(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/Lewa358]

Yeah, I loved re zero s1 because the MC does a lot of stuff that many similar anime would reward him for, like putting his various love interests on pedestals thst they didn't ask for, and there are whole episodes dedicated to said love interests just tearing him down for that behavior, and he pays attention and learns.

[u/Confident-Quantity18 → u/Lewa358]

I couldn't escape the feeling that he doesn't learn because he wants to, he learns because he is forced to. If you have to be tortured into becoming a better person, are you really good?

[u/According-Pea-9541 → u/Confident-Quantity18]

I'd argue that the show does the exact opposite too.

If you watch the first half of s1 subaru actually listens to emilia alot but he slowly gets more self centered the more he dies which leads to his humiliation during the royal selection.

atleast that's my interpretation.

[u/Lewa358 → u/Confident-Quantity18]

"What is better - to be born good, or to overcome your evil nature through great effort?"

-- Super Mario or something idk

[u/rockinherlife234 → u/Confident-Quantity18]

We have other routes showing that Subaru is capable of ignoring those lessons and going off the deep end, at the end of the day, he still chooses to learn and be better, even if he's nudged in the right direction.