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Feeling left out because the producers decided to cater to the miltakus rather than the "usual" crowd? So, how does it feel to be in the shoes of every of those who are out of the loop, have wanted something out of their anime watching experience, or those whose aesthetic tastes can't resonate with nowaday productions?
You used Aria in one of your example. But you have not mentioned that Aria also have meaningful development for Akari. Each episodes added to her character, each of her experiences with people and the places of the planet have added new layers to Akari's character, molding her into a full-fledge Prima and Martian rather than just a immigrant from Earth.
That genre is reviled by the people from the "other side" because the watching experience felt hollow, meaningless and wasted. The best entries of that particular genre are treasured because they have made their characters different from point A to point B, for Azumanga Daioh, someone like Sakaki finally gets a cat that don't run from her, in Aria, Aika becomes Prima on her own because she decided to be herself instead of trying to be like Alicia. As demonstrated by Aria, those characters don't have to go through suffering to become more complete characters. But at least show us that they are evolving.
In another genre and media, Junpei from Persona 3 is without a doubt one of the best side characters I have seen recently. He is the class clown. But he have doubted, have been shaked by his experiences both at schools and outside and he have a romance subplot that changed the man.
Now to go back to that "feeling left out" part, well, tough luck, deal with it.
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