| For me a 6 mean it was ok to see only once so I put stuff I didn't like or stuff I dont remember at 5 |
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| There are 5☆ shows and 5☆ shows. A show could be constantly mid, hence a 5☆. (eg Oreimo, Amagi Brilliant Park) A show could either start/end well, but at some point it is bad, hence a 5☆. (eg Jormungand, Burn the Witch) A show could have a great premise, but it develops it poorly, hence a 5☆. (eg Jigoku Shoujo, Maoyuu Maou Yuusha) There are 5☆ shows that are boring and you would hardly be able to improve it, others with some minor tweaks might vastly improve it. A 5☆ show could still be salvageable if they ever intend to remake the show. |
| Was enjoyable at some points but overall pretty shit. |
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| 5/10 means it’s boring/ unoriginal and a bit of a chore to sit through. There isn’t bad moments that leave a nasty taste in my mouth but any memorable good moments either OR Equal parts good and memorable moments and poor/ disgusting/ stupid moments. |
| “Since when was this world so beautiful?” ~Yuuri (girl's last tour) |
| People tell me I am too generous with my ratings. I disagree, generally I feel that if a show has meaning for you and truly makes you happy then it deserves a high score regardless if it is widely viewed as top tier media. So as a result of this I tend to give quite high ratings across the board, Birdie Wing a 9 for instance. So with that being said, if I give something a 5 that means I just did not really gain anything from it. Does not necessarily mean that I actively dislike it, it just did not do anything for me. |
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| 5/10 = Base level of genuine enthusiasm/motivation towards a work (i.e. be a fan of). Anything lower at best (i.e. 4/10) is just a nice time-passer, good for once and that's all. |
| It wasn't bad, wasn't that good either, just average. Any scores under 5 is a bad show. |
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| A 5/10 for me would be something that doesn't really do anything for me. Serviceable in terms of production, and maybe approaching some level of competence, but rather mediocre overall. |
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| 5 to me is someting that's not particularly good nor bad, I had my fun with it or maybe find something new but I probably wouldn't rewatch nor recommend it to anyone. |
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| It means it was so-so. 50-50 between liking it & not. Or maybe it was just so boring that I was indifferent to it. I still use 7/10 as it was originally intended, which is to say that my average anime watching experience is good. |
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| I think the names of each star in the site is somewhat meaningless. I'd consider an anime such as Charlotte to be "average", and that's a 7 for me. A 5/10 rating would be something that's mediocre to me, a show that's mostly bad except for a few things that make it bearable. The way it works for me goes something like this: 1 - Absolutely unwatchable. 2 - Has absolutely nothing good about it, but I could at least sit through it without vomiting in the process. 3 - Mind-numbingly boring or almost entirely terrible. 4 - Somewhat bearable, but overall bad. 5 - Mediocre. 6 - Decent, mildly entertaining, but lacking quality. 7 - Good, entertaining for the most part, but has issues that I can't overlook. 8 - Great, enjoyable with minor issues. 9 - Near perfect. 10 - Masterpiece, no flaws whatsoever. 9 and 10 are relative scores to me, basically everything that's a 9 is very good, but I didn't enjoy it as much as I enjoyed any of the animes I gave a 10. |
| Pretend there's something flashy and cool here. |
| 5 is quite a rare rating on my list. Even though it says "average", most shows I've seen usually have either enough to get a 6 or are "bad" - so 4 or lower. Gladly, there are more of shows I watched are in the former category (Mean Score 6.43). Honsetly, I wouldn't watch so much anime if half of them were below average ^^ As for my 3 actual "5"s: - RWBY: Ice Queendom - Good Characters, but the plot was too complex and rushed towards the end. One strong point, one weak point. It was enjoyable, but too flawed for a 6. - Ryza no Atelier - Would've been a fine (6/10) Slice of Life, but the fanservice was executed so awfully and destroyed the comfy atmosphere, so it went down to 5. - Ayaka - Perhaps the most "5" show ever. It does everything it has to do and nothing more. Aside from 2 characters (one good, one bad), I couldn't name a good or bad point for this show. |
