Manga Series where you prefer the early part?

[Ikagura Ikagura]

I came to think that I've always preferred Dragon Ball before the DBZ story, JoJo before the stands (although I like Stardust Crusaders), Yu-gi-oh when it wasn't all about cards (pre-Duelist Kingdom) and even Detective Conan because I feel like the later chapters made things more lighthearted.

I've also noticed how dark Shonens could be until the mid 00's for some reasons. Maybe some new editorial rules have been set so things that could've been shown ago no longer could.

 

[Dyne]

Game of Thrones lol

oh this is the manga/anime section.
well then... Bleach.
After they saved Rukia it kind of went downhill and got repetetive for me.

 

[Elwiwi]

Naruto

 

[Stare best girl]

I like more Adventure Time before started to be more lore-focus

oh wait, this is manga, then I like more Berserk pre-Millennium Falcon

 

[Zerohour2k12]

Deathnote
Naruto
Gleipnir
But I think in any series it all depends on weather you're still hooked or not.
On the games side my picks are
Assassin's Creed
Legacy of Kain
Silent Hill
are just a few.

 

[Sorion]

Naruto

I still remember the chunin exams arc, it was so good, but I heard the series had a big decline in quality after that

 

[JiruleanSkies]

The anime version of Non Non Biyori's a bit bizarre in its presentation compared to the manga -- some characters are shown in the anime before they were introduced in the manga, and as a result, some stuff feels off. I'm just a Non Non anime nerd, but by the 3rd season of Non NOn it also feels like Nee Nee's VA is so sick and tired of her job, but maybe that's just me. Non non up to the movie is good, past that...not so much.

 

[χKai]

Oh dude, you fuckin' name it.
Mario 1-3, TMNT 1-3, Castlevania 1-3, Ninja Gaiden 1-3, The original Megaman sextology. The original Megaman X teilogy. Almost everything that didn't really adapt for the better necessarily, though I suppose that would be considered a subjective logic.

Edit: Oh my bad. Where the black spots on my phone screen are, I can't really see the part of the forum where it says what section it is, so I didn't notice this was the anime and manga section.

Season 2 of DeathNote sucked.

 

[LiberoVulpesLiberoVulpes's icon]

Oregairu, god how much I hate season 2, and season 3 is just whatever.

Domestic Girlfriend, author please, you almost found a way to make a love triangle not suck, how could you fumble it that hard?

I am a Hero and Infection, same issue for both, stupid zombie evolutions are a pet peeve of mine, both of them do it, I hate it more in I am a Hero. Although, how they did it in Infection was why I dropped it.

Starving Anonymous, would have been better if it stayed pure grimdark without all the stupid super powers, applies to both og series and sequel.

Green Worldz, the time travel ruins it.

Promised Neverland, everything post-orphanage (except Goldy Pond, which wasn't in the anime btw) sucks.

Naruto, It peaked at Rock Lee vs Gaara, it was all downhill from there.

Almost every romcom, I like it more when its just the main couple, and get annoyed once the filler cast starts to show up and eat up precious screen time.

 

[Lod 10]

Naruto (classic), , Yu-Gi-Oh! (first season)

 

[SliperyHippo]

Parasyte! (anime)
I really liked how crazy looking the guy's hand was and the whole idea of the organism working with the host to survive, but WOW, the last 3-4 episodes REALLY treat the viewer like the biggest bonehead in the world! Like, I get the whole thing you're doing, I was there for the whole series- you don't have to have a guy stand on a podium and explain the whole thesis of the show while people keep repeating how shocked they are about whatever the name of the philosophical model the show was based on was called. (it has been a while)
It actually made me so mad that it felt like I had figured out what the show was trying to say several episodes before the show just dropped all subtly and spend the last half just hammering it home that I just didn't watch the last episode out of spite! So, if it gets better and actually flips the script you'll have to tell me.
(or maybe it was just the sub/dub that was bad...)

 

[RustySK]

Most shows I've watched, really.
I feel like the constant need for escalation tends to eventually drag most shows down, be they serious or comedic.
In the early days - or rather during the second season or what-have-you, where a show usually tends to get into its groove - you usually get the more down-to-earth, relatable plotlines and far less repetition.

 

[bjork]

Fist of the North Star. The entire second part just feels like it was there because the series was popular, and not because it needed to happen.

 

[polter99]

Used to be avid watcher of Sword Art Online, and back then, I occasionally rewatch like the first 6 or 8 episodes. The drama of Kirito being Beta Tester, him showing up emotion when one of her friend killed in the dungeon, and generally the stake of "you die in the game = you die in real life" make the show so much more interesting. The climax of the first arc is fine. Once it enter Alfheim Online (I believe that's the second arc are called, I could be wrong) it's no longer interesting to me.

I heard that Gun Gale Online arc they bring back the same stake with PK as the harbringer of sending you to the next run, but I haven't look at SAO again since Alfheim Online end.

Maybe also Naruto (up to early Shippuden) and Yu-Gi-Oh! (up to 5Ds) like other. Other than that, can't really come up for extra extra.