To be honest, it is better for a series to be good at a few select areas than to be average in every area. It has a far better chance of being memorable.
A series also has a much better chance of being memorable when it is original. Imitation might be the sincerest form of flattery but it only flatters someone else, not oneself.
After 20 chapters of JJK, all I could think was "Okay, so Curses are basically Hollows but minus the disturbing human factor, Gojo is Kakashi, Sakuna is Kyuubi, Yuji is Naruto, Yuji's classmates are the serious black haired one and Sakura 2.0, oh and that bigwig bloke from the rival school looks like some hipster Yamamoto."
This was followed by "A feckin tournament arc? Already? Really?" and that was when I decided to read Claymore instead. Lol.
Early JJK leans too much on other notable shonen and that was a big turn off for me. It's got a superficial Bleach setting combined with Naruto's initial plot points.
A series also has a much better chance of being memorable when it is original. Imitation might be the sincerest form of flattery but it only flatters someone else, not oneself.
After 20 chapters of JJK, all I could think was "Okay, so Curses are basically Hollows but minus the disturbing human factor, Gojo is Kakashi, Sakuna is Kyuubi, Yuji is Naruto, Yuji's classmates are the serious black haired one and Sakura 2.0, oh and that bigwig bloke from the rival school looks like some hipster Yamamoto."
This was followed by "A feckin tournament arc? Already? Really?" and that was when I decided to read Claymore instead. Lol.
Early JJK leans too much on other notable shonen and that was a big turn off for me. It's got a superficial Bleach setting combined with Naruto's initial plot points.