| 10- amazing show, no holes 9- amazing show, few holes 8- great show, wouldn't complain 7- very good show, small complaints 6- pretty good, wouldn't highly recommend them 5- average, not bad but not too good 4- meh, no strong feelings but didn't like 3- bad, watched all and didn't think it was worth it 2 bad, couldn't watch all 1- garbage, cant understand how people like these could be more detailed but that's abt what I rate based off of  |
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| 5s are usually the boring ones. The story is ok for the most part, they look acceptable but they are a chore to watch OR they were good but the ending is garbage. Many such cases. |
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| When I rate an anime a 5, it means there is exactly as much to like than to dislike about it. If I rate it above it means there is more to like than to dislike imo. |
| It's probably easiest to explain it and for others to understand if I put it in relative terms - that is, in relation to nearby numerical scores on the scale. Even though the literal descriptor for 5 on MAL is "Average", I don't use it that way and prefer to use 6 - 7 for the average of everything I've watched. The reason being that my view is my feelings toward what I watch will trend more toward the positive direction than the negative, because I don't watch what are to me an equal amount of good and bad things, or an equal amount of things I will like and dislike. I obviously seek out what I have some expectation of liking and being good based on established preferences (which, for me are quite broad and fluid, but still exist), because why wouldn't I? If I watch 1,000 anime, why on Earth should I watch 500 within them that look bad and I expect to be bad, or otherwise uninteresting/unappealing to me? It would make no sense. It seems like a perfect waste of time and energy, and siphoning time away from where I could be watching more promising things. Therefore 7 is my standard, go-to, solid "good" rating, but like an average good. Nothing in it which yet (if it's a series which is ongoing and gets renewed later) reaches the height of my higher-rated ones of 8s, 9s, and 10s. 6 is also basically good, but definitely a lower good - the lower side of good or maybe more accurately, "decent". Either more noticeable bothersome faults and flaws or maybe minimal to no important faults and flaws, but just very not ambitious and paint by numbers/by the book/generic for what it is and could otherwise be. 6s are ones which either aim high but fall short in one or more glaring quality-reducing ways, or ones which are basically fine without a big flaw or flaws, but never aimed high to begin with. And 5s in relation to all that, it's like one which has the flaws of a 6/10, but where the flaws are either so numerous or severe or both that they overpower the good moreso than in the case of 6s. Or there wasn't as much good in the first place. They are one of my more negative dispensed ratings and, in fact, easily the rating I've given out the most of which I consider firmly negative, considering I rarely use 2s - 4s by comparison, and that I have no 1s and may never use that rating. As a result of taking all this into account, 5/10s, and even some 6/10s, are therefore my most painful ratings to give out, where there is the most upsetting gulf between my hopes and the reality of the work. 4s, 3s, and 2s are just the more extreme version of that theoretically deserving a harsher rebuke with each level you go down, but in actual practice I don't use those too often because I consider myself fairly lenient and they seem a little too cartoonishly punitive for most things I watch, even if lazy and vanilla or with garbled execution. I try to sift out the positives. And indeed 5s definitely do still have some positives - something which makes them worthwhile to watch, if just for the premise alone or some good music or voice acting or unique story structure or (probably) unintentional humor or anything else. In truth, even the series I stamp the rare 2 - 4 ratings on also have some positive attribute about them, otherwise I would just drop them and not even rate them. It's just a question of degree. |
WatchTillTandavaDec 21, 2023 1:08 AM
| 5 is average for an anime I rated, not too bad or too good. |
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| for me a 5 is just a show that didnt really have anything special. Didnt make me feel a certain way or what it was trying to convey just wasnt done very well |
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| It means that it's on the level of Spy X Family Part 2. Disappointing and frustratingly average. |
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| Something that I consider edging the average and the enjoyment threshold. It can be ether stuff I watched to completion, or stuff I dropped. Its rare that I rate any dropped anime above a 5. |
TechnopunkDec 21, 2023 2:39 AM
