| I've had my fair share of recommendations, and some of them ended up being the hottest garbage I could ever experience. In some ways, the fact that I got recommended such anime, almost made me want to completely stop talking to one person. But I gotta ask... what are some of the WORST recommendations you got from other people (such as your friends)? For me, one of them is Kyochuu Rettou, which I'll admit... is a neat idea and was pretty gruesome, but it didn't really go to the levels that I was hyped up for, and thus... I was sorely disappointed by the end. |
Being a video gamer (as my profile pic implies), I was recommended to watch Gamers! And oh boy, it felt like I was scammed. The gaming aspect of the show was little more than window dressing. Take away the gaming stuff, and barely anything would change. If anything, I agree with folks who said the series should be renamed from Gamers! to Misunderstandings! JaaShooUhh said: For me, one of them is Kyochuu Rettou, which I'll admit... is a neat idea and was pretty gruesome, but it didn't really go to the levels that I was hyped up for, and thus... I was sorely disappointed by the end. I watched that movie in both sub and dub. If you ask me, the dub voice actors knew they were in a cheesy direct-to-DVD monster movie, and said "f*ck it". This is one of those rare instances where the dub made the movie into "so bad, it's good" territory... at least in my book. |
| being disappointed is part of the fun in recs, you never know what you're getting into so it's exciting. Worst rec I ever get is musoku tensei, 2 of my pals were saying it's the best thing ever and the spice level is off the charts, turns out it's just your usual moe blob isekai where nothing happens. I don't think I ever saw character designs so ugly than here. |
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| @Catalano Mushoku Tensei has more and more things that I have issues with as it goes on, but being a "moe blob" show isn't one of them. I'm not even sure it's "moe" enough to be considered one. Anyways, mine is Higarashi. You want to talk about a bore fest...Literally the only thing I remember is the fingernail scene. But I kept watch hoping anything else would grab me. I ended up wishing it had gotten a dub similar to Ghost Stories, because it's the only way it would have been even remotely interesting. |
| Sorely disappointed with Hoshiai no Sora. |
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If you are looking for disappointments you can always watch That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime and Overlord they are even highly rated on MAL so the disappointment is compounded by the realization that MAL is literally filled with trashy Isekai watchers now who have the media literacy of a 6 year old.  |
| Probably Lucky☆Star and Upotte!! |
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| Naruto series I had a friend who talked alot about Naruto and its epic moments and its characters and so and so and my expectations skyrocketed I want my watchtime back, even staring at wall would have been better |
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If you are looking for disappointments you can always watch That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime and Overlord they are even highly rated on MAL so the disappointment is compounded by the realization that MAL is literally filled with trashy Isekai watchers now who have the media literacy of a 6 year old.
| @AshuAmbrose Whaterver u say, those 2 are in my favs, so I never believed them to be garbage. in recent times, like current airing s3 of TTIGRAAS is low-mid, I admit, but Overlord? Never was for me, and never will be too. I even rever to him as my lord. Guess every1's taste differs. Coming back, the worst one definitely has to be Liar Liar, if u guys were there, u'd know that this one anime was so hyped to be a mix of COTE and NGNL. This made me get the stakes for it high, and it didn't even stand up to half of it. Other bad ones would be Cautious Hero and Fruit of Evolution |
| https://myanimelist.net/anime/40397/Maoujou_de_Oyasumi?q=sleeping%20princess&cat=anime One of my friends recommended this to me and he told me that it's one of the funniest comedies he has seen. I ended up falling asleep from episode one. There are only two anime who did that this and My home hero and for sure I didn't fall asleep because they were calming. |
JaaShooUhh said: what are some of the WORST recommendations you got from other people Komi-san, someone recommended it in the Koe no Katachi forum, but the 1st episode already made me cringe so hard that I dropped it right away. |
This dance is the pinnacle of human achievement. |
| I watched Tokyo Revengers off a recommendation from a friend a while back. I had never seen a "delinquent" themed anime at the time so I was semi interested to see what it was about. Yeah, no. Ended up hating it. Perhaps an unpopular opinion as the database has it rated at almost an 8. I could not get invested in it whatsoever. I was able to finish it at least, but it definitely took a good push from my friend to keep me watching. |
| If I say Angel Beats, well... honestly, nobody's actually gotten mad at me over mentioning how "nothing" it was. My sister said it was one of the most important anime to her, so I was a bit disappointed by it feeling like a whole heap of nothing. I'm going to be honest, it wouldn't have been any better if it was longer either. I guess also Taiho Shichau zo, which despite looking promising ended up being really uninteresting for me. Someone here, please convince me that the TV series isn't as bland as the OVA so I can stop procrastinating on it. EDIT: That second paragraph was a genuine request. I want to know ahead of time if the TV series is in any way better than the OVA. |
