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Sep 12, 2023 6:16 AM
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Feel free to say anime you feel are unfairly hated by the community for bullshit reasons.


With that out of the way, I'll start by adding my two cents.
For me it is Fairy Tail. I think Fairy Tail does not deserve the hate, and is a much more competent battle shonen than its contemporaries, the new and old big 3, which are overrated to high heaven and do more wrong than good. It is also my favorite anime, which I grew up with, and remember a time before it was review bombed and people thought it was a great show. Sadly, the haters (which were fanboys of the big 3) succeeded and made everyone think it was a garbage show not deserving of anything and it became the butt of everyone's jokes, criticizing it for the same reason they praise their favorite battle shonens.
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Sep 12, 2023 6:30 AM
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Sword Art Online is overhated, it's really bad, but there are so many isekai way worse than SAO that are praised by the same community.
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Sep 12, 2023 6:33 AM
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School Days. People who thinks it is the worst anime ever have probably not seen that much bad anime.
Sep 12, 2023 6:33 AM
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Black Clover, guilty crown, Kabaneri Of The Iron Fortress, oreimo, angel beats, sums wish, school days, erased
 

Sep 12, 2023 6:35 AM
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Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch R2 came to my mind first.
Sep 12, 2023 6:39 AM
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Probably Sword Art Online, well the later seasons and movies that is. The fairy arc from season 1 or whatever it's called deserves all the hate it gets lol.

Sep 12, 2023 6:39 AM
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Black Clover, guilty crown, Kabaneri Of The Iron Fortress, oreimo, angel beats, sums wish, school days, erased
@ryo-san Do people really hate Angel Beats? I thought it was beloved by anime community in contrast for my taste.
Sep 12, 2023 6:40 AM
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I have a love-hate relationships with Fairy Tail, on the one hand it was my first shounen, so it’s nostalgia and memories, but on the other hand, now I’ve grown up and Fairy Tail seems stupid and primitive to me (although I still consider it as one of the best shonen anime).
About unfairly hated anime, in my experience, 86 have a lot of haters, although in my opinion 86 is the best mecha anime in history.
Sep 12, 2023 6:46 AM
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Sao is the first and obvious one that comes to mind. The community treats it like it's the worst thing in existence. It is bad yes, but alicization was enjoyable.
I also feel that mecha shows in general are kinda hated for some reason

Sep 12, 2023 6:50 AM
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Berserk 2016 and Ex-Arm are overhated. they are in fact master pieces on the other end of the spectrum.
Sep 12, 2023 7:00 AM

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SAO is the one anime that immediately comes to mind. Sure, there are some things that it does badly, but it's no where close to being as bad as people claim it to be. People claim it to be the worst thing the medium has created. Even the immense hatred towards Kirito is kind of stupid, as I don't find him to be as much of a self-insert or blank slate like others do.

Another one I can think of is Fire Force. People see the fan service and immediately drop it or force their entire opinion to be about the fan service, which is rather disingenuous as the anime eventually explains it and puts it to use I believe.

Other things that come to mind are slice of life anime or anything with fan service.




Sep 12, 2023 7:13 AM

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Well, it's an avant garde short but Utsu Musume Sayuri is far from the worst I have seen. It's a 3/10 and not a 1/10 from me.

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Sep 12, 2023 7:19 AM

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Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie. Most of the MDUD fans expected this to be the same as MDUD, and they started hating this anime after it didn't live up to their expectation unfortunately.
Sep 12, 2023 7:23 AM

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There was a time in history when SAO and Spiderman 3 were the considered the absolute rock bottom of popular culture. Seriously guys? 9/10 of the stuff that comes out every season are worse than SAO. Same with Spiderman 3.
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Sep 12, 2023 7:25 AM
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I would say shounen. I feel like too many people are into flexing some level of complexity in their taste just to appear different and big brained. I know some would probably say that shounen is not overhated with its popularity. But I honestly see a lot of vocal haters and critics of it on this site. And I think the whole idea that shounen is just for kids is BS considering that there are some adults that enjoy those shows as well. Of course, people can make that argument based on what the intended audience is for it. But it doesn't mean that anyone older can't get into it regardless of demographics.

