That's cuz we probably didn't know better back then or were under-the-influence.
In fact, anime is, generally, for children! So that makes us all sissies!
You know, I do recall a thread by justvinnie where he was inspired to keep continue even if it was a hopeless effort, after watching M7. About 2 pages later, that thread became a monkey-crap-fest. So this ain't the first time. Point of this? In a M7 opinion thread, it's always the same people, and it all comes down to the same: Keith is a stubborn kid and it's always the same people bashing it. Well gee, same could be said about everyone and everything else. Everybody is stubborn and and there's always something out there that hates something with a passion. And I won't have it any other way.
And you can't blame people for being stubborn about it either.
I said it once and I'll say it again. M7 is an acquired taste.