Daviljoe193Jun 13, 11:21 AM
Opinions are opinions, and differing opinions can co-exist. 🙂 But I don't do debate, life's too short to spend time debating people.  |
| "some of them ended up being the hottest garbage I could ever experience" Sasuga otakutachi! Gomi no aji dakara. Like even when some people like the same show, they do it for different reasons, it's kind of natural to disagree about entire titles. Recommending stiff is a tricky business and as far as I can tell, everybody is blatantly disregarding any type of objectivity, fair game and personal approach. We are just shoving our favorite titles in the faces of random newbies disguised as "gateway anime", "a must see" and "anime classic"...which is creating a bias about what the entire media is. The battle/sport shounen fans being to blame the most of course. PS I stopped taking recommendation seriously many years ago, but before that, somewhere around the 00s I got baffled by some highly praised titles. Dragon Ball - the supposed ultimate action adventure was about an annoying kid being a jerk to everyone, also the animation was cheap and the story was dragging out unnecessary. So I waited and waited for Dragon Ball Z, which was the actually praised one...turned out I liked the previous show better. Evangelion - it was praised to me as being better than Akira or something, but visually wasn't as impressive and worst - as content was an incomprehensive mess of unlikable and unrelatable characters. Still not sure what its point is "Everybody is unlikeable jerk, even you! Don't you recognize yourself in Shinji?" or maybe "Here's a bunch a cringe characters, hate watch them for fun!". Ghost In The Shell - OK, it's a great movie, but you need some context for the franchise or maybe to watch beforehand some Mamoru Oshii movies like Patlabor and Patlabor 2 to get used to its style. Without context it's a confusing experience. |
alshuJun 13, 1:37 AM
| 86 was pretty damn disappointing. It was sold to me as a deeply political mecha anime, but it turned out to have close to no mecha and the most nothingburger politics. |
| Why Kyochuu Rettou? I completely read the manga and like it. I read Dai Kyochuu Rettou by the way and also like it. |
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| watch citrus its so trash i didn't remember anything about its story 2 months after i finished it all i remember is being bored and the anime being shit |
 The end of an era. Thank you Wit, Mappa and Isayama. Feeling half happy, half sad. Kawaii waifus and precious best girls <3333 |
JaaShooUhh said: I've had my fair share of recommendations, and some of them ended up being the hottest garbage I could ever experience. In some ways, the fact that I got recommended such anime, almost made me want to completely stop talking to one person. But I gotta ask... what are some of the WORST recommendations you got from other people (such as your friends)? For me, one of them is Kyochuu Rettou, which I'll admit... is a neat idea and was pretty gruesome, but it didn't really go to the levels that I was hyped up for, and thus... I was sorely disappointed by the end Off the top of my head - Don't Call It Mystery (manga) Someone thought this would be a good one to get me into josei since i like psychological mysteries... they unfortunately didn't take into account i hated 7 Seeds, which is by the same mangaka as DCM - Shinsekai Yori A secret santa gift, on paper something i should've enjoyed a shit-ton, in practice it has elements i loath, a quick look at the stuff i dropped at a 1 would make this obvious The funny thing is... this was actually a back-up gift cuz they thought i might not like my main gift Tokyo Revengers, which ended up becoming one of my favs xD - Assassination Classroom My cousin recced me this... it's not bad overall, just has a certain character i wanna beat the shit out of, i was expecting this character to be one of the villains of the series considering her behaviour, and if that was so i would've probs continued the series and enjoyed it quite a bit, but turns out she made a very nonsensical turn over a new leaf - Mars Red Was sold to me as a very exciting thriller... i was board out of my mind after just 1 ep. So is Kyochuu Rettou the anime that made you wanna stop talking to the person who recced it? |
| What debating with DigiCat is like according to APolygons2 That's why I thought a discussion would be pointless. It doesn't feel like a debate. It feels like I'm playing chess and somehow lose to an uno reverse card after loosing all my monopoly money lol |
| People told me that AOT and LOTGH were peak fiction. But i was so bored from watching it. |
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JaaShooUhh said: In some ways, the fact that I got recommended such anime, almost made me want to completely stop talking to one person. I'd never do that. Everyone's taste is different and the way it works isn't always that clear, some seemingly minor things can affect your enjoyment way more than you might think. |
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| I'm the one who normally gives out recommendations so i can't really think of any. Maybe my friends have some hehehe |
| "What are some of the WORST recommendations you got from other people?" Deadman Wonderland maybe? Absurdly terrible show, but I couldn't drop it cuz of that girl. |
| Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. |
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JaaShooUhh said:
I've had my fair share of recommendations, and some of them ended up being the hottest garbage I could ever experience.
