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Sep 12, 2022 4:30 PM
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Konosuba, Prison School, Kill La Kill, Tatoeba-something and Genshiken I guess



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Catalano said:
I'm saying this because I am currently watching HxH and the anime is hilarious, apparently there's a dude as fast as sound yet he can't even escape a bomb and let me tell you that said bomb was into some old guy's body yet it was so destructive it busted mountains and the show tells you that shit was low budget shit. And then I ask, why didn't they set the bomb in the beginning, that way no one would have died? Who the hell even wrote this shit?
Also, for a battle shonen, the show has 3 fights in 140 episodes, now compare that to Hokuto no Ken which has 200 fights in 150 episodes.
Another comical thing is when they explain the nen yet the writer doesn't care about it later and invents lasers and aura becomes infinite whereas in the beginning it was limited.
I tell you guys, HxH deserves the "cringe" tag

It's weird of you to say HxH, instead of Demon Slayer, but okay.

People also tend to pick things like Oregairu, Rental Girlfriends or Hyouka, but my personal take would be Oregairu Kan, with an urge to vomit at every attempt of being emotional and moody, due to those ponderously simulated serviceable highlights and soulless voice acting performances, as the closing adaptation of an overwrought and underwritten story.

Then there is something call Arifureta and I awarded the franchise the only E-: An organically conceived masterpiece that repays repeated watching with a sense of horror in the face of the void, impossible to be marred in a watchable cut.
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rent-a-giflriend but i'm only saying that because [MY FAVORITE ILLEGAL ANIME SITE] has it tagged as such and i find that hilarious
Sep 12, 2022 4:45 PM
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definitely Huntrash x Fucking Garbage.
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Iʼve mentioned it before – Hatsukoi Monster.
Sep 12, 2022 5:41 PM

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I agree on Huntrash x Garbage

Classroom of the Elite is a close second.
Sep 12, 2022 6:00 PM

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Bastard!! Ankoku no Hakaishin (ONA)

Cringe, but fun. But cringe.
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Surpirsed nobody said has yet to say don't toy with me miss nagataro
That shit hurts to watch
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Death Note
In the Heart of Kunoichi Tsubaki
Monster
Tokyo Ghoul
Demon Slayer
Black Clover
Blood Blockade Battlefront
Kingdom
Re:Zero
Koe no Katachi
Toradora
Watamote
My Hero Academia
Hunter x Hunter
Bungou Stray Dogs
March Comes in Like A Lion
Mawaru Penguindrum
Bunny Girl Senpai
Attack on Titan
World Trigger
Tonikaku Kawaii
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Fate series
Strike Witches
Neon Genesis Evangelion
One Piece
Koi Kaze
Miru Tights
Mobile Suit Gundam (all but Origin)
White Album
Madoka Magica
Majo no Tabitabi

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Ousama Game
Sin: Nanatsu no Taizai (Seven Mortal Sins)
Masou Gakusen HxH
Girlish Number
And as a bonus the most cringe, Watamote... I don't hate it as much as the others but how can you not look at the MC without cringing.
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Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!. this anime can be very cringy at times
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This piece of trash should be mentioned, The Idaten Deities Know Only Peace.

What a train load of trash and then throw in P-file/inc€st subjects into the mix.

That scene of the little Blonde boy eagerly waiting/wanting for the demon chick to have s€x with him.

And she is suppose to be the boys Mother..... Fvck that sh!t
Me every time I hear the word "reparations": 🤣🤣🤣
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All of these without a doubt made me cringe, even the one's that I am part way through.
Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid
K-On!
Love, Chuunibyo & Other Delusions!
Rail Wars
Death Note
Chainsaw Man (manga, but most probably the anime, if they do not change most character personalities)
Rent-a-Girlfriend
Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro
Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out
Komi Can't Communicate
Kono Healer, Mendokusai!
Lucky Star
I probably missed a lot more.
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Once again, To-Love Ru and god even bringing up the word Nagataro is just nauseating. S1 animation is a one-way trip to the emergency room.
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One is obviously Rent a Girlfriend and the other is Love Chuunibyo & Other Delusions. Those two make cringe their central plot point, but they target the audence with it in a different way.
RaG is deliberately(god I hope so) made cringey in the most literal sense. You feel second hand embarasement to the point you want to hurt yourself.

