(Hated Trope) The series is good, but the beginning is so embarrassing that many people give up there.

[u/Uma-apreciator]

Dan Da Dan

The beginning of Dan Da Dan is notorious for starting with aliens trying to impregnate Momo in the first episode; however, despite such over-the-top moments, the rest of the series doesn't feature many scenes like that

Ijiranaide, Nagatoro-san

Despite a premise that is off-putting—given that the girl bullies her romantic partner to the point of making Naoto cry early in the series—their relationship evolves beautifully; the teasing becomes less cruel over time, eventually turning into a rather sweet romance

Uma Musume Pretty Derby

Someone on the production team had the audacity to have the trainer start meeting up with Special Week like that—even though, in reality, he is a good trainer who doesn't usually treat the girls that way.

[u/luckytoybox]

Me when I tried to show my dad Soul Eater, catching a glimpse of Blair in the OP

[u/East-Efficiency-6701 → u/luckytoybox]

Now Im curious, what happened?

[u/luckytoybox → u/East-Efficiency-6701]

Not much, he didn't really have an overt reaction to her, and he asked to put on more episodes. He is apparently immune to fanservice

[u/cycloneDM → u/luckytoybox]

Fanservice complaints are always funny I tell people to tell me their favorite non anime shows and very very few people have ever not listed off shows that I can easily point to the fan service in. We act like it hasnt been a foundational media concept for about as long as we've had media

[u/nick113124 → u/luckytoybox]

Fanservice is a lot easier to just ignore than the regular conversation around anime fans would have you believe. It's certainly not integral to the plot but, especially when talking about what I'd assume is an old dude with a job and not too much time to really use thinking about it, a panty shot isn'tgoing to ruin a whole scene.

[u/luckytoybox → u/nick113124]

You are generally correct, but my dad is a chronically unemployed D&D enthusiast, so he's tangentially a variety of nerd a few steps away from being a weeb. That's why I was introducing him to anime

[u/nick113124 → u/luckytoybox]

That does paint a new picture, yes. But hey, good thing he didn't mind it.

[u/luckytoybox → u/nick113124]

True, still had me sweating bullets. Not nearly as bad as the time I tried watching Game of Thrones with my grandpa, though, but I went into that one blind. Would not recommend

[u/PM_asian_girl_smiles → u/luckytoybox]

He is apparently immune to fanservice

Oh you sweet summer child

[u/luckytoybox → u/PM_asian_girl_smiles]

Nice try, my dad has since overshared that he doesn't get how people can get off to 2D with a strong implication that he only enjoys 3D

[u/PerformanceCute3437 → u/luckytoybox]

🤣 knowledge can be an abyss that when you look into it, looks back into you

[u/DBNsausage → u/luckytoybox]

You can pretty much skip the first three episodes and all the fun tit squeezing along with them while hardly missing any plot

[u/konthedonn → u/luckytoybox]

My father literally walked in on that scene, then just turned and walked out without saying a word.