In some ways, the fact that I got recommended such anime, almost made me want to completely stop talking to one person.
But I gotta ask... what are some of the WORST recommendations you got from other people (such as your friends)?
For me, one of them is Kyochuu Rettou, which I'll admit... is a neat idea and was pretty gruesome, but it didn't really go to the levels that I was hyped up for, and thus... I was sorely disappointed by the end
I've had my fair share of recommendations, and some of them ended up being the hottest garbage I could ever experience.
In some ways, the fact that I got recommended such anime, almost made me want to completely stop talking to one person.
But I gotta ask... what are some of the WORST recommendations you got from other people (such as your friends)?
For me, one of them is Kyochuu Rettou, which I'll admit... is a neat idea and was pretty gruesome, but it didn't really go to the levels that I was hyped up for, and thus... I was sorely disappointed by the end
Off the top of my head
- Don't Call It Mystery (manga)
Someone thought this would be a good one to get me into josei since i like psychological mysteries... they unfortunately didn't take into account i hated 7 Seeds, which is by the same mangaka as DCM
- Shinsekai Yori
A secret santa gift, on paper something i should've enjoyed a shit-ton, in practice it has elements i loath, a quick look at the stuff i dropped at a 1 would make this obvious
The funny thing is... this was actually a back-up gift cuz they thought i might not like my main gift Tokyo Revengers, which ended up becoming one of my favs xD
- Assassination Classroom
My cousin recced me this... it's not bad overall, just has a certain character i wanna beat the shit out of, i was expecting this character to be one of the villains of the series considering her behaviour, and if that was so i would've probs continued the series and enjoyed it quite a bit, but turns out she made a very nonsensical turn over a new leaf
- Mars Red
Was sold to me as a very exciting thriller... i was board out of my mind after just 1 ep.
So is Kyochuu Rettou the anime that made you wanna stop talking to the person who recced it?
| @DigiCat nah, just one of the bad recommendations I got. |
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@DigiCat nah, just one of the bad recommendations I got.
| @JaaShooUhh So which one was the so bad you almost stopped talking one? |
| What debating with DigiCat is like according to APolygons2 That's why I thought a discussion would be pointless. It doesn't feel like a debate. It feels like I'm playing chess and somehow lose to an uno reverse card after loosing all my monopoly money lol |
| Deadman Wonderland and Angel Beats sucked so hard, I just wanna ask the creators wtf were they on? 3/10 and 4/10 I keep suggesting full metal panic! the show is great and the manga is absolutely the greatest thing ive ever read especially Sigma. but everyone ignores it cause it has mecha and thats not hip any more to new gen of veiwers. |
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Deadman Wonderland and Angel Beats sucked so hard, I just wanna ask the creators wtf were they on? 3/10 and 4/10
I keep suggesting full metal panic! the show is great and the manga is absolutely the greatest thing ive ever read especially Sigma. but everyone ignores it cause it has mecha and thats not hip any more to new gen of veiwers.
I keep suggesting full metal panic! the show is great and the manga is absolutely the greatest thing ive ever read especially Sigma. but everyone ignores it cause it has mecha and thats not hip any more to new gen of veiwers.
| @enigmasauce Full Metal Panic is pure awesomeness! And that's coming from someone who's not a big fan of mecha |
| What debating with DigiCat is like according to APolygons2 That's why I thought a discussion would be pointless. It doesn't feel like a debate. It feels like I'm playing chess and somehow lose to an uno reverse card after loosing all my monopoly money lol |
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JaaShooUhh said:
I've had my fair share of recommendations, and some of them ended up being the hottest garbage I could ever experience.
