| Most of the time we aren't even talking about "ratings" when we use the term, but rather "popularity". Not only that, it's usually more fueled by emotion than anything. In practice, we don't use "overrated" as the inverse of "underrated", but rather as the inverse of "overHATED". Terms like "underrated" and "underHATED" aren't that used because they require a bit more of "finesse" to the discussion: Let's all agree that no one usually says "This one deserves a 2/10 rather than a 4/10". I just noticed this because I also noticed that it's been quite a while since I used the terms for... anything, really. Instead of saying "The Drake's Sword in DS1 is overrated" it makes more sense for me to say "It is a noob trap". Same goes for MAL scores: Sure, in theory "Frieren" deserves the title "overrated" since I don't think it deserves number one spot, but in practice I don't really care because MAL scores aren't hard objective science, but rather a "general feeling" signifier, and I don't disagree with the "general feeling" of "Frieren good". What's your opinion on this? |
| "Overrated" = I don't like x so anyone who likes is rating it higher than it deserves "Underrated" is the other way round. People use terms and buzzwords in the most convenient way possible. Same with "elitism" |
| I don't think about scores, I just watch anime for fun, enjoyment, motivation and escapism. Critical thoughts about something tangible as ratings and scores only takes away from the enjoyment factor.. By focusing on what truly matters to me, I'm able to fully immerse myself in the stories and relate deeply with the characters and love all the waifu more, without being influenced by external factors like scores and opinions like overrated or overhated. Critical thoughts from ratings and opinions of others overshadow the personal connection and enjoyment one can have with a series. My method allows me to discover hidden gems and form my own unique opinions and experiences. Hevn is one of the hottest waifu I've ever seen in anime but not many people know her. They like Rem who is a 2/10 over someone who is 9/10.. That's how other people's opinions effect enjoyment of art and beauty |
Reply to RainyEvenings
I don't think about scores, I just watch anime for fun, enjoyment, motivation and escapism. Critical thoughts about something tangible as ratings and scores only takes away from the enjoyment factor..
By focusing on what truly matters to me, I'm able to fully immerse myself in the stories and relate deeply with the characters and love all the waifu more, without being influenced by external factors like scores and opinions like overrated or overhated.
Critical thoughts from ratings and opinions of others overshadow the personal connection and enjoyment one can have with a series. My method allows me to discover hidden gems and form my own unique opinions and experiences.
Hevn is one of the hottest waifu I've ever seen in anime but not many people know her. They like Rem who is a 2/10 over someone who is 9/10.. That's how other people's opinions effect enjoyment of art and beauty
By focusing on what truly matters to me, I'm able to fully immerse myself in the stories and relate deeply with the characters and love all the waifu more, without being influenced by external factors like scores and opinions like overrated or overhated.
Critical thoughts from ratings and opinions of others overshadow the personal connection and enjoyment one can have with a series. My method allows me to discover hidden gems and form my own unique opinions and experiences.
Hevn is one of the hottest waifu I've ever seen in anime but not many people know her. They like Rem who is a 2/10 over someone who is 9/10.. That's how other people's opinions effect enjoyment of art and beauty
| @RainyEvenings True we watch something for entertament and not to be crtics we watch because of fun and enjoyment dosen'r matter if is underated or not that why there many hidden gem because not all people care about it. |
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| I noticed you focused your discussion on "overrated." I don't think your theory holds true for "underrated" anime. The majority of entries on this site have both low scores and low popularity, such as this series I recently finished. https://myanimelist.net/anime/6868/Wansa-kun Basically, anything one likes truly is underrated if it is not at least moderately popular. |
| その目だれの目？ |
Reply to Lucifrost
I noticed you focused your discussion on "overrated." I don't think your theory holds true for "underrated" anime. The majority of entries on this site have both low scores and low popularity, such as this series I recently finished.
https://myanimelist.net/anime/6868/Wansa-kun
Basically, anything one likes truly is underrated if it is not at least moderately popular.
https://myanimelist.net/anime/6868/Wansa-kun
Basically, anything one likes truly is underrated if it is not at least moderately popular.
| @Lucifrost I wonder what's the cause of that. Misuse of the system? Niche/unpopular anime attracting a more "critical" (In the bad sense) audience? |
| Both of those words are extremely overused. |
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Reply to thewiru
@Lucifrost
I wonder what's the cause of that.
Misuse of the system?
Niche/unpopular anime attracting a more "critical" (In the bad sense) audience?
I wonder what's the cause of that.
Misuse of the system?
Niche/unpopular anime attracting a more "critical" (In the bad sense) audience?
| @thewiru the most popular anime are popular precisely because they're watched by the majority of beginners/newcomers/casuals who rate everything highly. Expert users are more in need of using the whole 1-10 rating scale since they have more entries to spread across it, which means that the score of less popular anime isn't going to be inflated. Some MAL users literally rate everything they watch 10/10: probably because they don't care about ranking the anime in their lists, so they might as well try to boost the scores of the anime they liked and completed. This basically increases the correlation between popularity and scores. |
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| yep youre correct most of the time when fans call something overrated they mean overpopular |
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