You ever wonder about the people who's avg anime score is like 4-5

NoktoH said:
Generally, the more passionate people become about something, the more critically they will view it. Thinking that low mean score = disliking the medium is the most normie tier level thinking and couldn't be less true.

20Dumpling said:
Literally every day one of these threads pop up.

Clubby said:


Yeah nah i checked your favorites and you like ASV and Ginga eiyuu you're the elitist here with that taste

Deathko said:

LMAO we found another elitist shitlord, and as usual he's the one calling others elitists while shitting on X and Y shows (always the same ones)

Faut se détendre hein, si tu prends le temps de lire la définition d'élitisme et de regarder ton comportement dans ce thread, tu comprendras... :'D

Elitism: "the selectivity of the elite. see : snobbery"
Snob: "a person who believes that their tastes in a particular area are superior to those of other people"

Not looking good for you there my french brother.

Clubby said:


I'd rather not be referred to as a french brother, this country sucks fucking ass.

I never said my tastes were superior, just that ASV and Ginga Eiyuu are typically associated with people with low ass scores, and how surprising, he has ASV and GE in his favs, and has a low score.

Clubby said:


then don't watch them lmao
"boo hoo it isn't good"
don't watch it and problem solved

eekeen said:
I actually wonder why people that have 250+ anime watched have a mean score of 8 and above. They give everything a 10... That's weird to me.

Ciezul said:


I rate every episode. Then make an average. Then I rate the series for it's story, characters and overall enjoyment. Then make another average. After that I make final score from my two average.

My rating system is kinda vivid. Yet my mean is 7.95 after completing 495 shows. Am I weird then?

eekeen said:


First and foremost, you can rate however you want, I won't micromanage how you rate shows. That's an elitist mindset I don't want to partake in.

I want to clarify my point, since it wasn't that well elaborated. There are people that give shows a 10/10, even though they don't feel that special about said show. When their whole list is filled to the brim with 10/10's, that 10 loses its value. That's what I find weird.

The whole mean score thing was just an arbitrary number and used as a counterargument to the threadmaker and shed light to the other side of the spectrum.

WatchTillTandava said:


I would contend that the meaning of the term "objectivity" gets abused and misunderstood in this forum. You can recognize something is well-made by several technical artistic parameters while not asserting, never asserting, that it is objectively enjoyable to the individual viewer (or should be). There is no objectively enjoyable. Many of those including myself who say they give some nod to more (note - more; not total/complete, which is illusory) objective criteria and factor it into their score means recognition of what looks like a lot of effort having gone into an anime. Clear demonstration of technical prowess or some artistic mastery in animation, attention to detail in writing, music composition and sound design, etc.

Yes, if you want to be literal and pedantic to the extreme, those areas aren't objective either. We get it. Nothing is objective. You can take it to another extreme - I don't believe anything in the universe - law, education, politics, philosophy, ethics & morality, religion, most science, etc. outside of a handful of mathematical equations and scientific formulae is really and truly objective by definition, but it isn't really the point. It's a sliding scale.

Many of those who factor some deference to areas like technical skill into their rating where there isn't universal consensus but some commonplace and widespread recognition of artistic achievement in a field on a physical-technical level by virtually every critical establishment aren't ignoring the value of subjectivity or the subjective perspective. Speaking only for myself here, I do the opposite. I value it more highly and champion it as the primary determining factor. I do believe personal enjoyment and the subjective degree to which an anime personally resonates with you and speaks to as precisely as possible what you want to see and hear and the experience you most want to have is the most important factor in a rating. It is just not the sole one.

I don't believe it's unreasonable to add or subtract a point or two for obvious demonstration of technical competency, fluency, and achievement or technical failure and wanting to see such reflected in the ratings. It won't turn a 5-rated anime into a 10 for me or vice versa, but it could be the difference between a 6 and a 7, a 7 and an 8, an 8 and a 9, a 9 and a 10, and so forth.

kurama1 said:
well , when i first saw someone with a score alike <5

i wondered how can this happen

how can someone who uses his/her time to watch something they don't like or they don't

really care

but then when i watched more and more anime I came to realize that people sometimes

uses their time to watch something which was great in the beginning became below

average and it disappointed them so much that they scored it a below avg score

Ciezul said:

Don't take personally man. I was half joking while writing. But I got your points. I have lots of 10's. But I have 7's most. I also have a lots in 3-6 range. But ultimately all are numbers and there are really no points in arguments while those numbers are actually nothing. So, chill.

Violet42 said:


sometimes you want to want garbage, is the thing. Like, what about when you're sick or in a really bad depression? Like, you need entertainment, but you know if you watch something good it'll be a worse experience than if you save the good anime for when you're in a mood to appreciate it? This is when you dig out the premium trash, your Domestic Girlfriends and Eromanga Senseis, your Akame ga Kills or Elfen Lieds.

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