What's with the high score?

konostandopowa said:
I like that people are seemingly offended and crying over a simple question regarding an anime's score. This kind of thread is obligatory and inevitable.
I'm wondering too how this particular isekai anime got a solid 8.5 with its generic stuff, extremely predictable plot and mediocre character designs.

"Because people like it."
"Because its good, now stfu.."

Omg they're too much of a brainlet to give a proper answer.

konostandopowa said:
I like that people are seemingly offended and crying over a simple question regarding an anime's score. This kind of thread is obligatory and inevitable.
I'm wondering too how this particular isekai anime got a solid 8.5 with its generic stuff, extremely predictable plot and mediocre character designs.

Only_Brad said:


"Extremely predictable" is just your opinion, not everyone found it predictable and "Mediocre character design" doesn't matter whether you are right or wrong, because not everyone cares as much about it as you.

UTJeff316 said:
For fans who are bothered by threads like this, I recommend Reddit. Far superior to MAL forums.

konostandopowa said:
I like that people are seemingly offended and crying over a simple question regarding an anime's score. This kind of thread is obligatory and inevitable.
I'm wondering too how this particular isekai anime got a solid 8.5 with its generic stuff, extremely predictable plot and mediocre character designs.

"Because people like it."
"Because its good, now stfu.."

Omg they're too much of a brainlet to give a proper answer.

UTJeff316 said:
This is why MAL forums are so toxic. Hey maybe the show has a high score because people watched it...and LIKED IT! *GASP*

So radical...and weird! How is this even possible? It's mind boggling.

Only_Brad said:


None of those arguments are valid. "Generic" is just a buzzword, it has no meaning whatsoever. "Extremely predictable" is just your opinion, not everyone found it predictable and "Mediocre character design" doesn't matter whether you are right or wrong, because not everyone cares as much about it as you. Now stop being offended and crying over the 8.5, you are just embarrassing yourself.

the_swagnemite said:
idk, i like it so i gave it a 10

copyrightRingo said:
You mean to tell me that the first episode didn't start with motivation, tone, magic system, narrative structure, plot progression, character arcs, world building, foreshadowing, plot twists, the entire cast's political agendas, back stories and lore? What a failure of an anime guys. Absolutely awful. 0/10
-Gigguk

Afloo said:

Momments like that are what Make Gigguk the Best Anituber.

JudoJD said:

It's one of those "just turn your brain off" series I guess
You know it's good when noone who says they like it can explain what's good about it....it's almost like they know it'll be less impressive the moment you consider what's going on on screen XD

teh_3v1l_0n3 said:


i would like him to explain his complaints otherwise he is really being a hypocrite
generic stuff? the only "generic bit is the isekai trope but that is popular in japan and do you mean to tell me you never thought if only i was somewhere else? not once in your life did you want to escape? that's the draw of the isekia

poor character design: protagonist who can not attack on his own made a pariah in a matter of days due to being framed, a king who panders to his daughter instead of looking into it and heroes who call themselves heroes but do not even question the accusations.the act of being accused of something and not being able to defend yourself happens all the time in everyday life. and is something many can sympathize with at one level or another

predictable plot: can't all plots be considered predictable? there are few out there that aren't and have you ever heard of the saying "“Its the not the Destination, It's the journey.” as someone familiar with the source material i found satisfaction in the fact all the hard work naofumi put forth just to get by was more effective than the short cuts the other heroes took and paid of in the long run.
unlike other isekai rise of the shield provides you with things others do not and instead of an op protagonist who has everything handed to him he is at a supreme disadvantage which is only made worse, even after the traumatic indecent he still manages to remain to the general extent ethical and moral.

you wanted an explanation add this to what someone else quoted

You mean to tell me that the first episode didn't start with motivation, tone, magic system, narrative structure, plot progression, character arcs, world building, foreshadowing, plot twists, the entire cast's political agendas, back stories and lore? What a failure of an anime guys. Absolutely awful. 0/10
-Gigguk
and there you have it reasons for the high score next?

teh_3v1l_0n3 said:


i would like him to explain his complaints otherwise he is really being a hypocrite
generic stuff? the only "generic bit is the isekai trope but that is popular in japan and do you mean to tell me you never thought if only i was somewhere else? not once in your life did you want to escape? that's the draw of the isekia

poor character design: protagonist who can not attack on his own made a pariah in a matter of days due to being framed, a king who panders to his daughter instead of looking into it and heroes who call themselves heroes but do not even question the accusations.the act of being accused of something and not being able to defend yourself happens all the time in everyday life. and is something many can sympathize with at one level or another

predictable plot: can't all plots be considered predictable? there are few out there that aren't and have you ever heard of the saying "“Its the not the Destination, It's the journey.” as someone familiar with the source material i found satisfaction in the fact all the hard work naofumi put forth just to get by was more effective than the short cuts the other heroes took and paid of in the long run.
unlike other isekai rise of the shield provides you with things others do not and instead of an op protagonist who has everything handed to him he is at a supreme disadvantage which is only made worse, even after the traumatic indecent he still manages to remain to the general extent ethical and moral.

you wanted an explanation add this to what someone else quoted

You mean to tell me that the first episode didn't start with motivation, tone, magic system, narrative structure, plot progression, character arcs, world building, foreshadowing, plot twists, the entire cast's political agendas, back stories and lore? What a failure of an anime guys. Absolutely awful. 0/10
-Gigguk
and there you have it reasons for the high score next?

JudoJD said:

What are you even...please stop thinking with your emotions for sec

You just explained the reason it's generic. We've seen these story beats and characters a million times over thanks to a lot of japanese creators milking the same idea since it's a model people always fall for. If you didn't get what it was doing by straight up like one minute 7 seconds in with that annoying lazy "I'm an otaku" BS then you wouldn't understand why people who are aware of lazy pandering cause they've seen it season in and season out would find generic. If something like SAO or black clover is someone's first anime then of course they wouldn't see them as generic. Being generic is neither good or bad. It's just a matter of whether someone's cool with lazy repetitive and template unoriginal ideas which you clearly don't mind so what's your problem with someone else not liking that...You do you. Your best defense in such a situation is to try and explain what about the execution of those ideas in this particular story appealed to you

and you haven't said anything good about it...you just stated what every story on the planet has so...maybe try even one point? Cause you've explained nothing

(and Gigguk?...really?... please...you're better than that lol)

rikkarudo said:


Why even bother with someone that instead of defending his/her statements proves yours?

ButadonMeitantei said:
I'm tired of seeing "Why is this such a high score" and "Why is this such a low score" all the time...
People have different opinions. The majority opinion happens to be against yours.