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Nov 3, 11:56 PM
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When first released i remember the rating of the show being slightly above average (7.4ish), that was also when the anime got the most views.
Seeing it in the upcoming years increasing steadily makes me very happy, who knows if we are ever going to see it get pass the 8.0 mark.

This is also a prime example on how modern MAL ratings are pretty much based on normies standards, usually avant-garde animes hardly get over 8... the ones who do are usually overwhelmingly good.
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Nov 4, 12:21 AM
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and then they give cyberpunk edgerunners 8.6
Nov 4, 12:36 AM
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agreed, while in my personal rating it achieved a 7/10, MAL ratings are so inflated, an 8 would definetly be deserved
Nov 4, 1:02 AM
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i personally scored it 9/10
Nov 4, 1:07 AM
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It deserves so much lower than that.
Nov 4, 1:25 AM
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i personally scored it 9/10
@deg I have it at 9 as well, I never saw something like this:

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Nov 4, 1:46 AM
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it deserves so much higher than that
Nov 4, 2:18 AM
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I gave this a 10/10 It was amazing, I love these kind of stories and the artistic direction of the show was outstanding, but I know this is not for everyone so a "low" score is normal. So, I'm very happy It is getting more and more love with time.
Nov 4, 2:59 AM
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Ah yes avant-garde = good
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Also read Ookami Shounen wa Kyou mo Uso wo Kasaneru (Bless Botan)
Nov 4, 3:03 AM

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isn't it usually the other way around and the Show looses rank, over time?
Nov 4, 3:45 AM
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Cielord said:
It deserves so much lower than that.

You gave Grave of the Fireflies a 3… your right to an opinion has been rejected have a nice day
Nov 4, 3:53 AM

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Cielord said:
It deserves so much lower than that.

You gave Grave of the Fireflies a 3… your right to an opinion has been rejected have a nice day
@rinnmakesmusic Wow, you clearly got angry from that.
Nov 4, 5:52 AM

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i personally think this anime is a masterpiece and is one of the best I've seen so I'm glad to see it's ratings go up
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Nov 4, 6:28 AM
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its a masterpiece im glad i watched it
Nov 4, 6:29 AM
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Cielord said:
It deserves so much lower than that.

Damn you probably haven’t watched actual trash stuff if you think that this deserves lower than a 7
Nov 4, 6:43 AM

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Cielord said:
It deserves so much lower than that.

Damn you probably haven’t watched actual trash stuff if you think that this deserves lower than a 7
@Uruichi I watch things worse than Sonny Boy; admittedly, finding such atrocious things was tough, as Sonny Boy is a 2/10.
Nov 4, 7:02 AM
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Cielord said:
@Uruichi I watch things worse than Sonny Boy; admittedly, finding such atrocious things was tough, as Sonny Boy is a 2/10.

Watch more trash rom-coms along with isekai and this show will start to feel like a gem among a heap of mass-produced garbage
Nov 4, 7:02 AM

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Well deserved, they poured so much blood, sweat and tears into the animation, especially minor movements such as gentle wind breezes.
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Nov 4, 7:22 AM
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It's a 9 in my list

And it's great to see that it's growing truly one of the best kind anime I have seen
Nov 4, 9:08 AM

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Uruichi said:
Cielord said:
@Uruichi I watch things worse than Sonny Boy; admittedly, finding such atrocious things was tough, as Sonny Boy is a 2/10.

Watch more trash rom-coms along with isekai and this show will start to feel like a gem among a heap of mass-produced garbage

you're so right. I avoid those genres at all costs. I usually pick up random seasonals to watch, and then I get to uncover gems like Sonny Boy.

my partner and I have rewatched Sonny Boy after first watching it as it came out, and we were so impressed all over again. it's nice to watch an anime that doesn't hand hold you through it and let's you theorize and think about what is actually going on.
Nov 4, 9:21 AM
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demision said:
Uruichi said:

Watch more trash rom-coms along with isekai and this show will start to feel like a gem among a heap of mass-produced garbage

you're so right. I avoid those genres at all costs. I usually pick up random seasonals to watch, and then I get to uncover gems like Sonny Boy.

my partner and I have rewatched Sonny Boy after first watching it as it came out, and we were so impressed all over again. it's nice to watch an anime that doesn't hand hold you through it and let's you theorize and think about what is actually going on.

