| So, I really didn't know this was rare until I started going on reddit. I don't think I have ever rated an anime lower than 7 on here, and I have never dropped an anime. Once I start watching something, I continue on through. I guess, I just don't watch anime if I don't like the premise, and if I like the premise it starts at a 7.5 in my book. Any series I enjoy gets at least an 8 and based on details a higher score potentially. To that end, I've always found it odd if people finish series and give it like a 4. Am I alone or does anyone else do this? |
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| My tastes are very specific but I will try recommendations and sometimes popular shows that are being talked about. Most shows I drop at episode 1 though if I dont like them, but I will usually give things a chance. |
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AbsoluteXero said: You're not alone. I usually do the same thing. The story isn't the only thing I look for when watching an anime. I don't think I can ever rate an anime lower than a 5. That's good to know, I thought I was just a weirdo lol |
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| Well, it also depends on people's score system. And I guess you are too generous because actually we are supposed to give a 5 for an average show we have watched. For example if you filter animes by the premises and you didn't like half of them, you should give half of them 4s. I also don't do this though, I define an average by guessing what a mediocre show like is, because if I define it as "average of shows I have watched" I must redo the scores all the times. About why bother finished the show when you find it bad, there are also few reasons. For me in particular, I can watch what I find an average, but bad ending can lower the score to 4. And I also won't drop a show with only like 3 episodes left in my watching list, or a movie, because I can finish it with one sitting. There are still other reasons too I think, like maybe some people are just masochists lol ... |
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| Just means you're good at picking stuff you'll like. I'm pretty decent since I rarely drop things or rate below a 6. |
| Look, in an ideal world, I preferably don't want to give any of the anime I watch lower than a 7. 7 and up means a definite endorsement and then from there to 10 it's all just a matter of degrees. 6 is where I begin having problems that hinder my enjoyment of the show, but still definitely a worthwhile watch. 5 is the same, but I suppose even more pronounced (Have to admit to having not thought about this distinction much between 5 and 6 until now. 6 I figure is where I still liked more about it than disliked but it's seriously flawed in a way that makes it way more dull or frustrating than it needs to be. 5 is the same, but without feeling more positive than negative. It's a complete break-even wash). 4 and lower is where I definitely disliked more about it than I liked. Also, I can love the premise of something but have serious grievances with its execution. Looking at something like Goblin Slayer, I originally rated it a 6, but then changed it to 7. I adore the premise of what's basically D&D the anime (not even a tabletop RPG player, but I find it a fun concept for a show), I love seeing goblins from European inspired folklore in a show, I love the medieval setting with guilds and such, I love a decent high fantasy. Problems? The OST was mainly bland and generic, I didn't like its usage of CGI such as on the protagonist's armor, and the fanservice shots were so blatant, cringe-worthy, and juvenile, so it felt dumbed down. That is how something can dance the 6-7 range. Something which could be a 9 or 10 if executed artfully feels a bit lobotomized of premium content and ends up feeling much more shallow. A 6, for example, is what I gave to Eva, which might earn me some ire. Amazing premise, nice animation, very unique worldbuilding and feel to the show, great mech and creature designs, decent drama, but absolutely hated most of the characters and the style over substance religious imagery superimposed on the show. In my estimation that was enough to downgrade its score. It's obviously a finer made quality product than something like GS for its intricate writing and influence on the medium for two decades, but I erred on the side of placing primacy on personal enjoyment level. I have given out only a small handful (less than five, I believe) 4s and 3s. I haven't handed out any 1s or 2s. Yes, if I've started watching any show then it can at least be said I'm interested enough by the premise as I'll read the synopsis and read or watch some non-spoilery reviews/overviews before watching. That's why it's rare for a show or film to earn less than a 5 from me (just on here going based on MAL's scoring range). Maybe there is some difference in the way we're perceiving these ratings? I don't at all perceive a 6 or even a 5 as an outright poor rating. It's in the middle of the numerical scale, meaning it is average. 6 on the positive side of average and 5 smack at the dead center. Why are these being perceived as horrendous ratings? With a 6 there was still more I liked about it than disliked and I'm definitely glad I watched it, but it may have terrible animation, terrible OST, aggravating characters, or an inconclusive/wishy-washy or cliffhanger ending that really harms it. I don't really ever regret watching anything - Even the 4s and 3s, and even the theoretical 2s and 1s if I ever give them out, because for everything made, there must be at least one person on Earth who likes it and something of inherent value present even if I loathe the experience of watching it. I'd rather have seen it and criticize than remain ignorant. Only show I dropped to date is the second season of SnK, because I have thousands of titles out there to watch and it makes me angry and I find it tedious to have to sit through something presented in a style to so blatantly compete for ratings with baiting cliffhangers every second. |
