| Scores are very weird here on mal. Generally, anything scored 7 and up is considered to be a good show, while anything 6 and below its terrible. Which is weird when you think about it because out of 10, 6 is a fairly positive score. So what I want to know, is what is a 6 to you? What makes a show a 6/10 in your eyes. If you ask me, a 6/10 is a show that's fairly decent, but it's maybe a bit rough around the edges. A show that would have most of it's aspects considered to be pretty good, but also has 1 or 2 things that really standout as unpolished or poorly executed. Overall pretty good, but with a few stand out flaws. 6/10 What about you? |
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| It means that it's just fine. Like I enjoyed the said anime, but it's not like I will remember it or that it had some things that I just didn't like but they weren't bad enough to make it unwatchable. |
| 6 is like a anime you thought was just passable. Not drop tier though. |
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| For me it means either 'okay' (as it's designated in the drop-down scoring list) or even 'decent' if it was an anime I internally considered to be a 6.5/10, rather than just a 6.0/10. Given that MAL has no intention of ever implementing anything more precise than whole number scoring, one of the only ways to make a record of your "higher 6's" is to assign them decimal point scores through tags or notes. But I suppose you could use some other metric for denoting better anime that still have the same score as well, such as a star (☆) symbol. |
  ｲ乇刀乇乃尺ﾑ乇 ㊎   ㊰☽ Shaded Horizon ☾ |
| Good even with its flaws and issues through the storyline, or filler content. |
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| It means I liked it in some ways but found it boring or flawed. |
| It means that it's watchable, but not remarkable. Basically, it's an anime I wouldn't hate, but I wouldn't praise either. |
 
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| If I give something a 6 then it is fairly average or perhaps a smidge above average. I would not recommend a series I scored 6 to my mates unless I could see the genre appealing to their tastes. Nothing noteworthy and likely to be forgotten quickly. If I actively disliked something then I would score 4 or less. Then again, series I dislike I tend to drop hence you won't see too many 4s on my list. There is a survivor bias going on and this would explain why my average score is above average; the rubbish gets dropped and just doesn't show up on my scoring as I won't rate stuff I don't finish. |
| It means it's tolerable but forgettable. |
| A 6 rating indicates that I can still revisit the show, that it has a passable score, and that it is still worth my time. What I dislike about MAL is that 4 is considered as bad when it should be labeled as weak. |
KushnaMay 1, 4:03 PM
Reply to Dachitosoru
It means that it's watchable, but not remarkable. Basically, it's an anime I wouldn't hate, but I wouldn't praise either.
| @Dachitosoru That sound more like 5/10 to me. Completely neutral. |
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| For me, a 6 was just "fine" or "decent," but just didn't quite cross the line into being actually "good." Something I rate a 6 is probably pretty unremarkable and forgettable, but it's not something that I actually had a bad time watching. I'd never rewatch it, but I don't regret watching it once. At the same time though, I wouldn't have been missing out on much if I hadn't watched it. I wouldn't consider it to be a negative rating. |
palm-treeMay 1, 4:10 PM
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| 6 for me is just average, nothing particularly good but nothing particularly bad. A middle of the road show and watchable, but not memorable in the end. |
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| 6 means alright, not good enough to rec or rewatch |
