Shhhhh! You! You stop making sense right this instant! Just because I happened to be reading InuYasha before it was even considered truly popular (and not an anime yet) in Japan, doesn't mean that I'm not a mindless drone!

I mean, surely I knew that the series was going to suddenly ignite like wildfire, get a batshit insane fandom, and basically be everywhere you turned. Because I'm psychic like that.

Honestly, most people like what they like simply because, to them, it's good. I like a whole bunch of popular series (And got my friends into some of them), and quite a few lesser known, as well. Popularity has never been a high priority on my list, and I'm sure most fans are like that, too.