| You're free to do whatever you want, but I have a question. Do you do that to keep count of the entire anime (including all of their sequels) you have watched? Many people don't rate their shows too. |
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sadfffg said: You making this thread raises a couple of questions like are you lacking in intelligence in some kind of way, maybe there was not enough oxygen in your brain during birth or something? You know, you don’t have to be so rude he just asked a question. |
| It’s your list so if you are comfortable to use it this way is up to you. Is there any reason you choose not to add every season of anime in your list or clearly as you wrote just to have it more organised? Maybe you could have a spoiler in your About me and write all the seasons/sequels of the anime you watched there so people will know that you have watched them even if you haven’t add them in your list. |
| I'm using the On-hold list to gather all the "not so relevant" entries: non-canon movies from main titles // specials // short ovas // recaps // re-teller movies // music // any short content // etc. The purpose of this is to make the most important list -the completed one- as clean and neat as possible, so that it looks more pleasing to the eye. |
| I am positive the tags column was not intended to be used for mini-reviews. But I went ahead and widened the area anyway for more room to type my thoughts after I complete something (or why I dropped it). Once my completed numbers get higher, I imagine having those little blurbs might be helpful reminders. But I usually don't bother to write anything, too lazy. |
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SoldierDream said: I'm using the On-hold list to gather all the "not so relevant" entries: non-canon movies from main titles // specials // short ovas // recaps // re-teller movies // music // any short content // etc. The purpose of this is to make the most important list -the completed one- as clean and neat as possible, so that it looks more pleasing to the eye. I never even add OVAs and such to my list for the same reason but maybe I'll steal your idea. |
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| You can do whatever you want, but if you think you need to explain your method you may try to write short sentences in the 'tags" column of your list. e.g. "Apllies to seasons 1-5. 1st was great, 4th was terrible". The samashi20 guy on the post above does something like it. And yeah, I also wish I could clump all seasons of a finished anime into one single entry. |
| Yeah, you can rate however you want, since it is your anime list at the end of the day. It’s just that most people will assume that your score is for season 1 of an anime series, rather than for the series as a whole. And no, I don’t think that it’s bad per se; most people probably wouldn’t care. Personally, I think it would be nice to have a “how I rate anime” section in your profile page, and that way people will know. |
GinInYourJuiceDec 5, 2021 11:44 AM
| Just do what feels right for you, it's your list after all. I use 'tags' to write short reviews and 'priority' to make a hierarchy of titles with the same rating, and I'm positive that's not what they were made for. We all have our little idiosyncrasies, and it would be boring to conform to a given standard. |
| I rate anything created by a criminal 1 If I drop a show mid-episode, I count that as an episode seen I rate based on enjoyment I use the tags to show my brief thoughts on the series I favorite characters I like from games who happen to have been in an anime/manga, even though I haven't seen their anime/manga adaptations yet I'm pretty sure none of those are how the site's meant to be used, but whatever. And I advise everyone keep using the site however is convenient for themselves :) |
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eli_shmeli said: 4esthetics said: Yeah, you can rate however you want, since it is your anime list at the end of the day. It’s just that most people will assume that your score is for season 1 of an anime series, rather than for the series as a whole. And no, I don’t think that it’s bad per se; most people probably wouldn’t care. Personally, I think it would be nice to have a “how I rate anime” section in your profile page, and that way people will know. yeah, I should probably label it better cause that's actually what I do have on my profile ๐. a lot of people don't seem to see it tho, I'll add an indicator and maybe reword it Oh woops, I should’ve checked your profile earlier ๐ My mistake. I think it actually looks good the way it is ๐ |
| How is that unintended? The actual use of mal is simply anime and manga tracking. I dont think it matters how you track it as long as you are comfortable with it |
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| As anyone who spends a lot of time in MAL threads knows, the user @Dragevard puts all his watched HÉÑTÀÎ in his “on hold” list. This is much appreciated as it allows us to find good sauce quickly without having to scroll through a “completed” list |
| My poor signature was removed because it “took up too much space” |
| I don't know why you need strangers to validate how you use MAL. Personally I try to update everything I see because honestly I forget where I leave off at times and I score because I feel it encourages me to think about what I am watching. If you don't feel the need to do that cool. |
| Use your list however you like. Personally I like to make mine normally so it's comprehensible for other users. Also why do you have so many animes dropped ? Is it also somekind of special category ? |
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| sure you can do what you want, but doesn't it get confusing? I use mal exactly because I can't keep track which episode I was on, if I watched an ova or missed it, and to find obscure entries. so yours seems to be the most inconvenient way to me. |
