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Jun 21, 2021 6:17 AM
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MAL ratings are a topic of controversy and opinions,but whatever may be the case I can't find any reason about demon slayer being higher rated than
bladeworks. I think it's just recency bias but I would like to hear your opinions!
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Jun 21, 2021 6:25 AM
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Emperor777 said:
MAL ratings are a topic of controversy and opinions,but whatever may be the case I can't find any reason about demon slayer being higher rated than
bladeworks. I think it's just recency bias but I would like to hear your opinions!
In all honesty it’s probably all the Nezuko fans
Being human is making mistakes.
Jun 21, 2021 6:26 AM
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Idk probably because demon Slayer is a generic Shonen Jump show. And it got EP 19.
Jun 21, 2021 6:30 AM
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Less people watch fate and fate for most either hate it or love it no in between
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Idk probably because demon Slayer is a generic Shonen Jump show. And it got EP 19.
aot season 2 has ep 6 but it's still lower rated than it so I guess it's nothing other than recency bias
Jun 21, 2021 6:32 AM
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Because mal ratings are always wrong (according to Theo1899)
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Jun 21, 2021 6:33 AM
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I think it's because people like generic shounen more.
Jun 21, 2021 6:38 AM
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Because all the normies rate it high
Jun 21, 2021 6:39 AM
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DS is more popular and it has a wider fanbase.
Jun 21, 2021 6:42 AM
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Because more people rated it higher I guess
Some things can only be achieved through animation.
Jun 21, 2021 6:42 AM
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Demon Slayer is newer so recency bias, also it's a lot of people's first anime at this point (epsecially since it's on Netflix now)
Jun 21, 2021 6:48 AM

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UBW's point and characters can easily be misunderstood. So its probably this:

Demon slayer has a bigger fanbase so more people to rate it higher

Less people rate Demon slayer low.
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Emperor777 said:
Tobitwo said:
Idk probably because demon Slayer is a generic Shonen Jump show. And it got EP 19.
aot season 2 has ep 6 but it's still lower rated than it so I guess it's nothing other than recency bias
it scored higher than demon slayer in 2017
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Jun 21, 2021 6:49 AM

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More recent anime will have higher scores on average. Only 1 year and 6 months have passed since Demon Slayer's last episode and the score has dropped from 8.92 to 8.59. Wait another 4 years and it will prolly drop below 8.3.

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Jun 21, 2021 6:56 AM
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Personally i rated both shows with a 9, so i think both are great.
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Jun 21, 2021 6:59 AM
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Alright guys, post your predictions for how long it'll be until this thread gets locked or deleted.
Jun 21, 2021 7:10 AM
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Demon slayer is more easy to understand, that’s it.
Jun 21, 2021 7:12 AM
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It's not surprising that its higher then blade works but its higher then fate zero that's what killed me inside
Jun 21, 2021 7:26 AM
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A few reasons I could think of for your question
-UBW is older than KNY. Over time almost every show’s rating goes down.
-KNY is much more popular and easier to get into than fate series.
-Fate is an adaptation of a visual novel and fans will always find some way to complain about the adaptation not being up to the mark.

Although I don’t get why you’d want to compare two shows with completely different worlds and characters?
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FMmatron said:
More recent anime will have higher scores on average. Only 1 year and 6 months have passed since Demon Slayer's last episode and the score has dropped from 8.92 to 8.59. Wait another 4 years and it will prolly drop below 8.3.
it’s a little off topic, but what was MHA’s rating when it came out?
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Is that a rhetorical question, or are you stupid?
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Ratings go down as time passes. I think kny will go down even faster since it's just another shounen.

I haven't watched fate so idk if it's rating would go down that fast.

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More recent anime will have higher scores on average. Only 1 year and 6 months have passed since Demon Slayer's last episode and the score has dropped from 8.92 to 8.59. Wait another 4 years and it will prolly drop below 8.3.
it’s a little off topic, but what was MHA’s rating when it came out?

It was 8.92?
Damn, man I never thought a single episode could have such an effect.

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Because fate in general sucks. Soz dude.
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Emperor777 said:
MAL ratings are a topic of controversy and opinions,but whatever may be the case I can't find any reason about demon slayer being higher rated than
bladeworks. I think it's just recency bias but I would like to hear your opinions!

