| I haven't cried in like 8 years so I think that it takes a really sad anime to make me do it. I do get emotionally attached though, but only if I really like the combination of the plot and characters. |
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| Good is subjective. Reviews are subjective. There's no such thing as an unbiased opinion. Different people like different things. For some people, myself included, a movie (or anime) or book (or manga) which can evoke emotions from the audience indicates a few things: 1.) That the characters are engaging enough that the audience feels compelled to actually feel something or care about them 2.) That the story is also engaging so as to hold the user's attention up until the point where sad event happens 3.) That along the way, the characters are developed in such a way that may either endear them further to the audience, or that the story is developed in such a way in that the sad event may be unexpected - both of which can help illicit the desired response (crying in this case). It's like asking if a show makes you laugh, is it good? - To some it is, who enjoy comedy. To others who want a more mature story, that's probably not a good thing. For me, I love melodrama and tear jerkers so I would consider this a positive. (I also enjoy comedies and would consider that a positive as well). (As well as psychological anime which make you "think") Typically anything that makes the audience FEEL something, rather it's fear, sadness, laughter, or introspection is generally a testament to the writing within the piece, because to draw on the audience's emotions many different cogs need to be turning and working together throughout the entire series. |
| Pupa will make you cry and not because it's good. |
| Only if it makes my penis cry will I consider it good. |
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| If a show makes me cry, then it did a good job at capturing my emotions. So yes, I do. |
| Generally, yes. If I cry, that means it made an emotional connection with me. And a show that does that generally has strong characters (in the sense that they're relatable), regardless of the integrity of the plot or animation quality and whatnot. The best shows are the ones that can make you feel something. I'll be the first to admit that I haves some shows with shoddy story telling moments in my favorites, but I it didn't matter to me because I was able to connect with the characters to the point that it produced a physical, visceral, emotional reaction. |
| Not if the show makes me cry of cringe. |
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GeekySweetie said: Good is subjective. Reviews are subjective. There's no such thing as an unbiased opinion. Different people like different things. For some people, myself included, a movie (or anime) or book (or manga) which can evoke emotions from the audience indicates a few things: 1.) That the characters are engaging enough that the audience feels compelled to actually feel something or care about them 2.) That the story is also engaging so as to hold the user's attention up until the point where sad event happens 3.) That along the way, the characters are developed in such a way that may either endear them further to the audience, or that the story is developed in such a way in that the sad event may be unexpected - both of which can help illicit the desired response (crying in this case). It's like asking if a show makes you laugh, is it good? - To some it is, who enjoy comedy. To others who want a more mature story, that's probably not a good thing. For me, I love melodrama and tear jerkers so I would consider this a positive. (I also enjoy comedies and would consider that a positive as well). (As well as psychological anime which make you "think") Typically anything that makes the audience FEEL something, rather it's fear, sadness, laughter, or introspection is generally a testament to the writing within the piece, because to draw on the audience's emotions many different cogs need to be turning and working together throughout the entire series. I think it's easier to manipulate the viewer than make them laugh. Even so, just making me laugh isn't good enough for a comedy. A comedy should be more than a series of punchlines. Comedies work better when the jokes are the characters. The same goes with drama. |
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| you don't need to cry, it's the emotional then it's a good anime to you |
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| I don't cry often so if a show can manage to make me do it I give them credit. With that being said however, some shows soul objective is to make you cry even if it is by surprise. I think a show is good if the part that makes you cry and make you cry again on rewatch or if it puts you in the void. There are certain characters or scenes now I don't even want to look at because I know it will bring up those emotions again lol. Those are the shows that are good. |
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| Depends. If it does it's because it genuinely made me care for the characters and the story which is rare, so usually it's good. I seem to be immune to cheap emotional shots like in Hunter x Hunter and CLANNAD. |
| Finding an anime that makes me cry is rarer than a blue moon. Did Clannad make me cry... Not even close. |
| No, I take many different factors that make a show good. However if I have a certain very passionate cry, that is normally triggered by something other than just a sad event, it is probably a very good show to me. If I cry in a way where I'm just kind of thinking about the show as a whole and have tears of overjoy or something along those lines it's good. Similar to lotgh or maybe tatami galaxy? Those kind of did the trick. |
| Brace yourself. Soon as LotGH 2017 comes out. The anime community is going to become so cancerous you will need to take cover and hide. |
| One exception to my point above that I thought of is Maoyuu Maou Yuusha. Episode 9 has the "I am human" speech, one of the greatest, expertly and emotively voiced extended monologues I've ever seen in anime. It gave me chills and drew out a few tears. That scene alone made the episode a 10/10 for me, but the show on the whole was not that great. It was plagued by pacing problems, loose ends in the plot, and a disappointingly quick and anticlimactic resolution to the final conflict. |
| So many "Try Hard feeling Professional review critiques" in this thread. |
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| "Crying" means a scene or two was composed good (ie: emotion, music, etc), but the entire adventure matters the most. The weirdest things can make me cry like gundam and saint seiya. |
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| Short answer is no. Someone threw a parallel with comedies, which is a valid point: a proper drama is supposed to make you cry (that is up to you), but a few tears don't mean much on their own. I'm a bit of a wimp, and I cried at the end of Plastic memories. Still found it shit. |
