>>149395064 (OP)Some youtuber pointed out that the majority of shit getting made these days are semi-autobiographical "muh childhood" stories; shit that is fictionalized, based on, or reflective of the creator's unresolved childhood bullshit, almost always with a quirk chungus MC who isn't understood by society, and so on. Comparatively, a lot of the biggest hits of the last few decades were either about parenthood, growing up, or taking responsibility.
In other words: New shit is navel gazing narcissism where the whole world needs to learn how great the protag is. Old shit was musing on maturity and responsibility and the protag has to learn about the world around them.