@NaClKnight eeeish this is hard!

I'm not sure I'd be able to come up with a list easy? I read and watch way too many things, my tastes are now more along the lines of "this thing needs to say something and have a point" and not much else.

Like, if I'd just look at your list, both. Both lists work for me.

If I think about stuff I dislike, it's going to be extremely particular:
- Trigun, because the premise is great and then it goes into what I label "sad Christian noises" and goes nowhere
- That one camping isekai, because it's obvious "forget about your modern life and all its problematic things, shh, shhhhh"
- loads of the generic high school romance animes, because they're often sexist, slut-shaming, conservative garbage that maintain and strengthen gender roles in patriarchy. I like the good ones though. There's loads of good ones among the garbage.
- Scissor Seven, because it smells of "we can't have any female presenting characters because that's not done, and if we do it will absolutely be a mine of sexist jokes", like so many Chinese animations.
- I like a lot about JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, but it. It's so boring. It's SO BORING. I can only watch it if I'm sick.

For stuff I like:
- My Uncle From Another World is an example of an isekai I like, even though it's got a lot of the stuff I dislike in isekai's, too. It does enough unique and good with heart.
- Spy X Family specifically for slice of life with a plot that scratches a 70s itch I'd forgotten I had.
- Cannon Busters is one I'm watching atm that feels fun, has great animation, knows what it's about and feels a lot like OVAs from the 80s and 90s I like
- That one freaking adorable cute high school love story between tiny tiny cute girl and very large and tall good boy, I love it so much but cannot remember the name
- Samurai Champloo, for the music, animation, story, characters, everything

I might have to find a pattern, hmm. 'Cause atm I'm not seeing one, just that I really like stories and fun action stuff and art, and don't like things that either push -isms or don't have a heart. Or don't know what pacing is (JoJo).

@NaClKnight yeah, the questions you have are the questions I love having! Because for a lot of things the like/dislike reason can just come down to "ah, yeah, I get that". Some things bother other people more than others, and some things weigh more as pros for different people. And since I read so many things I'm interested in seeing what things matter to people, that way I can recommend stuff more accurately!

I'm interested in why you have the Cowboy Bebop aversion, because honestly even though I like a lot about it, and see why others like it a ton, there's something that scratches me in the wrong way (which I still haven't figured out, it might be the sorta slice of life it has that doesn't quite click right? Or that the multicultural society really isn't all that multicultural, it's been a while, I'm basing it off my residual feelings). I like Samurai Champloo way more.

Fire Force could have made its way onto my like list, same as Black Clover or even Black Lagoon. Maybe instead of Cannon Busters. They all kinda fall into the committing hard to a thing and revelling in it category. Wondering if I should sub Spy X Family for Mushishi or Natsume's Book of Friends instead - I think I want that slot to convey I like slice of life with something extra to it, as well as a focus on figuring out how family works. And I don't think I have anything on there conveying that I actually really love supernatural things, too... Hunter X Hunter could easily make it on there, too.

I might revisit this after talking about it with my spouse, haha.