all generations of manga/games/movies/music etc. have good and bad things to offer, and while we might enjoy more things from a certain generation than others, we also just tend to look back at older generations with rose colored glasses.
the "rosy retrospection" cognitive bias reply
i dont take ratings too seriously.
there are plenty of 9.4, 9.5 and even some 9.7 stories that i dislike, but there are also plenty with the same ratings or lower that i love. reply
if its not labeled as anything, the assumption is, its going to be straight.
we live in a heteronormative society and straight is considered the "default" in fiction too. reply