Yeah I think your right, my enjoyment of both, or more so my lack of self enjoyment of both is pretty much equal. UBW was spoiled by my expectations set by Zero, and Demon Slayer Hype train set my expectations way to high when I watched the “Best anime of 2019”. Definitely more of a me problem, cause I probably might have enjoy both of them more if I had reasonable expectations going in, cause they both have potential, and ufotable is a God send on the animation front. Unfortunately I don’t think it’s just recently bias for Demon Slayer, because if it was, over time the score would drop way lower, and I don’t have think it will with how much critical praise the show has received.
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Jkappele said:
FMmatron said:
More recent anime will have higher scores on average. Only 1 year and 6 months have passed since Demon Slayer's last episode and the score has dropped from 8.92 to 8.59. Wait another 4 years and it will prolly drop below 8.3.
it’s a little off topic, but what was MHA’s rating when it came out?


When I joined it was around 8.35, but I think it was 8.45 at it's peak.

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Jkappele said:
it’s a little off topic, but what was MHA’s rating when it came out?

It was 8.92?
Damn, man I never thought a single episode could have such an effect.


Yeah, but these inflated scores don't mean much in the long run.

One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron


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Is that a rhetorical question, or are you stupid?
well can agree that I am stupid
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Emperor777 said:
DaMummie said:
Is that a rhetorical question, or are you stupid?
well can agree that I am stupid

Gotcha. So here's the deal, Demon Slayer is a VERY popular series not only in the West, but especially in Japan. There was a point last year where Demon Slayer was breaking new sales records just about every day. The manga was selling better than One Piece, which is basically unheard of, and the Mugen Train movie became the highest grossing film in Japanese history, anime or otherwise. What this means is that there are lots of people watching Demon Slayer who aren't watching other anime, and so they think that it's the greatest show ever made. They don't have a lot of other anime to compare it to. The Fate series, on the other hand, is pretty niche in comparison.
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One had universal watcher making it universaly overated making the its score get inflated with 9,10 making it way less acurate
One is only well know inside fandom making the its scoring more acurate
So even though Demon slayer rated higher than ubw,any that doesnt overated Demon slayer and had watched both all agree that ubw is better
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Emperor777 said:
MAL ratings are a topic of controversy and opinions,but whatever may be the case I can't find any reason about demon slayer being higher rated than
bladeworks. I think it's just recency bias but I would like to hear your opinions!
In all honesty it’s probably all the Nezuko fans

Nezuko overrated it’s just better then fate that’s all
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Probably because Fate is a little harder to get into.
And demon slayer is generic and easy to get.
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In all honesty it’s probably all the Nezuko fans

Nezuko overrated it’s just better then fate that’s all
It’s really not fate takes the time to develop their characters both physically and mentally while slowly building the plot, while demon slayer is just a sterotypical shonen where the male mc cares way too much about his sister and avenging his family
Being human is making mistakes.
Jun 21, 2021 9:17 AM
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Because fate series are repeat of one story and that's why they're bad
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Because fate series are repeat of one story and that's why they're bad


do you sleep when watching the anime lol

and besides fz and fsn are pretty different on their own

CorgiAnime said:
Because fate series are repeat of one story and that's why they're bad


sorry man i saw a cute little dog in your picture and i must admit i was wrong

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sorry man i saw a cute little dog in your picture and i must admit i was wrong

thx I love corgis, they're so cute and fluffy.



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I guess bc the typical fighting shounen is overall more loved than something dark and sometimes philosophical like UBW
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haven’t seen demon slayer but i think fate it’s more complicated to understand. don’t think it’s about nezuko bc fate ubw has rin and tsunderes>>>>>



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MAL scores are garbage, judge the shows for yourself and never choose what to watch from the scores here
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because its better
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Probably becuz tanjiro didn't sleep with a classmate
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Because fate series are repeat of one story and that's why they're bad


I didn't think having an objectively wrong take on Fate was possible until you decided to type that lmao.
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Because demon slayer is a generic shounen with good animation and music and another reason that fate isn't as popular would be the fact that it's hard to get into for most people cuz of a confusing watch order
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I didn't think having an objectively wrong take on Fate was possible until you decided to type that lmao.[/quote]
It's literally same thing in every season of fate, that's why one has to watch one of them to be done with the series, preferrably blade works
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