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Isn't that the same as saying that peoples main reason for liking new character designs is because they are very young? All other reasons be damned. Why are we even discussing this if it is that simple. You like only the things that you liked as a kid (which means that I shouldn't like anything as I didn't watch anime when I was a kid), otherwise there are no differences to speak of. It is actually very wrong to assume so, because then you are brushing off everyone elses opinion.

I mean, it certainly is a convenient way of thinking. An argument that answers everything, while indirectly branding people as either hipsters or senile. There couldn't possibly exist aesthetic reasons tied to the context of stories for preferences in character desings. Oh, not it is just what age the person happens to be. Oldtimers are dinosaurs who are not to be taken seriously and newcomers are mindless sheep who like stuff just because it's popular.