Chuunibyo is about kids with personal disorder that makes them act cringey and them living their slice of life with that disorder, trying to grow out of it. It is by default about cringe,
but in a moe kawai yet still quite respectful way. It takes more pitty of their characters, where RaG is almost sadistical.

Also I think almost all anime is cringe to the point. It's just cultural. Something trivial for a Japanese is utterly cringe for somebody else. And vice versa.
I bet there is a show that tried to be cringey to japanese, but to the westerners its just wierd how everybody is upset with this outgoing extrover nice guy protag .D
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Rent a girlfriend
Konosuba
Komi can't communicate
Sep 12, 2022 7:58 PM
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Gintama, Monster, ReZero and Steins;gate

I literally can't finished them because of how cringe they were lmaooo
Sep 12, 2022 8:01 PM

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All those isekai with insanely overpowered MCs. But let's be real, somehow this 'cringe' tag is super exclusive to Rent a Girlfriend alone...




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Sep 12, 2022 8:06 PM

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Yup, Hisoka is gross


You just answered it yourself


I haven't reached that episode yet, but how exactly is that funny??
Look I'm a kid at heart. If I can laugh my ass off watching the same Tom and Jerry episode that I've watched a million times, then I can sure as hell laugh at Hisoka doing something over the top. I don't know why people needlessly analyze comedy. Stop pretending like you have standards and enjoy the show.


it really is sad MAL isnt banning users who glorify pedophilia. i now see why i take none of your posts seriously
Sep 12, 2022 8:13 PM

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CickNipolla said:
samsince04 said:
Look I'm a kid at heart. If I can laugh my ass off watching the same Tom and Jerry episode that I've watched a million times, then I can sure as hell laugh at Hisoka doing something over the top. I don't know why people needlessly analyze comedy. Stop pretending like you have standards and enjoy the show.


it really is sad MAL isnt banning users who glorify pedophilia. i now see why i take none of your posts seriously
Lol Mal users will see a harmless joke and make it the highlight of their day. It's fine that you think I glorify pedophilia. Whatever helps you sleep at night. Imagine thinking I need validation from the likes of you, who spread negativity in every forum you create.


𝒮𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒𝓈, 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒸𝒶𝓃'𝓉 𝓂𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝒻𝑜𝓇𝓌𝒶𝓇𝒹 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝒸𝓁𝑜𝓈𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝑜𝑜𝓇 𝒷𝑒𝒽𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝓎𝑜𝓊. - 𝑅𝑒𝒾 𝒦𝒾𝓇𝒾𝓎𝒶𝓂𝒶



Sep 12, 2022 8:18 PM
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Rent a girlfriend.
Aho girl
Grand blue ( i know a lot of people like this anime but I find many parts of it cringe)


Just quit anime.
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CickNipolla said:
samsince04 said:
Look I'm a kid at heart. If I can laugh my ass off watching the same Tom and Jerry episode that I've watched a million times, then I can sure as hell laugh at Hisoka doing something over the top. I don't know why people needlessly analyze comedy. Stop pretending like you have standards and enjoy the show.


it really is sad MAL isnt banning users who glorify pedophilia. i now see why i take none of your posts seriously

And yet you gave End Of Eva a 9... hmm, what was Gendo doing to Rei in that movie??
Sep 12, 2022 8:59 PM
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Uh cringe for me would have to have been School Days. Makoto is just pure cringe..
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liking anime has and will always be cringe, even the cool stuff. accept it and grow as a person
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Kanojo mo Kanojo Season 1, Rent a girlfriend Season 1, School Days TV, Aho Girl, Prison School, Shimoneta.

These are cringe but not by any means bad. They are pretty enjoyable in their own way.

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samsince04 said:
CickNipolla said:


it really is sad MAL isnt banning users who glorify pedophilia. i now see why i take none of your posts seriously
Lol Mal users will see a harmless joke and make it the highlight of their day. It's fine that you think I glorify pedophilia. Whatever helps you sleep at night. Imagine thinking I need validation from the likes of you, who spread negativity in every forum you create.


only on the internet will someone write " the sky is blue " and then try to argue that they said it is green
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CickNipolla said:
samsince04 said:
Lol Mal users will see a harmless joke and make it the highlight of their day. It's fine that you think I glorify pedophilia. Whatever helps you sleep at night. Imagine thinking I need validation from the likes of you, who spread negativity in every forum you create.


only on the internet will someone write " the sky is blue " and then try to argue that they said it is green
I didn't argue or deny anything. I even gave you the assurance that I glorify pedophilia just to satisfy your weird fetish for negativity and a lack of a moral compass.


