Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry “Seems Familiar…”

Harem needs more than one romantic interest and I can assure you Ikki's not gonna play into that...

That roommate who is a identify as a woman trapped in a man's body

The roommate pretty much boils down to this...

Exists to quell issues with lack of other males of decent caliber without ruining the escapist fantasy of picturing yourself as the MC, Ikki, getting all the girls in the entire show.

Needles or SAO "seinen"? Not even their authors say that.
Death Note or Mirai Nikki complex stories? That's like saying Battle Royale copied the Hunger Games
And Bakuman is a freaking battle manga with tons of traning arcs, for gods sake! There is nothing new in that!

You speak as if you have published stories on books before. To audiences new to Anime or Manga, almost anything can be seen as "unique" since they weren't constantly exposed to them like most old-time fans did. If anything, I'd say the audiences had became too picky about small details and is fast to point them out as "flaws", long gone is the days when appreciation is shown like back in the early 90's to the early 2000's. I can only think of social medias as the root cause of this behaviors.

I'm aware there sub-genres for Shounen and Shoujo, however, they are still limited to their framework. With Shounen - growing stronger (not necessary physical abilities) friendship bonds and strong motivation.
Romance in Shounen is usually very subtle, all you'd get is some hints of them thus romance genre is seldom seen on Shounen titles.
For Shoujo - getting stronger (emotionally and courageous) friendship bonds and romance as it's key.

While it is true there were plenty of sub-genres to work with but how many of the shows you had cited actually did well in Japan and overseas is the issue. Not many people enjoy Slice of Life series like Bakuman due to the slower pacing, people has accused creator of sports Anime/Manga of using Bishounen or fan services (for females) to lure in viewers, how many sports series has make it big to this day, I think our fingers is enough to count them all.

Although I'm a male but I don't dislike romance stories, but as far as I'm concerned, not many male audiences can tolerate it. Card game and cooking stories is very rare which is why over the decades, we only saw one or two such series surfaced. Mecha, mystery and adventure is pretty mainstream which is why they feels overused.

Dark series doesn't quite sits well with younger audiences, especially Death Note which were banned right after the final episode aired in Japan. Mirai Nikki is almost as dark as Elfen Lied (2004) however, the latter is a Seinen and both isn't that well-received. Being much more complex and gruesome doesn't really pull in the crowds, sadly. And Seinen and Josei is for older readers thus they never appeared in the same magazine with Shounen or Shoujo.

Have you ever seen cases of Anime being better than it's source? This can be attributed to the talents of screenwriter or the director, I can argue that everything outside of Anime and Manga are practically very generic in nature everywhere you look, nowadays it is all about presentations.

Almost everyone associated with Anime studios is either fans themselves or simply just doing the job as a form of hobby, I don't think they can survive with that little wages, and I also don't think they are working full-time on the job because the staff members displayed during the ending credit is ever-changing. This gave me the idea that most of them are part-timer or freelancer.

And each Anime project has a deadline since most of the series is announced before their release date, as such, studio undertaking the project will need to draw up a schedule. If your budget is high, you can hire veteran artists since they will decline other job of lesser significant and focus on the project, sometimes you will notice a handful of badly drawn scenes and that is probably done by amateurish hands, budget does indeed matters.

I admit there are many harem centered stories this past few years but those are meant for fans of said genre. You do know that not all Anime/Manga or games from Japan has make it to the west, no? Sadly, what you see on the table is handpicked to ensure the profits of Anime companies in the U.S, you'd think they would import titles that won't sell to the west?

While it is true a good story, regardless of the media used is unique but movies require much more budget than Anime in general, and we don't see 3-4 movies being released every seasons by the same company.

And it is the writers' right of expression. Plus, there are female writers as well. Why do you think novels is a hit in Japan, it provided everyone a chance to write stories, it is a form of freedom since the law can't really touch you if you don't cross the line. There are good stories as well as mediocre ones, not every author is experienced, but is still bashed and compared with veteran author's work even if he/she is just debuting.

Look it up on either the Japanese or English wiki, both NEEDLESS and SAO are categorized as Seinen.

And I hope you're trolling when saying Bakuman is a battle manga, or that Death Note and Mirai Nikki aren't "innovative" at the very least. If you're trying to troll, please try to do something that will make yourself seem less of a retard.

Also if you think the point of my arguments is "who copies who", then you're completely missing the point, the point isn't that copycats exist, it's that the industry had delved into feeding off unoriginality.

@11:15
I'm not sure which comment gave you the idea that Bakuman is a battle Manga, maybe you posted on the wrong thread or misread it. But who started the mentalities of automatically comparing any latest series with the most successful series of the same genre(s) really baffles me, I don't recall such behavior being so rampage before the era of social medias. Not sure if you were the one who cited "unique" for every works regardless of media, if so, then why do people not view each series as it's own but chose to scrutinize them by using other well-received series as a "framework"?