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Overrated Anime/Manga
I would prefer if you referred to its ranking on the site, or the hype it has.
I would have to say based on rating, Your Name is quite overrated. Based on popularity MHA is very overrated. Also Seven Deadly Sins
demon slayer
sorry but that's the most mid anime ever
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HxH is in my top 3, but there are many flaws. I can understand your point of view but if you have not seen the Chimera Ant arc your perception of the show will be much different to those who have seen the whole show. The main flaw, which I enjoy but it is a flaw, is how Gon is supposed to be a good person who helps others, but he is a psychotic sociopath who will do anything for his benefit. So, I understand your point of view and urge you to finish the show.
Funny thing, to me the show was awesome until i hit chimera ants (i loved york shin and greed island), then i got really pissed in chimera ants and dropped the show, the pacing and development was slow as fuck, just for them to throw all it away with questionable choices in the end of the arc, most of the chimera episodes where pointless, kaito plot didn't make much sense and netero did'nt make any sense since the start of the arc at all.
now talking about most overrated, to me is Sword Art Online, i dont see why you should watch more than the first half of the first season, even worse after GGO.
It feels like you misunderstand the arc, what do you mean netero didn't make any sense?
His choices where dumb, he send a shit group to resolve a big problem ( fine, he didnt know how chimeras would evolve so fast) but when the shit got serious, he didnt get serious help either, its like he acted all pride around the problem, like a dumbed version of the REAL Netero, I couldn't connect myself to the Meruem character too, i think its because i hated the Komugi drama, and i feel like if you wont like she, you dont enjoy Meruem as much, couldn't see good things about him, he was somewhat sociopath, his transition to good evil was somewhat clunky, looks like Togashi tried to make a Mewtwo that could work, but the pacing and story focus dazzled the development to achieve better results, other thing that bothered me is how Kaito plot and death weight is throw away by reviving him, also half of the shit chimeras could be deleted and the arc would be the exact same, but with a lot better pacing in the story and space to do more important things.
Chimera ants is a experimental arc, it made the story introduce some bs things later on like the Killua sister, which has a ''easy'' fix to Gon overpowered state against Pitou, i dont think its bad, but i dont think its half as good people say, it did some really good things, especially to Killua development, but a lot of bad things too, i still like it a lot more than the average shounen (which is not hard) but it deserves a lot more of criticism.Sure it was not perfect, but it seems you misunderstand things. Alluka's power is extremely strong and in the manga it is speculated that is from the Dark Continent. The Chimera Ants were from the Dark Continent, and they were a B Rank risk, while "I" ,the calamity that Alluka is, is a S rank threat. Her power is very strong and Killua has found multiple loopholes to hone her power for good, not evil. Meruem and Kamogi drama is great. Pouf does not like how the king is connecting with a human and wants the king to rule everyone, not play games with them. Meruem is becoming more human slowly grows emotion. Netero did not make the correct decision with what comrades to bring, but the threat was taken care of with 1 casualty, was that a failure? Also Gon becoming overpowered is a great representation of how great of a power system nen is. He made a subconscious condition to sacrifice everything for that power, not some adrenaline boost. I urge you to rewatch.
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He sent a semi strong group that he was able to get to go there meanwhile he went to go Zeno to help him fight Meruem, doing all of that takes time and he can't rush head in without a plan or help. Meruem was born to be emotionless and to just rule with a iron fist so of course he would be seen as a psychopath, Komugi showed him that theres things even he can't be the best at which made him to start to think more rationally and how there are worth in humans if they can be this good at something even a genius like him can't overcome.
I'd say speeding up what happens would be good, i think the main issue just comes with that they kept airing the anime instead of releasing separate seasons which creates a issue in where you need to do simple/easy stuff like extending a scene or more to be able to work more on something else to make it look and feel better like a important scene/fight.
As for Gon it is explained that he does have his life back but he no longer is able to use Nen, he is basically back where he started at the start of the series unable to do anything at high levels and there has been nothing to say or show that he's getting it back for the foreseeable future.
Kite was Gon's driving force to participate in the Chimera Ant arc, Kite is the one who brought them to NGL and his death is why Got harbored such hatred towards the ants. The arc was incredible in the contrast of Meruem and Gon. Gon is slowly becoming more cynical while Meruem is becoming more human and has actual emotions. Pouf was also incredible and became the main antagonist of the arc imo. His whole ideal of what the king should be and the fact that he would defy the king to try and make the king the way he sought him to be was remarkable. You should definitely rewatch the arc.
Nice, i want to add in for Netero, the only part i would see him saying he didn't make sense is in his final fight where he refused to be peaceful, if thats the case ill say why he was like that despite wanting to be peaceful with Meruem, no matter how it goes if Netero were to make peace instead of killing Meruem than supporters and more of the hunters guild would riot and even probably say he failed as the main leader by not killing the threat that has killed tons of people and would even remain a threat if he so wished to back stab him, so Netero painfully had to force himself to fight and kill Meruem for the better of everyone even though he saw the clear good in him.
