I actually like current anime, I'm watching more now than ever before.

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Copying is a feature of all media throughout all time. Nothing is ever new, it's always an iteration of what came before.

>Expect pre WWI West level of bachelorhood and the associated problems.

That's actually simply based on a phenomenon the west cannot understand and thus exaggerates and twists. The Sexless Japan thing isn't what they make it out to be, it's simply caused by the Japanese not really having a culture of dating(casual sex) like we do in the west, hence the age of virginity stays quite high, often being similar or a bit lower than the age at which they are getting married.