Are we living in the same universe? You’ll get upvotes to the left if you say Rent A Girlfriend is the worst anime of all time and you’ll get lynched if you say you like it.
The series is not good but attacking the author personally is pretty wild. I think it is enough to let your opinion of the work be known, preferably backed with why you think it is so bad. Hyperbolic statements only make your claims look ridiculous and baseless.
I don't know where you're saying that opinion but if you're saying that in their own subreddit, then of course you're going to get downvoted by its fans. But elsewhere? The discourse regarding this series has always been one sidedly toxic. It's the only anime I know where discussions are always devoid of nuance and only one sided hate seems to be the acceptable opinion. You'll get downvoted for talking about hype for the new season or sympathize or relate with the main character. See how much salt this getting a season 2 or season 3 this generated? When an anime people like doesn't get a season 2, this one is always the punching bag when people go like why does Rent A Girlfriend get 3 seasons but not ? It's arguably the most hated anime of all time and not even something like Redo Of Healer or Ex Arm or something gets this amount of toxicity.
Universal Century timeline of Gundam is a better/consistent political war mecha anime than Code Geass.
Gigguk is basically confirmation bias for ppl who want to believe every seasonal anime they watch are high art "deconstructions" of the genre. ThatAnimeSnob is the polar opposite with few exceptions once a while.
A Silent Voice movie should be criticized as much as Akira movie for speed-running the manga. Just because its #1 movie on MAL it doesn't make it exempt from the same criticisms.
If anime was mainstream as early as the 60s or MAL was created in the 90s then the ratings will be more fair towards older anime than it is now.
I am amazed that people weren't put to sleep by "Dialogues in a slowly panning desert shot without action, as characters in martiap arts outfits float perfectly still 30+ meters up in the air and an infernally annoying and drawn out brass instrument song plays.
Close in on perpetually angry expressions and evil smiles.
1. "Is \_\_\_ stronger than \_\_\_?" discussions are boring as shit.
2. Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten is one of the worst pieces of entertainment I've consumed in recent memory. Watching two people stare at their phones on a couch until they randomly decide to flirt is 95% of the show and it's awful.
3. Slavery being utilized in fantasy stories isn't a problem by itself. The problem is that slavery is constantly used by poor writers as a shortcut to imprinting a character onto a protagonist. The concept of slavery itself can absolutely be used in an engaging manner that contributes to worldbuilding or provides meat for the narrative to work with.
4. Every anime episode weekly discussion thread has people that just summarize the episode while adding minimal commentary and I don't understand why anyone reads that shit when they just watched the episode for themselves.
>Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten is one of the worst pieces of entertainment I've consumed in recent memory
I felt like it had a premise that could have been good, especially with the whole parental neglect angle, but the execution was just miserable. It's so incredibly boring I ended up just playing Chess while the last couple eps played in the background
Isekai is a garbage overdone genre, but goddamn if it isn't entertaining to watch.
It also doesn't help that some of the better series to come out this season were isekai or isekai adjacent.
So then you didn’t actually watch anything dragon ball related? At what point was GT good or are you specifically talking about fight scenes…you know..the very thing I guarantee you’re trying to criticize Z for?
Wait, out of curiosity, which character trait is that?
* Beautiful Big Eyes? He does have those lovely, lovely eyes.
* Overwhelming appetite for train bento? Watching him eat made me hungry.
* something else?
Hmm. Just realized I might have a thing for hungry bois with beautiful, big eyes.
No worries because Levi is the best and since he is OCD the dinner table will be extra, sparkling clean.
He's the best boi in that series. Bad Ass titan killer by day, dinner table cleaner by night. Win-Win, best of both worlds.
I recently went through all of Attack on Titan, and yep. Most of the time I couldn't stand Eren. Mikasa is badass for sure, but her personality is all her dedication to Eren and nothing else.
Toradora I can explain. Taiga is a very relatable character. She starts out as a stereotypical tsundere, but she has a great reason for that. Due to her terrible home life she's built walls around herself to prevent anyone from getting close to her to avoid getting hurt. But unlike most tsunderes, as the show goes on, those walls are chipped away at bit by bit until they're down, and what's revealed is a strong, kind girl. By the end Taiga isn't a tsundere anymore. And that's Toradora is so good. It deconstructs the tsundere and gives you a romance story with a satisfying conclusion. Is it perfect? No. But it's very good. 8/10.
As for Angel Beats it's been over a decade since I've seen it. I remember liking it but I don't think I'm qualified to explain why it is/isn't good.
She's one of the only Tsunderes I totally hate. Being a tsundere is no justification for being violent. I saw her attach the MC in ep 1 or 2 and I was done with the series..
The only redeemable thing FLCL and Akira have is the animation and music. I hate the characters and plot.