WatchTillTandavaAug 7, 2019 7:09 PM
| You have too much time. You know what's really worth watching when you are busy but still want to watch anime. |
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| i like most of the anime i watch, but i'm just super harsh with ratings. even if i enjoyed a show, if it falls in the middle of all of the shows i've watched, it gets a 5 or 6. i just like the idea of rating relatively. |
| I used to be this way, but I got wiser... I am generally good at picking out what I'll likely enjoy before making the decision to watch. If executed perfectly, drops and low ratings would never happen. But this is not a perfect world. After watching several hundred anime, I'd inevitably get roped into watching something I don't like. It may be because of a misleading description, or from placing too much trust in a particular review or recommendation, but it'll inevitably happen. It may not necessarily be objectively bad, but sometimes just boring. I used to force myself to complete these, but after a while I gained the following spark of wisdom: "Why force myself to watch a mediocre anime when I could be using that time to be watching something fun right now?" As a teenager in school, I had plenty of time to watch everything I desired; now as a working adult, I do not: "If I'm spending my time watching something boring, I'm missing out on something fun." I had to assign a value to my limited time: "If it does not deliver enough enjoyment per episode, it's not worth finishing." Mob favorites like InuYasha and Ranma fall into this category: I got roped into watching them due to their popularity - until I realized that I'm not enjoying them enough to sit through 160+ episodes instead of using that time to watch 6 to 14 shorter series that I'll likely enjoy more. -------- TL;DR: Watch more anime and you'll eventually have to drop something - or you'll hate yourself when you learn this lesson the hard way. -------- Kaiser-kun said: ^ This guy gets it.You have too much time. You know what's really worth watching when you are busy but still want to watch anime. |
NyaaAug 7, 2019 7:59 PM
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| I am the same way! Except about the ratings. I just base it on if I found it interesting or not. I have a hard time just dropping shows. I don't care if I don't find the second half of the show interesting. I've already put so much time into it, might as well finish it! |
| yeah once i start watching a show i just cant drop it even if it is bad. idk maybe its just the completionist in me. as for rating i base off enjoyment , how memeorable the charcters are and has to have a somewhat decent story. |
| I think it's just something that changes with more anime you watch. You're bound to find even more enjoyable shows if you choose to go outside your comfort zone, but at the same time you're also likely to stumble upon bad shows That and as you watch more, your taste generally starts to change generall in a more harsh sense so eventually lower ratings will start to be the norm Or it could just be a show that started out great, but then quickly dropped to shit and if they're like you or me who doesn't drop anime, then they'd probably end up rating it lower. This pretty much happened to me with Cross Ange |
 'On-Hold' is another way for a completionist to say 'Dropped' |
| I feel like a lot of us are like this for a while if we started watching anime at a younger age. Once you've watched a decent amount of series multiple factors might bring down your opinions of a series especially if it's a very tropey genre like romcom or slice of life. Seeing a plethora of shows end up the same way makes us jaded and heightens our standards. I pretty much liked every show I saw until I watched Elfen Lied, it made me completely uncomfortable in not a good way and the excessive gore and nudity was more or less unnecessary. Then eventually I got duped into watching School Days by a video on YouTube because "it's such a good deconstruction lol". That was the first series I ended up despising. Tl;dr it's not crazy you've liked all the stuff you have, just don't be surprised if that magic wares off eventually |
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Kaiser-kun said: You have too much time. You know what's really worth watching when you are busy but still want to watch anime. opposite, not enough time at all with youtube, travelling, photography, light novels, grad school, that's just how I am. |
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AJtheGreat said: Superns18 said: That's good to know, I thought I was just a weirdo lol I think there should be some show which got you too bored that you dropped it or enough that you would have atleast rated it bad nope, not for me. finish everything and have enjoyed everything. I don't watch stuff that I would not enjoy |
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| Not to the same extent, but I tend to find most of what I watch enjoyable. Even using the full scale, I seldom watch anything that I find boring or outright bad. You could say that 7 is my average in the sense that on average, I find anime to be good. Even the shows I put on-hold for years tend to come back and prove to me that they were worth hanging onto. |
