Tsuritama was an extremely personal story for Oono Toshiya, but if it's an indication of what else he's capable of, bring it on - it's a magnificent piece of writing. I would also list Aikawa Shou as an underrated writer, because I think most of the criticism he receives is because he doesn't tend to dumb down his stuff to make a series accessible. I have no problem calling Uezu Makoto underrated as well.
Yoshino Hiroyuki is self-evidently overrated for me, but given the massive imbalance of sales to talent, it would be hard to top Nisio Isin. His stuff is about the most insufferable, self-indulgent and pretentious writing in anime for many a year.
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