All Time Fictional and Entertainment Related Favorites:
Anime – Monster
Manga – 7 Seeds
Visual Novel – Hoshi Ori Yume Mirai
Light Novel - Utsuro no Hako to Zero no Maria
Animated Film – The Lion King (1994)
Live-Action Film – It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
TV Series – Agatha Christie’s Poirot/Ugly Alert (2013 - K-drama)/Family's Honor (2008 - K-drama)/What Happens to My Family? (2014 - K-drama)/Be My Dream Family (2021 - K-drama)/My Husband Got a Family (2012 - K-drama)/
Sitcom - Only Fools and Horses
K-drama - Ugly Alert (2013)/Family's Honor (2008)/What Happens to My Family? (2014)/Be My Dream Family (2021)/My Husband Got a Family (2012)
Game – Elden Ring
Author – Yumi Tamura
Artists – Kaoru Mori and Naoki Urasawa (Tie)
Voice Actor – Kana Hanazawa
Genre - Slice of Life/Romance
Couple - Holo and Lawrence Kraft (Spice and Wolf)
Character Cast - 7 Seeds (Manga)
Franchise – Spice and Wolf
Fictional Character – Hercule Poirot (Agatha Christie's Poirot)/Kang Seo-ul (What Happens to My Family - 2014 - K-drama)/In Young Hye (Be My Dream Family - 2021 - K-drama)/Cha Yoon-Hee (My Husband Got a Family 2012 - K-drama)
Japanese Fictional Character (Male) – Takahiro Aramaki (7 Seeds)
Japanese Fictional Character (Female) - Hana Sugurono (7 Seeds)
Actors – David Suchet and James Stewart (Tie)
Actress - Kim Nam-Joo, Seo Hyun-jin, Shin Hye-Sun, Park Tam-Hee and Nam Ji-Hyun (Tie)
Work of Fiction – 7 Seeds (Manga)
Sport – Football
Team – Liverpool Football Club
Sportsman – Roger Federer
Top 20 Works [Anime, Manga, Visual Novels and Light Novels only]:
7 Seeds [Manga]
Hoshi Ori Yume Mirai [Visual Novel]
Monster [Anime]
Fruits Basket (Anime - Remake)
Basara [Manga]
Mars [Manga]
Ookami to Koushinryou [Manga]
Complex Age [Manga]
Hakuchuumu no Aojashin [Visual Novel]
Touch [Anime]
Makiba no Shoujo Katri [Anime]
Ai no Wakakusa Monogatari [Anime]
Aiyoku no Eustia [Visual Novel]
Okujou no Yurirei-san [Visual Novel]
The Warmth Between Us [Visual Novel]
Christmas Tina: Ephemeral Views of Winter [Visual Novel]
Glass Mask (2005) [Anime]
Shoujo Shuumatsu Ryokou [Anime]
Shinsekai yori [Anime]
Ohayou, Ibarahime [Manga]
Top 20 Characters from Anime, Manga, Visual Novels and Light Novels [This list is being made to include Visual Novel Characters]:
Yonagi from Hakuchuumu no Aojashin [Visual Novel]
Takahiro Aramaki from 7 Seeds [Manga]
Hana Sugurono from 7 Seeds [Manga]
Hinata Aoi from Gin'iro Haruka [Visual Novel]
Natsuki Segawa from Hoshi Ori Yume Mirai [Visual Novel]
Rikka Narusawa from Hoshi Ori Yume Mirai [Visual Novel]
Sarasa from Basara [Manga]
Katri Ukonnemi from Makiba no Shoujo Katri [Anime]
Asagi from Basara [Manga]
Ageha from Basara [Manga]
Lelouch Lamperouge from Code Geass [Anime]
Holo from Ookami to Koushinryou [Manga, Light Novel and Anime]
Lawrence Kraft from Ookami to Koushinryou [Manga, Light Novel and Anime]
Nagisa Kataura from Complex Age [Manga]
Tatsuya Uesugi from Touch [Anime]
Kenshin Himura from Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan [Manga]
Tina and Nine from The Warmth Between Us [Visual Novel] (Tie - Cheating a bit, but these two just cannot be separated just like Holo and Lawrence from Ookami to Koushinryou.)
Touko Yukimura from Hoshi Ori Yume Mirai [Visual Novel]
Sora Ousaka from Hoshi Ori Yume Mirai [Visual Novel]
I rate based on impact, enjoyment, memorability, attachment, overall experience, immersion and finally critical merit i.e. substance. Most of the above hinge heavily on the quality of the story in question but characters in particular play a vital role in my rating system. In many cases, they could make or break a work for me. Take the following words LITERALLY. They're not meant to be used loosely. When I use a word below to describe a rating, it means exactly that. There are some exceptions but that's usually due to my personal experience or it's a guilty pleasure. Also, ratings need not necessarily always correlate to my favorites.
10/10 - Masterpiece
9/10 - Exceptional
8/10 - Excellent/Great
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7/10 - Very Good/Solid -------> [I would readily recommend everything with a 7+ rating dependent on tastes.]
6/10 - Good -------> [I would recommend series' with a 6 rating dependent on tastes. These are still worth watching. This is the rating wherein I am satisfied with my watch and there's something to appreciate.]
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5/10 - Decent -------> [The region wherein a series just manages to stay on the right side of the spectrum. Still manages to provide something enjoyable.]