 "Don't let your memes be dreams."- Ancient Japanese proverb, probably |
| I use 5 for a show that could have been enjoyable but is just boring but not bad per say but kinda bad in some ways |
| How about mid? I am mid, I like mid. Even my mean score is 5.18. |
| it means the anime is "eh" for me. very very bad, close to being atrocious |
 The end of an era. Thank you Wit, Mappa and Isayama. Feeling half happy, half sad. Kawaii waifus and precious best girls <3333 |
| Score of 5 is under the least enjoyable shows that I score 6 and slightly better than shows that I hate (which I score 4,3,2 and 1 accordingly by the amount of hate towards them). So basically a show that left no emotions to remember at all. |
| 10 - 9 Most people will like this 8 - 7 Good but some might not like it 6 Average 5 Below average 4 - 3 A select few may like it 2 -1 Most people won't like it |
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| To me, it's not a good but not exactly a bad anime. And even the 5 rating it got depends on different things like either if the animation and art was pretty good or not an exactly bad story etc. |
Alice23_Dec 21, 2023 7:20 AM
| Mostly bad or passable shows that still I still managed to get some entertainment value out of. Neither too good or too bad. I wouldn't say it's the average. The average for me would be between 6 and 8. I try to rate it like a test. 5 is not a failure but it barely passed the mark. |
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| Bad, but not so bad as to cause mental anguish. Might even be worth watching if you find yourself in a particular mood, or are in a position where you can only watch about 5 minutes of show an hour and don't want to worry about missing anything. 6 is my average score if that puts things into perspective. |
| I don't usually give a 5 rate to an anime, even the lowest i rate was 7, if i rate anime a 5 that must be a bad anime for me. |
| usually i just dropped something/stopped watching if something was truely unwatchable for me. so if i gave it a 5, it was good enough to watch, even if not a contender to be one of my favorites. although i dont rate most a 5..usually i rate pretty highly or otherwist just drop the anime i get around to watching. or just rewatch something. |
| A 5 means that it wasn't totally terrible or anything, but overall there were some pretty significant problems that stop me from saying that I genuinely enjoyed it. However, there were some things saving it from being a "bad" anime. |
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| A five for me is mostly average but leaning towards negative, while a six is mostly average but leaning towards positive. If I give something a five it usually means I feel at least a bit negatively towards it but it's not bad enough to warrant a 4 or lower. Or it's something I truly don't have an opinion on, like I tend to rate anime shorts and music videos a 5 if they don't stand out much to me. The overall scores on MAL are pretty inflated, like the scoring system feels like it's 6-9 rather than a 1-10, so I don't base my own scores off of how mal's ratings are. |
| @Cammell123 "most anime have score around 7, not around 5" FYI the average mean score is 6.14 Also 5 is not the real "average" rating. It'd be if MAL had a 0/10 rating but since it doesn't the real average is really 5.5 |
| an score can mean many things. a 5 could be an average anime that never imrpoved or got worse, an anime that had a great 1st half and a boring second one, a good anime that had a dissapointing ending, a decent script with mediocre visuals, an anime with lot of ups and downs etc. |
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| 5 is for me is meh, mediocre, didn't get much of it but didn't hate it or, in some cases, unsure if to rate 10 or 1 (Cipher for example). |
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Reply to MichaelJackson
an score can mean many things. a 5 could be an average anime that never imrpoved or got worse, an anime that had a great 1st half and a boring second one, a good anime that had a dissapointing ending, a decent script with mediocre visuals, an anime with lot of ups and downs etc.
MichaelJackson said: an score can mean many things. a 5 could be an average anime that never imrpoved or got worse, an anime that had a great 1st half and a boring second one, a good anime that had a dissapointing ending, a decent script with mediocre visuals, an anime with lot of ups and downs etc. That's generally how I rate an anime 5/10, depending on how it's paced with it's story/plot and visual. |
| A 5 for me is completely neutral. Not good, not bad, jut kinda meh. Though if you see a show has a score of 5 on mal its probably pretty awful, people tend to rate shows really highly on here. |
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