I loved hxh up until the chimera ant art. I think it's way too stretched out and not very interesting. Pacing felt too slow for me. I had watched most of hxh fairly quickly but then took over a half a year break to resume hxh bc of the chimera ant arc. Just my opinion though.
true af
many guys were claiming it as best and made me expect more but i think it was boring at first then turns pretty good
less good fights between gon and other villians, neither does it have a good sketch for villians. it was too much gross, an old spider like bug , sometimes half hibrid bugs.....
ig Noblesse also has a worst designs of antagonists throughout while hxh has only a few throughout chimera arc
chimeta ant ark would be better with Hisoka
@Lebaeu it's a flaw in his character and not as a plot if thats what you mean, its shown in the ant arc where Meruem and Gon went down parallel paths. As Meruem starts to gain humanity because of Komugi, Gon loses his humanity with the loss of Kite and anger at Pitou, making them change into a different person in opposition of each other. The Chrimera Ant arc has its issues with pacing time to time in the early-mid part of the anime but i believe its the best arc with a beautiful end of the beauty of Meruem and the destruction of Gon with their characters being the opposite of what they were at the start.
it's funny how I reply to someone who said the arc was bad with how Gon is becoming more psychotic and Meruem is becoming more human.
you guys are probably going to end up spoilering someone
@Lebeau Completely agree with you and the other guy. It's one of the best, if not the best arc I have seen so far. It was intense from the start imo. Yes, the pacing felt off for a few episodes. But those stretched out episodes were the thing that made up for the hype when Gon thrashed Neferpitou At the end it was worth it, and dropping the show due to that is just dumb. You're literally missing on of the greatest arcs ever made. Smh.
That's not a FLAW. that's just something u don't like about the show. Please don't write off your tastes as reality checks because they're not.
It IS perfect. :P
demon slayer
edit: almost a yr later, and i actually love demon slayer now. so this post is irrelevant.
I agree it is very very very overrated. Tanjiro is bland.
Even if it is overrated I find it really fun to watch. watching MHA is really boring TBH
i ended up reading the manga and i actually really enjoyed it. i don't know why i didn't like the anime, but my opinions on the series have changed! it's definitely a good story
I felt really bad for Tanjiro when Nezuko turned back into human but Tanjiro became the Demon King
highly agree
FMAB
I agree it is overrated, but most overrated is a bit of a stretch.
@Lebeau
When it's consistently the highest rated anime on every rating site, it seems like less of a stretch.I don't understand how you find FMA:B to be overated. It seems like a part of your personality is just based on hating on something that's popular. Your bio even includes a line about how Sakura Trick, a cute girls show, is as good as FMA, the best written shounen anime of all time. Your opinion is factually wrong.
While the line in my bio is a bit of a meme, it would give both shows a 5/10 for very different reasons. FMA has always been hyped up to be the greatest story ever told, and on every anime tracking site, it's typically the highest charting show. I've watched both FMA and FMA:B, and overall, I found myself underwhelmed. I don't hate either of them. I just feel like they were overhyped relative to what I got. Sakura Trick is a lighthearted trash show that delivered exactly what I was expecting, which was sweet nada. I had no expectations from it and I got absolutely nothing, and there's something to be said about that. I'm happy you like FMA, but I don't give enough of a fuck about it to try and give it another go. Guess I'll stay wrong.
Hating a popular thing doesn't always mean you're just trying to look cool. Personally I went in expecting a masterpiece and came out with an anime that was just pretty good.
no...let me live in denial...
clannad. it's not like everyone thinks it's a masterpiece or even great but compared to what I think of it it's pretty overrated. I think there's almost nothing good about either season so that's a pretty low bar.
I would disagree I very much enjoyed the characters and how they develop over the story. I do agree Clannad is not a masterpiece, but Clannad After Story is in my top 10 and the underlying themes were very deep.
If we're talking about the original clannad then i can see why that would be the case, but it would be a stretch to call clannad as a series overrated as clannad afterstory can be considered a masterpiece
I'm just gonna copy what I wrote in another thread here cause I have a lot to say about clannad.
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I hate clannad after story (and regular clannad to some extent) with a burning passion.
I just can't think that anyone actually sat through after story (let alone the first season) without thinking it was the stupidest thing in the world. All of it was predictable and boring cry porn.The show sabotages itself when it undermines its most emotional moment in the most confusing and pretentious way possible. I know the ending is from the visual novel but I think that anyone could have seen that it was a bad ending and that it needed to be changed. What's the point of making an adaptation if you're not going to ADAPT anything. It's not called a copy is it? What they did I can only see as incredibly cowardly and maybe greedy (trying to change as little as possible to appeal to fans of the vn so they'll buy the dvds).
Not only that but the whole route they adapted (even though it's the main route) is easily the most boring by far. I watched the Tomoyo route ova and it's 100000x more interesting than Nagisa's and I imagine that Kyou's route is similarly much more interesing (I didn't watch it).
