Even our content creators cannot pretend to like the trashy writings of Dawntrail.

[Sheriyana]

I can only attribute the writing failure to one thing : absence of Ishikawa

it was already dipping 6.1 - 6.5, but 7.0 is plain bad

6.0 was plenty bad on its own and so was most of 5.1-5.5. I don't think Ishikawa is some god writer that people think she is. Doesn't mean the current writing is any better though, just means the current writers are below par across the board.