Frieren is now the TOP RANKED anime in ALL major western anime ranking websites (MAL, Anilist, LiveChart, Anime-Planet, Kitsu, aniDB, and ANN). Unprecedented achievement!

JJMatoi said:

You take anime too serious, just enjoy the banter.
I like Re Zero too

Okeanix said:
Frieren is the most overrated anime of the decade, and the lack of a dedicated community for its source material is proof enough that this series only gained attention due to Madhouse's production, catering to casual viewers.

The author frequently goes on hiatus, seemingly unsure why this one-shot series even became successful.

People are watching something that was originally written as a one-shot and then extended to milk it as much as possible.

There are no foreshadowings, and the same dialogues between Himmel and Frieren are repeated throughout the entire series.

I recommend taking B12 for those with memory problems who don't realize how terrible this series is and suggest reading actual fantasy books instead.

Cielord said:
@katsuki1over
heavily disagree that to your eternity is somehow better then frieren.
firstly to get out the way, yes both shows focus on long lived characters and struggle with interpersonal relationships, but the approach is completely diffrent. in to your eternity fushi journey focus on him from the beginning of his birth (don't know if this the right way to call it), fushi easily succeed in forming connections but has to deal with with their loss due to his long livinghood. while frieren has trouble forming those connections and understanding them due to her diffrent time preception. i don't think it's fair to compare cause of that diffrence. and imo i think frieren has a better and more suitable approach to long lived character trope, cause to your eternity whose 'mc lose a lot of people he care about' approach can exist without the long lived character trope.

to your eternity action had nothing going for it, frieren action far better.

and i don't understand how people think something only get massively popular and well rated due to production values, i won't deny it has a affect. but in that case why series like kekkai sensen or towa no quon aren't very popular and has highscores.

then there is the fact that to your eternity had massive fall off in season 2 and somehow even more fall off in the manga. while frieren still constiantly great all throughout anime and manga.

boqjyb-Bofrux-mi said:
It was the right anime at the right time for sure overrated yes if this would’ve came out during jujutsu Kaisen season 2 run, you would hear nothing about it

rohan121 said:
@_Yotsugi_
To get #1 Re Zero would have to replace Subaru with a pretty boy. Not going to happen despite me loving Re Zero. It is not tame enough to appeal to the lowest common denominator.

JJMatoi said:

The first season even when it's good is not as great as the second.

rohan121 said:
I generally rationalize it as men and women enjoying it although for different reasons. It is impossible to get rated high on average if you only focus on catering to 1 sex though I prefer lower rated anime for that reason. Top rated anime means it was safe enough to not offend any group. Kind of the gross corporate endgame of esg. It is appealing to the least common denominator.

Okeanix said:
@taikaaaa11


1- Re:Zero Season 3 is not out yet.
2- I said Frieren's score would go lower every month, and it did go lower, just a little slower than I expected because the anime community is dead. The 414k votes that Frieren has are really low; it needs at least 1 million.


I already proved that every take of ThatAnimeSnob about Re:Zero is objectively wrong.

The_Keyman-1 said:
Both of them were airing in the same season (fall) jujutsu kaisen Shibuya incident (Thursday) and Frieren (friday) lol. If you want to downplay some series then from next time try to atleast research about them instead of embarrassing yourself.

Potatomike55 said:
Okeanix is my favorite athlete of all time (he regularly comes to the MAL forums to professionally compete in taking the L)

GYATyoruichi said:

let's all thank @Okeanix for making this happen🙏

J3_Omega said:
It's so nice to be able to come together as a community and collectively clown on a well known hater while Frieren continues to succeed. Thanks @Okeanix for bringing the anime community closer and making us smile with your bad takes. If Re:Zero wasn't so mid, I'd give it a good score just for you. 😁

deathro said:

it did come out during jjk s2's second cour.

boqjyb-Bofrux-mi said:

That was a typo. I meant Boruto.

deathro said:

I also hate when I mean to write Boruto but accidentally type Jujitsu Kaisen Season 2 instead.

Zarutaku said:
@Okeanix Why this happened?

Zarutaku said:
@Okeanix Why this happened?

Okeanix said:
@TheBeastyGerbil

Re:Zero has
- Better Characters
- Better Story
- Better Arcs
- Better World
- Better Lore
- Better Execution
- Better Voice Acting
- Better Musics
- Better Drama
- Better Mystery
- Better Thriller
- Better Writing
- Better Power System even though it's not good explained in anime adaptation because MC lacks skill and has other problems.
- Better Depth
- Better Foreshadowings
- Better Callbacks
- Better Details
- Better Peaks (not single episode of Frieren even close to Re:Zero Ep15 or Ep18)
- More Unique

Frieren has better:
- Animation
- Adaptation

The problem with Re:Zero is that, even though it does everything much better than Frieren, not everyone can understand it. Re:Zero
is a very complex and well-written series that not everyone has the capacity to grasp, unlike shounens (Frieren, Demon Slayer, and such).

Shounens are always more liked compared to seinens. Re:Zero will never be higher rated than Frieren since 100% of people can understand Frieren, while Re:Zero is a very niche, complex series that requires patience and dedication.

They also call me a Mushoku Tensei hater, but Mushoku Tensei is much, much better than Frieren.

Okeanix said:
Frieren is the most overrated anime of the decade, and the lack of a dedicated community for its source material is proof enough that this series only gained attention due to Madhouse's production, catering to casual viewers.

The author frequently goes on hiatus, seemingly unsure why this one-shot series even became successful.

People are watching something that was originally written as a one-shot and then extended to milk it as much as possible.

There are no foreshadowings, and the same dialogues between Himmel and Frieren are repeated throughout the entire series.

I recommend taking B12 for those with memory problems who don't realize how terrible this series is and suggest reading actual fantasy books instead.

Okeanix said:
@taikaaaa11


1- Re:Zero Season 3 is not out yet.
2- I said Frieren's score would go lower every month, and it did go lower, just a little slower than I expected because the anime community is dead. The 414k votes that Frieren has are really low; it needs at least 1 million.


I already proved that every take of ThatAnimeSnob about Re:Zero is objectively wrong.

Okeanix said:
Frieren is the most overrated anime of the decade, and the lack of a dedicated community for its source material is proof enough that this series only gained attention due to Madhouse's production, catering to casual viewers.

The author frequently goes on hiatus, seemingly unsure why this one-shot series even became successful.

People are watching something that was originally written as a one-shot and then extended to milk it as much as possible.

There are no foreshadowings, and the same dialogues between Himmel and Frieren are repeated throughout the entire series.

I recommend taking B12 for those with memory problems who don't realize how terrible this series is and suggest reading actual fantasy books instead.