If for some reason you see my low mean score and decide to check out my ratings, here's a description of how they came to be that way. Majority of titles that are scored 8 or up I've actually watched quite a long time ago. There's a high chance that, if I were watching them today, scores would drop quite a lot. For instance, if I were to watch Steins;Gate for the first time today, I HIGHLY doubt I'd rate it 9 as I did back then.
In addition, from time to time, I revisit some of the titles and fiddle with the scores a bit, so that can lead to some lower ratings. However, unless I've written a review about the show specifically, I wouldn't recommend using my ratings as some form of a gauge. When I first started watching anime, I was pretty open-minded and gave high ratings left and right as everything was new, but, by this point, I already have some form of a 'specific taste', and I rarely rate things objectively if I don't write a review about them.
To get even more specific, if you go through the 7-8 rated shows, you'll notice that a lot of them are romances and/or comedies that I enjoyed. I very rarely rate these types of shows higher (with some exceptions obviously), but these rely on personal preference quite a lot so I usually don't write reviews if I enjoy them. Most of the shows I've rated 9 are the ones I've watched quite a long time ago, but enjoy occasional rewatch nonetheless.
Anyway, here's some rough 'decimal description' about my ratings if you're still interested for some reason.
10 - eh, I honestly gave Shinsekai Yori 10 'on a whim' of sorts. Objectively, it's definitely not perfect, but, to this date, it's the only anime that had come close to my form of a 'masterpiece' in terms of storytelling, world and characters. Basically, rating it 10 is my way of 'making it stick out from the masses', and, well, because it's still my favorite anime of all time.
9 - shows here are generally the ones that I enjoyed immensely and that I would recommend to everyone. Also, there's a high chance I rewatched them quite a few times.
8 - most of the stuff rated 8 is a bit outdated but, nonetheless, this is a category of shows that I enjoyed, but mostly never rewatch.
7 - Fairly standard shows that managed to not make me bored throughout. Similarly to 8s, I rated most of these shows quite a long time ago, so these scores are a bit biased.
6 - was somewhat entertained, but wouldn't rewatch even if the world burn. I generally give 6s to shows that are filled with cliches (sports anime, cliche romances etc) but are still enjoyable nonetheless.
5 - a show I barely completed (high chance I skipped some stuff). Also a high chance that the show just wasn't for me, but has some merit to it.
4 - generally bad shows. One of my three most important categories (story, character, world) flat out sucks, while the other two can't make up the shortcomings or are also average in and of themselves. Mostly reserved for harem stories that kind of made me chuckle a few times.
3 - just bad. Not for anyone unless you're trying to fill up your list.
2 - my objective bottom. If I rate a show 2 instead of 1, it's even worse because, by rating it 2, I'm telling you that the show is objectively godawful on all layers.
1 - my way of emotionally dealing with frustrating shows. To this date, I've only given 1 to three shows. Shows aren't necessarily bad - hell, you can even enjoy them probably - but the frustration levels for me were too hard to objectively put into perspective and give it 2. Again, rating 1 holds little water to show's actual quality, just my hatred towards it. And I mean REAL hatred (shit, I hate Clannad quite a lot, but even there I've given it 2 instead of 1, so you can know I hate these shows)
Anyway, that's about it. Good job wasting the precious time of your life that you could have used to get a girlfriend. Lol, as though that would happen.
also, its not Stockholm Syndrome...i think she came to recognize the truth in him...and the reason why he became like that...and this is what inwardly made her fall for him. not stockholm syndrome, so, ofcourse not Stockholm syndrome...
yeah and as u said, the jokes where funny a bit, and since i pause watched the spoiler-tagged-scene-paragraph in ur review, that really gave me a good vide for the anime. :D
have a nice day.
looking forward to hearing your reply.
Yo I just wana say THANK YOU for making that review for Soredemo Sekai wa Utsukushii. Your wall of text put my feelings for the show into writing. I don't get why that garbage got so many praises and high scores.
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I feel like your review on Baby Steps is for those who actually liked the series, rather than trying to be helpful for those who haven't seen the series. I think you're trying too hard to look for flaws in the series.
