if any) connection to the Season 1 cast, and the viewer is kept in the dark for far too long.».
• «Why doesn't anyone remember me in this world? The animation was so bad. The show made the battles so boring.».
• «Raising Children in Another World: I thought it would be a father-son relationship, but instead it was a three-brother adventure. I ended up giving up after 6 episodes.».
• «Tasuketsu. I'm watching this with pity because one of my favorite voice actors had a role haha».
• «Dahlia in Bloom: I only had seven weekly episodes (MHA being one of them), as I usually don't like summer releases. But this one caught my attention on TikTok. Don't get me wrong, it's very good, but the animation is incredibly bad and the art is terrible in many scenes. Last episode this week, and I swear to God, if I see that window again, I'm going to explode. I like his character (although he annoys me a bit with his excuses) and I wish nothing more than for his success, but it's like they don't believe in the story and it's starting to drag a bit.».
• «In surprisingly non-disappointing news, Not Allowed in Another World was absolutely amazing. Wistoria is fine for me, but it's basic and cute (I mean, we've seen this exact plot before) and I see a lot of potential in it, but Sensei and his band of nonsense are simply adorable and the stories told are great.».
• «The only thing that could really be called something close to a disappointment is the fact that almost no one has seen Grendizer U – I wasn't expecting much in the mecha animation department before starting, and, well, there wasn't much there either, but they're passable. The main problem is that it has some awkward interactions and a plot that feels crude and underdeveloped, like Grendizer U, the recent saga of the Vega sisters fighting over Daisuke lmao – I've heard that's not the case in the original story. However, I still prefer this to the 75% of isekai every season.».
• «Shy. I knew this was a weak arc in the manga and hoped it would improve some things, but it really didn't. It's not that different from other arcs, it just drags on for too long.».
• «I cut everything. I'm okay with fantasy anime being bad, but this one really disappointed me. I was enjoying the show until they made the MC so dense that he has his own gravitational field.».
• «I expected to like Narenare more than anything else in this season's PA Works bonanza. Instead, it came in third, but I still enjoyed it quite a bit. A few bugs and hiccups here and there, but not enough to ruin my overall enjoyment.».
• «Senpai is an Otokonoko. It was my preseason pick for AOTS, but I gave up halfway through. It felt confusing about what exactly it wanted to be, and some of the characters felt like they were in different series. The overuse of chibi segments (there's no better way to describe it) also took me out of the scenes, and overall the art and backgrounds weren't that great either. Disappointing because the story itself had so much potential.».
• «I'm quite disappointed with Wistoria—I expected it to be entertaining. But the animation never lived up to the first few episodes, all the characters are completely one-dimensional, and nothing of consequence seems to happen. I feel like it would fail the Bechdel test, even if you expanded it to "Any pair of supporting characters having a conversation that doesn't mention Will Serfort." The writing is honestly completely uninspired.».
• «Pseudo Harem bored me».
• «My dear friend Nokotan, as a lover of surreal humor, stoner comedy, and funny humor, this show simply wasn't fun.».

Source: reddit | Summer-2024

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