I couldn't imagine discussing how great my serger worked, or how great the edges came out for the pair of gym pants that I made either. Niche interests aren't going to make it in an office conversation or small talk. Sports and mainstream series are easy bullshit things to talk about because they're bullshit topical subjects that most people are aware of. Ozark was a great enough show, but most of these series that are put out are absolutely obsessed with the shittier parts of human nature. Take a moment to look at every series or movie that has targeted mainstream audiences for the past few years. Watching a subplot where people cheat on eachother in nearly every show series or do something equally as disgusting makes my skin crawl. While I'm aware that it's something that happens in real life, it's used so often in most mainstream storytelling that it makes it look like normal relationships without cheating are rare and even abnormal.

Anime and manga, while it may look or seem childish, has a blue billion different genres and subgenres with only portion being dedicated to sex. It can allow for more interesting storytelling to happen that otherwise might not because it wouldn't make enough money from the bigger audiences of typical Westerners. To me, with a lot of anime has characters that almost display emotion more easily. I feel it's more similar to visualizing a book when reading it, but in animated format.