I don’t believe in reviewing series that I haven’t given a fair shake: usually this means watching/reading to the end (or for ongoing series, watching/reading up to the latest release). Long-running series especially can vary dramatically in quality over time, plot holes can get resolved, annoying characters redeemed, twists revealed, etc. But sometimes a series is so bad that I just can’t bring myself to continue unless I get strong reassurance that it does in fact get better. I also don’t want to clutter up this community with individual posts reviewing series that I think are below average or a waste of time.

Enter the Drop Pit! A place to dump all the series that are so bad/boring that I dropped them after a few chapters/episodes. Feel free to list your own dropped series that you think others (or at least other 30+ fans) shouldn’t even bother with. Or maybe there’s something I’ve dropped that you think I should give another chance? Please note that this is not a place for series that I’ve dropped only because they weren’t my taste, with the exception of series I dropped because they felt too childish (that’s the whole point of this 30+ community, after all!)

This is by no means an exhaustive list; I’ll add to it periodically as I try new series and stumble across ones I’ve tried and dropped in the past.

Webcomics:

The Lazy Lord Masters the Sword: dropped at ch8. Bad art, uninteresting characters, bland setting, weak premise, harmful lessons about overwork leading to success, definitely not of interest to the 30+ crowd.

Villain to Kill: dropped at ch5. Premise, plot, characters, and dialogue are all bad-fanfiction-levels of cliche. At least the art is passable. Definitely not of interest to the 30+ crowd.

Lookism: dropped at unknown chapter. I started this series due to its popularity; at first it was interesting enough on account of its original premise, decent art (strong rotoscoping vibe), charming moments, and social commentary (I was curious what the South Korean perspective on “lookism” would be). At some point however the series’ negative qualities took over: the never-ending stream of two-dimensional villains, excessively unrealistic plotlines, and the final straw: repetitive scenarios. The series currently stands at over 480 chapters(!?); IMO it should have wrapped up somewhere in the 200s at the latest. While the content is more geared to a teenage/young adult audience, it has enough good qualities to be potentially entertaining to older demographics too, but only up to a point.

Jungle Juice

Print comics (manga, etc):

Western animation:

Eastern animation (anime etc):