In some ways, the fact that I got recommended such anime, almost made me want to completely stop talking to one person.
But I gotta ask... what are some of the WORST recommendations you got from other people (such as your friends)?
For me, one of them is Kyochuu Rettou, which I'll admit... is a neat idea and was pretty gruesome, but it didn't really go to the levels that I was hyped up for, and thus... I was sorely disappointed by the end
I've had my fair share of recommendations, and some of them ended up being the hottest garbage I could ever experience.
In some ways, the fact that I got recommended such anime, almost made me want to completely stop talking to one person.
But I gotta ask... what are some of the WORST recommendations you got from other people (such as your friends)?
For me, one of them is Kyochuu Rettou, which I'll admit... is a neat idea and was pretty gruesome, but it didn't really go to the levels that I was hyped up for, and thus... I was sorely disappointed by the end
Off the top of my head
- Don't Call It Mystery (manga)
Someone thought this would be a good one to get me into josei since i like psychological mysteries... they unfortunately didn't take into account i hated 7 Seeds, which is by the same mangaka as DCM
- Shinsekai Yori
A secret santa gift, on paper something i should've enjoyed a shit-ton, in practice it has elements i loath, a quick look at the stuff i dropped at a 1 would make this obvious
The funny thing is... this was actually a back-up gift cuz they thought i might not like my main gift Tokyo Revengers, which ended up becoming one of my favs xD
- Assassination Classroom
My cousin recced me this... it's not bad overall, just has a certain character i wanna beat the shit out of, i was expecting this character to be one of the villains of the series considering her behaviour, and if that was so i would've probs continued the series and enjoyed it quite a bit, but turns out she made a very nonsensical turn over a new leaf
- Mars Red
Was sold to me as a very exciting thriller... i was board out of my mind after just 1 ep.
So is Kyochuu Rettou the anime that made you wanna stop talking to the person who recced it?
DigiCat said: - Shinsekai Yori A secret santa gift, on paper something i should've enjoyed a shit-ton, in practice it has elements i loath, a quick look at the stuff i dropped at a 1 would make this obvious I checked your dropped list now and I still would never have guessed. I see you don't like Elfen Lied either, but a lot of people don't like that show as much. |
| その目だれの目？ |
| What timing. Just completed Hana to Alice: Satsujin Jiken after it was recommended by a few people on Aku no Hana's entry. Shit sucked, animators spent as little effort as I did trying to look at the damn screen. |
| I think Kakegurui and Angel Sanctuary, though there were more like indirect recommendations of sorts. |
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What timing. Just completed Hana to Alice: Satsujin Jiken after it was recommended by a few people on Aku no Hana's entry. Shit sucked, animators spent as little effort as I did trying to look at the damn screen.
| @7_3 Hana to Alice can't be low effort animation, because it was rotoscoped just like Aku no Hana, that's why it's in the recommendations. |
This dance is the pinnacle of human achievement. |
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If you are looking for disappointments you can always watch That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime and Overlord they are even highly rated on MAL so the disappointment is compounded by the realization that MAL is literally filled with trashy Isekai watchers now who have the media literacy of a 6 year old.
| @AshuAmbrose Bro you gave tensura a 7 what are you talking about? |
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DigiCat said:
- Shinsekai Yori
A secret santa gift, on paper something i should've enjoyed a shit-ton, in practice it has elements i loath, a quick look at the stuff i dropped at a 1 would make this obvious
- Shinsekai Yori
A secret santa gift, on paper something i should've enjoyed a shit-ton, in practice it has elements i loath, a quick look at the stuff i dropped at a 1 would make this obvious
I checked your dropped list now and I still would never have guessed. I see you don't like Elfen Lied either, but a lot of people don't like that show as much.
| @Lucifrost Now i'm curious how you came to this conclusion :3 |
| What debating with DigiCat is like according to APolygons2 That's why I thought a discussion would be pointless. It doesn't feel like a debate. It feels like I'm playing chess and somehow lose to an uno reverse card after loosing all my monopoly money lol |
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If I say Angel Beats, well... honestly, nobody's actually gotten mad at me over mentioning how "nothing" it was. My sister said it was one of the most important anime to her, so I was a bit disappointed by it feeling like a whole heap of nothing. I'm going to be honest, it wouldn't have been any better if it was longer either.
