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Jul 13, 2019 2:45 PM
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I personally prefer to judge anime based on personal enjoyments and expectations
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Jul 13, 2019 2:54 PM
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It's actually possible to rate harshly while rating based on enjoyment. I did that when I first joined MAL, although I've been slipping towards more lenient scoring since.
Jul 13, 2019 2:58 PM
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I rate anime harshly based on my enjoyment.
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Jul 13, 2019 3:03 PM
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Enjoyment, I could care less being a "critic".
Jul 13, 2019 3:14 PM
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Enjoyment for the most part. I mean I always consider what I enjoyed about the art, animation, story, soundtrack etc. I am not coming up with an organized critique or review though. Overall feeling is more important to me. There are quite a few shows on my list that I feel shouldn't be as high as they are but enjoyment just wins out and rating them less than that just feels wrong.
Jul 13, 2019 3:45 PM
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how can you be interested in such unninterestings, aimless and empty conversations it's beyond me.
Jul 13, 2019 3:46 PM
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Enjoyment with a hint of it was actually good or not.
woah there
Jul 13, 2019 3:47 PM
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Zehennagel said:
how can you be interested in such unninterestings, aimless and empty conversations it's beyond me.

becuz ima lonely shit that has to commmunicate wtih people online to feel that i existed on this earth
Jul 13, 2019 4:46 PM
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I base my ratings on personal enjoyment. But also just being able to feel out the anime based on its writing/animation, and so forth.

I've watched anime where I felt like I was getting a lot out of the writing, and liked it based on its characters and animation, and gave it a higher rating as a result; whereas, I've watched other anime that felt plot holed and whatnot, and didn't exactly like their character designs/types a whole lot, so those anime got a lower rating. Basically, in short, if an anime feels like a chore to me while I am watching through it, I'll give that shit a lower rating.
Jul 13, 2019 4:47 PM

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enjoyment. I'm not really into the whole harshly rating anime thing.
Jul 13, 2019 4:49 PM

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I don't think the two are mutually exclusive although my enjoyment of something is the only thing that really matters to me


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Jul 13, 2019 5:16 PM

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Mostly rate it harshly on my standards and enjoyment, just like everybody else.
Jul 13, 2019 6:32 PM
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Entertainment is certainly where I feel it’s best to rate.
Jul 13, 2019 6:36 PM

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Both. They are not mutually exclusive. You can rate harshly while basing it on enjoyment.
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Jul 13, 2019 6:56 PM

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Enjoyment, although sometimes I might rate higher/lower if the anime is rated lower/higher than I think it should be.
Although if I really don't like the anime I'll just drop it, sometimes without rating.

Jul 13, 2019 7:08 PM

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Both. But anything other than 'enjoyment' isn't 'harsh'.


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Jul 14, 2019 12:07 PM

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I rate anime mostly in a combination of what I think is quality and my personal enjoyment.
Jul 14, 2019 1:14 PM

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Just_A_ManBOi said:
Zehennagel said:
how can you be interested in such unninterestings, aimless and empty conversations it's beyond me.

becuz ima lonely shit that has to commmunicate wtih people online to feel that i existed on this earth
you can very easily make less childish unninteresting or flat topics.
Jul 14, 2019 1:40 PM

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My mean score has never gone below a 7, so, take a guess.

Jul 14, 2019 2:30 PM

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Enjoyment mainly, I'm too lazy to critically analyse every single series I watch.







Jul 14, 2019 2:33 PM
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I rate them based on my enjoyment alone.
Jul 15, 2019 1:48 AM

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I rate them solely to piss off Digibro and Andocommando and the other elitists. Cause yes you can complete 2900+ anime and still find SAO, Promised Neverland, Erased, Re:Zero, Death Note, Code Geass, Angel Beats, Shigatsu, Clannad, Akame ga Kill, etc amazing.

In fact people who think those shows are bad probably haven't seen enough anime. Love using their points against them lol.

I'll never conform to their sophist rhetoric and ideology.

Plus someone has to balance out all the faggots that score Kimi no na wa a "4".



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Jul 15, 2019 2:38 AM

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Zehennagel said:
Just_A_ManBOi said:

becuz ima lonely shit that has to commmunicate wtih people online to feel that i existed on this earth
you can very easily make less childish unninteresting or flat topics.
take a deep breath and relax boy jajajaja
Enjoy the ride...
Jul 15, 2019 3:00 AM

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lt_wassile said:
Zehennagel said:
you can very easily make less childish unninteresting or flat topics.
take a deep breath and relax boy jajajaja
I'm litteraly in front of my computer sitting here and doing nothing I don't know why some people alwais want to end an argument by saying "calm down" when it makes no sense
Jul 15, 2019 12:05 PM
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Enjoyment cause ain't nobody got time to be critical.
Jul 15, 2019 12:09 PM

