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Jun 21, 2022 1:51 PM
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People in this thread needa chill out.

People rate shows on different scales, and people watch anime for different reasons. To say that they are not enjoying something, or "pretentious," or "attention-seeking," just based off of their scores seems genericized

I don't even understand how this issue could be so deeply influential to others that the thread is so toxic
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DrBalls said:
I've seen countless MAL users who generally score everything they watch low. Yet they still continue to watch anime regardless. What's the point of investing your time in a medium you hate? I'm not talking about troll accounts either, there are genuinely people that do this unironically. It just seems so bizarre to me. Do they get some sort of satisfaction out of it or what?


Because my hate for anime is far too great for me to let it sit idly. You wouldn't understand it. I must actively watch anime in order to fulfill my hate, because otherwise, it would consume the entire world, like a cheap anime plot device. I'll watch 3 seconds of the opening of an anime and I'll mark it as completed and give it a 1 and a terrible review consisting of paragraphs and paragraphs of incoherent babble and terrible witty comments about how the protagonist's hair looks like a cock bedraggled after going through a dishwasher, all based upon another biased and negative summary I read on reddit.

And there's nothing you can't do. There's nowhere you can hide. You can't stop me, because We are many. In fact, We are the vast majority of myanimelist.net, and to Our eyes you're just an intruder, soon to be converted and brainwashed by Our superior intelect. We are the anime haters, and We think Attack on Titan is at best a strong 6 actually tbh.
Jun 21, 2022 2:53 PM
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The mean score threads return with vengeance.
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I don't see the problem. 90% of anime is trash so it makes sense.
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DrBalls said:
I've seen countless MAL users who generally score everything they watch low. Yet they still continue to watch anime regardless. What's the point of investing your time in a medium you hate? I'm not talking about troll accounts either, there are genuinely people that do this unironically. It just seems so bizarre to me. Do they get some sort of satisfaction out of it or what?


Because my hate for anime is far too great for me to let it sit idly. You wouldn't understand it. I must actively watch anime in order to fulfill my hate, because otherwise, it would consume the entire world, like a cheap anime plot device. I'll watch 3 seconds of the opening of an anime and I'll mark it as completed and give it a 1 and a terrible review consisting of paragraphs and paragraphs of incoherent babble and terrible witty comments about how the protagonist's hair looks like a cock bedraggled after going through a dishwasher, all based upon another biased and negative summary I read on reddit.

And there's nothing you can't do. There's nowhere you can hide. You can't stop me, because We are many. In fact, We are the vast majority of myanimelist.net, and to Our eyes you're just an intruder, soon to be converted and brainwashed by Our superior intelect. We are the anime haters, and We think Attack on Titan is at best a strong 6 actually tbh.
Best answer so far my hat off to you sir! And if we want to judge it objectively aot is a 3 no more no less
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Satyr_icon said:
DrBalls said:
I've seen countless MAL users who generally score everything they watch low. Yet they still continue to watch anime regardless. What's the point of investing your time in a medium you hate? I'm not talking about troll accounts either, there are genuinely people that do this unironically. It just seems so bizarre to me. Do they get some sort of satisfaction out of it or what?


Because my hate for anime is far too great for me to let it sit idly. You wouldn't understand it. I must actively watch anime in order to fulfill my hate, because otherwise, it would consume the entire world, like a cheap anime plot device. I'll watch 3 seconds of the opening of an anime and I'll mark it as completed and give it a 1 and a terrible review consisting of paragraphs and paragraphs of incoherent babble and terrible witty comments about how the protagonist's hair looks like a cock bedraggled after going through a dishwasher, all based upon another biased and negative summary I read on reddit.

And there's nothing you can't do. There's nowhere you can hide. You can't stop me, because We are many. In fact, We are the vast majority of myanimelist.net, and to Our eyes you're just an intruder, soon to be converted and brainwashed by Our superior intelect. We are the anime haters, and We think Attack on Titan is at best a strong 6 actually tbh.

Almost got me, but that AoT 6/10 gave away the trollish nature of your post right at the end. That's way too generous for AoT (^:
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I had a particularly strong negative experience with one particular anime that many viewers love. It arose in part due to my particular quirks, but over time I decided to give it a rewatch in order to face my demons, so to speak.

