| Hello there, Lately I'm debating if it's fair to consider some animes as favorites if I don't rate them as a 10. I mean it may be up for myself, but I just think that if I don't give it a perfect score is because I didn't liked something about or felt like it was missing something. So what do you all think? Would you consider fair to call an anime your favorite even if you know it's not perfect (from your POV of course)? |
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| Aoi bungaku, narutaru, niea7, petshop horror i Love them And I score 7 |
| Before, I would say no but as time passes, my mindset about it has completely changed. Despite rating OG Naruto and Death Note 9's, I would still consider them some of my favorite anime of all time. They will be behind the 10s I've scored in terms of "favorites" obviously, but it won't change how I feel about either series. There are also two to three arcs of Shippuden that got a 10 score from me but as a whole, I don't think I'm going to rate Naruto Shippuden a 10 score either. As for Death Note, I don't think it's perfect, but the story and its characters are so memorable that it's hard for me to not consider it a top anime for me. The same goes for Fate/Zero Season 2, Fate UBW (Both Seasons), the JoJo series, and of course, Hunter x Hunter (2011). Everyone is different though and it just depends on how they rate anime/manga. |
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| yea and honestly I don't know why that happens. Most of my favorites I give 8s. I think my favorites are more about memorability than how much I enjoyed the show while watching it. |
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| Yeah. It can have flaws, but still be somewhat special to me. Special enough to be considered as one of my favorite anime shows. |
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| It depends on what a 10 means to you. Personally, I only rate favorites as a 10, because there's no anime that is perfect in every way, so instead I base it off of enjoyment. |
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| Maybe. I consider my top 10 favorite anime to be a 10. Favorites other than the ones in top 10 are not necessarily a 10. |
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| Yeah some 10s aren't favorites for me while some 8 and 9s are. I don't really have that good of an explanation for it though lol. I think favorites just depends on how much I love something and something doesn't have to be perfect for me to love it. |
| It's ok. Nothing is perfect anyway. You can love a thing and recognize the flaws as well. I personally maxed out my score for a title to 8, including my favorites. The difference between my favorites and other 8 scored anime is my enjoyment when I watch them and how memorable it is. I don't really care if they're imperfect or something. |
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| For me personally, yeah absolutely. Some of my 9s have left a bigger impact on me and are more special to me than some of my 10s, with Bocchi the Rock and Liz to Aoi Tori filling in two spots. It really depends on how a show will leave long-lasting impact on me and hits me in the feels, and no show is perfect or flawless in the end and that's a-okay. |
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| @ OfficerPoon I'm kind of the same way; I enjoy lot's of stuff that I would consider 'objectively' bad. Art is a really subjective thing so it comes down to how it connects with you personally. I try to rate shows in at least a semi-objective way, which obviously isn't a perfect system. |
| Some of my favs are only an 8 or 7. I do need to adjust my scoring though because i have way too few 10s from being overly reserved with it. |
| No chance. For an anime to immerse me enough to the point where I consider it a favourite, it has to have the necessary qualities and advantageous traits that would beget the entertainment value in the first place. If it does have these attributes in spades, then why would I arbitrarily burden it with a lower rating? I like things for a reason. |
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| 9/10 of my favorite anime are 10/10, so only one 9/10. |
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| Yeah, I think it's possible to like something that's flawed in some way. I think if something was purely "perfect" it would become sterile, and lose it's appeal. So I don't mind the rough edges at all so long as it resonates with me in some way. |
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| Even if an anime isn't your favorite, it doesn't mean you can't appreciate it. I gave Death Note a 10 based on my personal system, but it's not one of my favorites. |
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| It really depends on the series, if it holds a special place in my heart now and I get more into the series or bought the manga, I give a 10. I don't really mind writing obviously theres stuff I want differently but I try not to overthink that. |
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| my favourites mostly depend on my enjoyment but since this a platform that's being taking as reference when it comes to ratings of animes (people might base their viewings depending on the ratings), i try to be as neutral as possible so one of my all time favourites has an 8 for example |
