You've Been Hiding Your Skills

Setup in anime to me is the best part. It's the time when your imagination can run wild, new elements are introduced, and you are given room to breathe and dialogue that is often more original than that of any fight. The stakes are built up, and the episode usually feels more dynamic than other parts of the anime.

I guess some people don't care for plot as much as others (in fact, execution and character matter to me myself more than the story), but I don't see why the presence of a plot that is given room to breathe is a bad thing for the overall experience (it's not like an anime like this is truly going to be slow anyway).