On a side note, I never really heard of any of the Big 3 contributing to Fairy Tail's decline in popularity. Of course, I never watched the show while it was hot nor have I watched it all the way through. But at least from what I heard, a lot of criticisms towards the series came later on its run since people felt there were a lot of plot conveniences. But that's honestly a criticism that's been used for many shounen shows.
Sep 12, 2023 7:26 AM

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Uzaki-chan was hated a lot for being too hot haha.

Sep 12, 2023 7:34 AM

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Sword Art Online gets far too much hate. It's honestly so hated at this point that it's now underrated. And Akame ga Kill is also extremely underrated.
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Sep 12, 2023 7:39 AM
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When I'm looking at the review count of 'Gantz' it's clear that the show has a large number of people disliking it.

58 Recommended
37 Mixed Feelings
50 Not Recommended

This is despite a relative workable score of 6.99
Sep 12, 2023 7:43 AM
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Low-hanging fruit such as SAO, Bleach and Elfen Lied. Those shows are rubbish, mind you, but they're mostly used so faux-elitist sheeple can engage in narcissistic self-aggrandizing and flaunt their "superior" taste, even though they're hardly more knowledgeable about the medium than the plebs they despise and love to belittle.
Sep 12, 2023 7:45 AM

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Definitely sword art online
At this point hating it feels like some type of certificate that anime fans work for
Sep 12, 2023 7:50 AM

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Gonna take a different route, because this show is not necessarily hated on by the whole community, it is still overhated, and that's MHA. I feel like people expect this show to be something profound or unique, when in actuality it's just some light-fun that's easily digestible. Is it great? No, but it's not entirely bad (except season 5, that was awful).

Otherwise, Black Clover is always my pick for most over-hated. It juggles a large cast of characters more effectively than most shounen, and its story is also paced well, having everything connect with each other. Most shounen arcs feel too separated and distant, even if it's there for the linear goal (looking at hxh or naruto here), but Black Clover has a realised plot, with arcs flowing into each other, and still being relevant even past their events.
Sep 12, 2023 7:52 AM
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School days was actually good, it shows what happens when you mess around with a persons feelings. I think most hated it because it showed teenagers having sex which they probably didn't go through.
Sep 12, 2023 7:52 AM

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almost every popular shounen is somehow both extremely overhated and overpraised at the same time.

putting those aside though, some shows that come to mind are:

Jojo part 6, The last third of death note (it's not as good, but it definitely isn't bad either), and most of all The Day I Became a God.

this last one genuinely bothers me, it has the exact same strength and weaknesses of angel beats, yet some assholes thought it was such a shit show that they harassed the author into swearing to never write again. not that it being shit would justify that, but the show is genuinely not any worse than the other anime he has made.

angel beats was also very messy in multiple places, and from what I have heard charlote is no better. it's cruel to cheer someone on despite their flawed work, and then bash then and hate them for making those exact same mistakes.

what bothers me about this, is that a large portion of the hate came from the author calling it "the saddest story she has ever written".

which most, disagreed with.

but the reality was, she had said that because the topic was something that she herself felt very connected to.

so imagine writing about a topic that you yourself find difficult, and then people bully you into quitting writing for it.

The Day I Became a God could have been the worst piece of shit story ever made, which it isn't even that bad. I would give it a 6/10.

but even if it was that bad, I would still call it over hated. just because no amount of shitness should justify what people did here.
Sep 12, 2023 7:52 AM

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Okaasan online, Domestic Girlfriend, even Angel Next Door a bit
Sep 12, 2023 8:05 AM

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Definitely NOT Sword Art online. It started the whole isekai trend and it deserves all the hate imo
Sep 12, 2023 8:09 AM

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Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie. Most of the MDUD fans expected this to be the same as MDUD, and they started hating this anime after it didn't live up to their expectation unfortunately.
@RaiYou i can second shikimori, not nearly as bad as they say. i can also agree with people saying SAO, not for the first two seasons though.
Sep 12, 2023 8:18 AM

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SAO, Guilty Crown and Fairy Tail...