"Yet, everyone seems to forget that Eichiro - as talented and as gifted as he may be - has only been playing tennis for so long. If you wish to thread the line of realism, it's impossible for him to beat people who have been playing tennis their whole lives. "
Maruo is hardly "gifted", he trains harder than anybody else to get up to tournament body condition, he even said it himself, that there's no way he could catch up to the vets if he doesn't try harder than most of them. Also, it's not like the physique of other guys keep padding up, for athletes, once they have a body type they're satisfied with, they work to maintain that form, not work to make their body even more bulky. I don't get how it's "impossible". Also, if you've actually seen the series, Maruo plays with strategy, he's been taking notes a lot, that's why once he has his body conditioning down, he is able to tango with the other top tier guys. On the other hand, since Maruo is new, his opponents don't really have much data on him that they could use.
"Story is slow paced. And I mean slow paced. It may not seem so at the beginning, but the longer you keep watching it, the more you realize that not many things are happening. Sure, it's not the slowest paced sports anime out there, but it's not the fastest either. This takes a huge, huge spike if you get into manga where 1 match can drag on for 20+ chapters which mostly consist of monologue - and the same case is with the anime itself."
I just started reading the manga right now, and each chapter felt so short, if I am not wrong, it's about 15 pages per chapter, give or take, right? A 20 chapters match shouldn't be a surprise then. If you're gonna complain about how it goes a bit into the details of the match, would you say you rather have wordless matches, or matches with a lot of "WOOORYAHHHH" scream or a lot of Prince of Tennis-ish matches? Every single match is important because they develop Maruo as a tennis player. You may not find it interesting but the pace is fine.
"During matches, audience is being fed exposition like no tomorrow. Main character literally explains everything that's going on as if everyone in the audience is a machine incapable of grasping a simple concept of "oh, he's trained for his whole life that's why he's better". Anime tries to shrug it off on his personality, as Eichiro is a rather anal person, but it's a large stretch and I often found myself skipping scenes as they literally recap what happened 2 minutes ago. This alone stagnates the story in a large way, and slows it down too much. Some people call it realism, but, what it actually is, is just dragging the shit out. Another weird part is that anime will sometimes have huge time skips (for three months as an example) so it makes me wonder why not just balance the pace. Such large contrasts in storytelling only serve to bring the overall quality down, and were the first signs, at least to me, that this won't be as fun of a ride as I had hoped. "
Again, I think your "dragging shit out" is more "I can't enjoy this" rather than it actually drags. Iirc time skip usually happens when Maruo has to prepare for a tournament therefore skipping his entire training segment. I am pretty sure 80% of the time Maruo was just gonna be locked in to his training, and nothing else.
Honestly I can't be bothered to reply to every single one of your "criticism", it's like you're criticising it for being a typical sports manga, and it seems like you have a problem with people calling Baby Steps a realistic sports manga, rathern than having an issue with the series itself.
I can't tell you how to write your review, you can write it however you want, but if you're trying to be helpful to the community, you should gather yourself before writing a review, try to at least be impartial and see the good and the bad. I may be wrong on this but your review seems heavily biased, they came off as more of a reply or a blog post for people who call it a realistic anime. Oh and, as realistic as manga can get, it is still a fictional story meant to entertain, so a degree of "non-realism" would still present for entertainment value.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwAvwfaqftY
Ookami Shoujo to Kuro Ouji OST - エリカの想い (Erika's Feelings)
maybe try this?
it really got me. :)
also, its not Stockholm Syndrome...i think she came to recognize the truth in him...and the reason why he became like that...and this is what inwardly made her fall for him. not stockholm syndrome, so, ofcourse not Stockholm syndrome...
yeah and as u said, the jokes where funny a bit, and since i pause watched the spoiler-tagged-scene-paragraph in ur review, that really gave me a good vide for the anime. :D
have a nice day.
looking forward to hearing your reply.
January 2017 Newsletter
Dearest patrons,
Howdy everyone? You guys had a lovely 2016? anyways we're back at it again with another newsletter.
This time for 2017, yes a new year is to be upon us, joy.
Thank you for participating in club event and games ^^
Or have never had the chance to get to know everyone?
You can always introduce yourself here.
As a welcome to 2017, we bring you our first event of the year!
Oh bummer to baka staffs - we named the event
Happy New Year!
Throughout the month of January, we'll be having...