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| I hardly drop shows too since I know fully well what I'm getting into when I start a show - whether it be good or bad. So when a show surprises me by being more terrible or better than I imagined, I'll stick with it till the end in an attempt to find out what made it be different from my expectations. And to answer the question as to why I would purposely watch anime I know will be bad and I won't enjoy? Why not? It helps me appreciate the good stuff more and some of the bad stuff can be quite interesting in their own way. |
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Bayek said: Not to the same extent, but I tend to find most of what I watch enjoyable. Even using the full scale, I seldom watch anything that I find boring or outright bad. You could say that 7 is my average in the sense that on average, I find anime to be good. Even the shows I put on-hold for years tend to come back and prove to me that they were worth hanging onto. Nice makes sense, 7 is probably my average too |
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| anime has to be really BAD, way too boring or piss me off to drop it. it takes a lot to make me do that. but judging how your avatar is naruto, which is a show I dropped after 12 episodes you're probably way harder to bore to death. |
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| Maybe you're just the type who likes any anime simply because it exists. Then again, there's nothing wrong with enjoying everything you watch. You're probably just not as critical as the average person. Although you're currently watching Arifureta and given it a 4. And you said you find it odd when people complete anime they give a 4 to, so you should drop it! >:3 Experience your first dropped anime and ascend to a higher plane! |
Superns18 said: So, I really didn't know this was rare until I started going on reddit. I don't think I have ever rated an anime lower than 7 on here, and I have never dropped an anime. Once I start watching something, I continue on through. I guess, I just don't watch anime if I don't like the premise, and if I like the premise it starts at a 7.5 in my book. Any series I enjoy gets at least an 8 and based on details a higher score potentially. To that end, I've always found it odd if people finish series and give it like a 4. Am I alone or does anyone else do this? Your tastes evolve over time. There's a high chance you'll notice yourself giving lower and lower scores as you burn through more and more content. If not now, then later. Just like how your perception of the world changes over time. Anecdotally, I've been through far too many interesting premises that didn't stand up to the interest they had generated when I dived into them. A poor investment of time with little returns. I rarely drop anime too ( have only dropped 3 long running shounens because they simply started to beat around the bush and painfully progress everything. That is their formula for prolonging something because that's how the soap opera equivalents work). In response, I've made my watching patterns more manageable by filtering out works that don't have a conclusion. I largely tend to disagree with this whole "enjoy the ride and forget about the destination" mindset, since I value both equally and can't justify my disagreement otherwise. However, it goes without saying that anything which is 'fun/enjoyable' on a whole stands to get a score of 6+ from me if I abide by MAL's ranking system. That said, if you do happen to find every anime you pick up to be quite entertaining/enjoyable, then you should consider yourself quite lucky. Entertainment is after all, a game of investment and returns :) |
KreatorXAug 8, 2019 1:45 AM
| While I do drop anime, a lot, but I don't rate any anime below 5, ever And 5 is an extremely rare case, I've only rated 2 anime with that score, but I tend to rate every anime I actually complete high, like 7+ 90% of the time, since if I complete one, that's because I enjoyed it enough to rate it at least 7/10 If you visit my profile, you can see I also have quite a high mean score, like you do |
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| Might be that you're a newbie, then you suddenly find a lot of good shows and you enter the "Everything is so good and I'm consuming as much of these shows as possible", I went through that too xd And after that you'll enter the "Why are all modern shows trash and nothing after the 90's is good" period lol |
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ayamoo_h said: Might be that you're a newbie, then you suddenly find a lot of good shows and you enter the "Everything is so good and I'm consuming as much of these shows as possible", I went through that too xd And after that you'll enter the "Why are all modern shows trash and nothing after the 90's is good" period lol This ^ one exactly. Once you've seen enough shows you'll start craving for the anime that got you hooked like crazy. You'll end up comparing them anyway, otherwise anime trope discussion wouldn't exist in first place. |
| Usually I'm watching anime I know I'm gonna like so my general scoring is between 6 to 10 except OVA's and other side video stuff I didn't like, but usually I'm scoring even them five. but in the few times I "risked" it and didn't check beforehand if I will like it or not and... didn't like this at all, they got me really low score and dropped it right away, and that's pretty much why I dropped Mai-Hime, Simoun and 07-Gohst. |
| Nah, you're not alone. I usually do the same thing. ahahahahahaha |
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