>Learning Japanese
>Thus pretty much only consume Japanese entertainment
>Came to realize I actually hate Japanese entertainment for the most part and those who like it.
Seriously, the amount of happy ending bullshit is starting to get annoying, this shit purely lives by the visual designs of the characters it seems and the fanbase for the most part also has very little to say about it except how much they want to have sex with the characters. If you go to some Star Trek board everyone has thoughtful posts about the plot instead. It's not even purely the foreign fans. Japanese views on Japanese online bookstores are also purely talking about "Ohh, the art is so pretty and I really like how hot the male lead is" with each of them basically regurgitating that and nothing more, even about titles with a fairly decent plot.
Sure, there are also many magazines that aren't that high on all the escapism and wish fulfillment but honestly the plots with some noted exceptions just aren't that great because they're only written by a single person most of the time but I think a big issue is also that I need to get in like 4-5 hours of this shit every day in order to actually progress so I end up consuming a lot of crap I would've never ever touched weren't I learning Japanese, and the worst thing is that I end up paying for it because Japan has next to no piracy scene.
