Well, I just binge watched the entire thing twice over the last few days, and I'm not really sure what I think.

One part of me is incredibly impressed, while the other is somewhat let down. I'm not really sure how to explain it without going into paragraphs ( already wrote a full length one XD), but I'll try and keep it brief.

I expected "I Remember You"s and "What Was Missing"s (Incredibly emotional episodes that reveal alot about characters in graceful ways while smashing your heart all done by the creator of SU), when what I got was a lot of "The Coolers" and "Pajama Party"s( Revealing alot about characters in somewhat jolty ways with confused emotions of both sadness and annoyedness in how it was handled).

Some episodes were really good, particularly the ones with the kingergartens and basically anything to do with Rose, but I honesty think many of the others are 'meh'. They are higher quality than ATs, but they still feel 'meh' due to the world they inhabit. ATs world is an incredibly wacky one with such a tragic past, which helps make even the worst episodes still somewhat enjoyable, while SU just suffers with its boring… humans. SU relies a lot on making characters feel awkward for comedy, and is usually pretty predictable other than the great two-parters; AT is almost never predictable. I think the reason I'm so harsh on the others is because they feel so out of place. You have fantastic character based episodes with characters dealing with grief, but then you cut not only to a comedic episode (Which I'm ok with if done well), but one that relies of crappy cliches to half-assedly develop characters into more cliches - and then after that have a few random episodes while a threat still exists before finally getting back to the plot. Whenever AT does that it's on purpose because its mocking the cliches, and so far no massive threat has loomed over the episodes for ages without at least one reference to it each episode. SU feels even more confused than AT, while also not due to the ratios of good to bad; it's confusing.

If AT was still in its 3rd season I would agree that SU is a much better show, but in S5 and especially S6 AT has put a lot of effort into developing it's characters and producing thought provoking stuff. SU offers alot more ratio-wise, but what it offers has less impact than AT.

That being said, SU has so far given out a large number of quality episodes, an incredible number more than AT did in its first few seasons. The characters and world they inhabit are fascinating for the most part (Beach City just doesn't interest me at all), and after re-watching, the amount of foreshadowing in events and character behaviors really astounds me. I don't think the characters have ever acted too out of character, just not how you'd expect due to reasons you find out later. I really love the art style and find the harsh coloring in some parts to be a really cool design choice, and all the voice actors do a great job (Other than Peridots, not sure if it's quite right).

I know I sound negative, but I really like SU, and really want to keep watching. I just wish they would focus more on the plot based episodes than the random ones, since even though you still learn about the characters in them, they end up feeling cheap. I'd love a more emotionally strong episode like "I Remember You", but I've got a feeling it'll deliver one anyway later. I probably have ridiculous expectations since I'm cherry picking a couple of episodes out of a consistently bad AT (For the first few seasons), but since the creator of this show did them all, I find it hard not too. I don't think this made any sense but meh, trying to compress a 7 paragraph review is hard XD.