There's also the stretch of like 3 or so episodes (I forget) that have basically nothing to do with anything related to the actual plot (all I remember is there's some spirit cat so that tells you how terrible and unmemorable it is).
I could go on but this is basically my main reasons for hating it so much. A lot of it also stems from how regular clannad is boring as fuck and nothing interesting happens AT ALL so they really had nothing to go off of in the first place. The way I see it is the whole thing was doomed to fail from the start and they really should have made some radical changes before even adapting the first part.
yeah tldr clannad is stupid and boring.
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pretty much I really hate clannad. another thing to add, basically all the characters are boring as hell and fucking suck (I'm looking at you nagisa and kotomi). Some are better than others but none of them can make me care even a little bit for how anything turns out in the series. I think it's pretty agreed upon in some circles that Key's (lol thought the guy was air but that was another show and vn nobody cares about) vns are kinda bad (ex. kanon. or so I've heard. basically no one likes the show or the vn). The whole story in general just reeks of unoriginality (except the aforementioned confusing, stupid, pretentious, and self sabotaging sub-plot which takes 2 seasons to reveal pretty much nothing of any significance). But feel how you wanna feel about it I just really couldn't appreciate it.I agree with Nagisa being a very boring character, but her impact on the other characters and how she was able to befriend such misfits was interesting. The reason she is so bland is because she was bedridden for most of her life, so her chances of being a good character were slim. Her dad was a hilarious character imo. Clannad had barely any plot and did not like it, until I watched After Story and appreciated the character development and how everything was flipped on it's head in such a heart breaking manner. I agree the ending sucked. You have a valid opinion and reasoning.
You actually did remind of the parents. The parents weren't bad they were just too forgettable and gag focused to make me care. AS I really started to hate because I saw the whole thing coming and it's just written terribly. But I actually do believe this about clannad: I think if you can ignore the bullshit in afterstory and somehow can manage to make yourself care about the characters than clannad will probably be one of your favorite anime. I feel like it's one of those really polarizing shows (just most people really like it and only a few hate it). I do think it's actually salvageable (if only they had ADAPTED the vn) and it's certainly not unlikable it was just that show that rubs you the wrong way for me. But that's just my two dollars on it. I won't really get offended if people like it (though I will be surprised). Glad you could find some meaning in it at least.
Also you do make a good point about Nagisa. I still think she could have been an interesting character (or at least more interesting) but it's true she was kinda fucked from the start (that's more of Key's problem but also they could've just ADAPTED that shit but whatever).
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You have very valid points, but I think I like it based on my life experiences and how the lost of a loved one can put someone completely off the rails. This is based on my experience, so it is completely valid for you to hate the show.
psychopass and ghost in the shell
it's not like ghost in the shell is bad but all it does is ask a lot of questions and answer none of them and watching it makes u feel like u need to pause every 5 minutes to go read everything they reference to actually understand anything
and psychopass i really didn't care for anything about it. the writing and the very premise of it alone didn't work for me and none of the characters were likeable to me
I have to disagree on this one (my profile picture says it all :P). The first movie of GitS isn't that hard to understand, although the second one is another story. Once you research in-depth about the work put into its production, you will start to appreciate GitS more. You need to consider it was released in 1995, and the ideas it presented heavily influenced modern cyberpunk media. I suggest that you watch some analysis videos if you didn't fully comprehend the philosophy behind GitS. It's a unique piece of material that is different to the anime we have nowadays, so it's difficult to accustom to its style. GitS isn't perfect, but it is definitely not overrated (especially if shows like MHA have higher scores than it lmao). I made a review on it if you want to check it out as well.
i literally studied ghost in the shell in university my man i thought it was pompous then, and i still think it is now
all it does is piggyback off the ideas of other people without presenting anything new or compelling of its ownYou studied Gits in university? That's pretty neat. I know the movie was influenced by Koestler's The Ghost in the Machine, Blade Runner, etc. Nonetheless, "ultimately, all movies begin as copies of others" like Oshii said. It is arduous to create a new subgenre or an ideology, as other people most likely have already done it. I am sure your favourite shows suffer from this as well. I think you are focusing too much on GitS' dialogue, and ignoring aspects like its soundtrack, worldbuilding, animation/art and characters. Not all times identity and originality are conveyed through words. All these elements need to be considered. Moreover, what do you prefer? Thought-provoking and interesting ideas that were "copied" but add up to the story, or bland and dull ideas that are "original"?
yeah 3 separate classes actually. i guess my dislike of it might partially stem from associating it with having to read all those concepts and theories that the films themselves reference
and actually i do think that the animation and music from gits are stellar (and it's brilliant that the song played during the intro of the first movie is a wedding song, reinforcing the theme of the marriage between man and machine, that is fantastic but will go over 99% of viewers heads unless they actually know that going in) it's mostly just the main conceit of the movie itself, that i take issue with
i think they could do with referencing the ideas that they want to in a less overt way. simply quoting all these things is not a fruitful way of actually engaging or contributing to the dialogue around them in my opinion
and i don't think i have to pick between interesting but derivative or unique but bland, a middle ground should be possible
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Damn, you were so eager you added 15 exclamation marks.