Sep 12, 2023 8:29 AM

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Fate/Extra Last Encore - Okay so the show might be a little unorthodox, but I think the idea it is incomprehensible is overblown.
Lunar Legend Tsukihime - I understand it strays from the Visual Novel, it not as detailed and misses out some stuff, but I feel the art and animation was pretty good.
Magi Record - I get it strays from the tone and theme of the original series, but I still think it was a good show and was unfairly compared to the original.
Psycho Pass 2 - Same as above.
Wolfs Rain - There's a lot of misconceptions about this series, and most reviews are pretty harsh on it despite it being actual a intresting show.
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Sep 12, 2023 8:34 AM

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Both of my answers have been said before, but Sword Art Online is one that stands out to me. It's a bad anime, but that's as far as it goes in my opinion, I don't think it's the black sheep of anime, just simply not good. Its impact on the medium though, that's a different conversation.
Second one is the third of Death Note, which I also used to dislike a lot when I was younger, but as I got older and rewatched the series a few times I realized that it does make pretty good sense. I still think it pales in comparison to the two first cours, but it does not ruin the show.
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Sep 12, 2023 8:35 AM
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Low-hanging fruit such as SAO, Bleach and Elfen Lied. Those shows are rubbish, mind you, but they're mostly used so faux-elitist sheeple can engage in narcissistic self-aggrandizing and flaunt their "superior" taste, even though they're hardly more knowledgeable about the medium than the plebs they despise and love to belittle.
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Sep 12, 2023 8:35 AM
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Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch R2 came to my mind first.
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Sep 12, 2023 8:39 AM
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I would say shounen. I feel like too many people are into flexing some level of complexity in their taste just to appear different and big brained. I know some would probably say that shounen is not overhated with its popularity. But I honestly see a lot of vocal haters and critics of it on this site. And I think the whole idea that shounen is just for kids is BS considering that there are some adults that enjoy those shows as well. Of course, people can make that argument based on what the intended audience is for it. But it doesn't mean that anyone older can't get into it regardless of demographics.

On a side note, I never really heard of any of the Big 3 contributing to Fairy Tail's decline in popularity. Of course, I never watched the show while it was hot nor have I watched it all the way through. But at least from what I heard, a lot of criticisms towards the series came later on its run since people felt there were a lot of plot conveniences. But that's honestly a criticism that's been used for many shounen shows.
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Most of THE beloved anime are in the shonen demographic, like FMA or Evangelion for example, get ur facts straight. Not to mention, shonen demographic is catered to teens, not children. Kodomo is the children's demographic.
Sep 12, 2023 8:44 AM

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I think my hero academia is overhated but I think that's mainly due to the fanbase. It's a solid battle shonen anime. Wonder egg priority also comes to mind. It's a great show if you can forget about episode 13...
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Well, adding to the discussion here. Slice of Life anime are overhated, like, what else did you expect to see in that genre?

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Sep 12, 2023 8:50 AM
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Shikimori came to my mind immediately, a lot of the hate was blown out of proportion like this was one of the worst romances of all time when it’s a simple feel-good and fluffy anime with normal teenagers and an established relationship.

I get if you don’t like this kind of style, but this wasn’t bad by any means.



