What is anime weakest genre?

paraze said:

Huh? No? Wanna imply that I'm into pedoshit? We just truly don't care about your fetishes.

Indeed, lolicon hentai and ecchi is a thing. I think it's fair to consider lolicon as a subgenre of these two. Even if you use a definition of genre different than mine to assert that lolicon is a genre, your arguments to say that's the weakest one are pretty... weak. I mean, "it's weird (and I'm not a pedophile!!) so it's the weakest genre". Not to say that hentai and ecchi are the greatest ones (wat Mamster-P got banned ?), but at the very least try to come up with decent arguments.



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I give this bait a 6/10.

Edit: 5/10 because tons of people actually think that ("uguu I hate mecha but I like Code Geass cuz it doesn't focus on mecha") and it's just so sad.

Octavar said:
B-b-b-battle harems! If I do happen to find one that isn't full of half assed writing, two dementional characters and overused stereotypes at every turn, it's probably so bogged down by unnecessariy fan service that it drowns out the plot line. I think I can count on one hand the number of battle harems I actually enjoyed watching.

I think the horror genre has many bad titles, but it has some pretty good ones as well, so that gives it a leg up in my book.

If I had to pick a third category, I would probably pick magical girl anime. I just don't like it, but it's not that I think it's particularly bad. It's just not for me

Nemo_Niemand said:
"Ecchi" tag is an absolute attribute of low quality anime

Peaceful_Critic said:
I'm seeing a lot of horror answers, and I understand that. I mean for a lot of people realism in horror is what scares them. This extends both visually and with the ideas. I mean anime as a medium is a fantasy, so that would, of course, translate to horror. I hate being scared though, so horror isn't a genre I watch, and I'm happy I can watch most anime with a horror tag without worrying about anything.

I'm also seeing a lot of harem answers, which I also understand. I mean it's hard to pull off all those characters in such a short amount of time, but personally, I've seen a fair bit of that genre that I'll consider good. I mean Oran Highschool is in my favorites and I have Tohru(Fruits Basket) as my 10th favorite character. I also rated around 10~ stuff in that genre 7+(meaning above average), so even with some of the black marks on its name, when I pick one up I usually enjoy it. Harem is by nature a character-driven show, and I judge characters based on how enjoyable the act of watching them is. So harems may not have time to develop their characters that much or be complex, but the girls/guys usually stand out through quirks and the effort is put into how fun they are to watch with only an episode of development.

If I had to pick my least favorite genre, it'll be magical girls. Usually, when I go to anime, I go there for the story, but magical girls usually have a formula they closely follow. For instance, you'll have a set-up with the slice of life elements, action with a random villain, and then a conclusion of a minor character/main character set up in the first act. Stuff like Miraculous Ladybug(not anime), Sailor Moon, Tokyo Mew Mew, and Mermaid Melody(could be wrong about this one) really left me with a negative opinion of the genre as a whole, with how repetitive it is.

Peaceful_Critic said:
Thanks, though I thought it was common knowledge that it was a magical girls show. I don't think I need to be thanked for that.