| There are two schools of thought: - 6/10 is positive, since it is above average. This is how I rate anime. 6/10 means that I definitely like it and almost love it, but I didn't enjoy it enough to really love it. Has my full attention (or almost). - 6/10 means mediocrity, since 60% and equivalents are barely passing grades or even failing grades in some schools. I don't like this because it's the reason global scores are skewed upwards and I care about distinguishing different levels of good way more than different levels of bad. This is how I rate anime if you think of my 4-5-6-7 as 6-6.5-7-7.5. Watchable, I like some things of it but not as a whole. Doesn't really have my full attention but I wouldn't call it boring yet, unlike anything I rate any lower. |
NirinboMay 1, 4:11 PM
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| A rating of 6/10 is above average. It's fine, nothing new, not rewatchable. I wouldn't recommend it to people. |
| Well for me I kind of think of it like this. There are 5 score brackets for me (1-2) horrible, (3-4) bad, (5-6) mediocre, (7-8) good, (9-10) exceptional. The score within each bracket is not so important i.e. in my eyes a 9 and a 10 are kinda close, but the difference between brackets is noticable, so the jump from 8 to 9 is significant in my scale. This bracketing helps to narrow down the score in a more consistent way i.e. first I try determine what is the correct bracket and then I can nitpick to see whether it should be low or high in said bracket. So what is a 6? 6 is kind of like the breakpoint for what is considered good. 5 is like 6 but even more mediocre, the last number I would consider recommendable unless there are special circumstances at play. 7 is like the baseline good show, it gets the job done but it's not going to amaze the average person. If I rate a show 6 and not a 7 it means there is something I can't look past, something about it displeased me, but simultaneously I am saying it might be worth your time, it's not a 5 (forgetable, borderline bad), it's doing something right. That's the theory but ultimately I doubt anyone is truly objective when it comes to scoring. Oftentimes your feeling of enjoyment will be the primary factor for what you rate a show, sometimes it may not even be about the show but the relationship you have with the franchise. |
| MAL's scoring is well defined and 6 is not terrible, is "fine". According to MAL "bad" starts at 4 and below. 10 Masterpiece 9 Great 8 Very Good 7 Good 6 Fine 5 Average 4 Bad 3 Very Bad 2 Horrible 1 Appaling But to me personally 6 is just a show that I enjoyed but can agree that has no real substance to it. It is a guilty pleasure. 5 is similar with the difference that I know it's actually bad, below that is just bad, not even a guilty pleasure. |
| Looking over what I've rated 6, I'd say they're shows I found to be generally enjoyable, or found certain elements to like about them, like a certain character or some nice fanservice moments. (A lot of "guilty pleasure" ecchi/harem shows fell into the 6 tier for me.) But they have some kind of flaw holding them back from being rated higher, like having dumb/generic storylines and premises, unsatisfying/incomplete endings, or lackluster production/technical quality. According to anime.plus, my mean score is 6.31, and I don't hold back from watching titles with MAL ratings below 7. Though if something's rated very low 6.xx or into the 5.xx range, I might think twice unless there's some obvious "this might be junk, but it's my kind of junk" appeal to it. |
Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but not their own facts. Everything that connects to MAL |
| A six to me is "it had its moments, but nothing special". A five to me is a "it was ok, not offensively bad, watchable" and a seven to me is "mostly good, I enjoyed myself". |
| Taiga best girl forever. |
| It means I think it's an okay series, definitely has its moments and can be enjoyable, but it's too flawed to be considered good aka 7/10 |
| Who are you and why do you show your hostility towards a complete stranger whom you've not once spoken with before. Are you seriously asking to get blocked? Well, if that's what your intent is; to tempt me into throwing hands with someone as lowly and insignificant as you, then i may grant your wish provided you articulate yourself a bit better when trying to spite a person of my wavelength. |
Reply to Akuya
@Dachitosoru
That sound more like 5/10 to me. Completely neutral.
That sound more like 5/10 to me. Completely neutral.