𝒮𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒𝓈, 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒸𝒶𝓃'𝓉 𝓂𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝒻𝑜𝓇𝓌𝒶𝓇𝒹 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝒸𝓁𝑜𝓈𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝑜𝑜𝓇 𝒷𝑒𝒽𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝓎𝑜𝓊. - 𝑅𝑒𝒾 𝒦𝒾𝓇𝒾𝓎𝒶𝓂𝒶



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Just the ones I could actually stomach to finish:

Tantei wa Mou, Shindeiru.
Shinka no Mi
Full Dive
Tokyo Revengers
Peach Boy Riverside
Spy x Family
Noblesse
Muv-Luv Alternative
Kanojo, Okarishimasu
Meikyuu Black Company
Sentouin, Hakenshimasu!
Darwin's Game
Kono Healer, Mendokusai
Plunderer
Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear
Gaikotsu Kishi-sama, Tadaima Isekai e Odekakechuu
Oshi ga Budoukan Ittekuretara Shinu
Deca-Dence

Not all of them, but most cringe-worthy shows are listed, by most to least cringey. Feel free to disagree.
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SofiaBulga said:
Just the ones I could actually stomach to finish:

Tantei wa Mou, Shindeiru.
Shinka no Mi
Full Dive
Tokyo Revengers
Peach Boy Riverside
Spy x Family
Noblesse
Muv-Luv Alternative
Kanojo, Okarishimasu
Meikyuu Black Company
Sentouin, Hakenshimasu!
Darwin's Game
Kono Healer, Mendokusai
Plunderer
Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear
Gaikotsu Kishi-sama, Tadaima Isekai e Odekakechuu
Oshi ga Budoukan Ittekuretara Shinu
Deca-Dence

Not all of them, but most cringe-worthy shows are listed, by most to least cringey. Feel free to disagree.

Replace Spy x Family with Fruits Basket (both versions for double cringe)
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CickNipolla said:
samsince04 said:
Lol Mal users will see a harmless joke and make it the highlight of their day. It's fine that you think I glorify pedophilia. Whatever helps you sleep at night. Imagine thinking I need validation from the likes of you, who spread negativity in every forum you create.


only on the internet will someone write " the sky is blue " and then try to argue that they said it is green
That doesn't even apply in this context lmao
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EndlessMaria said:

Replace Spy x Family with Fruits Basket (both versions for double cringe)


Can't do that, I hate anime that don't take themselves seriously. "Spy x Family" is a prime example of what I hate, a parody.
On a different note, how have you been?
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NonAtmospheric said:
CickNipolla said:


only on the internet will someone write " the sky is blue " and then try to argue that they said it is green
That doesn't even apply in this context lmao


oh look another person here to defend hisoka
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CickNipolla said:
NonAtmospheric said:
That doesn't even apply in this context lmao


oh look another person here to defend hisoka
No thanks. It's a bold assumption that I'm in the mood for 8th letter x 8th letter
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DigiCat said:
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I'm saying this because I am currently watching HxH and the anime is hilarious, apparently there's a dude as fast as sound yet he can't even escape a bomb and let me tell you that said bomb was into some old guy's body yet it was so destructive it busted mountains and the show tells you that shit was low budget shit. And then I ask, why didn't they set the bomb in the beginning, that way no one would have died? Who the hell even wrote this shit?
Also, for a battle shonen, the show has 3 fights in 140 episodes, now compare that to Hokuto no Ken which has 200 fights in 150 episodes.
Another comical thing is when they explain the nen yet the writer doesn't care about it later and invents lasers and aura becomes infinite whereas in the beginning it was limited.
I tell you guys, HxH deserves the "cringe" tag


No way is HxH cringe! Though i will say HxH 1999 >>> HxH 2011, so maybe try watching the former

The cringe tag goes to:

- 7 Seeds
- Cross Ange
- Elfen Lied
- FLCL
- Made In Abyss
- Shoujo Kakumei Utena (the movie, haven't watched the series)