Glad that someone gets it Sonny boy as a series is way better than the average seasonal slop that we consume where most of them turn out to be garbage or start to fall off mid-way through the szn but that didn’t happen with this one as it was consistent with it’s themes and what it wanted to convey as an original story truly a gem among the other wonderful pieces of work which fall under the avant garde genre like FLCL or so on.
Nov 4, 9:51 AM
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I gave it a 8.7-9.2/10 (great-phenomenal/brilliant)
Nov 4, 9:52 AM

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Sonny boy was my 1,000 anime completed, and I'm glad it was my benchmark for it. It was an incredibly well written anime, with realistic characters that are ALSO not boring *cough* Sousou no Frieren" *cough*
Nov 4, 11:47 AM
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Any anime with nihilism at it's core is an automatic 10/10 for me.
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Uruichi said:
Cielord said:
@Uruichi I watch things worse than Sonny Boy; admittedly, finding such atrocious things was tough, as Sonny Boy is a 2/10.

Watch more trash rom-coms along with isekai and this show will start to feel like a gem among a heap of mass-produced garbage

I watched enough trash romcoms, and Isekai, this show only ended up belonging to the trash category.
Nov 4, 7:19 PM
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It was really boring for me
Nov 4, 8:46 PM
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Feel the fact the MC gets cucked by the brown haired girl and abandoned by the black haired one probably turned a lot of people off from the ending and show in general but I personally definitely need to rewatch since I forgot a lot from this show and want to see if I still think it’s a 7 or if it should be higher
Nov 4, 10:41 PM
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It's always sat at a high 7.7/low 7.8 rating ever since it concluded
Nov 5, 8:36 PM
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Cielord said:
@rinnmakesmusic Wow, you clearly got angry from that.

Your observational skills are as poor as your taste LOL
Nov 5, 9:09 PM

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Cielord said:
@rinnmakesmusic Wow, you clearly got angry from that.

Your observational skills are as poor as your taste LOL
@rinnmakesmusic Your first action after seeing my opinion was to go to my profile and search for my score for a different anime. You got angry at that and replied, dismissing my right to an opinion altogether. Now, after 2 days, you reply again, insulting my taste and observational skills. So yeah, I'm confident that you got angry.

On another note, you really should relax; it's just anime.
Nov 6, 6:57 AM
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sonny boy feels like an anime that isn't made for traditional anime fans: the characters show emotions in a much more sensitive way (i.e. without shouting or telling you what they feel) and they are also depicted in a rather human way - nobody has blue hair or pink eyes. Each episode felt full of a bizarre but beautiful sadness. I'm not sure why. It might just be me, but the only episode that made no sense to me was the episode about monkey baseball. As I'm British and not very sporty at all, I've never played baseball and so a lot of the dialogue in that episode flew over my head.
Nov 6, 7:36 AM
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Cielord said:
@rinnmakesmusic Your first action after seeing my opinion was to go to my profile and search for my score for a different anime. You got angry at that and replied, dismissing my right to an opinion altogether. Now, after 2 days, you reply again, insulting my taste and observational skills. So yeah, I'm confident that you got angry.

On another note, you really should relax; it's just anime.

Brother the pot is calling the kettle black. The projecting is a good look for you lol, I barely had to scroll to find that dogshit rating on a fantastic movie. Tbh I was just curious to see what you think is good if you deem this show atrocious. Not to mention the whole rejecting your opinion thing was pretty much a joke. You’re so salty😂
Nov 6, 8:25 AM
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Nah, this anime is pretty bad and I gave this piece of crap a 4/10.
Nov 6, 10:41 AM
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honestly I just rated it 7 cuz I liked the vibe and the characters are interesting, but I really don't understand why people like this show so much. anyone care to explain? half the time I have no idea what's going on but continue to watch because I like the art so much and for Nozomi 🙏
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Nov 6, 2:56 PM

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rinnmakesmusic said:
Cielord said:
@rinnmakesmusic Your first action after seeing my opinion was to go to my profile and search for my score for a different anime. You got angry at that and replied, dismissing my right to an opinion altogether. Now, after 2 days, you reply again, insulting my taste and observational skills. So yeah, I'm confident that you got angry.