The Keijo!!!!!!!!!! of opinions
I have not watched Fooly Cooly but I think it is rated high based on the nostalgia people have towards it.
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Did we watch the same show? I thought there was a bunch of interesting stuff like the characters and the story.
a lot of people like to say that FLCL is "a show about nothing," and to some degree i understand why, but i certainly see and feel a lot more than just pretty visuals and fun music when i watch that show. i see a crazy, out-of-control, chaotic story about discovering oneself in adolescence, and it resonates deeply with me.
Looking on it's average rating, it is at 73 and 68 which is not far from average so maybe it is not as hyped as you may expect, unless you think it is complete Eromanga sensei bad.
What? It's at 78%
FLCL
Every time someone says FLCL is overrated/trash its always funny to hear the same thing.
"Good animation but that's about it"
I wonder when people are going to stop looking at things from a completely surface value perspective. People want things spelled out for them or else they just ignore it completely.Remember that time when Eri had a character arc off-screen and to signify that it was completed they literally made her jump over a hurdle and MAKE an arc?
Should compile a list of when stuff like this happens in the show so people finally realize that they are blind to subtlety.
Part of it is nostalgia, but it certainly isn't a bad show, imo. It's not for everyone, to be sure, however.
Nah, not nostalgia, I first saw it a few years ago. The show absolutely OOZES style and tells several interesting stories, but they're thrown at you so fast that it's hard to catch everything happening.
I enjoyed it, but I agree it's not the best thing ever. It's quite unique though, so that might be a part of how highly it's regarded.
I'll look at the top 50 and pick from there:
- FMAB (literally nothing can be more overrated than #1)
- My Hero Academia (ok, this isn't in the top 50 but it still needs to be here)
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
- Steins;Gate
- TTGL
Steins;Gate was the most interesting of the lot, but it's a VN adaptation and suffers from all of the issues that come with that. The rest didn't move me and were mostly boring, with a few good scenes or episodes. I dropped FMAB. I accept that I just don't get JJBA and TTGL (but I fucking love Symphogear and Kill la Kill).
I've also been disappointed by a good amount of the "elitist" anime, but their, uh, cultural cachet is greater than their score anyway, in most cases.
edit: it's been a year. I'm replacing TTGL with Demon Slayer + Mugen Train. Ugggghhhhhh.
I agree the FMAB is quite overrated and is not the flawless show everyone says. MHA is a below average with few bright points and completely agree. I dropped JoJo's because if it takes 20 episodes to get good, I can't be asked. Stiens Gate I can't comment on but it is rated very highly.
I got two for you, and please no one at me over them, because my friends do it enough as is.
Your Lie in April
Extremely overrated. The characters were super boring, and all plot/character development was done while they were playing the piano. Oh, and by character development I mean the competitors reflecting on everything that has ever happened in their entire life, and then deciding that maybe they don't have a reason to hate main character-kun just because he can play the piano better than them(mainly because his mother abused him and made him practice pretty much every waking hour of every day to play the music perfectly), and that's just the first half of the show. The second half isn't as bad, because the show gets a real plot and the characters actually do stuff, but it is not by any means as sad or well made as people say it is. This anime is overrated in hype AND rating.
P.S. If you want to watch this, because you like classical music, don't. You don't actually get to listen to the music, because everytime music starts playing a flashback happens that drowns out the music.Attack on Titan
This one is even worse. The first season absolutely sucks, second season is a decent bit better, third season part 1 sinks back down a lot, and then third season part 2 is actually pretty good. The characters are HORRID. Out of the 50+ characters that you are introduced to in the massive world only about 6 of them are likeable, only half of those are worth favoriting, and 2 of the 6 turn out to be the bad guys. The plot is largely boring until they actually do stuff in season 3, and mostly consist of protagonist armor, followed by antagonist armor, and the characters whining like little pussies instead of crawling out of their isolated corners, and doing their jobs that they willingly signed up to do.
(If you want to see more specifics about my opinion on AoT check out my activities. I finished it pretty recently, so you shouldn't have to scroll very far.)I had to force myself to finish watching both of these shows just so I could move on to the next show.
I can connect to your lie in April and most of the characters so I rate it highly, but the plot is meh ( there isn't one for most the show as you stated) I agree first season of AOT is mediocre. The reason I say mediocre is I enjoy shows that have actual risk. Where characters will actually die and the stakes are high. That is my personal reason it is mediocre not bad. Your points are very valid. I urge you to read AOT manga because Eren, yes the main character who is a baby, becomes an incredible character and is one of the best protagonists ever.
I'll take your word for it. I don't care enough about the show to read the manga even if you say it does improve.