We have 4 suggested anime: Mai-Mai Miracle - Only Yesterday - A Letter to Momo - The Tale of Princess Kaguya
But feel free to suggest more before the event. Do sign up so that we know how many people are interested though you can still join even without signing up~
Don't worry, we are here to help you out so everyone can have a happy new year!
We brought to you a delivery service especially for your New Year greetings.
Customize it however you like, we're your postman ;)
How it works? We ask you a question, and you answer them ~ hoho it's super simple!
The catch is that you can only answer them within the time given. Try it out, it's a load of fun :3
It'll be done throughout the month of January.
Challenge other patrons to a fun dare or ask them a hard truth question. Spicy ones are most welcome too ;)
It may it be a joke, a history, a image or even a gif, anything is valid as long as it's funny and doesn't offend anyone!
Then let's all help each other out and create a funny and hilarious collection so we can start the next year laughing all together!
Participants will be given a list of four anime characters. Three of them share the same quality which the fourth doesn't. Your job is to say which character doesn't share the quality and why.
Help Wanted
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"Yet, everyone seems to forget that Eichiro - as talented and as gifted as he may be - has only been playing tennis for so long. If you wish to thread the line of realism, it's impossible for him to beat people who have been playing tennis their whole lives. "
Maruo is hardly "gifted", he trains harder than anybody else to get up to tournament body condition, he even said it himself, that there's no way he could catch up to the vets if he doesn't try harder than most of them. Also, it's not like the physique of other guys keep padding up, for athletes, once they have a body type they're satisfied with, they work to maintain that form, not work to make their body even more bulky. I don't get how it's "impossible". Also, if you've actually seen the series, Maruo plays with strategy, he's been taking notes a lot, that's why once he has his body conditioning down, he is able to tango with the other top tier guys. On the other hand, since Maruo is new, his opponents don't really have much data on him that they could use.
"Story is slow paced. And I mean slow paced. It may not seem so at the beginning, but the longer you keep watching it, the more you realize that not many things are happening. Sure, it's not the slowest paced sports anime out there, but it's not the fastest either. This takes a huge, huge spike if you get into manga where 1 match can drag on for 20+ chapters which mostly consist of monologue - and the same case is with the anime itself."
I just started reading the manga right now, and each chapter felt so short, if I am not wrong, it's about 15 pages per chapter, give or take, right? A 20 chapters match shouldn't be a surprise then. If you're gonna complain about how it goes a bit into the details of the match, would you say you rather have wordless matches, or matches with a lot of "WOOORYAHHHH" scream or a lot of Prince of Tennis-ish matches? Every single match is important because they develop Maruo as a tennis player. You may not find it interesting but the pace is fine.
"During matches, audience is being fed exposition like no tomorrow. Main character literally explains everything that's going on as if everyone in the audience is a machine incapable of grasping a simple concept of "oh, he's trained for his whole life that's why he's better". Anime tries to shrug it off on his personality, as Eichiro is a rather anal person, but it's a large stretch and I often found myself skipping scenes as they literally recap what happened 2 minutes ago. This alone stagnates the story in a large way, and slows it down too much. Some people call it realism, but, what it actually is, is just dragging the shit out. Another weird part is that anime will sometimes have huge time skips (for three months as an example) so it makes me wonder why not just balance the pace. Such large contrasts in storytelling only serve to bring the overall quality down, and were the first signs, at least to me, that this won't be as fun of a ride as I had hoped. "
Again, I think your "dragging shit out" is more "I can't enjoy this" rather than it actually drags. Iirc time skip usually happens when Maruo has to prepare for a tournament therefore skipping his entire training segment. I am pretty sure 80% of the time Maruo was just gonna be locked in to his training, and nothing else.
Honestly I can't be bothered to reply to every single one of your "criticism", it's like you're criticising it for being a typical sports manga, and it seems like you have a problem with people calling Baby Steps a realistic sports manga, rathern than having an issue with the series itself.
I can't tell you how to write your review, you can write it however you want, but if you're trying to be helpful to the community, you should gather yourself before writing a review, try to at least be impartial and see the good and the bad. I may be wrong on this but your review seems heavily biased, they came off as more of a reply or a blog post for people who call it a realistic anime. Oh and, as realistic as manga can get, it is still a fictional story meant to entertain, so a degree of "non-realism" would still present for entertainment value.
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