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Oct 20, 2024 1:48 PM
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Didn't everyone use to call them the worst anime ten years ago?
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Oct 20, 2024 2:08 PM
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Because good works eventually get the recognition they deserve
Oct 20, 2024 2:13 PM
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Because 99% of shounens came after Big3 is hot garbage .
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Oct 20, 2024 2:33 PM
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Deathlydash said:
Didn't everyone use to call them the worst anime ten years ago?

Because most of the shonen that came after them weren’t very good and also they were always amazing.

(I don’t mean that all new shonen suck, but a lot of them do. Most of them don’t take risk or don’t really improve on what as been done already. There’s only a few new gen shonen that actually stand up with those that came before)
Oct 20, 2024 2:45 PM
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Because 99% of shounens came after Big3 is hot garbage .
@Okeanix how does that make them masterpieces?
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Oct 20, 2024 3:08 PM
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I think they were always beloved, it's not really a serious take to say any of the 3 are among the worst anime then or now
Oct 20, 2024 3:44 PM
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Deathlydash said:
Didn't everyone use to call them the worst anime ten years ago?

One Piece or Naruto is most people’s first anime
Oct 20, 2024 8:49 PM
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Only thing loved are bleach getting the new anime op that's it naruto studio can't even afford the 4 episodes replace it with Dragonball it gets daima afterall
Oct 20, 2024 9:09 PM
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I have to ask what planet you've been living on where calling the Big Three the worst anime was some universal phenomenon at any point in time. Twitter, presumably?
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Oct 20, 2024 9:30 PM
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Deathlydash said:
Didn't everyone use to call them the worst anime ten years ago?

Only people that said that were just trying to be "cool".

You don’t have to like shonen animes but they, especially the big 3, are successful for a reason
Oct 21, 2024 5:13 AM
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Um because they always have been they are the big 3 because they have longstanding popularity. They all get notable hate because when something gets popular enough the big amount of love comes with hate guaranteed. I don't even like two of them but I'd be blind if I didn't notice the amount of love countless people have always had for him. if you are talking around 10 years ago you must thinking of people being not happy with naruto and bleach's endings and the one piece anime butchering the adaptation of dressrosa with horrendous pacing. I think it says alot that these things did not put alot of people off the series' for life
Oct 21, 2024 6:01 AM
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the big 3 were always loved , i don't know what you're talking about
Oct 21, 2024 6:05 AM

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I think a lot of people miss the idea of long running anime that can go beyond 24 episodes in a row. Most anime tend to just be 12 episodes. I do not think quality is the reason though all big 3 have some good points. Plenty of better anime exists.
Oct 21, 2024 9:37 AM
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Naruto has always been loved and really popular, for all the time I've watched anime, I've always heard Naruto as beloved.

One Piece (at least 10 years ago when it was a decent amount into its run) is too daunting for a lot of people, and cause of the 4kids dub, never really gained a sizeable fanbase in the West. That has changed recently, mainly because of the Wano Arc, and the Netflix show, and has had a ton of publicity recently, and so has managed to reach that fanbase.

Bleach I think is currently in a similar position to One Piece. Firstly, the manga (although still very well received) never reached the heights of popularity as One Piece and Naruto, and then the Anime came out, and had some very bad fillers (from what I've heard) which meant that the anime dragged its popularity back a bit. And then of course recently, with the newer release of TYBW, Bleach has re-entered into the minds of the modern anime fanbase, and has helped its popularity rise again.

Although, this is just my view. No doubt I got things wrong, but I think this is a pretty decent explanation of the whole thing. Feel free to correct me though (please be nice :P)
Oct 21, 2024 9:42 AM

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@Yeshaiah2015yesh You oughtn't to care so much about your boy, TBH. He ain't even related.
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Oct 21, 2024 10:12 AM
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grimauc said:
One Piece (at least 10 years ago when it was a decent amount into its run) is too daunting for a lot of people, and cause of the 4kids dub, never really gained a sizeable fanbase in the West. That has changed recently, mainly because of the Wano Arc, and the Netflix show, and has had a ton of publicity recently, and so has managed to reach that fanbase.


Actually the main reason One Piece finally blew up in the west was the Covid epidemic. During that time countless people in quarantine started watching the anime or the manga. I remember the anime and manga getting about 300-400 new members every single day for months.
Oct 21, 2024 10:30 AM

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They were always loved, and people still call them the worst anime. That's just how it is with popular stuff.
Oct 21, 2024 11:25 AM

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because a new set of children have discovered them.
Oct 21, 2024 12:55 PM

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NO one has ever called them worst anime, maybe creepy elitists, they are big for a reason, everyone knows Dragon Ball, Naruto, One Piece, Bleach, Hunter x Hunter, they inspire each other.

You think something could be that big and be trash? lol the world doesn't work like that, would be an easy life if it did, build trash make a huge profit and be famous, really easy life.
Oct 21, 2024 3:32 PM
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Deathlydash said:
Didn't everyone use to call them the worst anime ten years ago?

the big three have always been loved, its just not as cool to be into the edgy anime as much
Oct 21, 2024 3:45 PM

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NO one has ever called them worst anime, maybe creepy elitists, they are big for a reason, everyone knows Dragon Ball, Naruto, One Piece, Bleach, Hunter x Hunter, they inspire each other.

