some sort of term for "stale formula" I'd figure

Tough Act To Follow

Could also be early signs of Flanderization

I'm not sure if there's a term. The loss of novelty combined with the difficulty of writing for the same characters over and over leading to a drop in quality is quite standard.

This happened to me with Yama no Susume Next Summit and I couldn't find any specific fault in it, I just wasn't feeling the same magic anymore. I was kind of devastated and I blamed myself.

It happened to one punch man as well because the entire team who worked on s1 left for other projects and didnt do s2

>>5748
That's not the exact same thing though that's a completely different thing.

>>5743
this troper just troped me

>>5745
the lolis seemed a bit more mature in Next Summit and there were a bunch of boring new characters that added nothing and wasted screen time

The main issue with this series specifically is that most of the appeal is in the setup amd the early stages of the setting developing. It's fun to see people coming together and reactions to the main character, but once everything is established it is just less interesting.

>>5738
Outstaying its welcome.

Or, in this case, growing some taste.

>>5772
I don't think my taste has changed that much... but looking at the season it wasn't as though it was anything exceptional. Spring 2021 was a pretty solid season.

>>5774
Actually it's crazy that it's been 4 years now since 4.0... Still feels like it came out just yesterday.

>>5775
I'll never forget making a scene in the theater when they started namedropping "the neon genesis" and having to be escorted out.

>>5738
happened with me with yuru yuri

I'm still greatly enjoying it. I guess with the ever-growing cast it sort of hinges on which characters you like, since some of them barely get a minute of screentime per episode. I'm a Beelzebub guy so I'm happy.

>>5774
Oh god, why did you have to remind me about Osamake?

Just dropped Slime 300 S2, I can't stand it anymore.

>>5809
What do you mean, you didn't love Dokakobo's mastery of animation?

>>5738
I don't get the same endearment as much as I have for S1 but I think it's really a combination of multiple things. The main obvious one is that it's taken too long for S2 to come out which I can't fully blame them for but it is a major contributor. But to put that out of the way, while watching S2 over time, I've come to regrow most of the feelings I've had for the main cast which, in a way, emphasizes my issues with S2. There's just no friction in the story anymore at this point. It's nice to see the characters you've experienced this with see happiness and as far as that is concerned, I will never tire of it. But for myself as a viewer, I'm not really getting much of anything from the show anymore past that.