I'm going to still disagree, if only because the "time taken" is often so long that its basically nonexistant. The characters will be completely static in what is basically endless filler until suddenly they do something slightly different and then that is the new status quo for more endless filler (that often won't acknowledge the change either). And then it ends with the exact place you predict it will from the first few chapters.
Again, I like her work. Ranma was one of my OG series and I still go back to it. But almost every series could be 3-5 volumes long and lose nothing but extra side characters, but they get stretched forever with every character mostly being a handful of traits instead of anything comprehensive.
Slice of Life/harem/romance nonsense is my guilty pleasure of manga, so I've read far too many so I am comparing it a lot to what came after her and how much better it can be done. She set the foundation for all of it, and that can't be denied, but its popular due to how simple it is.
I'm going to still disagree, if only because the "time taken" is often so long that its basically nonexistant. The characters will be completely static in what is basically endless filler until suddenly they do something slightly different and then that is the new status quo for more endless filler (that often won't acknowledge the change either). And then it ends with the exact place you predict it will from the first few chapters.
Again, I like her work. Ranma was one of my OG series and I still go back to it. But almost every series could be 3-5 volumes long and lose nothing but extra side characters, but they get stretched forever with every character mostly being a handful of traits instead of anything comprehensive.
Slice of Life/harem/romance nonsense is my guilty pleasure of manga, so I've read far too many so I am comparing it a lot to what came after her and how much better it can be done. She set the foundation for all of it, and that can't be denied, but its popular due to how simple it is.