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I go by whether I enjoyed it or not. Unfortunately I've found that I'm only capable of giving either "I like it" or "I didn't like it" when I went through the ones I've finished. I'll get the hang of it eventually.
Jul 15, 2019 1:04 PM

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Part of my rating is based on enjoyment, but also depends on the characters and the story as well, but enjoyment does take a part in scoring
Jul 15, 2019 1:12 PM

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I rate based on the position of the sun and moon in conjunction with the Earth's gravitational forces at half value of the speed of sound, then add some pepper and call it a day.
Jul 15, 2019 1:45 PM

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For me, there's no such thing as scoring based on either critique or enjoyment. They're one and the same. It's just that critics like going in-depth or in-detail about why specifically they might not enjoy a show. i.e. if they point out that a show's animation or writing is bad, it's because it hurts their enjoyment of the show. I've never heard of someone grading harshly for the sake of itself is what I'm saying.

There's flawed but enjoyable shows sure, like High School of the Dead, or Charlotte, but very rarely do I "enjoy" these shows enough to just straight up ignore their flaws during grading.
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Jul 15, 2019 1:46 PM
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I rate them based on enjoyment cause thats the most important thing for me^^
Jul 15, 2019 2:09 PM
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I try to balance both. I take into consideration both how much I enjoyed an anime and how entertained I was throughout it and how good it was objectively. Though I tend to give my enjoyment the priority.
Jul 15, 2019 2:18 PM

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I mean a large portion of how I score is based on enjoyment, since I am less harsh on an anime's faults if I really liked it overall.
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Jul 15, 2019 3:01 PM

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I don't know I just rate based on my feeling.


Jul 15, 2019 3:42 PM

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Anime is something where ur supposed to enjoy and have fun! Not some academic review shit
Jul 15, 2019 3:46 PM

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BlakexEkalb said:
Enjoyment, I could care less being a "critic".


Yeah I agree 100%



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Jul 15, 2019 4:52 PM

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Purely enjoyment. Critic is a low class profession or not even a profession these days. Anyone can be critic.
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Jul 15, 2019 7:52 PM

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zal said:
I rate anime harshly based on my enjoyment.
that

if it didnt make me happy, pissed me off, a 1.

I like it, 9~10
Jul 15, 2019 7:57 PM

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these are not mutually exclusive......
Jul 16, 2019 12:57 AM

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Everyone is biased by enjoyment while rating anime. It's obvious!
Jul 16, 2019 1:02 AM
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If I enjoyed it, that's at least a 7.
Then I'll increase the score (or not) based on how good the show actually is

6 is reserved for shows I have mixed feelings about (some things I like, some things I don't).

5-1 are given to shows that I didn't enjoy. The shitness of the story determines what score it will get.

So yes, I do rate based on enjoyment for the most part.
Jul 16, 2019 1:46 AM

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Enjoyment by the most. Don't care if the rating high or low
Jul 16, 2019 1:54 AM

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harshly? or like objectively?
I rate anime from my enjoyment, but i could be harsh if it's just that piss me off.
I don't like to think much about rating my anime, I'd just rate it based on how much i feel with it. Nevermind any other factors.
Jul 16, 2019 7:47 AM

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*Comedy: 100% enjoyment.
*Other genres: 80% quality. 20% enjoyment.
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Jul 16, 2019 7:57 AM

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i dont see nothing wrong with being a lil harsh towards a japanese cartoon
plus my score rn is 5.87, so you already know how im doing it
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Jul 16, 2019 7:58 AM
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50/50, if I think its really enjoyable it's a 10 if I hate it I'm pretty harsh but do take into account writing, OST and animation. A show isn't good or bad because I enjoyed it. I just have trouble not fanboying when a series just works for me. Just see my favourites list.
Jul 16, 2019 8:03 AM

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Enjoyment, art style, how close I feel I got to the characters & how good the storyline was. There's no hard and fast rule for me, if I like an anime for whatever reason it'll get a good rating from me.

Although I've noticed that I don't give many shows low ratings and I think that's because I research which shows I want to watch first, so when I watch a show it's likely it's a show that I'm going to enjoy so it will probably get a score of 6 or higher from me.

Does anyone else give many shows ratings of 5 or lower?
Jul 16, 2019 8:03 AM

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Sometimes I count my enjoyment but most of the times even if I didn't enjoyed the show overall I give it a high score because it try to do/did something great. Recognize a shows strengths should be something everyone should do even if you didn't enjoy the show and vice versa is also true for me.
Jul 16, 2019 9:43 AM

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I always rate by my enjoyment while also looking a bit critically on the writing, animation and characters.
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Jul 16, 2019 1:47 PM

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Both really. I used to rate solely on enjoyment but those shows usually aren't nearly as great on a rematch.
Jul 16, 2019 2:06 PM

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Anime:
A combination. It's about 4/5 enjoyment and 1/5 the show's technical specs.

Hentai:
100% enjoyment because the technical specs usually are terrible so it gets a handicap
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