Sometimes the best thing a story can do is finish. But no, some franchises Anime They do not know how to say goodbye and they give us sequelae that are not only below the standard. This can be because of nostalgia, others for business, and in some cases because of creative decisions that no one asked for, sequels come to us that not only feel unnecessary, but even stain the memory of what the original series was. Here are five series that still hurt us.
Boruto: Naruto Next Generations
the son who should never have carried the weight of the father. Naruto He had his ups and downs, but he knew how to earn a place in the history of the anime. Boruto He tries to continue that legacy, but on the way he lost his heart, the tension and the fighting spirit that made the original story special. The eternal filler, the no emotion fights and a new generation that never managed to shine on its own ended up turning it into a meme. Although it improves in the manga, the animated series was marked as a great disappointment.
Anime Eureka Seven AO
Eureka Seven She is remembered for her combination of romance, personal growth and political conflicts with highlights. year He took that legacy and threw it into the void. Characters without the same charisma, a confusing plot that almost contradicts the canon, and a total disconnection of the original tone. A sequel that seems made by someone who never understood what the first one was about.
Berserk (2016)
The dark masterpiece of Kentaro Miura It deserved an animation to match. But what gave the 2016 adaptation was a technical disaster. CGI clumsy, animations that seemed made with a mobile video game budget, and an artistic direction that betrayed everything that made it shocking Berserk. The content was still powerful, but the form was an insult to the legacy of the original.
anime dragon ball gt
before that Dragon Ball Super will improve the franchise GT It was the strangest attempt to follow the saga of Goku. transformations without context, forgettable enemies and a tone that he did not know if he wanted to return to the humor of Dragon Ball classic or climb to absurd levels of power. There are those who love him, but many fans still see him as the black sheep of the universe DB.
Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon
When a sequel was announced inuyasha, many fans were excited thinking that they would see how the lives of their favorite characters continued. But Yashahime He ended up feeling more like a soulless spin-off, with new protagonists who never managed to connect. Neither the Lore, nor the development, nor the family drama could save her from feeling forced and disconnected from the spirit of the original work.
Not all stories need a second part. Sometimes, what started with emotion and heart ends in a sequel that seems made just to stretch a mark, not to tell something worthwhile. These series not only failed to live up to the original: many times they made us wish that they had never touched that legacy. Because yes, there are good sequelae, but these do not enter that list even by mistake.
