why the forget do people like steven universe
because the writing is superb, it has a cohesive, continuous plot, the characters have depth (for the most part, aside from ones that haven't been shown as much and one in particular that was just a real gross guy in only one flashback episode), its musical direction is fantastic (not just talking about the singing bits either, and i'm not just talking about the 'quality' of the songs, i also mean the thought put into them in the context of the show itself), the writers are
phenomenal at building a world and story without saying much directly, as well as giving people the tools they need to actually come to conclusions on their own and have them confirmed later on in the show, it's emotional af and it's not bad at it, etc.
i'm not saying you
have to like steven universe, obv there's never going to be a show for everyone, but holy F in my B hol it RLY GUD. it's something you can't really appreciate unless you actually watch the show, but there's a reason why it has such a heavily invested fanbase.