UPDATE: After getting another one of my reviews randomly updated or deleted because a mod disagreed with its content (and this is the best interpretation, because the other one would be mods are actively trolling or giving in to trolls), I am in the process of migrating my list and reviews to another site. Maybe AniList. I just can't with this site anymore. I've been here for over a decade, and watched it go from a private site owned by Xinil, to sold out to some random corporation, to him buying it back and then selling it to some Japanese media company. And through each iteration, the site added useless features, but devolved when it really mattered: on quality moderation. I get it. This site has millions of users and I'm just a fart in the wind as far as they're concerned. And I also get it. The staff are all volunteer.
But when mods, not regular users, accuse me of trolling while visible instances of actual trolling go unchecked, when the board is filled with political innuendos by science-denying fascists that are implicitly supported by MAL staff, when mods think they can just arbitrarily edit or delete reviews that people put time into, when one could easily find dozens of other more hyperbolic content on the same page, I know there's no place for me in this community any more.
In the latest instance, my 4 star review gets deleted for "trolling" when there are tons of other 1 star and 10 star review. It made me slightly mad. And then that anger turned into hilarity, because I've seen all kinds of shit before. And this is "shit" in the literal sense. Exactly the kind of shit when they sucked the life out of Casual Discussions, got rid of Current Events because they didn't want to do the hard work of moderating fascist trolls.
I'm done. Fuck your Design Editor or content stacks. I just want to not have third rate editors fucking with my content, and people with less than a high schooler's understanding of English judging whether my opinions are worthy to be published on a site filled to the brim with shit content.
I just need to find a site that lets users maintain lists and comments.
Best Donghua, excluding movies
I used to keep this list in tiers, but as more high quality donghua are released from 2020 onward, it's becoming hard to keep tiered lists that accurately reflect my feelings about them due to growing diversity of styles. For example, while I like Soul Land, it's quite a bit more "shounen" than Record to a Mortal's Journey, and keeping them both in "A Tier" does not communicate this difference. Instead, I'm going to maintain categorical lists with a short review on each title, which I feel is a better organization. These lists are works in progress. I will add to them as I think of more titles that fit into these categories.
I will add the categorical lists in the upcoming days. For now, the following tiered lists are relatively accurate, but outdated.
A Tier -- Favorites
Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation
The King's Avatar
Record to a Mortal's Journey to Immortality
Soul Land
Fights Break Sphere
Immortality
Spare Me, Great Lord!
Link Click
B+ Tier -- Very entertaining, great
Swallowed Star
A Will Eternal
Manual of a Hundred Demons
Snow Eagle Lord
Mirror: Twin Cities
Great Journey of Teenagers
Thousand Autumns
Daily Life of the Immortal King
B- Tier -- Good
Scumbag System (comedy)
Memory of Chang'An
Perfect World
Purple River
Island of Siliang
Song of Broadsword
I feel like I'm missing something else here
C+ Tier -- Honerable Mentions
Legend of Exorcism
Immortal Records of Tai Yi
Invasion of Awakening
I am a Great God
Carp Reborn
Way of Choices
JX3: Chivalrous Hero (comedy)
Heaven's Official Blessing
D Tier but still passing -- Best of the Generic Cultivation
Spirit Sword Sovereign
Tales of Demons and Gods
One Step Toward Freedom
Supreme God Emperor
Message to toxic fangirls:
If you're going to message me to tell me I have shit taste for liking donghua or because you disagree with my review and you think Jujitsu Kaisen, Re:Zero, the Monogatari series or One Piece are the best animes EVAR@!!!! because you were just born yesterday, don't bother. I have more JAPANESE anime on my list than 90% of you, and have spent more time thinking about this shit than you. You're just going to get trashed before I block you. You're free to love Hannah Montana if you want, that's your prerogative, just don't get mad when other people are looking for something different.
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