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4/10 - Mediocre ------> [Just manages to be worthwhile somehow. The last gasp so to speak.]
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3/10 - Poor ------> [Beginning of the territory of disaster.]
2/10 - Horrendous
1/10 - The Holy Grail
*Note:- Don't let the large amount of 1's bother you. A vast majority of them are shitty OVAs and specials that no one would bother watching. I assure you that there aren't that many legitimate series on there. I do admit that there are some that don't really deserve 1's but I have special reasons for those instances (Mostly to do with my own problems and experiences with the series). If one goes through the list properly, you'll get what I mean.
** I use pretty much the same system for Manga, Anime, Films, TV Shows and Visual Novels. I do take art into consideration as well when it comes to manga. Also, I rate H-manga and H-anime [In Subsidiary Profile] with a completely different set of standards.
Thank you Abhi! Sorry for the late reply, I took a bit of a break from the Internet, and haven't logged on to MAL since September. Happy (very) belated birthday as well!
Indeed, while Fruits Basket is amazing already from a writing perspective, it was the technical aspects like the soundtrack and directing that pushed it one step further and made me add it to my top 5 anime of all time.
I'm also waiting for Akatsuki no Yona to finish, as I watched the anime a long time ago when it aired and I really liked what I saw, so I have high expectations for the manga.
Bloom Into You was an amazing manga; I already liked the anime quite a lot, but it never reached the best moments of the manga sadly, due to being cut short and never finished. I'm also a fan of Yuri manga, and I've found that it's a genre that, when not used just for fetishization, tends to have a lot of great works in it. I am currently waiting for Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon to finish as well, as it seems to be a well-received Yuri manga with an adult cast
I'll definitely read Holyland at some point, since the premise seems interesting as well, thank you for the recommendation. I think I'm going to read Chihayafuru next, as the manga is ending in August so it's the perfect time to start binging it. After that, I think I'll be focusing on Something About Us, Full-Time Wife Escapist, Tsurezure Children and House of the Sun.
Hey there Abhi, it's been a while. Hope everything is going well with you.
I've recently finished "Wake Up, Sleeping Beauty", and man what a manga that was, easily top material. I'll keep my short thoughts on it under a spoiler, to avoid spoling anyone that happens upon this comment.
The character cast was phenomenal despite the short length of the manga, easily one of the best I've seen so far, with both Tetsu and Shizu getting so much development and feeling so humane. And the side cast was also really good, particularly Haru. I really enjoyed seeing the manga explore the theme of personal identity, how important it is and the consequences of losing it. Not only was it great that Shizu was able to slowly get back her identity, but it was pretty cool to see the impact that each of the spirits that inhabited her body had on her, and how she was able to think of her time with them as a gift, and not a curse. It was also interesting that each of the spirits did something invaluable for her: Haru kept her body fit, Shinobu cultivated her mind, "Mirei" handled her social life and Kanato kinda represented the childhood that Shizu never really got to experience. Testu's own character arc of him forsaking the sport he enjoyed so much was also very well handled, with his friendship with Chihiro being one of the highlights of the manga.
Interestingly, and despite Shizu's quite tragic situation, the manga was never too dramatic or dark, which was really good because I generally tend to prefer light drama. Emotionally-speaking, it was quite the rollercoaster, and I admit I got teary-eyed on more than one occasion. There were also some neat twists along the way, like the spirit "Mirei" actually being Testu's mother, still doing what she could to help her son and her old friend, even while remaining in a coma. Perhaps the only thing I thought as being a bit tacked on was how obvious they made it that she would eventually wake up of her coma in the last chapter, as I usually think it's better to leave that sort of thing open-ended, but that's just a small nitpick. The manga's artwork was also stellar, particularly during its more climatic scenes, with some panels being straight out 10/10. It would definitely be interesting to see an anime adaptation of this in the future, especially with the voice acting to further enhance the experience of seeing.the several spirits taking control of Shizu's body, with her manner of speech changing accordingly
Overall, it was another work that cemented my love for the Shoujo demographic. Thanks for the recommendation!
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Nice to meet you and Happy Birthday!
i gotta question? do you use discord? i dont really use mal as much as i used to be in the before
Indeed, while Fruits Basket is amazing already from a writing perspective, it was the technical aspects like the soundtrack and directing that pushed it one step further and made me add it to my top 5 anime of all time.
I'm also waiting for Akatsuki no Yona to finish, as I watched the anime a long time ago when it aired and I really liked what I saw, so I have high expectations for the manga.
Bloom Into You was an amazing manga; I already liked the anime quite a lot, but it never reached the best moments of the manga sadly, due to being cut short and never finished. I'm also a fan of Yuri manga, and I've found that it's a genre that, when not used just for fetishization, tends to have a lot of great works in it. I am currently waiting for Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon to finish as well, as it seems to be a well-received Yuri manga with an adult cast
I'll definitely read Holyland at some point, since the premise seems interesting as well, thank you for the recommendation. I think I'm going to read Chihayafuru next, as the manga is ending in August so it's the perfect time to start binging it. After that, I think I'll be focusing on Something About Us, Full-Time Wife Escapist, Tsurezure Children and House of the Sun.
I've recently finished "Wake Up, Sleeping Beauty", and man what a manga that was, easily top material. I'll keep my short thoughts on it under a spoiler, to avoid spoling anyone that happens upon this comment.
Overall, it was another work that cemented my love for the Shoujo demographic. Thanks for the recommendation!