As far as the fact that people actually die in the show, I will agree that that's one of the only good things about the show, but other shows do it much better. Overlord kills off plenty of characters, but it's actually a good show to begin with. JJBA, while there is a lot of hype over it for the wrong reasons, is still a very enjoyable anime that kills off almost half of the protagonists in every season.It does improve significantly after ss3p2, turning from a "meh" series to a "oh my god, wtf?" series for me.
Final season is coming this October, so I do hope you give it a watch :)
I'm going to, but only because I've already sunk this much time into the show, so I might as well finish it off.
If you did enjoy the music, the full recordings are available online.
also wth do you mean we already "ass rape you over these already" we al like these two XD
Exactly. You get pissed at me for saying that they aren't all that good, because you like them. @GreatestGangstar specifically ass rapes me over them, but he's my bf, so that's his job. ;)
Dude, you watching s4??? Any change of thoughts??
I am not. Too busy with life to really watch anything. I’ve heard it’s amazing, but I don’t know
I agree, Your Lie in April was just boring and the ending was really obvious. As for your Attack on Titan one, I agree and disagree. While I do think that it is way too overhyped, it's definitely not bad. I think that one of the best parts of the show is Eren's character development, but if you're not into characters that are sort of "unlikeable," then it's understandable that you wouldn't like the show.
I have seen so many AoT spoilers that I can't even watch it because it's no mystery to me anymore.
Spirited Away
(Yes, I know it's a movie)
Spirited Away isn't that bad, but the VA for Chihiro is really annoying.
(Then again I'm a biased source, because I grew up watching it, so it just has that nostalgia factor for me.)
The movie isn't bad, period. I can see it being the "most overrated anime" outside of the animesphere however, since movie buffs tend to think only Ghibli exists and Spirited Away is the greatest of them all because it received an Oscar. Even though all that can be chalked up to it being marketed by John Lasseter.
Oh no, it’s definitely not bad, I just don’t see it as the best Ghibli movie, let alone the best anime movie. It’s kind of stinks that when people say they like Ghibli, they generally mean Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle, and maybe Princess Mononoke.
Oh yeah yeah yeah. I get that. Kinda like when people say that they like anime because they've seen Pokemon?
@Pockeyramune919 All of those movies are good Ghibli movies though
Yeah? Still sucks that the other ones tend to be ignored.
KonoSuba...Comedy is my favorite genre so I was hoping it'd be really good but it was pretty lame. I think people just like the characters.
I liked KonaSuba but the show is characters and that is it. Was there a plot?
Not really there wasn't much of a main goal or anything like that, but i think thats fine since comedy anime basically live from its characters and their interactions between them. I think its one of the few genres that seriously doesn't need to have a plot all the time.
Also comedy in general is one of the most subjective things in my opinion, which is why you will find a lot of different opinions on them, for example i found nichijou and hinamatsuri way too over the top but i can kind of understand the appeal of them.
I would have to say that Guilty Crown is the most overrated show for me. (80th most popular show)
I hated the characters because the show did literally nothing with them and when it did, it was really forced and unnatural. An example for that would be in the second half (spoiler from here on) where Shu turned into a "badass" when his character before that was something entirely different and you also had no idea that this would happen.
(spoiler end I guess)The story also was all over the place. It explained the bare minimum and some things that got explained were absolutely unnecessary because they werent necessary anymore (except for like 1 or 2 things). The worldbuilding also barely existed because I genuinely had no idea where they were like 80% of the time.
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I left this one out just because I expected someone else would mention that show, which is Sword Art Online more specifically, the Alicization Arc.
It maybe not be the most popular show ever (107th most popular) but it has a score of 75% rn.
This is really high considering that there was/were only 1-2 somewhat decent character(s) while everyone else was really forgettable and in terms of the writing there were problems like mentioning terms that didn’t got explained at all or no explanation as to how someone got something
Kyousougiga
I found it quite boring and couldn't wait for it to end.My Hero Academia
It's not bad, but not much actually happens in the show.Spirited Away
It's a really good movie, but the way people talk about it is like they see it as the holy grail.
I think Spirited Away is great, but it is very sad that people trear it like it is the best Ghibli movie, there are so much more better anime from them
Might just be the easiest Ghibli film to relate to.
well... i wouldn't say so
The coming of age plot is something that anyone can relate to. Which Ghibli film would you pick?
I agree but they have something more realistic and dramatic in my opinion. Only Yesterday, for example, but I know that it's not that popular comparing to others
If you have Your name rated higher than Spirited Away, you are "the enemy" of anime in my eyes.
I'm joking of course, but it never feels good to see people do that.
nah m8, your name is an 8.3 while spirited away is an 8.5
I personally think that weathering with you is better than your name, but that might be due to the fact that I saw one on a phone and the other in a theater.
School is overrated
School isn't really that overrated aside from some smart people overrating it
Now don't get me wrong. I think it's a VERY good show. Dealing with time travel and having it be consistent is hard to pull off, and Steins;Gate did it. But to do so it had to very carefully knit the story together from the bottom up, which is what causes the first half to be perceived as slow. Of course, the payoffs and flurry of emotions certain scenes and revelation have is still great because of this.