The anime in question was Teasing Master Takagi-san. I wrote a blog about the experience. Since rewatching I at least have a better understanding and appreciation for the show, even though there are some parts of it that I still find uncomfortable and unpleasant to watch. To have done so was in at least some sense therapeutic. There are still aspects of the show where I will have to "agree to disagree" with its most vocal fans, but at least I no longer have any desire to hate on the show like I used to.
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Jun 21, 2022 4:19 PM

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What a terrible thread lmao. People can have different rating systems than you and still like anime. Plus a fair share of these guys are trolling because there are always people like you who just cannot handle it.
Jun 21, 2022 4:41 PM

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to hate on it of course lmao. why else
Jun 21, 2022 5:07 PM

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0__Raven__0 said:
to hate on it of course lmao. why else
bro got 4.98 anime rating average. Why watch anime.
Jun 21, 2022 5:09 PM

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_Courage said:
0__Raven__0 said:
to hate on it of course lmao. why else
bro got 4.98 anime rating average. Why watch anime.
i despise anime, only reason im watching is to give it a low score looool, what you gonna do about it?? exactly nun, cope 😹😹🤣🤣
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0__Raven__0 said:
_Courage said:
bro got 4.98 anime rating average. Why watch anime.
i despise anime, only reason im watching is to give it a low score looool, what you gonna do about it?? exactly nun, cope 😹😹🤣🤣
oh maybe I should do that 2 it would be so funny wanna do it w/ me?
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_Courage said:
0__Raven__0 said:
i despise anime, only reason im watching is to give it a low score looool, what you gonna do about it?? exactly nun, cope 😹😹🤣🤣
oh maybe I should do that 2 it would be so funny wanna do it w/ me?
hating on anime feels better than post nut clarity 🙄🙄doing it with someone is even hotter 😍😍
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0__Raven__0 said:
_Courage said:
oh maybe I should do that 2 it would be so funny wanna do it w/ me?
hating on anime feels better than post nut clarity 🙄🙄doing it with someone is even hotter 😍😍
ayy yo facts ong bro agree ok bye 🙄 🙄
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_Courage said:
0__Raven__0 said:
hating on anime feels better than post nut clarity 🙄🙄doing it with someone is even hotter 😍😍
ayy yo facts ong bro agree ok bye 🙄 🙄
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Jun 21, 2022 5:42 PM

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The more anime someone watches, the lower their mean score gets.



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If I hate some anime I still will try to finish it ... Not sure why ... Maybe a sense of completionism or there are anime that are so bad that they are good ( I will still rate them low ) ... But it will take me a lot more time finish them

So not sure about people that have a mean score of 2 or 3


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Jun 21, 2022 5:54 PM

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Maybe they aren't rating based on enjoyment
Jun 21, 2022 6:35 PM

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DrBalls said:
Natsuki_SanJuan said:
"Rating anime based on enjoyment..."

This is the very stupid statement I've ever heard. I was just like that before but I couldn't deny to myself that I should critic animes properly. So the answer to your question is, maybe some people are having standards/high standards from a show?

That's called being pretentious, but ok.
Pretentious at what exactly? So people should turn their brains off and enjoy the rest of the show? If people should do that, then Ex-Arm and Boku no Pico should enjoyed by all.

There are more and better things to immerse than by just enjoying it, dude.
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Jun 21, 2022 6:43 PM

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Hate-watching seasonal anime is pretty fun at times, especially comparing your own thoughts to other posters who somehow enjoy the garbage that I'm watching. Though I would never hate-watch something that has aired fully aired. I can live with a single episode per week, like Tomodachi Game and Shield Hero this season for example.

For low mean scores, I don't take them seriously. They're usually either overly critical to the most trivial of things or have watched a lot of terrible shorts/music videos/etc.
Jun 21, 2022 7:55 PM

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theres literally no correlation to being harsh and hating anime. if anything, you tend to be the opposite while being critical since you can also find positive aspects that no one really talks about
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Jun 21, 2022 8:14 PM

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As someone with a current mean rating of around 4.5 or less, I don't actually watch a lot of anime anymore. I love a lot of anime, and hate a lot more. When something good comes out I'll watch it.

Question is though, why do you care? Does it bother you seeing strangers rate things lower than you do, even if they have a different rating system?
Jun 21, 2022 9:01 PM

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It’s a product of elitism. I really don’t believe these people actually dislike the Anime they view. I think it’s more so the fact that it’s not “cool” to like stuff so they just review bomb everything so they can feel unique and special. It’s rather ironic actually. They have no problem being overly harsh when reviewing anime but have a full on meltdown whenever the slightest bit of criticism is directed back at them. Go ahead and “@” me and prove me wrong.

Making up your own rating system isn’t very advisable either. We must rate within the existing culture of MAL and that culture has established 7 as the new average. Failure to factor this in will only result in a unnecessary skewing of data.

Now I’m not saying everyone needs to fall in line and take all subjectivity out of it. It’s ok to have high standards and quirky tastes or whatever. I myself have gone against the grain at times too. But if your tastes are so consistently far removed from the average person, why should anyone take anything you have to say about Anime seriously? A good critic knows how to be discerning and most importantly, fair. If everything you rate is a 3 or lower, I have zero faith that you have either of these aspects. And a critic who cannot be trusted is worthless.
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Thorf said:
As someone with a current mean rating of around 4.5 or less, I don't actually watch a lot of anime anymore. I love a lot of anime, and hate a lot more. When something good comes out I'll watch it.

