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Sep 19, 2017 4:55 PM
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Eromanga-Sensei is generally slated as a bad anime in the western anime community. Now, obviously it has its defenders, but the general consensus is that this is not a very good anime, though its popularity keeps it above an average rating of 7.0

On Japan's anikore site however, there's no evident disdain for this anime. It sits comfortably at no.2!! Granted, these rankings don't align exactly with critical rating, but it's clearly a big part of it. It's rated 3.8/5. For some context, here's some Spring 2017 TV anime ratings, based purely on critical rating:

Tsuki ga Kirei: 4.1
Attack on Titan Season 2: 3.9
Uchouten Kazoku 2: 3.9
Natsume Yuujinchou Roku: 3.9
Eromanga-sensei: 3.8
Saekano flat: 3.8
SukaSuka: 3.7
Re:CREATORS: 3.7
My Hero Academia 2nd Season: 3.6
Berserk 2017: 3.6
Hinako Note: 3.5
Shingeki no Bahamut Virgin Soul: 3.5
Rokudenashi: 3.4
Zero Kara Hajimeru Mahou no Sho: 3.4
DanMachi Sword Oratoria: 3.4
Sakura Quest: 3.3
Sakurada Reset: 3.3
Clockwork Planet: 3.2
Sin: Nanatsu no Taizai: 2.9

A look at the Spring 2017 listings: https://www.anikore.jp/chronicle/2017/spring/

All of the ratings are very close (It really does make better sense to adopt an /10 rating system rather than /5) but there are some clear differences! I think some of these ratings are REALLY weird (the notion that Berserk 2017 is just as good as Hero Academia 2nd Season blows my mind), anyone else surprised?
Sep 19, 2017 4:56 PM
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this is a good anime
Sep 19, 2017 4:59 PM
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because it's a good anime. y'all still bitter because he chose kirino
Sep 19, 2017 5:04 PM
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Punpun3 said:
because it's a good anime. y'all still bitter because he chose kirino

I didn't post this to say that I hate Eromanga-sensei, just to say that Japan has a higher opinion of it that the Western audience. I don't care at all about how oreimo ended (it was a bad ending but I don't care), and I've seen 4 episodes of Eromanga-sensei so far and not been impressed.
Sep 19, 2017 5:05 PM
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The score's relatively low actually. The entire season is shit; Eromanga sensei just happens to be one of the less shitty lmao.
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Sep 19, 2017 5:09 PM
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a lot of the hate comes from the cancerous colony drop attitude rather prevalent in the western anime fanbase nowadays, and some leftover oreimo salt
Sep 19, 2017 5:16 PM
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MortalMelancholy said:
The score's relatively low actually. The entire season is shit; Eromanga sensei just happens to be one of the less shitty lmao.

A lot of the anime listed below Eromanga-sensei in Japan have a much higher score than it in the west. And these scores do all seem bad but if you look through the seasons in Anikore there aren't many anime that get 4.0 or higher in a season. 3.8 is quite a high score on Anikore.

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That english though lol
lmao There was worse in the Spring 2017 season lmao lol A lot fucking worse lol lmao

I don't understand what you're saying but I agree there were plenty of anime worse than Eromanga-sensei in Spring 2017.
Sep 19, 2017 5:31 PM
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Luke72 said:
MortalMelancholy said:
The score's relatively low actually. The entire season is shit; Eromanga sensei just happens to be one of the less shitty lmao.

A lot of the anime listed below Eromanga-sensei in Japan have a much higher score than it in the west. And these scores do all seem bad but if you look through the seasons in Anikore there aren't many anime that get 4.0 or higher in a season. 3.8 is quite a high score on Anikore.

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That english though lol
lmao There was worse in the Spring 2017 season lmao lol A lot fucking worse lol lmao

I don't understand what you're saying but I agree there were plenty of anime worse than Eromanga-sensei in Spring 2017.

Better to look at the points. 73 and ranked 400ish is pretty bad. What you said about Japs liking it is pretty true though; their taste is just as shitty; though they're a bit less blind and deaf than non-japs.
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Sep 19, 2017 5:31 PM
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Westerns have shit taste in chinese cartoon, what did you expect? 2 decades laters and they still think Cowboy Bebop is the best animu evaaaaa

Eromanga Sensei is a masterpiece in its class

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Sep 19, 2017 5:35 PM

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I also think it is a good anime


However, I do disagree with japanese audience in many of the other anime. Uchouten Kazoku is garbage for example. No idea what people like about it

But I'm glad that Berserk 2017 is not too low, because it is among the top 3 in last season in my opinion. People hate animation, but it does not matter for me because I enjoyed it more than most of the other anime. I would even say that deserve even higher on this list

MortalMelancholy said:
The score's relatively low actually. The entire season is shit; Eromanga sensei just happens to be one of the less shitty lmao.


