Honestly, has there ever been a popular anime where the community has been this heavely polarized regarding its quality and worth?
| hm honestly its probably the most split I've seen honestly yeah, I would say it's surprising but I think it's actually the opposite, it does what it needs to exactly to a certain fans taste pretty much perfectly, while being absolutely awful to some of the rest of us, I think you'd be pretty hard pressed to find someone who thinks demon slayer is mid rather than good/bad |
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FreshSalmon827 said: Demon slayer is probably the most polarised but tbh I think most people quite like it and it’s a vocal minority of people who think there intelligent for saying that the show is bad because it’s only the animation and action that’s good. It’s the people who actually base shows off their story and characters that rate it lowly. Because it’s so popular, most new anime fans watch it. And for them, only the concept, visuals and action of a show matter. |
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| It's the fate of all popular anime or popular media in general. It attracts a large amount of fans and haters too. |
Alasco2002 said: Lmao that’s MAL forum that is making think that, Demon slayer is really like and it is always the loud, very loud minority that complains about everything. The score being close to 9 is proof of that. When infinite castle gets animated I expect the score to be 9 at least. call me a loud minority all you want, I don't hate every anime, look through my list if you need proof of that, you can't just dismiss people's opinions with "they are an inferior group who have bad opinions about everything" lol |
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no shit I'm in the minority of people who don't like demon slayer, it has a what 8.9 score atm? I'm not blind. I only watched it on the reccomendation of a couple of people who said I might actually like it, despite it being somewhat similar to shows I tend not to. |
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| No it's just mere handful here on mal who just happen to very vocal and thus stick out rather significantly. But it's okay. News flash, it has been probably said a million times in this site already, but you can have your own opinion. Plus, it makes things interesting. Would be boring if 100% of people had the same view |
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| The community's not split. If there was truly a huge divide, it would have a lower overall score. The people that don't like it are just very vocal and wanna feel big-brained and special for not liking the popular thing. But what they don't realize is that no matter how much they play contrarian on the MAL forums, their parents are still never getting back together. |
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| *Looks at score of the manga '8.25' Looks at season 1 score '8.56' Looks at season 2 score '8.92' Yeah, I see no divide, all I see is rising scores each season, vast majority seem to like to love it. Wouldn't be surprised if season 3 or Season 4 hits 9. |
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DeepRiver said: I know that the more popular something is, the more different opinions are gonna rise, but ive personally never seen a case at the level of Demon Slayer, where a good chunk of the community praises it but the other trash it like no tomorrow, and where a general consensus is so far away, instead is just an endless war. In other popular shows such as SAO, everyone knows about it, but there is a general consensus that is pretty bad, the same about other shows such as Mirai Nikki. Then we have other kind of shows that also receives different opinions, such as AOT or Code Geass, but in no freaking way the heat and toxicity of the debates around these shows comes close to the ones with Demon Slayer, the daily toxic threads in this forum of MAL are a clear example of that. In one hand you have the fans or people who likes DS and considers it a great anime and probably a modern classic in the making, but on the half you also have very passionate detractors who always have something to say and stating is carried by the animation, and there is also the discrepancies about the score. Mate this has a 8.8+ on MAL the haters have all fucking lost get over it you artsy suck up douchebags. |
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| Sao was worse. Haters really hate it, fans really like it. I think the general consensus still leans towards it being good. It's just the hate is really loud. |
| There is no long an anime community, kiddo. The entire world is watching this show. Are you asking if there has ever been a polarized opinion about something the entire world has a take on? YES OF COURSE THERE HAS Hence the reason of humanity having war since the dawn of time. |
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| JJK hype died after the conclusion of Season 1 unlike Demon Slayer which is still providing new content quicker than JJK. Ofcourse, the movie is released but those in general aren't as hyped as TV series per se. SAO is hated A LOT. Only reason demon Slayer gets a distinct spotlight is due to its current hype. I doubt anyone's gonna care about Demon Slayer once the anime goes on a hiatus or ends. |
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NightKnightTaken said: Story and Characters are the most important aspects of any anime to me and that's why I love Demon Slayer. This also is kind of an insult of a take and not based in reality of any kind.FreshSalmon827 said: Demon slayer is probably the most polarised but tbh I think most people quite like it and it’s a vocal minority of people who think there intelligent for saying that the show is bad because it’s only the animation and action that’s good. It’s the people who actually base shows off their story and characters that rate it lowly. Because it’s so popular, most new anime fans watch it. And for them, only the concept, visuals and action of a show matter. |
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| Lol, you call this toxicity and hate? Check the other anime airing rn, in it's 6th season, with thousands of 1/10 votes. That's peak mal toxicity. Most people don't even call demon Slayer trash, they call it mid. I say it's good, about 7/10. But we still can't get over different opinions existing. |
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| demon slayer fans really can't accept the fact that people have different opinions on their favorite show lol. if you think that demon slayer has a bunch of haters look at literally AOT or FMAB, thatll show you whats a toxic fandom. nobody hated demon slayer dude, most people ik just think its mid like a 6 or a 7, thats not really a bad thing. its just that because of how popular it is, many new fans are gonna watch it and then dismiss anime as a medium if this is THE BEST it can offer. people just don't want it becoming the face of anime or anything. i started anime with this little anime called Death Note, the premise, the story, the characters were all just so unique that i had to find out other shows like these and that got me into anime. imagine i had watched demon slayer first instead, id probably be one of those guys saying anime is for weirdos rn lol. and BRUHHH if you think demon slayer is a classic, just look up the words classic ffs |
Fatality101 said: I think it’s just cause it’s score is so high. Like it’s beating out classics like death note, shouwa genroku rakugo and Hajime no ippo which are all highly regarded for their stories and characters when demon slayer dosent really compare. It obviously has better animation than these shows by a long shot but story wise and character wise, it’s so far off from them. That’s just my take on it though. This tbh. It's more or less the feeling when you work your ass out on a project and a grade schooler comes by, breaks it and runs away. |
| I think it’s because demon slayer isn’t necessarily groundbreaking for its story or characters. It has great animation and in my opinion polishes up the typical shounen tropes, but it’s nothing remarkable because of it. It’s one of those shows where you kind of have to accept it for what it is and enjoy the ride (action, animation, etc) that comes with it. I think demon slayer is good, but not great. People are probably so split because the show is very popular and overhyped for the level the overall story is at. |
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| Demon Slayer is 100% overrated and it's undeniable. S2 definitely doesn't deserve a 8.92 it's just built on Hype. But... Visually stunning A not-bad plot Okay characters Actually good back stories for the bad-guys Its pretty good, but it's not worth the score. |
| Yeah. Every gundam that has ever come out is like that. |
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| The thing is that its just the loud vocal minority here on MAL. If I check up other sites or even when I talk to my friends, they are all full of praises for the show or at least they wont say that its bad. Kny is way too popular right now and many people loved it which caused a minority of people to be jealous and they always lurk around Kny threads trying to make out something to hate on Kny. |
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| No. Because no other average anime has been overrated and praised to high heavens by its fanbase as much as KnY. My only problem with it is that it will result in more mediocre stories just like how the Isekai genre is filled with recycled trash now. |
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