On another note, you really should relax; it's just anime.

Brother the pot is calling the kettle black. The projecting is a good look for you lol, I barely had to scroll to find that dogshit rating on a fantastic movie. Tbh I was just curious to see what you think is good if you deem this show atrocious. Not to mention the whole rejecting your opinion thing was pretty much a joke. You’re so salty😂

If you're so curious about my taste, would you want me to tell you why I gave Hotaru no Haka such a low score?
Nov 6, 2:59 PM
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I think this is rated very fairly overall. my 9/10 is very generous and more of a way to signal boost it on my own profile.

The problem is that EVERYTHING ELSE is skewed towards reverse bombing. Seasonal animes with preexisting fanbases are showered in brainless 10/10 ratings that drown out all the unbiased ratings. And you can tell this is the case when the most frequent score is a 10 and there are nearly no 7s or 6s. Thats simply unnatural. A more natural score distribution will look like Sonny Boy's does.
Nov 6, 6:33 PM
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for me is a solid 9/10
Nov 6, 7:10 PM

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and then they give cyberpunk edgerunners 8.6
@DorBenda, gotta balance the absurdity out somehow.




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Nov 7, 9:40 AM
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Cielord said:
rinnmakesmusic said:

Brother the pot is calling the kettle black. The projecting is a good look for you lol, I barely had to scroll to find that dogshit rating on a fantastic movie. Tbh I was just curious to see what you think is good if you deem this show atrocious. Not to mention the whole rejecting your opinion thing was pretty much a joke. You’re so salty😂

If you're so curious about my taste, would you want me to tell you why I gave Hotaru no Haka such a low score?

Not particularly, you’re not worth anymore time than I’ve already given you :)
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rinnmakesmusic said:
Cielord said:

If you're so curious about my taste, would you want me to tell you why I gave Hotaru no Haka such a low score?

Not particularly, you’re not worth anymore time than I’ve already given you :)

And that's exactly how I know you're angry.
Nov 7, 11:19 AM

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I also gave this 9/10. Hope the overall score reaches 8 soon.



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Nov 8, 8:09 AM
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Cielord said:
rinnmakesmusic said:

Not particularly, you’re not worth anymore time than I’ve already given you :)

And that's exactly how I know you're angry.

PFFFFT💀 Brother you’re delusional, just know I’m praying for you. You can’t stop responding because YOU are angry😂😂
Nov 8, 8:29 AM

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@rinnmakesmusic Shouldn't I ask you the same? In your last reply, you said I'm not even worth the time you've given me so far, yet you continue to give me that time.
Nov 9, 1:49 PM
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ABSOLUTELY, when garbage like jushit midsen and garbage slayer gets top ratings, i struggle to see the ratings as anything more than a popularity test, i would argue manga ratings are more accurate however its not at all for more obscure and popular series.
Nov 11, 10:44 PM
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9/10 for me.

If only i can understand it completely after watch it 3 times, then its a 10/10.
Nov 12, 5:23 AM

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Just because some people didn't consider it the best doesn't mean they are "normies" though

Nov 12, 11:08 PM

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surprised it's even higher than the 6.00s but here we are.
Nov 17, 12:28 PM
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So rare to find original thought, 9 from me.
Nov 17, 12:44 PM

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Why do you care about MAL ratings in the first place? Just rate it and forget about the MAL score. I rated hundreds of series higher/lower than their MAL score. And wtf are normies standards? Are they normies since they don't rate high the show you like? I'm sorry but that make no sense. That isn't the definition of normie.

As someone who rated Sonny Boy 7/10 and like avant-garde, myserious, psychological shows, you're implying others are inferior for not rating this show high/liking other genres which some people in this thread are making me to believe too. Better stop caring about how others rate and enjoy the show for yourself since your elitism is too obvious.
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