A season that has attack on titan and Hero Academia is shit ?! Not sure you if are serious.
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MAL gave it a 7.02 or 3.51/5 which isn't a whole lot lower, and yet we know the west dislikes it because of words of mouth. I don't doubt there's plenty of Japanese anime fans who also think it's garbage.

Idk why popularity would boost the score in the west but in Japan it's somehow a sign of thinking it's a quality show.
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MortalMelancholy said:
Luke72 said:

A lot of the anime listed below Eromanga-sensei in Japan have a much higher score than it in the west. And these scores do all seem bad but if you look through the seasons in Anikore there aren't many anime that get 4.0 or higher in a season. 3.8 is quite a high score on Anikore.


I don't understand what you're saying but I agree there were plenty of anime worse than Eromanga-sensei in Spring 2017.

Better to look at the points. 73 and ranked 400ish is pretty bad. What you said about Japs liking it is pretty true though; their taste is just as shitty; though they're a bit less blind and deaf than non-japs.


They don't have shit taste just because they like shows you don't. Hell, shit taste doesn't even exist. There's no objective standard by which taste is judged.

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In fact, 'Eromanga-sensei' is a very good anime. Good, very funny story, very good art, great female characters, good character development, needs one more season to close its story.

'Eromanga-sensei' problem is called 'Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai', as its fans do not accept the author could not animate the incestuous end they expected because of a higher demand motivated by moral values. 'Eromanga-sensei' remains in the incest theme but it has not the same problem 'OreImo' has because Masamune and Sagiri are not blood siblings. It is possible to see Masamune and Sagiri as a couple in the end. Fact is, both ones already behave as a couple during the anime series in some ways...
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bceause it's a good anime
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Sep 19, 2017 6:06 PM
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...I don't care at all about how oreimo ended (it was a bad ending but I don't care)...


No, 'OreImo' end was not bad at all... only there was no choice and no possibility to end 'OreImo' the way it could be.
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MAL gave it a 7.02 or 3.51/5 which isn't a whole lot lower, and yet we know the west dislikes it because of words of mouth. I don't doubt there's plenty of Japanese anime fans who also think it's garbage.

Idk why popularity would boost the score in the west but in Japan it's somehow a sign of thinking it's a quality show.

You can't compare the 7.02 on MAL to make 3.51 on AniKore the exact equivalent. There are other factors to consider. Well, it's probably close but the MAL tends to have a larger range mentality (people vote differently when it's /10 than when it's /5) and MAL is a more popular website than Anikore.

Anikore is a website almost completely unaffected by surges in popularity and extreme biases. It's a website for otaku, people who are really into anime. Whereas you'll find many casual anime viewers on MAL, Anikore is a small community with almost only people who are really into anime. Eromanga-sensei has no boosts for the good or bad:

Though I would like to correct myself, saying that a high popularity took Eromanga-sensei above 7.00 on MAL is misleading, as it can't be known if this were the case. Both love and hate for an anime increase with popularity. It's just that people who watch less anime tend to be more generous with ratings, so anime with very high members often have a slightly inflated score because they've reached the causal viewer who might have 8.0 as their mean MAL score.
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Luke72 said:
Squidster said:
MAL gave it a 7.02 or 3.51/5 which isn't a whole lot lower, and yet we know the west dislikes it because of words of mouth. I don't doubt there's plenty of Japanese anime fans who also think it's garbage.

Idk why popularity would boost the score in the west but in Japan it's somehow a sign of thinking it's a quality show.

You can't compare the 7.02 on MAL to make 3.51 on AniKore the exact equivalent. There are other factors to consider. Well, it's probably close but the MAL tends to have a larger range mentality (people vote differently when it's /10 than when it's /5) and MAL is a more popular website than Anikore.

Anikore is a website almost completely unaffected by surges in popularity and extreme biases. It's a website for otaku, people who are really into anime. Whereas you'll find many casual anime viewers on MAL, Anikore is a small community with almost only people who are really into anime. Eromanga-sensei has no boosts for the good or bad:

Though I would like to correct myself, saying that a high popularity took Eromanga-sensei above 7.00 on MAL is misleading, as it can't be known if this were the case. Both love and hate for an anime increase with popularity. It's just that people who watch less anime tend to be more generous with ratings, so anime with very high members often have a slightly inflated score because they've reached the causal viewer who might have 8.0 as their mean MAL score.
this is like SAO, people are hating it for the sake of hating it, especially since it's popular and successful. bitches are jealous/
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Luke72 said:
Squidster said:
MAL gave it a 7.02 or 3.51/5 which isn't a whole lot lower, and yet we know the west dislikes it because of words of mouth. I don't doubt there's plenty of Japanese anime fans who also think it's garbage.

Idk why popularity would boost the score in the west but in Japan it's somehow a sign of thinking it's a quality show.

