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Is there an anime that you gave a 4 but you like?

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Mar 22, 2021 6:15 PM
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That thing may be possible, you can like some bad, like junk food.
Surely, users that have criteria will say the correct answers.

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Mar 22, 2021 6:17 PM
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Kiss X Sis and Hajimete no Gal
I read the manga for both of them, they're not good, but they're dumb and enjoyable.
Mar 22, 2021 6:21 PM
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I gave Kyokou Suiri a 4 with big weight on my heart because I love Iwanaga, but the anime got so boring. I'll watch season 2 because of her.
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Mar 22, 2021 6:29 PM
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Mirai Nikki I love this show but it is absolutely garbage XD. Hell, I have rewatched this show.
Mar 22, 2021 6:32 PM
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Valvrave, Cross Ange, Charlotte, Kabaneri and Inuyashiki. I had fun watching these shows, but I don't think their stories are particularly well-crafted.
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Mar 22, 2021 6:33 PM
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yeah theres quite a few like that, my rating system isnt completely subjective so
Mar 22, 2021 6:40 PM
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I have given even a 2 to a show I liked and a 10 to shows I found boring. I completely stripped the enjoyment factor from my evaluation rubric a while back.
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Mar 22, 2021 6:45 PM
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Maybe Yugioh Zexal. She is stupid anime but at the time she enjoyed every episode.

Mar 22, 2021 6:49 PM
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Kiss x Sis, Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan, and Happy Sugar Life.


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Mar 22, 2021 6:59 PM

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No, i rate purely on enjoyment so if i like a show i'll give it a good score
Mar 22, 2021 7:00 PM

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The 3rd season of Overlord only because I'm still enjoying the LN. It's no Ex-Arm but the animation is laughably bad.


Mar 22, 2021 7:00 PM

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Spirited away is a difficult one for me since I loved it lots when I first watched it (8/10) but upon rewatch, I simply didn't enjoy it even though I recognize it's quality. I still have respect and I still feel nostalgia over it but sadly that rewatch really didn't hit.



Mar 22, 2021 8:47 PM

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School Days. I love it. Very entertaining experience.
Mar 22, 2021 9:04 PM

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Most probably the recent one that I've completed, and it's King's Game a.k.a Ousama Game The Animation. The story here is told in almost the worst possible way, but somehow I kinda enjoyed it(?). Sure the deaths here feels forced, but again, somehow that could made me enjoy the show. Maybe it's because I've seen some pretty low scored anime(s) on MAL, that it makes my taste go down drastically.

Oh, and The Garden of Words. Why I gave it a 4? Ionno for sure myself. But I do remember enjoying it back then



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Mar 22, 2021 9:09 PM
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Testament of sister, Mirai nikki, akame ga kill
Mar 22, 2021 10:50 PM

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Appare ranman was enjoyable at times. Especially the gun martial arts scene lol



Mar 23, 2021 1:19 AM

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Yes

1. Kino no Tabi 2000s
2. High score girl II
3. Strike Witches: Road to Berlin
4. Yuusha ni Narenakatta Ore wa Shibushibu Shuushoku wo Ketsui Shimashita.
5. Hataraku Saibou
6. Gin no saji
7. Nourin
8. Gi(a)rlish Number
Mar 23, 2021 2:13 AM
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No. If I liked it and actually put thought into my score of it, it would have a 6 at minimum.

There's always a reason why you like something. You can bow down to criticism that doesn't necessarily hold the same weight in relation to your own experience, but that's just stagnant and lazy. You won't ever miss if you don't reach, right?

The less-worthless option is to figure out what made you like something and extrapolate on that. What made it work? Why was it a fun or engaging work? Start by figuring out what you liked about it and expand from there. There is no concrete law or set of universally-weighted priorities when it comes to what made a work good or valuable. And trying to make one for yourself and blindly applying it to every work you come into contact with is being completely void of nuance.

Hence, nothing I like sucks. It provided some kind of value to me. I enjoyed it. Better yet, I can try to understand and articulate why I enjoyed it when I'm discussing the series with other people.

If you call something you liked shit, then I'm just going to assume you're too lazy to try to understand what made it work for you and just don't want to challenge the criticisms the series in question faces. You just let other people decide your opinions for you while still trying to cling on to the value it had to you by saying you liked it in spite of it being "bad."