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| Good way of bro using MAL for your anime/manga tracking btw I do normally. |
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| When I started on MAL, I used to do something similar, but in a more chaotic way. When I found out about all the data that you can get trough MAL, I edited all of my entries, and now I'm using it as intended. The only thing I do differently is the use of my lists. My Watching is for shows that I'm following as they air, my On Hold is for shows that I'm watching but aren't airing, and my dropped is for lost media or just media that I failed to find. But really, going back to your question, if you want to use a screwdriver to mix your coffee, and it gets the job done, you're free to do so. It works for you and doesn't bother anyone (except maybe those who care a lot about certain shows mean score, but I mean, they're kinda childish) |
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| I'm curious why you don't simply use a site like graph.anime.plus to keep a rough tab of how many franchises you've seen. |
eli_shmeli said: Benti_ said: When I started on MAL, I used to do something similar, but in a more chaotic way. When I found out about all the data that you can get trough MAL, I edited all of my entries, and now I'm using it as intended. The only thing I do differently is the use of my lists. My Watching is for shows that I'm following as they air, my On Hold is for shows that I'm watching but aren't airing, and my dropped is for lost media or just media that I failed to find. But really, going back to your question, if you want to use a screwdriver to mix your coffee, and it gets the job done, you're free to do so. It works for you and doesn't bother anyone (except maybe those who care a lot about certain shows mean score, but I mean, they're kinda childish) I used to do the On Hold thing, and it worked quite well, but I've since widdled down the shows I'm watching enough where it's no longer necessary. There are probably a few shows that could benefit from me putting them in a On Hold list instead of dropped, but if I have no idea when I'll get to them they just go into dropped until I "undrop" them Yeah, with your approach having shows on dropped makes more sense. That made me think, what do you do with shows that you have "completed" but are going to have another season or movie? Do you un-complete them till that airs, or do you just leave it as completed till the new thing drops? |
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| I write stuff in Tags, so I guess I fit this also? |
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eli_shmeli said: Parataxicalis said: I'm curious why you don't simply use a site like graph.anime.plus to keep a rough tab of how many franchises you've seen. I actually don't care that much about the number of franchises, it's more for me how my MAL looks. Plus I can't remember the last time I finished a season of a show and said "eh, I'll finish the next one in a few months", so the seasons generally blend together anyways Very interesting. I can see why you'd use it that way. |
| ok how am i supposed to respond to this |
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eli_shmeli said: My list is pretty unconventional in how it's used, and even after I explain how it works to people they seem to be confused. My question is is it okay to use my list however I want because it's mine? Or should I conform to the standard intended way of using a MAL list so that people can understand it? Is it bad to use MAL in such an unintended way? Yes you are free to use MAL or put your list in whatever you want. People might get confused because yours are not in the way of how people would normally put but for me, I just let them be. eli_shmeli said: How my list differs: - I use Season 1 of a show to represent the entire franchise / series And I second this because I do that too with Major in my favourites. Major season 1 starts with the MC still being a kid and he grows up in further seasons so season 1 definitely does not represent the anime as a whole since, MC is still a little kid. I'm also having trouble at this at first so I decided to pick any season with a cool-looking cover, but then I determined myself and changed it back to putting Major S1 in my favourites. Same goes to Gintama. Gintama S4 is the best season but no, I'm keeping the 1st season in my fave. |
  ๐๐ผ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐๐ด๐๐ด - NOT your usual shounen anime - Pure comedy? DEAD WRONG - Treat Gintama as SoL/weekly sitcom especially earlier seasons - Ep 1 & 2 are for manga readers - BIG patience for its 'slow' start |
eli_shmeli said: Sadly, most of the manga on my dropped list are written by criminals (mainly Ruroni Kenshin and all of its spin-offs). Thankfully, I haven't yet found an anime/manga that was originally created by a criminal that I already enjoyed before finding out about its creatorI'm curious, how many animes or manga have fit this criteria? Also do you just find out later? And do you have any anime or manga that you consider bad enough to give a 1 even tho they aren't made by a criminal? And yes, I have many anime and manga on my list that I've scored 1 or even 0 that weren't created by bad people, such as Pop Team Epic, for example :) |
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I use Season 1 of a show to represent the entire franchise / series I do this for my favorites and I know I'm not the only one. But for the list itself this is surprising. But it's okay you do what you want of course but don't you get a lot of comments like "why are you criticizing random anime season 2 if you never watched it" or stuff like that since a lot of people don't read what's on the profile because it must be very tiring. |
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