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Sep 12, 2023 8:54 AM
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Most of THE beloved anime are in the shonen demographic, like FMA or Evangelion for example, get ur facts straight. Not to mention, shonen demographic is catered to teens, not children. Kodomo is the children's demographic.
@Dvvsds Okay? I made my awareness of shounen's popularity pretty clear when I said, "I know that some would probably say that shounen is not overhated with its popularity." Which is another way of me acknowledging that most well-received anime are in the shounen demographic. Doesn't change the fact that there are a lot of vocal haters on this site over it. And regardless, of whether or not I'm indicating "teens" or "children," they're still not considered adults. So, I don't really see what you think your disproving or dropping some sort of wisdom on.
Sep 12, 2023 8:55 AM

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Demon Slayer, I think when we dislike something or don't understand it we never look at the good aspects of a series or consider them or at the very least we downplay them. Maybe to you it's only about the animation or maybe it's shallow but other people might not see it that way.
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@Dvvsds Okay? I made my awareness of shounen's popularity pretty clear when I said, "I know that some would probably say that shounen is not overhated with its popularity." Which is another way of me acknowledging that most well-received anime are in the shounen demographic. Doesn't change the fact that there are a lot of vocal haters on this site over it. And regardless, of whether or not I'm indicating "teens" or "children," they're still not considered adults. So, I don't really see what you think your disproving or dropping some sort of wisdom on.
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You should learn the difference between overhated and hated. Also realize that vocal minority does not represent the majority.
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Dude mistakenly posted on MAL instead of 4chan
@Dvvsds I clearly wanted to post here and so I did, not sure why you're responding with such low effort "gotcha" remarks.
Sep 12, 2023 9:40 AM

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Black Clover maybe, it's not great but there is way worse shit out there.
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Sep 12, 2023 9:51 AM

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SAO for sure!
I dont even read previous replies but im sure Sword Art Online gets a lot of hate without a reason xd
Sep 12, 2023 10:36 AM

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Rand-alThor said:
Feel free to say anime you feel are unfairly hated by the community for bullshit reasons

I'm not a big Fairy Tail fan but i do agree it's not as bad as a lot of people say

Now for my list of overhated anime

- Tokyo Revengers
- Sword Art Online
- Digimon Frontier
- My Hero Academia
- Black Clover
- Akame ga Kill
- Blue Exorcist
Sep 12, 2023 10:39 AM

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Sao
Black clover
Demon slayer
Shikimori
Devil is a part timer S2
Fairy tail to some extent
MHA to some extent
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Gundresss
Apocalypse Zero
Itsudatte My Santa
6 Angels
Dinagiga
Master of Martial Hearts
Voogie's Angel
Eiken
Elfen Lied
Idol Fighter Suchie-Pai 2
Wild Cardz
Sep 12, 2023 11:50 AM
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Definitely Rent-a-Girlfriend. It's whatever steaming hot trash you want, but it's fun af.
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Sep 12, 2023 11:58 AM

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Most of the overhyped popular shows get tons of hate from salty people who are either upset that they didn't like the show despite the hype, or they just hate it because of the hype itself. In fact, quite a few shows receive hate for reasons that have nothing to do with the content of the work.
Sep 12, 2023 12:06 PM

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SAO for sure!
I dont even read previous replies but im sure Sword Art Online gets a lot of hate without a reason xd
@LaviSorrow I second this. SAO was a gateway to the isekai genre, thus "real anime fans" hated it for appealing to normies. It was definitely too profound for an audience whose idea of a shounen anime was 80% combat, 20% fanservice.
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I have a soft spot for MHA tbh, Yeah the series does become worse as time goes on but people tend to forgot the impact that it had on the community back when season 1-3 aired it brought a lot of new anime fans to the community, and the concept at the beginning was executed pretty well...kind of sad to see it become irrelevant after a while there is barely any discussion online on the final arc right now unlike JJK.

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Darling in the Franxx, Shikimori-san, and Rent a Girlfriend.
Sep 12, 2023 12:17 PM

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Sword Art Online is overhated, it's really bad, but there are so many isekai way worse than SAO that are praised by the same community.
@Phosphophyllita I would choose SAO well over Mushoko Tensei
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