For anyone interested, you can add below userscript in your browser using Violentmonkey or some other userscript browser extension to have the progress bars change to grey. FYI this only works for you of course, others will still see blue on your profile.
// ==UserScript==
// @name Anilist stats-wrap progress bar color
// @require http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.2/jquery.min.js
// @require https://gist.github.com/raw/2625891/waitForKeyElements.js
// @namespace Violentmonkey Scripts
// @match https://anilist.co/*
// @grant none
// @version 1.0
// @author https://anilist.co/user/kakusuu/
// @description 3/13/2025, 5:50:19 PM
// ==/UserScript==function setProgressBarGradient() {
var progressBars = document.getElementsByClassName('bar');for (let i = 0; i < progressBars.length; i++) {
progressBars[i].style.background = 'linear-gradient(270deg,#55595b,#b0b6b8)';
}
}waitForKeyElements('.bar', setProgressBarGradient);
Hmmmm. I get the concern but I really think its doable at least for the progress bars, like below (it looks so much nicer!):
Perhaps you're referring to elements other than the progress bar that might blend? But either way is it not possible to at least match these progress bars with grey. They really stand out so much in blue front and center on the profile.
Is it possible to poll/vote for this change request? I'd cast my vote.
100%. I've watched and read so much stuff in the otaku sphere of things, now I just like to chill out on a Saturday watching the so-called "mid"/"trash" and just have a blast haha.
Like, no matter how good Freiren is, you can't keep watching a Freiren back to back to back, it gets tiring and you wanna just turn your brain off, chill & laugh after a while lol. Mid shows def have their own charm.
I think shipping is the whole point of a romance anime, you can just enjoy it yourself and let others complain at the same time I think.
I'm mad myself but for a completely different reason. Sad that this anime just became a cliche romance anime, S1 had so much potential for a proper coming of age story thats more than just plain ol' romance.
I do think going with Fuuka now goes completely against what S1 stood for, but thats just me. I just wish it wasnt a romance to begin with, or at least became a romance much later when Tomozaki actually grew as a person, as like a finale or something. So much wasted potential for a solid realistic coming of age story, like S1 was.