Um, just a few words. I know it's pretty long, but read it, it might change your POV :)
first of all, I don't think there IS such thing as "Overrate". Because what do you call Overrate? People saying "It's the best Anime there is"? That's not fact. That's opinion. Personal feelings of that particular person. Everyone can think about that particular Anime (Or any kind of art - that includes music, paintings, novels etc, etc), And state that he thinks it's "the best". That's your right as a human being, but what people usually forget:
A:"Death Note is the best anime in the world"
B:"No, it's Naruto that is the best"*
A:"No, It's Death Note"
B:"No, Naruto, because..."
And here the flame war begins. But both of them forget that before their sentences is a silent "I think" Now let's redo that dialog with that "I think":
A:"I think Death Note is the best"
B:"No, I don't think Death Note is best, I think it's Naruto that's the best"
A:"No, I don't think..."
Now it seems pretty idiotic, right? Well that's what Those flame wars are. An Idiotism (That a word?), created by people who simply lack abilities in discussion.
Now then Someone will say that "It's not opinions, it's overall ratings that are overrated". Now Puh-leaaase. Overall ratings Are, like title says, Overral opinion decided by majority of people. Again, it's opinion of majority. Ratings does not say which Anime IS best. They say that there are more than X% of people that think this Anime is the best. And Your personal Opinion may differ. And if it does, the best thing you can do is vote for ANOTHER Anime which YOU think is "the best". People tend to forget about this one too. If you disagree with people that say "DN is the best", Do not Fight with them by saying "No, DN is NOT the best, it's Naruto that's the best", because like I've shown earlier it becomes a moronism (Again, is that a word? XD). Instead go to the site with Naruto, and VOTE for it. That way, you'll avoid pointless flame wars, and at the same time you'll raise your animes rating higher.
Of course it's a different thing if you point out your opinions, like "I think that ending is stupid, I think that animators did a lousy job in episode xx, I think that music" etc. That's reviewing, and it CAN help, but don't forget that it's only YOUR opinion. Do not say "It IS lousy", "It sucks", because it doesn't It's simply your mind that gives it a label, but everyone has different mind, and can have different opinion. Like people saying "Don't watch it" - it tends to make people negative to that anime, when basically they don't know how would they percieve that particular series. - but i'm going slightly off topic ^_^'
Hence the term "Overrated" is non-existant and idiotic IMHO. And personally I think many would agreee with me here (Forgive my rudeness ^_^).
With that being Said I think that DN IS a great Anime, but definately not my #1.
Thank you for reading this.
Over and out.
(*That is NOT a personal opinion, that's the first title that came to my mind. I watched 2-3 episodes and I had enough of that one XD) |