| I've noticed that there isn't an anime that has a score of 8.5+, actually, currently there isn't any with 8.4+ either? Let's see s few of them Currently: Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari:8.39 No Game No Life: 8.38 Re:Zero: 8.38 KonoSuba season 2: 8.37 Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken: 8.34 KonoSuba season 1: 8.18 Overlord season 3: 8.18 Youjo Senki: 8 13 Overlord season 1:8.08 Log Horizon season 1: 8.07 Of course there are many others yet, but none of them has 8.4/8.5+ score, most of them is even below 8 Why do you think is that? What can't isekai animes get a higher score? PS: let me know if I've missed something |
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| Some of them don't even deserve to have an 8+, imho. Moreover, why do you think some of them should be 8.5+, since you opened the thread? |
| The real problem here is that there shouldn't be any isekai above 8 at all. |
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| Because too many people hate everything with isekai "genre" even if its really good they won't put high *. Personally I also don't know why that many people hate it, I love isekai genre(with fantasy combination) mostly.... I can say just one for sure you will see too many answers here "why it should have that much score" "it doesn't deserver to have even 7" or other types of comments .... |
| Obviously because they're not good enough. |
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| maybe because they suck big time,imho digimon adventure is the best iseki. |
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| I mean tbf there's only a 100 or so shows in general that are >= 8.5 so it's not like it's something common. Re:Zero I think was sitting on 8.52 for some time But really I'd say it's because there hasn't really been any breakthrough isekai show. Shield Hero started off great but now it's slowly falling into sasuga isekai levels of isekai, and Re:Zero the MC probably took away a few points But I agree Conception should be at least 9.00 rating |
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| Actually I'm quite surprised with how high rated they are lmao. A 6-7 would be already high enough for basically any of them lol. |
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| 1 - I think that they are high enough in most cases, only Konosuba and escaflowne (show that you missed) should be higher imo. 2 - The genre get a lot of hate by some trolls or mentally challenged people. 3 - You also missed Ima soko ni iru boku. |
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| 8.3 is still a high score btw . also who cares as long as you enjoy them . |
| Spirited Away is 8.91, what're you talking about? |
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| Who the fuck cares about MAL score... People literally make fake accounts and rate the score a 1 or a 10 because it's they don't want a certain show to be highly rated or because they want their favourite show to be a higher score. |
| It's funny that Shield Hero, Re Zero, KonoSuba, Overlord and Youjo Senki are much better than Erased (8.54) and Violet Everboring (8.61). |
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LoganMcClure21 said: Sachyan said: Actually I'm quite surprised with how high rated they are lmao. A 6-7 would be already high enough for basically any of them lol. You haven’t watched Konosuba at all have you I did, and it's probably the best of them all, that's why I gave it a 6/10. A good show indeed, but nothing that blow one's mind. A 8 (80%)+ is reserved for the things I consider really the best animanga has to offer, I mean, it has to be astonishingly great. I can't think rn of an isekai that truly fits this requirement. |
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| While isekai anime have a ton of popularity behind them, and become one of the most popular anime every season. Isekai anime aren't very good imo, and come with a lot of dumb tropes that obviously target a certain audience. They aren't very well rated because they're not THAT good honestly, and most of them are way too high rated but thats another discussion. Shield hero sucks btw |
| They still have >8 though? Welcome to the CGDCT fandom and enjoy the despair of finding an average rating of >7.5 a huge relief. |
| Mostly because a lot of them aren't that good. |
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| Probably because high scores are only reserved for such masterpieces as "same joke repeated 70000000 times but the franchise comprises 43% of all shows rated 9.00 or higher" or "generic drama movie with no above average features except good art" |
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| Define isekai. Stains;Gate can easily fall into category, because jumping between worlds is common occurrence there. Also, Fate/Zero is an isekai |
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| Lets just ignore spirited away and NGNL 0 i guess |
| This. So simple as this lmao. Scores above 8 are pretty decent already imo but i don't really give a shit about overall scores, like he said, as long as you enjoy what you watch, that's what matters the most. |
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| Juuni Kokuki the best one (by far) have only 8,12. And Ima Soko ni Iru Boku is under 8... There are all overrated in comparaison. |
Pantemic said: Lets just ignore spirited away and NGNL 0 i guess NGNL 0 is not an isekai in any shape or form. |
