Anime/Manga Wasted Potential

I've been watching WataMote lately, and whilst I adore it and find it absolutely hilarious, I feel like they were really onto something here that could have been pushed a lot deeper. Are there any anime (or manga) with concepts/premises/characters that you really loved, but felt that could have been executed much better? Which anime (or manga) had the potential to be much better than they ended up?

Anime as a medium tbh.

Also you should watch Welcome to the NHK if you haven't already.

I feel like most Gundam series that aren't part of the Universal Century timeline fit this idea painfully well. Reconguista, the first season of Iron-Blooded Orphans at least (although the second is headed that way already) and 00's second season all fell flat. I don't think Unicorn ended as well as it could have either, especially concerning Full Frontal, who I found to be quite interesting initially.

Danganronpa's Future Arc could have been so much more than it was, too. Considering how good the Despair Arc was, that the Future Arc followed the same locked-room mystery scenario the games did was depressing.

Tiger & Bunny started off strongly and fell flat, too. More time spent on Lunatic, rather than Jake, would have made it a much better anime in my opinion. It had a very unsatisfying conclusion.

Naruto Shippuden, when they made the titular character a prophecy child, which contradicts the main theme surrounding his character, which is hard work changing destiny.

Pinkie-Dawn said:

Naruto Shippuden, when they made the titular character a prophecy child, which contradicts the main theme surrounding his character, which is hard work changing destiny.

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By that point it was just so expected it didn't bother me.

It stopped being about hard work>genius in the Chuunin exam arc where literally every main fight was won thanks to hacks.

Fairy Tail, when battles turned from science counters/determination to MY FRENDS ARE MY POWRRRR and the story itself regressed into male fanservice.

Anime as a whole. A medium that has the potential to be filled with beauty while showing all kinds of aspects of Japanese culture is instead wasted on girls with big boobs and pathetic excuses for comedy.

Lookin' at you, Hate! Die! Sundown!.

Mr. Meme said:

Anime as a whole. A medium that has the potential to be filled with beauty while showing all kinds of aspects of Japanese culture is instead wasted on girls with big boobs and pathetic excuses for comedy.

Lookin' at you, Hate! Die! Sundown!.

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That's why western anime fans enjoy JoJo, OPM, AoT, Berserk, DBZ, and Fist of the North Star more because they feature less girls with big boobs and more overly muscular men, which doesn't grow distaste from both genders.

Pinkie-Dawn said:

That's why western anime fans enjoy JoJo, OPM, AoT, Berserk, DBZ, and Fist of the North Star more because they feature less girls with big boobs and more overly muscular men, which doesn't grow distaste from both genders.

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Most of the people I've come across actually prefer comedy/drama/slice of life.
Myself I like both lmao


Anyway, I think another one that fits the topic is ReWrite. The premise had a lot of potential but the pacing was just awful, the otherwise good characters lacked development and the abrupt change of gears hurt it a lot. It could have been soooooo much better than it was.

Kiznaiver just why :c To be fair, I did like it a lot more than a lot of other people did, but all and all, there was so much that could have been done with it to make it better :c

Satoshi Ookami said:

LOL

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for the first time ever I think we're truly on the same page.