| What an utterly autistic mindset. This ALL or NOTHING crap, I detest it. |
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| Thats seriously impossible because my favourites all need to have a 10 to be different |
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| If we're talking about my "#1 favorite," then no, because I rate based on emotion. If we're talking about "my favorites," well, that's everything 8 and up. |
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| The greatest of all time in my concept will always hold a 10, but not all of my favorites are a 10. Most are an 8. |
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| A lot of my favorite animes are 7s, 8s and 9s. I can hold a show rated 7 dear to my heart, even though it may have many flaws that prevent it from being an 8 or a 9. I don't use 10s since I don't believe the medium has peaked yet. It's always possible to demand more from an animation. It's always possible to find 1 major flaw in any anime. I reserve my 10s to a future show that breaks my beliefs in half. |
| No, I think that is usually a sign of insecurity (fear of not being able to defend their taste from criticism) or ego (thinking it makes them look smart to be privy to some standard that lets them selerate what they like from what is good) when pressed to define the difference between their favourites and what is "good" their answers are almost always lacking. Cultural standards of what is good animation, writing, etc are subject to change, remember truth comes from a what not a who. It's also worth mentioning that a flaw doesn't necessarily harm what a show is trying to communicate meaningfully, in the same way it would be ridiculous to disqualify your wedding as a special day because of a minor inconvenience, I think it's ridiculous to disqualify a show from being a 10 for a relative nitpick compared to what it meant to you. We could sit here a day arguing about hypothetical versions of shows where certain aspects are improved but it really gets us nowhere. I guess the point I'm trying to get across is everyone should think about why they like something until they've got a satisfying reason, if they want to express that publicly they should put effort into making sure that reason is valid and communicable. All of that would be far more productive than appealing to arbitrary bullshit you yourself can't define. |
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| Yes, because there are only two shows on my list of favorites that make me so wet that I still keep a 10 as my rating for them. |
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| I don't get why people think 10 means the show is "perfect". Where did that idea come from? 10 means it's the highest score, you love it and think it's great and rate it higher than most others. What does "perfection" have to do with it. Probably another one gonna say 'nothing can be' haha okay. |
| Sure, why not? For me, a 10 is absolutely flawless. That's a pretty rare thing, but there are other things which are also incredible and dear to me, but I couldn't call them flawless. |
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I don't get why people think 10 means the show is "perfect". Where did that idea come from? 10 means it's the highest score, you love it and think it's great and rate it higher than most others. What does "perfection" have to do with it. Probably another one gonna say 'nothing can be' haha okay.
| What if in the future an anime comes out that is on another level compared to all your current 10s, are you gonna go back and downgrade every anime you watched by 1 point down? Since it would be unfair for the new godly show to be just a 10 like all the other "bad" 10s in the list. |
| yeah, I even have some 7s and 8s that I consider favorites |
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| my 10s are my favorites but for anime adaptations i tend to give higher scores to the source material like manga so my anime scores on adaptations can be misleading |
| 10s are reserved for my favorites however there are shows I absolutely love that I can't in good consciousness rate 10. Kakuriyo no Yadomeshi is a prime example - animation quality and visuals are so bad it's borderline offensive. So my answer is: it depends. |
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| I try to rate animes as they wouldn't be one of my favorites. My favorite animes are the ones I emotionally feel attached to them in a good way and they don't have to be 10/10s. |
Ricchan__Apr 19, 1:11 AM
| Favorites don't necessarily have to be the best of the best. I love High Score Girl because it reminds me of my arcade nostalgia, and it's far from perfect. I think everything I have rated as a 10 is there for some reason other than its quality. Nothing is truly a 10. |
| My favorite anime I only gave a 9/10 ¯\_(ใ)_/¯ |
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| Yeah my favourites are just the anime I watched and liked the most. They don't have to be complete masterpieces to be my favourite. |
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| I don't take anime very seriously. It is fun to occassionally watch. Nothing to be obssessed with, however. |
| I have never given scores to any anime. So none of my favorites has gotten a 10 from me yet. I have a different rating system. |
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