I guess also Taiho Shichau zo, which despite looking promising ended up being really uninteresting for me. Someone here, please convince me that the TV series isn't as bland as the OVA so I can stop procrastinating on it.
EDIT: That second paragraph was a genuine request. I want to know ahead of time if the TV series is in any way better than the OVA.
I guess also Taiho Shichau zo, which despite looking promising ended up being really uninteresting for me. Someone here, please convince me that the TV series isn't as bland as the OVA so I can stop procrastinating on it.
EDIT: That second paragraph was a genuine request. I want to know ahead of time if the TV series is in any way better than the OVA.
Daviljoe193 said: guess also Taiho Shichau zo, which despite looking promising ended up being really uninteresting for me. Someone here, please convince me that the TV series isn't as bland as the OVA so I can stop procrastinating on it. I'd say the one thing is that a bunch of regular characters that never show up in the OVA appear in the TV show, so that diversifies the cast quite a bit. Otherwise, it's pretty much the same; I always looked at the OVA in retrospect as the first 4 episodes of the TV show anyways (even the DVD sets treat it like that). |
| After hearing how well written and funny Maison Ikkoku was while reading around, I wasn't impressed. Also Fate/Zero, especially the first season which bored me to tears. |
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@Lucifrost Now i'm curious how you came to this conclusion :3
| @DigiCat I wouldn't say I came to any conclusion. I just don't see how it's obvious you wouldn't like that anime. |
| その目だれの目？ |
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@DigiCat
I wouldn't say I came to any conclusion. I just don't see how it's obvious you wouldn't like that anime.
I wouldn't say I came to any conclusion. I just don't see how it's obvious you wouldn't like that anime.
| @Lucifrost For example, you've watched Elfen lied, Made In Abyss, and Shinsekai Yori, would you say they have similar ways of dealing with certain themes? |
| What debating with DigiCat is like according to APolygons2 That's why I thought a discussion would be pointless. It doesn't feel like a debate. It feels like I'm playing chess and somehow lose to an uno reverse card after loosing all my monopoly money lol |
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@Lucifrost For example, you've watched Elfen lied, Made In Abyss, and Shinsekai Yori, would you say they have similar ways of dealing with certain themes?
| @DigiCat I suppose I would, but I don't think they're equally good. There's a chance you could have liked just one. |
| その目だれの目？ |
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@DigiCat
I suppose I would, but I don't think they're equally good. There's a chance you could have liked just one.
I suppose I would, but I don't think they're equally good. There's a chance you could have liked just one.
| @Lucifrost I mean yes, they're all different in tersm of how good/bad they are objectively, but there's a pattern in my dropped list where specifically anime that deal with certain topics in a certain way all get a 1, sugesting i really can't stand that type of depiction |
| What debating with DigiCat is like according to APolygons2 That's why I thought a discussion would be pointless. It doesn't feel like a debate. It feels like I'm playing chess and somehow lose to an uno reverse card after loosing all my monopoly money lol |
| Monster probably, it is praised as some great psychological drama but it fails in all accounts (including its cartoonishly evil and poorly written antagonist that is Johan) and the ending just tells you that you wasted your time because it tells you something you should have guessed 70 episodes ago. In retrospect, I should have expected it, seeing how the first person who recommended it to me was a friend in school when we were like 12 years old even if I didn't watch it until some years after that. |
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@Lucifrost I mean yes, they're all different in tersm of how good/bad they are objectively, but there's a pattern in my dropped list where specifically anime that deal with certain topics in a certain way all get a 1, sugesting i really can't stand that type of depiction
| @DigiCat That makes sense, but I still don't understand what those specific topics are. |
| その目だれの目？ |
| Attack on Titan, I watched, like the first or second season and that was it. I just don't see how a show about people fighting giant naked people and getting eaten by them is something I'd like. |
| "Well, she's flatter than a pancake" -Mimi Alpacas "Woof" -Tobiichi Origami "Are you trying to turn the dormitory into a strip club!?! -Atena Saotome |
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