Question is though, why do you care? Does it bother you seeing strangers rate things lower than you do, even if they have a different rating system?

As someone mentioned before in this thread, different rating systems are bullshit. The site already has a rating system, which works perfectly fine. I can understand if you have your own list of ratings on your phones notes or sth, but there is no point at all having a different system on MAL. It seems too tryhard to have one. I don't care either way. As I wrote many times, I was just curious, then I got carried away by the replys, and the thread turned into a bit of a shitshow.
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I feel like there wasn't any thread like this in a while, anyways who's the witch? Is it Nine?
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I feel like there wasn't any thread like this in a while, anyways who's the witch? Is it Nine?

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DrBalls said:
I've seen countless MAL users who generally score everything they watch low. Yet they still continue to watch anime regardless. What's the point of investing your time in a medium you hate? I'm not talking about troll accounts either, there are genuinely people that do this unironically. It just seems so bizarre to me. Do they get some sort of satisfaction out of it or what?


I still enjoy half the shows I rate lowly.

although then again I have seen those same people talk about the shows they have rated lowly like it was torture.
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We must rate within the existing culture of MAL and that culture has established 7 as the new average. Failure to factor this in will only result in a unnecessary skewing of data.

Agreed, the majority does this stupid thing so everyone else must too, we don't want the site ratings to get skewed now do we? I rely on them to determine which anime is worth watching or not, so seeing a 5 rating for an average show instead of a 7 or 8 would be quite misleading.
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DrBalls said:
CaptainKenshiro said:
I feel like there wasn't any thread like this in a while, anyways who's the witch? Is it Nine?

Serila from a gacha game called Epic Seven


Turns out I have already seen the character once, huh. Thank you
Jun 22, 2022 3:58 AM
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I think it's because of "hate-watching" AKA the 2nd best way to watch content.

A good example is watching HGTV show that's very dumb so you scream for the next 30 minutes to your screen while the people in the show make the worst decisions humanly possible.
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I don't know, I just want to finish the show, so I do. I've only dropped a few, some of which I'm considering picking back up.
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DrBalls said:
Thorf said:
As someone with a current mean rating of around 4.5 or less, I don't actually watch a lot of anime anymore. I love a lot of anime, and hate a lot more. When something good comes out I'll watch it.

Question is though, why do you care? Does it bother you seeing strangers rate things lower than you do, even if they have a different rating system?

As someone mentioned before in this thread, different rating systems are bullshit. The site already has a rating system, which works perfectly fine. I can understand if you have your own list of ratings on your phones notes or sth, but there is no point at all having a different system on MAL. It seems too tryhard to have one. I don't care either way. As I wrote many times, I was just curious, then I got carried away by the replys, and the thread turned into a bit of a shitshow.
It's hardly a shitshow when the site is already arguably bloated with its ratings to begin with.
Anyway, I don't even have my own rating system I just think anime is a lower form of media and has to do a lot more on average to get me to love it hence the lower ratings overall. You really just shouldn't care about these things and move on as it'll never change g.
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Kokoro_135 said:
Best answer so far my hat off to you sir! And if we want to judge it objectively aot is a 3 no more no less

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Almost got me, but that AoT 6/10 gave away the trollish nature of your post right at the end. That's way too generous for AoT (^:

True anime haters rate with 6s and 7s only, 5s and lower are for elitist trolls who want to appear intelligent with their low mean score to people on isekai threads.
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Maybe they like watching trash? Or what they consider to be trash. They might be harsh with other type of media too, not only anime.
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why does everybody seem to be so fixated on striving to enjoy every moment of their lives? can't i just relax and not enjoy myself in my free time?


This is one of the best and most relatable things I've read in the history of MAL's forums. And I'm not joking at all
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You usually don't know if you're going to hate it or not before finishing it.

Sometimes I start hating a show while half way through but still finish it because I don't like to drop it midway through, and also because I can criticize it fairly.
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I've already made a post that said I do it for the watch time.
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I have no idea... I sense of accomplishment maybe? I hesitate to ever drop something for that reason but I certainly wouldn't start something I thought would be bad (unless it's for the LOL'Z)
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I dont hate animes i watch i just dont like their toxic fandoms
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Not everything we watch is supposed to be amusing, it doesn't mean we hate that particular media altogether
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Just because I wan't to give everything I watch to have a chance
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Hmmm... Maybe they're addicted, or they want to watch as much anime as possible?
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