I personally gave it an 87/100, which isn't far off from its average score of 90/100, but for a show to be rated a 90/100 on average means a LOT. The difference between just that and, say, an 80/100 average is significant. For it to have reached that score an overwhelming majority rated higher than 90/100. According to the score distribution, a profuse amount of people gave it a 100/100. If these scores are subjective that I wouldn't bat an eye, but may claim the show to be essentially perfect from a technical standpoint as well. I've only just started scoring what I watch and I do so mostly subjectively, not so much objectively, so keep that in mind! I stand by my 87/100.
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oh god, steins;gate 0 got above a 60%?
i love steins;gate and will have it in my favourites till i die, but 0 was just bad. i loved green hair scientist girl, but the whole plot was weird and unnecessary.
Yes, people have taste, woulda thunk.
I loved it and gave it 88/100
but you also rated spirited away 73% compared to 100% for end of eva
Yep because I found Spirited Away to be just decent and Evangelion to be perfect. I don’t think my opinions are any less valid than yours so I’m giving my opinion on Steins;Gate 0. It had episode 21 which was one of the best episodes of any anime I’ve ever seen and episode 23 was also peak Steins;Gate.
The hell? Steins;Gate 0 is underrated. The only thing I hear about it online is how bad it was when at worse, it was a bit inferior to the original. I’m sure most people hate it because most people have a weird, automatic hatred of sequels.
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It really didn't need to exist, i think the only reason it got extremely hyped up is because everyone wanted another season
It “exists” because like the original Steins;Gate, it’s the adaptation of a VN. Everyone acts like this was a cash grab by the anime producers but if anyone needs to be blamed, it’s the creator of the game but no one will do that, because that takes thinking unlike mindless bashing. And even if this was anime original, there still was a large gap in the original Steins;Gate in the form of the world one Okabe got the message from.
Just going by rating, it's considered very good. I really wanted to like it and refused quitting several times while it was releasing in hopes that it would win over my interest, but it did not. We probably won't agree and that's fine, but here's my perspective if you'd like some real reasons why people dislike the show.
Original show:
In the original show, a goofy teen scientist makes new friends and in an attempt to improve their lives allows them to alter history, and he accidentally stumbles into a timeline where the death of the person he cares about most is inevitable. He loses the goofy side of himself as he continuously, tortuously re-experiences the death of his best friend and fights with every bit of strength he has to prevent her death and eventually to prevent the destruction of the earth that he unwittingly helped cause. Fate causes the plot to weave through various timelines in an interesting way with the first episode somehow managing to get the show rolling while also setting up the end of the show.
My experience with 0:
My biggest issue with 0 is the pacing; the show starts off interesting with what seems like the Stein;s Gate setup by introducing fancy new technology with the capacity to change the world. Then it seems like 80% of each of the next 15 episodes is about Okabe's depression, hosting parties to try to break Okabe out of depression, or characters trying to get Daru into a relationship to ensure Suzuha exists. Sure, there's one or two big reveals along the way but when they're so obviously hinted at that when they happened they had no impact on me. It felt like I was meandering in Okabe's depression with no goal ahead and the plot not moving forward. Did it seem realistic in portraying how Okabe would feel following the events of the alternate ending of Stein;s Gate? Sure. Did I gain anything from experiencing it? Personally, no.Oh, and people can now cut heads off with their bare hands and defeat several armed soldiers in an open space...
Bunny Girl Senpai is incredibly overrated
None. No anime is overrated. The only thing worth noting is someone's disconnect to a popular series. Just because someone "doesn't get the hype" doesn't invalidate the overall enjoyment the rest of the community has with a specific thing, nor it's popularity or score for that matter.
The golden rule is "Just because you don't like something, doesn't make it bad." Most people understand this. There are popular things that I also dislike, but that doesn't mean they're overrated. It simply means that it isn't for me or in-line with my tastes.
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I won't be answering any more replies on this subject. Thanks for reading.
@K1no exactly.
I mean, don't pat yourself on the back for being an adult because that really has nothing to do with maturity.
I'm not patting myself or anyone on the back for being an adult. (If that's ever been anything to pat someone on the back for) - Simply explaining that "maturity", or rather logical thought, is expected and using the required text to make people want to use their obviously primed memes to answer me.
Being over or underrated is not an objective truth, it's of course an opinion, but I think people can still feel like something is "overrated".
Overrated may even be used for things that you don't necessarily hate or dislike, but still feel that the praise given to it failed to deliver.Just because you don't like something doesn't make it bad, just like because you like something doesn't make it good, but you're allowed your opinion and you're allowed to give it, albeit, it's always better if you can give reasoning for it.
Y-yes? I mean, we are mostly of one mind here, but the mistake I guess is thinking that people are going to give valid criticism for the things they find overrated. Like the person who said that FLCL has good aesthetic value and nothing else? You literally had needed to not be watching the show to not see the great characters.