| @Akuya Well, for me, 5/10 is almost the same as 6/10, except that I wouldn't recommend 5/10s. |
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| I just did with one anime. And for me it is the anime had at least one strong point, but everything else was boring, not well done and other bad stuff during the series. So it was "fine" worth enough for me to complete. |
| It's very simple, the anime is neither good nor bad, it's average |
| What does it mean when you rate an anime 6? Better be amazing, fucking hard as hell to get above average for me. |
| I am a COMPLETIONIST. Aiming to finish AS MANY ANIME as possible before DEATH, Despite them being SATISFACTORY or if they are BORING. I WATCH THE LOWEST SCORED/RATED/RANKED ANIMES ON MAL (OR you can CALL THEM The WORST animes in the WORLD - No Joke Like Seriously) No anime has actually satisfied my anime taste, That I can call a MasterPiece (10/10), still searching... hopefully one day I will find that show and obsess over it till I die. RULE NO.4 I MUST WATCH ALL CONTENT FOR THE SERIES I HAVE FINISHED, NOW THIS ONE IS QUITE EXHILARATING. |
| For me 5-6 are average ranges, usually I score series that weren't necessarily good (7/10) but not bad (4/10) a 6/10 |
| I think 6 for me is "yeah it's watchable" but not necessarily good. |
"Nobody could laugh at someone who's trying their hardest" -Machio- |
| A rating of 6/10 means the anime is fine, not bad or good but also forgettable. |
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| For me it's something that was a fun and joyful experience, but had some little flaws that made me deduct points e.g. Tonikawa, Tsukasa and Nasa look cute together. But Imho, It has a generic plot, it's repititive, and we don't get to see bold ecchi acts. I'd rather rewatch Horimiya than force myself throught it's story, It has Great OP themes though that I listen on repeat 👍😙 |
| It means that the anime was ok but not good and that I liked something, like a character or something. |
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| It means it was good enough for me to watch it. Generally a 6 is the cutoff for me. I typically won't finish anything 5 or below, unless its fun bad. |
| Enjoyable enough but nothing special and I wouldn't rewatch it. I may still recommend it to people with specific wants (example: specific genres) and the anime fulfills that. |
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| It means I thought it was decent but had major flaws. I don't regret watching, but I probably wouldn't rewatch. It's the lowest score I give that means "I liked it". |
| For me, a 6 could be passable in quality but certainly not worth a rewatch. |
| A fine show that I mostly liked but probably not anything special or memorable. The reason the overall MAL score seems like it's not such a good score is because it's a mean of scores from the range of 1-10, which isn't the same as everyone rating it 6. For a show to go down to a 6 territory usually there must be a sizeable portion of bad scores (lower than 5). |
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| Had potential but was overall forgetable without being offensive |
| 6/10 is were the good stuff start. or maybe its a great anime or manga with some awful flaws later. |
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| It means it's a good show. It didn't blow me away, it wasn't anything super special, but If someone asks, I'm going to say, It's good. nothing more, nothing less. |
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| MAL ratings considers "6" as "Fine", and that's also how I treat it when giving Anime shows that rating: It's watchable but lackluster. Fun but in a generic way. Enjoyable for the moment but forgettable after a while. Executed its concept well but the concept itself wasn't much in the first place. Interesting story but nothing I've never seen before. Basically, it's my "Average" rating; Nothing special but not bad either. Anything I rate lower than 6 would be shows that I find having major problems. |
| "I will use my ball to make you remember." -- Haruka Kiyomine, 2024 |
| For me, it's a better version of 5, but 5 isn't necessarily average. 2 things can lower a rating to that level for me: if it pisses me off or if it's dreadfully boring. 5 is usually the former and 6 is the latter. And 4 does the two at once |
tinshardMay 1, 10:21 PM
| To me, a 6 is a show or manga that I enjoyed but is very heavily flawed. It could be that the show has bad characters but a decent plot or great art and good characters but a nonsensical plot or something like that. Basically, it's not a 5, which is just media that is thoroughly average in all of its aspects. |
| For me 6 means I was unsatisfied but it wasn't exactly uninteresting for me. 6s are something like "I had fun watching it" or "there's something unique". |
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| "What does it mean when you rate an anime 6?" That it's really fine anime. "Scores are very weird here on mal." A bunch of people are thinking that they are back in school where you need 70% to pass an exam...here you only need 50%. Not to mention that some actually bad shows can be pretty enjoyable and you can give them 4/10, but still have the time of your life. We are talking entertainment, not about test questions which [usually] have objective answers. |
alshuMay 1, 11:29 PM
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