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pokoko said:

I enjoyed Dr. Stone a lot.  Almost dropped it at first but it became far more interesting when they mixed in "native" characters.  Only complaint was how a science based show has no hesitation about disregarding reality whenever it feels like it.  

The shift in focus in Dr. Stone is why I would recommend anyone to watch until at least the second part begins. I remember wondering why the manga was getting so much hype when I first started it. It wasn't until Kohaku that I understood why.

I can't remember where I read it, but apparently a reason for the shift was Taiju being a really unpopular character in the Japanese fanbase, and the author was still early enough into his story to restructure his main cast. I'm kinda grateful personally...Taiju feels much more tolerable as a side character than a core MC. Not sure about the brown-haired girl but it seems the author chose to keep them together rather than make another dumb harem around the real MC.

Sort of unrelated, but the manga is done by an author/artist team, and I really enjoy the artist, Boichi's, style. He recently got a chance to redraw a classic One Piece chapter, and I loved how well it turned out.

pokoko said:

I absolutely hated that character in Working!!  I already dislike the whole abusive relationship comedy trope to begin with but what really pissed me off with this anime was that no one around seemed to care that one employee was physically attacking another employee, which made me dislike pretty much all of them.  That's why I dropped it the first time.

However, I did go back to it and I'm glad I did.  First, while that particular type of "comedy" continues, it does show how it's really messing up that girl's life and that she wants to get over it.  Not perfect but it's something.  If I remember right, the second season was much better all around.

More importantly, Yamada.  Troublemaker Yamada shows up and the vale of the show at least doubles.

Yamada made me chuckle, I'd like to see more of her. Most of the characters seemed dumb enough that I could forgive it, though it's true that it was more than just the manager that enabled Inami's shitty behavior. 

I vented to some friends about it last night, and the recurring theme I hear is that it gets more tolerable over time, so maybe I'll keep at it. If I still hate Inami by mid-season 2 I'll probably just cut my losses though. I don't like dropping anime that make laugh...I just need to decide if the annoyances outweigh the strengths I guess.