People can certainly feel that something is overrated all day every day, and love or hate whatever they want in this world, but by actively saying that a popular series is overrated is already a laugh. For instance, I don't like the Dark Souls series of games, and that doesn't mean there's anything wrong with Dark Souls or that it's overrated. It's loved for clear, obvious reasons and by millions. That's just a disconnect between me and Dark Souls because it's not my type of game. So to put it in terms of anime; Hunter x Hunter is not overrated. I haven't watched it, and I don't need to watch it to know that the sheer number of people that love it and why can't be wrong. If I happen to not like it, then that's just that, but it won't make it overrated.
Again, opinions. Funny thing, right? While I enjoyed the show, I’m not sure I’d necessarily call the characters “great.” I connected with Naota yes, but that was probably to more due to the situation he was in and due to the fact that when I first watched, we were around the same age.
@HunterEVZ
While this is a nuanced take, it's human nature to seek validation from others. You're gonna find support from agreeing or disagreeing with anything, and it feels good to find people with similar tastes and opinions.I do like the sentiment, even if I don't necessarily agree with you. I'm glad that people like shows that I don't, but that doesn't stop me from believing that they may be overrated.
I appreciate the sentiment as well. I don't have much to add here that I haven't said already, but I appreciate your positivity and the follow. - Fundamentally my take is just one that would rather have people consider why so many like something rather than how it could possibly be so liked. While obviously that isn't always the case, you can just look to this very thread that it is usually what threads like these contain.
An adult understands that for someone to consider a show overrated all they would have to do is dislike it more than the majority. This can be applied to anything. It is a word. And in those situations, as the definition states, we can use it. It doesn't mean we dislike the show. It doesn't mean that it aligns or doesn't with someone's taste. It doesn't mean they "don't get the hype." It won't invalidate anyone's enjoyment. Stop acting like a pretentious child on what is otherwise an innocent thread. You aren't special for going against the thread. You're just shitting it up.
I suppose well done for overlooking the fundamental point of what I was saying with easily the angriest comment here. Also, being able to use a word doesn't mean you have done so aptly, and you certainly haven't if that's your easy criteria for its use.
That is as a matter of fact exactly how taste works. If you have been recommended a popular thing and didn't like it, it means it didn't align with your tastes. That is exactly what determines taste and how taste is determined. I'm surprised this even needs to be addressed.
Don't pretend that my candid comment added any kind of fire to a thread already rife with angry opinions. x'D
"If you have been recommended a popular thing and didn't like it, it means it didn't align with your tastes."
Yep, just like the guy a couple messages above this one who rated Steins;gate a 87/100, meaning it definitely aligns with his taste, and thinking its overrated because the average is 90/100. Please check yourself. Overrated does not align with your "taste" in definitions.
If something or someone is overrated, that person or thing is considered to be better or more important than they really are
Here's the actual definition. It's a simple term. Doesn't directly align with anything you've stated so far.
That just means he/she is able to rate something critically, which most people can't do and I commend him/her for that. Also, if you can do the same then I commend you too, but honestly most people can't and that still doesn't make Steins;Gate overrated. If it were the norm to call something overrated and then still give it a fair score then we wouldn't be having this discussion.
Actually;
have a higher opinion of (someone or something) than is deserved.
Well-rated series by number have already determined and achieved what they are deserved by the status they have garnered. Someone labeling those as overrated have simply failed to see what has captured millions of others' hearts.
It's true that I made a broad statement with "no anime is overrated", but that's because, as always, I knew this thread would primarily be users giving well-beloved series shit.
Well yes, that applies to people bashing series for being popular. On the other hand, there are things with legitimate flaws that people often don’t see due to the hype, being seen as perfect or ignoring other good shows, then a show being “overrated,” should be addressed.
I mean I would wholeheartedly agree if threads like these weren't rife with exactly that, "people bashing series for being popular" Just look to the one we're commenting in. If these threads were addressing the Sword Art Onlines of the world, then I probably would feel less strongly than I do. Don't really strongly disagree with any of what you said.
i really didn't enjoy your name. at all and i continue to be shocked by the high scores and praise it receives. i thought the animation was pretty, but there's been movies and shows with better animation. i didn't find myself emotionally invested in any of the characters at all, and the romance between the main two characters who had never even met felt forced and unrealistic for me. the plot twist at the end was surprising and cool, but not enough to make up for how boring the rest of the movie was.
This is gonna be full of asterisks, so don't just read the anime titles and hate me please.
Ok, so I think that the first thing I should mention is that I can potentially see why these two titles I'm mentioning can have been improved in the anime, but I read their original manga, and I don't think the manga really delivers on the hype.
First is Jojo's Bizzare Adventure.
I've read parts 1 through 4 and I think, specially the first 2 parts, really didn't age that well. Part 4 is the exception, I do think Part 4 is great for the most part, I'm still not head over heels like a lot of people I know are, but it's a solid manga, not gonna go bash that one.