You think something could be that big and be trash? lol the world doesn't work like that, would be an easy life if it did, build trash make a huge profit and be famous, really easy life.
@MadLane This. Apart from edgelord haters and weird elitists, I can't recall any bigger, unspecified group thrashing the most popular anime by calling them "the worst anime" in the past. Not only 10 years ago, as it was mentioned in the original post, but more like ever.

The most popular animanga series have become popular for a reason. Cult status, franchise being very profitable, devoted and huge fanbase - these elements are rare to appear at the same time, and yet, franchises like Dragon Ball, Bleach, One Piece, and some other ones too, managed to reach such heights.
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Oct 21, 2024 4:55 PM
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The big three are literal other worlds created from scratch,just like Harry Potter,GOT,Hobbit they make the world seem almost real by their plot progression and writing.Shounens nowadays don't take risks and have pea sized or vague world building,no orginal concept nowadays,either the world is a secret village,or a magic kingdom,or some other unoriginal concept.People love and get attracted to fantasy world created by people's imagination with original idea,that is what makes One piece,Bleach and Naruto thrive.
Oct 21, 2024 6:09 PM

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Idk about people who say "it was never a thing" but they are delusional. Those comments were mostly a "war" between the Big Three, and yes, some seriously do believe that the Big Three is garbage. Doesnt really make it wrong or right, its just a thing that happened and isnt at the forefront in discussion right now because they arent airing at the same time atm.
Oct 22, 2024 12:52 AM
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Wait what? The big 3 has always been popular. Only haters were the people trying to be edgy.
Oct 22, 2024 6:30 AM

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Because what came after to replace the big three is trash and people are now missing the past thinking "maybe the big 3 wasn't so bad"
Oct 22, 2024 8:28 AM

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Beacuse The Big Three of today are utter shit.
Oct 22, 2024 11:30 AM
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Dude is still obsessed with Frieren ๐Ÿ˜‚
Oct 22, 2024 12:35 PM

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They have always been loved. I don't know in what world you are living that 3 series that a big amount of randoms on the internet gave them a grandiose title like "The Big Three" were ever popularly considered the worst anime ever.
Oct 22, 2024 4:34 PM

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they've always been beloved, only the cornballs in the AD forums say they're the worst.
Oct 23, 2024 8:35 AM
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Similar deal as Harry Potter; massive fanbases with vocal fans that put their series on a pedestal, while also having many people who don’t care for the franchise.
Oct 23, 2024 9:22 AM

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they were always loved, its that their fans mostly stayed in their own fandom rather than joining other anime fandoms and forums where they are less liked
Oct 23, 2024 10:33 AM
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Most of the "hate" has always been from fans disliking aspects of the series, such as Shinobi war arc in Naruto, The Thousand Year Blood War Arc and how it handled certain characters, and so forth. It is also much easier to hate a series if you are watching on a weekly basis and there is a ton of filler. It is easier to appreciate these series in retrospect when people can forget or forgive the inclusion of filler like the Bount Arc.
Oct 23, 2024 11:22 AM

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People like to be contrarians and hate what's popular all the time.
One Piece has always been good, Bleach has always been good, and Naruto has always been good. Personal preference doesn't really change the fact that they were objectively the BEST selling shounen manga for years.

I watched all three, Bleach & Naruto Shippuden as it was airing. I'm still watching One Piece, and I'm watching Bleach TYBW arc as it airs. I think anyone who has a super negative opinion for any of these anime/manga probably never watched or read them at all. Also younger fans who got into shounen with BNHA or Jujutsu Kaisen probably have no idea where these series share their roots (it all comes back to Dragon Ball, fellas!).

So, yeah, people hated the big 3 some years ago but I think now there's enough hype (for at least Bleach & One Piece) for those haters to actually see that they've never been bad; they just never gave them the chance.

edit: almost forgot to include that people universally hate filler arcs (and anime only viewers who don't know what isn't canon genuinely made filler arcs less enjoyable for manga readers I think), and ALSO a lot of people were getting tired of the very long slog of chugging through an anime at the length of the big 3. For a while, most anime were anywhere from 12 to 25 episodes, so I think the attention span wasn't there for a lot of new viewers (no judgement, I have to take periodic breaks with One Piece because of how long it is).
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One Piece was loved in the past, and now it's more loved.
it took a long time for people to realize how mediocre the other too, especially Naruto that's when people started to hate it
Nov 1, 2024 9:19 AM
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@Yeshaiah2015yesh Anyways.


Joke aside, your boy "Oknex" lives to shit on every other anime he comes across other than Re:Zero. So it's a total waste of time and effort to even reason with the guy. That's what blud does for living.


So stop caring.

no, I don't care about him in the slitset I already know he's down to earth and an ABSOLUTE physcopath. The thing is we just had a bit of a beff in the past. so I'll just try to get on his nerves if possible, with sweet words and good reason and reasonable argument. I mean if you don't like the guy you use slurs to insults him, if I just bad mouth his about his delusions that just makes me look bad, even if iam right. so this is the approach I took to criticize him, every time I got an Opportunitie, and it's fun. not just my comment the hole thread if full of funny comment's.

and sorry for the late reply, I already replied before but due to my poor internet connection it failed to post. now that I was going through all the comments I received I found out it.
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BCS ppl watch anime faster then its being producted?

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