I see it everywhere because it’s obviously popular but was never really interested enough to watch it.

Me too, but with basically every popular / top-rated anime. That's how I ended up with lot's of catching up to do 😭

Nowadays, my go-to method for finding new anime to watch is to go down the list of top-rated anime instead of asking for recommendations.

Same, Frieren had such a great atmosphere, and i especially enjoyed the classical score. I had not bought a soundtrack in a long time, but here I treated myself to the special edition CDs, and I don't regret it!

Shortly after I gave The Apothecary Diaries a go, it had an equally high rating, but here it was the other way round. I don't understand why people like it so much, it felt so generic. The only character I liked was the main character, but that's about it.