>>57874288It's funny, a friend recently rewatched the series. At the time, he ranked it as his favorite, and was disappointed upon rewatching it. He admitted it was a bad product and that the Kirito with cap meme was true.
In his words, the series has some good points individually, but fails as a whole, being just a soulless product that mixed everything that was popular at the time.
I only saw the last few episodes and it didn't bother me at all to see Ash lose. It was like, "Meh," I wasn't expecting anything. But apparently, the series filled its audience with high expectations, expectations it couldn't meet, and I think that explains the massive drop in ratings.