You can't compare the 7.02 on MAL to make 3.51 on AniKore the exact equivalent. There are other factors to consider. Well, it's probably close but the MAL tends to have a larger range mentality (people vote differently when it's /10 than when it's /5) and MAL is a more popular website than Anikore.

Anikore is a website almost completely unaffected by surges in popularity and extreme biases. It's a website for otaku, people who are really into anime. Whereas you'll find many casual anime viewers on MAL, Anikore is a small community with almost only people who are really into anime. Eromanga-sensei has no boosts for the good or bad:

Though I would like to correct myself, saying that a high popularity took Eromanga-sensei above 7.00 on MAL is misleading, as it can't be known if this were the case. Both love and hate for an anime increase with popularity. It's just that people who watch less anime tend to be more generous with ratings, so anime with very high members often have a slightly inflated score because they've reached the causal viewer who might have 8.0 as their mean MAL score.

If it's hardcore otaku then it's probably the fact this show hits all the right otaku fetishes and the girls are reasonably cute that it's rated highly. They're also probably not ashamed that this show appeals to them if they've accepted their otaku status. I'm more curious as to why Berserk isn't rated lower since it looks like someone ate Miura's artwork and vomited it back out into an anime.
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Better to look at the points. 73 and ranked 400ish is pretty bad. What you said about Japs liking it is pretty true though; their taste is just as shitty; though they're a bit less blind and deaf than non-japs.


They don't have shit taste just because they like shows you don't. Hell, shit taste doesn't even exist. There's no objective standard by which taste is judged.

http://graph.anime.plus/s/globals
Yes, there is. A 5 is supposed to be the objective universal average.
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MortalMelancholy said:
Kittens-kun said:


They don't have shit taste just because they like shows you don't. Hell, shit taste doesn't even exist. There's no objective standard by which taste is judged.

http://graph.anime.plus/s/globals
Yes, there is. A 5 is supposed to be the objective universal average.


Everyone rates things differently. There's no objectivity when it comes to entertainment.

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That english though lol
lmao There was worse in the Spring 2017 season lmao lol A lot fucking worse lol lmao

Hi lol there lol why lol do lol you Lmao use the "lol" Lmao so lol many Lmao times lol in Lmao your lol comments?
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Westerns have shit taste in chinese cartoon, what did you expect? 2 decades laters and they still think Cowboy Bebop is the best animu evaaaaa

Eromanga Sensei is a masterpiece in its class

#ochinchindaisuki

Well, it's not the best anime ever but it is the best directed episodic series in the last 20 years. Modern anime directors don't have enough skill, experience and creativity to make something better than cowboy bebop and samurai champloo.
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Kittens-kun said:
MortalMelancholy said:

http://graph.anime.plus/s/globals
Yes, there is. A 5 is supposed to be the objective universal average.


Everyone rates things differently. There's no objectivity when it comes to entertainment.

I'm even being generous here, considering that 99% of any form of entertainment is bad.
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Glad western fans have such a terrible time watching modern anime they are sad and pathetic
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We all know Japan taste>>>>Westerners taste, right?

SukaSuka is rated higher than Boku no Hero bullshit there is very much a proof.
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Hi lol there lol why lol do lol you Lmao use the "lol" Lmao so lol many Lmao times lol in Lmao your lol comments?

Lmao lol y lmao lol lol lmao lol lmao lol lmao lol lmao lmao lmao lol not lmao lol lmao lol lol lol lmao

wow what an insightful, eye opening response.
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False advertising title !
I came to learn about Japan's important opinion about a little animated show watched by a few people there and got only a score coming from an internet gathering of otaku? Thanks...

More seriously, this website is probably even less representative of "Japan" than MAL of "the west".
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Japan: it's an ecchi anime, and i love those! this series is fun as an ecchi fan, and the jokes were funny!
West : wtf too much fanservice. i was expecting something like Berserk. what is this crap? 1 / 10
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because it is a good anime, that's obvious
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A loli who don't do anything other than sometime flashing her under developed body to pedophiles and lock herself in a room .

" Useless shit ".
if she would have shown some more affection to MC or she took part in dialogues , i can consider this anime good .

The only reason i watched this anime was because i was expecting more of comedy like OreImo , but naah , all i got was this shit . A crappy loli who think she is great but actually is just a garbage .

The author of this anime should thank Gigguk for saving this anime and making it popular . His line -> " Anime is trash , so am i " made lot of people watch this anime just to prove that they are trash .( Apparently , otaku's have accepted that they are trash and want to prove it ) .
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I think it is a good anime. Of course not a masterpiece but a cute and interesting anime.
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if u want to prove ur opinion that japanese audiences love it, u should probably list the bd sales and original novel sales rather than use this lame scores that anyone can make it higher or lower deliberately with no cost.

edit: they do sell really well, so im not against u.
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CAUSE JAPAN IS GREAT !!! EROMANGA-SENSEI GOOD ANIME !!!!
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