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| Maybe because the way that isekais present themselves are polarizing, and to be 8.5+ (a show that is amongst the best that anime has to offer) means getting both a lot of fans in addition to having very few haters. If you're asking why people don't rate it higher to make it above an 8.5, then its simply because its not worth that rating. If it isn't enjoyable then why rate it high? And if you think that it should be rated higher just because YOU thought it deserves higher, then fuck you for making a thread just to tell everyone that your opinion is right and everyone has to like the same shows you like, that's just not how opinions work. tldr; it deserves around that much and OP is just complaining because the shows HE likes aren't getting good ratings. PS. Because its a thread about isekai, I'll put my opinion out there as a non-fan. a. It lost most of its originality, reusing recycled settings that are like everything else, but this time we added X. That's like if I were to write a manga called two piece, but instead of the pirate king he was becoming the thief king. If it isn't plagiarism then it certainly isn't interesting. b. It lacks literary merit. School teaches to analyze works of literary merit, presenting universal themes that can be analyzed. In good shows, even SoL, there is some message. Often these are about family and learning to accept others around you, but they say SOMETHING. I don't see that in boring "comedy" that relies on being the most perverted or memelord/hip/trendy person. Things like making tsunderes a meme came at the expense of comedy in anime; now writers will just run with it as something that will sell even if its stupid and unfunny. I watched the 1st episode of slime at a friend's recommendation, and I will never trust him again. tldr; Its unoriginal and unfunny (I think it is unintelligent humor, not about jokes and comedic timing, but about saying the dumbest and most popular thing at the time) |
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| Konosuba is comedy genius and deserves 10/10. |
| Lolicons are scum. BABYMETAL is more metal than Metallica. Naruto is objectively the best anime ever. HxH 99' is decent. HxH 11' is bad. |
DangoDa1kazoku said: I watched the 1st episode of slime at a friend's recommendation, and I will never trust him again. Slime has a very slow start and the first episode is basically a list of infodumps explaining the RPG mechanics of the show, which is hardly what the show is about. Not like I want to sell it as a masterpiece (it's around a 7 to me) but its particular take on isekai is not exactly present from the very beginning and the kind of personal journey the MC takes on is not exactly evident in this early stage. Your friend probably expected you to not be so overdramatic at a first episode. |
jal90 said: DangoDa1kazoku said: I watched the 1st episode of slime at a friend's recommendation, and I will never trust him again. Slime has a very slow start and the first episode is basically a list of infodumps explaining the RPG mechanics of the show, which is hardly what the show is about. Not like I want to sell it as a masterpiece (it's around a 7 to me) but its particular take on isekai is not exactly present from the very beginning and the kind of personal journey the MC takes on is not exactly evident in this early stage. Your friend probably expected you to not be so overdramatic at a first episode. Tbh I forgot Slime was even an isekai until I rewatched the first few episodes with a buddy of mine last night. So much ground is covered that you forget the dude even came from earth lmao |
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| not enough thematic depth, and creativity along, they aren't that impressive (at least i haven't seen one before) |
| I personally don't like isekai animes, but aren't 8+ already too high? |
| 8 is really a high score.. Most of them are not even "good" (7) ... Simply put, MAL score is not really matter, and you even asked too much of it ... |
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| Well i gave Youjo senki Anime the score of 8 & The movie, i ended giving 10 since it was just phenomenal. |
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| It's because a lot of people think that isekai is an overused concept and that anything that uses it is automatically less superior. Personally, I think it's overused and a lazy writing mechanic. That being said, I don't think any anime that uses the concept is inherently bad and I actually enjoy watching them. |
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| it's probably because this is MAL. Shield Hero is good, but it doesn't deserve to be above Re:Zero tbh |
| There is no Isekai anime that deserves to be rated that high. Infact, they shouldn't even be rated an 8 in general. Most of them are bad. |
| As far as a simple answer to your question: because people be hating. As far as a non-jokey answer: Slime is pretty darn close to an 8.5 and it isn't even officially finished until this coming monday, so I wouldn't be surprised if that jumps up once everyone updates it to complete. Similar thing might happen with shield hero as well considering that show isn't even halfway done with its season yet. I would also further state that given the bell curve that is mal scores tends to bulge most around the 6,7,8 range, you wind up needing both a lot of votes in general as well as a lot of 9s and 10s to make it average out to what you are wanting. All that being said, however, does it really matter if an anime is rated 8.5 so long as you find it enjoyable? blah blah blah insert point about art being subjective thus making any objective number rating pointless blah blah blah you get the idea. |
| Rezero and ngnl would be rated above 8.5 of they didn't have 1 million or almost 1 million members |
| Most underated anime on mal: https://myanimelist.net/anime/4651/Yume_no_Crayon_Oukoku?q=Yume%20ni%20crayon |
| Isekai is overused and generic so any anime that implements it is bound to be cliche and not deserving of a high score. In all seriousness, though, I'm sure it's possible to make a really good isekai just like how there was a really good time travel anime in the form of Steins;Gate, but no one has made it yet and people shouldn't overrate existing isekais just to pretend an isekai that good exists. |
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| Them shits is trash? jk Pretty sure Slime will though after the plot reaches a certain point. |
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| What are you talking about, Spirited away gets a 8.91 so i don't know why you'd count that one out |
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| because none of them have a great story with consistent quality |
| Because the community has spoken as such! |
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| Anything above 8 is too high for the modern day isekai wish-fulfillment fantasy anyway. |
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