Why are you even trying to watch utena when your favs are 100% battle shonens and Digimon? >.>
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No way is HxH cringe! Though i will say HxH 1999 >>> HxH 2011, so maybe try watching the former

The cringe tag goes to:

- 7 Seeds
- Cross Ange
- Elfen Lied
- FLCL
- Made In Abyss
- Shoujo Kakumei Utena (the movie, haven't watched the series)

Why are you even trying to watch utena when your favs are 100% battle shonens and Digimon? >.>

some people are really bad at picking up shows to watch, so it seems
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Deathko said:
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No way is HxH cringe! Though i will say HxH 1999 >>> HxH 2011, so maybe try watching the former

The cringe tag goes to:

- 7 Seeds
- Cross Ange
- Elfen Lied
- FLCL
- Made In Abyss
- Shoujo Kakumei Utena (the movie, haven't watched the series)

Why are you even trying to watch utena when your favs are 100% battle shonens and Digimon? >.>

'Caus sword fighting magical girl sounded cool
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Chisuku said:
Deathko said:

Why are you even trying to watch utena when your favs are 100% battle shonens and Digimon? >.>

some people are really bad at picking up shows to watch, so it seems

Yeah, I don 't mean it as an insult or something, people are free to watch what tey want. I just don't know why someone who obviously hates surrealism and confusing narration would endure EoE, Utena, Lain, FLCL and Kill la Kill, and come back for more >.>
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rent agirlfriend aslready has it
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All the ones I rated 4 or lower, naturally.
Who are you and why do you show your hostility towards a complete stranger whom you've not once spoken with before. Are you seriously asking to get blocked? Well, if that's what your intent is; to tempt me into throwing hands with someone as lowly and insignificant as you, then i may grant your wish provided you articulate yourself a bit better when trying to spite a person of my wavelength.
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Watamote immediately comes to mind for me.
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I would choose School Days and Ouran Koukou Host Club
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Redo of a Healer

That anime or shall I say hentai really epitomes the edge lord fetish to the extreme. It's absolutely ridiculous.

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Catalano said:
I'm saying this because I am currently watching HxH and the anime is hilarious, apparently there's a dude as fast as sound yet he can't even escape a bomb and let me tell you that said bomb was into some old guy's body yet it was so destructive it busted mountains and the show tells you that shit was low budget shit. And then I ask, why didn't they set the bomb in the beginning, that way no one would have died? Who the hell even wrote this shit?
Also, for a battle shonen, the show has 3 fights in 140 episodes, now compare that to Hokuto no Ken which has 200 fights in 150 episodes.
Another comical thing is when they explain the nen yet the writer doesn't care about it later and invents lasers and aura becomes infinite whereas in the beginning it was limited.
I tell you guys, HxH deserves the "cringe" tag


I really can't understand your point, make no sense
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I love how the majority of people are just using this to try to bait people. Personally, I'll leave a mention that I personally would refer to as "undeniably cringe-tastic", despite the fact that I actually find it quite funny: How not to Summon a Demon Lord
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Too many to mention. Let's just say Tenshi no Drop. xD
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The top 5 cringiest anime of all time

  • Demon Slayer
  • Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood (the height jokes deserve a separate award)
  • Your Lie in April
  • Grand Blue
  • Rent a Girlfriend


+ Code Geass is an honourable mention.
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DigiCat said:
'Caus sword fighting magical girl sounded cool

I expect anyone who thinks that sounds cool would enjoy Utena. But I would never recommend the movie before the series.
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Every anime with a "he's just like me" protagonist. Classroom of the Elite, Bunnygirl Senpai, Hyouka, Oregairu, probably some others.


Nah but he's just like me fr I'm built different
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The cringiest thing I've probably seen is Ninja Batman.
Batman performing Naruto seal techniques. Sumo Bane. Battle robots made of medieval Japanese buildings fight against giant Robo-Batman made of living monkeys and bats. That movie was one hell of a spanish shame.
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Lucifrost said:
DigiCat said:
'Caus sword fighting magical girl sounded cool

I expect anyone who thinks that sounds cool would enjoy Utena. But I would never recommend the movie before the series.

Oh that part was cool... it was the weird twins in the bathtub that wasn't 🤢
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