There's some anime I've watched and loved but I had a revelation two years ago about why I was so put-off by the cutesier stuff. My niece was a toddler and we were goofing around with Snapchat filters. She was loving the anime filter and it dawned on me....

...Adult women in a lot of anime have the mannerisms of a literal children. And it certainly didn't help the ick factor when I also realized these are the characters a lot of weebs want to fuck.

Ew ew ewwww. If an anime with an adult cast is described as kawaii, you cannot convince me to watch it.