(Good) Ushio and Tora

Series in one sentence:  
The ugliest anime character in existence meets up with a tiger man-version of Inuyasha.

Series in more sentences:
Ushio finds a large beast in his shed sealed by a magic spear, who he was planning to ignore, but when strange creatures show up to attack his visiting friends, he gets coaxed into releasing him from his 500 year imprisonment in exchange for his help.
By claiming the spear, more monsters get drawn to him and he ends up learning about a powerful enemy he is destined to fight. With his new strange "friend", they're set on a journey to train and learn more about the upcoming battle.
 

It's been some time since I watched an anime longer than 12 episodes, I tend to avoid those unless I know I'll have the time for it, but this one kept me entertained all way through.

The monster, named Tora, is damn fantastic. He stole the show.

The boy, Ushio, is a crybaby bitch who feels way too emotionally involved with strangers' business.

The drama in this anime is overdramatic, distractingly so sometimes, these scenes did not make me cry and did not improve the story. If you have a character that cries every episode, you're not taking your own drama seriously. It doesn't help that Ushio pulls the most stupid faces when he cries as well.
Some of the other characters also act too involved, but it's clear that the excessive crying is one of Ushio's personality traits. So. Alright then.

Other than that, the storytelling was great, I don't remember an episode I considered a waste of time. Some were rushed, like the plot of the friend that started betraying them came the fuck out of nowhere, but you see the intent and for a relatively short anime it's fine.

It's a nice adventure series with good backstories and good Tora, much good Tora. Not flawless, but an average rating would've been unfair.