You're nothing at that point. Deaf, blind, dumb and born to follow. You need stronger people to guide you, to determine what quality means to you for you so you can blindly apply that to everything as if it's a word of law, but are still too chickenshit to totally conform to other people's standards, so you meekly throw out an "I-I-I know it's bad, but I still liked it!"

More like an ant or worker bee than a human, and you're being sheparded by the people who are doing exactly what I'm describing as the less worthless option. We have the ability to think for ourselves and *this* is how you decide to totally waste that. God forbid you ever end up in any leadership or decision-oriented position in a career. Your entire ship will sink like a fucking rock.

And if you say shit like this and my harshness about it makes you mad - hey, hey, that's OK! You'll be working for someone like me one day! Assuming you actually get a job in the first place, of course, but if you do, remember - any functioning hierarchy needs people who take orders and blindly follow those who are willing to make decisions on their own. Society *does* have a place for people like you, as miserable as your existence may be.

The least respectable type of opinion anyone can have on a series. Give me whack-ass ranting that amounts to nothing more than insulting the audience than that. It speaks volumes about their lack of character as individuals.
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Mar 23, 2021 2:18 AM

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Nah, i would never give 4 an anime that i like

Only idiots would do something like this
Mar 23, 2021 2:21 AM

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Devilman Crybaby - I absolutely loved the first 3 or 4 episodes before realizing how rushed and how awful the story really was. The animation and the horrendous running style and how it tries to be edgy towards the end, going on a killing spree just for the fun of it.



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Mar 23, 2021 8:53 AM
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4 means bad So No I don't like any animes which I have given 4, I hate them.
Mar 23, 2021 9:00 AM
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Darling In The FranXX was straight dogwater but I'd be lying if I said I didn't enjoy it
Mar 23, 2021 9:18 AM

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Here some of those:

Galactic Patrol Lensman (the TV series not the movie)
California Crisis: Tsuigeki no Juuka
Cosmo Warrior Zero
Golgo 13 (TV)
Golgo 13: Queen Bee
Gundam vs Hello Kitty
Honto ni Atta! Reibai Sensei
Isekai Quartet
Isekai Quartet 2
Layton Mystery Tanteisha: Katri no Nazotoki File
Miss Monochrome The Animation
Miss Monochrome The Animation 2
Miss Monochrome The Animation 3
Peter Grill to Kenja no Jikan
Tenchi Muyou!: Galaxy Police Mihoshi Space Adventure
Tonkatsu DJ Agetarou
World Fool News (TV)
World Fool News (TV) Part II
Zashiki Warashi no Tatami-chan
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Mar 23, 2021 9:28 AM

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If I liked a show, it should get a minimum score of 6. If I liked a show because it was hilariously trash, then IDK. I think I would give it a 5 in that case.
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If you reply back to me and I never respond, I lost interest and don't care. Sorry about that.
Mar 23, 2021 9:29 AM

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I rate on pure enjoyment so no, I don’t have anything rated a 4 or below that I enjoy.
Mar 23, 2021 9:36 AM

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I think if an anime can make you enjoy them, it deserve at the very least 5, average. If you compare it to junk food, they are indeed bad for health but good in the taste, so i don't think i'll ever rate 4 a future anime i like even if it's bad as hell.
Mar 23, 2021 9:40 AM

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I like some of my 4s more than other 4s, but overall, I like all my 4s.
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Mar 23, 2021 9:51 AM

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no i rate anime purely based on enjoyement.. and giving a 4 to an anime that you liked seems like a strange thing to do .. if we go on like this , one day we will have a "is there an anime that you gave 1 but you like"
Mar 23, 2021 2:34 PM

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I guess I feel this way about Akame ga Kill
Mar 23, 2021 2:43 PM

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This will be a bit hard since I always stay truthful to my scores.
Mar 23, 2021 2:45 PM

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Nope, why would I rate something I like a 4
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Mar 23, 2021 2:55 PM

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Plenty, because 4/10 happens to be the rating I use for S-tier trash (i.e. the cream of the crop of "so bad it's good") and guilty pleasure shows.

Mar 23, 2021 2:57 PM
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generally no but I can't say that I hated every second of kamisama ni natta hi, quite the contrary actually because while it's at times unbearably dumb and boring I sort of enjoy it more that other things I've rated a 4/10
Mar 23, 2021 3:14 PM

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Another's ending is one of the greatest anime endings of all time, so I like that about it.


