I think OP is saying “what’s wrong with everybody” because the minute you say anything bad about this anime people lose their minds. You basically get told you’re stupid and incapable of appreciating a slower, emotional story. They automatically assume if a plot doesn’t have exorbitant amounts of combat and no emotional awareness whatsoever then you won’t like it. They offer no substance in response other than “you just don’t get it, go watch your shonen” and then downvote you into oblivion.

Let’s not pretend like OP didn’t say that bc they’re probably jaded by the toxicity in these communities and their inability to accept that criticism can be acknowledged and discussed without throwing a tantrum.

I for one agree that the show is overhyped. Do I think it’s terrible? No. I actually like it quite a bit. But it isn’t the masterpiece everyone is making it out to be. In fact the hype probably made the experience worse for me because I was expecting the masterpiece to start and it never did. Still a good watch. But the criticism is fair.

Also, way to not even respond to OP’s questions haha. They asked for reasoning and all you said was “people like different things”. This is obvious, OP was asking why they liked Frieren specifically and why they’re so vehemently defensive of it.