these people really do be complaining about things being bland pretending it's a bad thing
works of fictions are meant to be an escape from reality. of course it's going to be mostly self-insert characters
like is it really that bad if a series is "bland" or "lacks character development" as long as it's enjoyable to read? why do people find a problem with things like this where a series is too "lacking" in some way for them? do they expect every series to cater the experience specifically for the enjoyment of that one person who wants to see OPM level character development in a rom-com? why are these people so arrogant to believe that their approval (or lack thereof) means anything?
not to be mean or anything but I abhor the people who are always posting things like "cliche" or "unoriginal" in an attempt to undervalue a series that is successful or popular. I too sometimes feel frustrated that a series I don't like is more popular than the series that I like, but personally I can't see the reasoning behind how "cliche" and "bland" is supposed to be bad.
it's one thing if the author is lazy or straight up copies other stories. But most of the time there's an adequate amount of effort put into making the story original in its own way.
I like these cookie cutter characters. It gives the author more ways to impress me, either through art, story, world, or comedy, it's always a good feeling when a story surprises you in some way.
Kubo-san was super duper cute to read and that's all that matters for me. I'm happily overdosing on dopamine watching our invisible boy and extra sweet girl
with all this fuss about cliche, why do these comments always stick to cliche stuff like "the protagonist is so bland" or "this is entirely unoriginal I've seen countless other romances write about a boy and a girl falling in love"? these nitpickers need to up their game and find new things to nitpick or else people won't have any reason to notice their comments anymore (草)