And while It's not an anime, I thought the Akame ga Kill manga was very enjoyable trash (until it got boring) and I think the anime will be even better trash.
Mar 23, 2021 3:19 PM

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No, if I like something I'll rate it at least a 6. On the other hand, I can't really say that I hate shows that I rated a 4. Shows like SAO and Akame ga Kill are in no way good, however I did found some enjoyment in those shows to not rate them lower.
Mar 23, 2021 3:29 PM

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Yup, it's The God of Highschool. I really enjoyed the fights, but that trainwreck of a story made their very existence feel ridiculous.
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Mar 23, 2021 3:46 PM

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Jeez, all these sticks in the mud going "No, 4 mean bad and bad no good". Haven't you people ever laughed at some campy trash before?

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Mirai Nikki I love this show but it is absolutely garbage XD. Hell, I have rewatched this show.

^
Half of the people I know who rated Mirai Nikki a 4 (including me). I get that not everyone can laugh at that sort of thing, but sometimes I wonder about users who can't acknowledge even the possibility of it happening. Personally I keep a list of such anime, but for the sake of the thread here's the ones I gave a 4/10.

  • Mirai Nikki ~ ^
  • SAO ~ First arc wasn't awful, most of the rest through season 2 was, but it was campy throughout (especially the English dub and GGO as a whole). It's an experience worth having if only for how xX_1337_6@M3r_Xx it can be.
  • Anohana ~ Maybe a hot take, but it's hilarious if you're paying attention instead of crying on-cue with Menma (who our cast of idiots struggle to accept the existence of for what, 7/11 of the anime?) I don't get how Yukiatsu's forest sprints didn't become a big meme.
  • Deen Stay/Night ~ Maybe this is a VN reader thing, but between the slapdash art quality and the "original" portions like the CGI dragon it was way easier to laugh at this than stay mad at it for being an awful adaptation.
Mar 24, 2021 10:19 AM

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Doc21 said:
no i rate anime purely based on enjoyement.. and giving a 4 to an anime that you liked seems like a strange thing to do .. if we go on like this , one day we will have a "is there an anime that you gave 1 but you like"


It's really impossible. An anime can be unironically enjoyable from 3 to above.
Mar 24, 2021 10:35 AM

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I gave black clover a 5. It was very enjoyable at times, especially at the arc before episode 120. It's just the adaptation is done so poorly. there's a long ass recaps, the animation is inconsistent(only really good at fights), stillframes are overused at times(back to the inconsistent animation thing), only like 1-2 chapters are adapted per episode so the pacing isn't the best. I dropped it at episode 133 after I had enough with the animation, but I might have to pick it back up just to finish it.
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Mar 24, 2021 10:39 AM
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I gave Kokuhaku a 4 despite laughing my ass off, it just doesn't really have any qualities at all so I can't find it in myself to rate it higher.
Mar 24, 2021 11:07 AM

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easily oreimo. it was a four when i first added it to my list and i loved the anime but i gave it a higher ranking recently

Mar 24, 2021 11:25 AM
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If I gave it a 4, it would be obviously because I didn't liked the anime
Mar 24, 2021 2:50 PM

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I currently have redo of healer at a 4 but I find myself laughing while watching it, don’t know if that was the studio’s intention but regardless that shit is so bad it’s good
Mar 24, 2021 2:52 PM

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All of the anime I rated above 1 have at least a few things I enjoy.
Mar 24, 2021 3:01 PM

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bruh. wtf
Why would I give it 4 if I like it?
Mar 18, 2022 5:35 PM

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I can't think of anything I have between a 1-4 that I actually found interesting or worthwhile. Usually that range is also when I'm dropping shows because I don't find enough enjoyment to even get through them

Several of the shows that I rated 5 I actually did enjoy to an extent, but I found too many plot issues or boring segments that annoyed me to rate above it and would hesitate to recommend most of those, though I don't necessarily regret watching all of them. Though if they released more I'd probably watch anyway, usually those are "guilty pleasure" shows but if I think they decline much I would probably drop
Mar 18, 2022 7:17 PM

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No, because I would've given it a higher rating.
Mar 18, 2022 7:26 PM

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No because if I liked it I wouldn't have given it a 4.




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Apr 11, 2022 4:50 AM
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You should reconsider your rating scale if you're giving an anime you liked 4. Unless 4 is your minimum rating for an anime to be enjoyed. Your subjective opinion should always take priority.
Apr 11, 2022 4:55 AM
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No.
I gave a ton of anime that are even considered flops a 7 because I saw potential in them. A few of them I gave 6.

But 4? Come on man.
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