Parts 1 and 2 tho, really, really suffer from the age they have, the dialogues are clunky, the art is ugly, the characters aren't really that interesting in part 1, (I think Part 2 has an alright cast, to be fair, tho the rest of the problems are still there), plus the ripple isn't really that interesting either and I think that ruins what is actually a decent setting and basic plot. Part 3 improves a lot, and by virtue of being a big influence on future shounens, it doesn't feel as dated and the stands overall really improve the battles. But Part 3 despite being innovative and influential in the 80s, it's not so much nowadays, I respect it, but I don't think it's as good as people make it out to be.Secondly is... a weird case for me... which is Kimetsu no Yaiba's recent hype.
Now, I like Yaiba, I follow it every week and I think it's a solid series... now.
I see Yaiba as a whole as a show of potential of what Gotouge can achieve and I think that their next work is gonna be excellent if they use what they learned over the course of this manga. And it's recent arc it's fantastic, some of the battles in it are 10/10 in a emotional level, Gotouge has two strong points in my opinion, which is in how they deliver emotionally impactful stories that can improve the battles of this battle manga, making the characters, both good and evil, feel much more real and letting us understand their drives and goals easily.
The other thing that I love is in how the main trio (and I love Nezuko but fuck Nezuko, I'm talking about Tanjiro, Zenitsu and Inosuke) are great characters that are even greater by how they interact with each other. Kimetsu no Yaiba is simple, but it can be great.
So, you're asking me now, you clearly like this series, why are you claiming it to be "overrated", well, people are hyping up the anime like it's the greatest shounen ever, and... while Kimetsu no Yaiba has all these good points, I think they that are only shown in parts that the anime never adapted.
For a lot of it's run I didn't really care about Yaiba, the pacing was horrible and it ruined a lot of the good stuff about it, plus, these emotionally impactful stories mostly appear during the last arc and the main trio is only established a bit later on down the line. Most of what the anime adapts is the bad part of the manga, and I've seen bits of the anime and JESUS FUCK, it looks amazing, animationwise it's fantastic, specially compared to the cute, but very flawed art of the manga, but storywise not so much, Yaiba can be great, but the part that most people are hyping up, isn't.I should leave saying that, of course, this is all my opinion and if you enjoyed any of the things I didn't then that's great, you're the one coming out with a good experience.
PS: I should actually be working, but God, I needed a break and this rant was that break.
I feel like the first few parts of jojo are a lot better in the anime.
People are calling Demon Slayer "Anime of the Decade" lmfao. It only had one episode which was on par to the actual Animes of the Decade, and Vinland Saga had a better story tbh. Kimetsu no Yaiba was pretty generic and the overall synopsis was nothing special.
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Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai
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You’re surprised? Do you really think most newer anime fans have heard of Galactic Heroes, let alone watched it?
I have it on my planning list, should I not watch it?
Based on nyy, I guess not. It's something I'm interested in and I might watch it eventually just to form my own opinion on it.
HOw can something be "overrated" because it's too popular? Do u even know what overrated means? It has Nothing to do with popularity.
PS: Seven Deadly Sins is in fact quite underrated. Your scaling is non-existent. Please revise your argument and come again.How can something be "overrated" because it's too popular?
0-ver-rate: have a higher opinion of (someone or something) than is deserved.
Exactly. It has NOTHING to do with popularity.
po-pu-lar-i-ty: the state or condition of being liked, admired, or supported by many people.
like: find agreeable, enjoyable, or satisfactory.
Now, what do you do when you find something enjoyable? You rate it highl., Therefore, a show that someone enjoys is liked, therefore it's popular, therefore it's highly rated.
That's a Correlation between and Popularity and high rating. They're not the same thing.
You're point has so many variables m8
Demon Slayer Yaiba: The show in my eyes generic as piss and writing ranged from okay to terrible.
The visuals, English dub and soundtrack saved it from getting a lower score than 5.Black Clover (Anime) The manga is pretty good but the adaptation is a complete bastardization of made it good in the first place. Horrid visuals, a mindless soundtrack that has no direction, hamfisted comedy that goes on and on and janky pacing. The amazing OP and ENs save it from getting a 1/10
Read the manga and avoid the anime like the plague.A Certain Magical Index.
I love Railgun but Index especially S3 was boring and incoherent filled with tired tropes and cliches. Also, they screw up Misaka and Kuroko characters.Seven Deadly Sins.
Without question the most uninspired shounen I have ever seen filled with annoying and empty characters. incoherent power systems and tired stock dialogue.
Thank you! I've forced myself to sit through two full seasons of Index which bored me to tears out of my love for Railgun, and I'll never get why those two get rated the same all the time. I haven't seen S3, but I honestly would rather watch any of the 300 anime on my watchlist than go back to Index.
And yeah, I'll also never understand the popularity of Seven Deadly Sins. Kimetsu no Yaiba is a "firework" Anime to me. Pretty to look at and cool animation, but not much more to it.