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| absolutey yes, a show that make me cry/baper (indonesian phrase) always good for me, but 'cry' is relative here, if a show like clannad make most of people cry but I don't feel anything, then I don't consider it good.. |
| “You should enjoy the little detours to the fullest. Because that's where you'll find the things more important than what you want.” |
| Depends on the reason why I am crying. If it has a underlying emotional aspect that I'm able to relate to and it was a well-thought out scene, then I consider it well done. But it's only one aspect of the show. There could be many other areas that would be in consideration in deciding if the show is good or not. |
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| If you read it that you will cry you expect alot more of the anime then not knowing you will cry (PS: crying is good for your health, dont avoid it ^^) |
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| Well if it made you cry then the build up and scene were done well, so that particular scene might be brilliant, but it doesn't reflect whether the entire series is good as a whole or not. If a scene can get you emotionally invested then they've done a good job and achieved the desired effect. |
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HustensaftJunkie said: I second this!!! I watched Air and cried, but I hated the series honestly XDJust because a show makes you cry doesnt mean that its good Clannad literally makes you cry with its music and dramatic scenes but that doesnt mean that those are good Oh but it is true that most of the anime I have cried to were good series >.> |
| Well it's gotten to the point that if I cry while watching anime is mostly likely due to hysterical laugh at how bad it is, so I guess no. But there is interest in the question if you're crying the anime did a pretty good job to get you emotinally invested in the characters so yeah it did it's job |
TheServant said: It's not automatically make an anime good because of that, but it's definitely a plus. An emotional involvement is a good thing for every narrative, & making us cry because of it is one of the signs of emotional involvement. For example, I cried(maybe teary-eyed is a better word for it) when I was watching Ga Rei Zero, but I do not think it's a good anime. GeekySweetie said: Good is subjective. Reviews are subjective. There's no such thing as an unbiased opinion. Different people like different things. I do not know why, but I just do not like when people say this kind of thing before or after stating their opinions. It's like they want to say something & but do not want to be attacked/criticized because of it. "I think this is a bad thing & an abomination, but that's just my opinion & everything's subjective. So you cannot say I am wrong." Just saying. People say this when they don't know how to back up their opinions. As if thinking something means you're entitled to it. |
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| I wouldnt say its an isnatnt master piece but i gues a show is doing something right f it makes you cry. But a show could also make you cry for how bad it is. |
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| Only if they make me burst out in laughter afterwards. |
TheBrainintheJar said: TheServant said: It's not automatically make an anime good because of that, but it's definitely a plus. An emotional involvement is a good thing for every narrative, & making us cry because of it is one of the signs of emotional involvement. For example, I cried(maybe teary-eyed is a better word for it) when I was watching Ga Rei Zero, but I do not think it's a good anime. I do not know why, but I just do not like when people say this kind of thing before or after stating their opinions. It's like they want to say something & but do not want to be attacked/criticized because of it. "I think this is a bad thing & an abomination, but that's just my opinion & everything's subjective. So you cannot say I am wrong." Just saying. People say this when they don't know how to back up their opinions. As if thinking something means you're entitled to it. That's your opinion. And you are entitled to it. :) |
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| No. Take Plastic Memories for example... That show made me cry because it was emotional and did make me shed a few tears, but the entirety of the show was pretty bad. Extremely generic and the plot was a bit all over the place. I really did like the concept though. |
| *insert cringey anime reference here* |
4blaze2it0 said: Yeah, I agree. Mahouka made me cry too. OUT OF BOREDOM!Not neccesarily.. I'm watching Mahouka right now and i cri errytim. But no matter how much I cry the pain doesn't go away T_T HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! |
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| If a show manages to make me cry tears, I'll give it extra points. So far I've only cried at 2 animes. But I tear up at the stupidest things so no, those ones I don't consider any better. |
| Yes, that's why Shiki and Watashitachi no Shiawase na Jikan are on my list. |
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SeibaaHomu said: 4blaze2it0 said: Yeah, I agree. Mahouka made me cry too. OUT OF BOREDOM!Not neccesarily.. I'm watching Mahouka right now and i cri errytim. But no matter how much I cry the pain doesn't go away T_T HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! You made it to the 13th episode, I couldn't get past 12. You win.. |
| Yes, because it moves me-- I usually like animes that toy with my emotions. Animes are boring or just plain bad if doesn't change your emotions throughout the show. |
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| it depends on the person but for me if a show makes me cry than its +∞/10 ( Ex.(Angel Beats!) Because i rarely cry over a Tv Show or An anime |
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| If a show makes you cry then I assume the purpose of the show is to make you cry. So going into the show I know that if I cry at some point then the show did it's job. I wouldn't expect a comedy to make me cry so I wouldn't judge it like that. |
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| Yes, because it means it managed somehow to attach me emotionally, which means I care for it. |
| I haven't cried yet in any medium, that being film, anime, books, games, etc. Not because I'm a edgy cold hearted bastard, but because I just don't do it. It's not like I don't feel sad when there's a sad moment (my heart and chest almost always feels heavy as hell). So, if a show does make me cry, good on them. However, if they made me cry cause some main character dies out of nowhere for no reason what so ever, then it doesn't count. That's just twisting people's emotions to get a reaction. It's the melodrama equivalent to a jumpscare. |
| Anime sucks. |
| I cried a lot when I was watching princess tutu at 11 years old xD is it count until now? Anyway its depending on your own taste and your mood Don't force ur self just by seeing the ratings of show :3 |
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