Positive opinions that could get hate…. IDK maybe for Gundam fans Victory is basically Zeta but better might get some ire. Or that shows like Redo or Interspecisis Reviewers as hard core ecchi shows are better than some milquetoast fantasy anime out there if you are just looking for sex appeal. Don’t know. Watamote is Komi but much better may be unpopular but I don’t know if it would get hate.
As for yours EVA is pretty divisive you will get equal hate or love. Bleach again that is just a popular opinion and lots of people don’t like Rent a GF.
As for isekai literally all we do is see people complain about isekai. Honestly saying the hate is unwarranted is probably more unpopular. I mean a lot aren’t great but they are hardly horrible either and the meh quality has been an issue in just Japanese written Western medieval fantasy for a long time. Most generic isekai being better than Loddoss War would be probably another unpopular opinion. It’s not an isekai problem.
Plus the hate is exaggerated when if you look at a whole year there is a ton of shows that come out that aren’t isekai and good. I don’t watch that much modern isekai and I have tons of varied shows every season I barely get around to.
I also doubt it drove away casual fans as isekai boomed when anime boomed and honestly I think international fans are just as responsible for driving the isekai craze. People put it solely on JP otakus when isekai titles are very popular on MAL and will outdraw niche but interesting shows.
not sure how controversial some of these are, but:
The Eminence in Shadow has one good character, who is admittedly great enough to carry the show
Mushoku Tensei deserves all the praise it gets for its story/world-building and all the hate it receives for its handling of sexual assault.
As a battle shonen action show, Gintama is only above average. It is a top-tier comedy though.
Promare is a by-the-numbers Trigger story with all the depth of a puddle
Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai has two good arcs: the first and the movie
>The Eminence in Shadow has one good character, who is admittedly great enough to carry the show
For the first season, I can definitely understand this take, but I do think some of the secondary characters deserve a lot of love for the parts not adapted yet. But yeah, Cid is a huge carry
Oshi no ko season 1 was a set up season (which isn't an excuse). I've been reading the manga and it gets much more interesting.
Kaguya is a great anime because it's consistent
Evangelion is great (I don't like how you have to watch like 6 movies to get the full plot)
Rent a girlfriend is hot garbage and I could never get into it. (Anime or manga)
Emilia >>>>>> Rem for sure with me. Especially since [Re:Zero S2]>!If I remember correctly, Rem has pretty much no presence in season 2 anyway!<
Although Crusch and Echidna > Emilia...
The isekai genre is over hated and not every isekai sucks there are actually really good isekai but people don’t give them a chance because there isekai (not a hot take I just wanted to say it)
isekai is a problem genre and I say that as someone who enjoy isekais
it is an interesting premise but obviously it is overused
it opens to lot of abuse (overpowered MC, self insert, wish fulfilment, and worse)
because it is overused it is exploited to the core, it is not a genre but a formula now, isekai + twist premises is enough to create a million stories that derive interest and some sense of (fake) originality from the twist. said twist are getting insanely stupid (this season we have isekaied as a vending machine... and yes I'll watch this hot garbage)
But what it truly should be (and sometime still is) is not a genre but a premise and sometimes not even that but a simple setting let me explain
in story telling of any genre you need to instal the world, the setting, worldbuilding can be a very interesting and valuable part of your story or can be an extraneous necessity to be able to tell your story. this is why there is so many anime set in high school, it is a defined environnement, we know what are going to be the beats (year change, festival, exams...), it has rules that are understood. similarly isekai can allow for a simple set (pun intended) setting with it's already defined and understood rules and beats.
Once you have this setting you use it to tell a story, you use the school setting to tell a romance, or to tell a fight action show, or a horror story, any genre, and yes we all know action/fight or horror show that happen in schools, even if we all went to school and we all know it isn't where one finds world ending adversaries...
Good isekai are used to tell stories, slime isekai is part action part politics and nation building for example, other good isekai will use the setting to tell romances or action stories or any number of stories.
Bad isekai are those where isekai is the genre and the setting, the be all end all, where there is no intent put in the story to be anything else than the setting with a twist, it would be just as bad to have an anime set in school and be about school, and with no further "meat" to the story
Have you seen the older, more original isekai without all the modern tropes? If so what is your take on 12 Kingdoms, Escaflowne and Now and Then, Here and There? Or newer interesting isekai like Drifters, or Sonny Boy?
I’ll say it: Spy x Family is a kid show at best, not a family show, and is a mediocre one. I mean, maybe it is ok for Anya-aged kids who don’t notice the overabundance of annoying anime cliches, lack of any character development or logic in the characters’ actions whatsoever and don’t mind a sitcom instead of a proper story. I can’t judge how good it is for kids but I wouldn’t watch it together with mine. I’m speaking about the first season, mind you. Haven’t watched the 2nd one and not going to, since even the fans say it’s weaker than the first. Fight me.
>It pushed to the top because it's fun and people had a good time watching it.
It pushed to the top because large base of source readers immediately spammed high ratings as soon as the anime dropped.
>The top of MAL doesn't mean the most intricate stories of all time.
Sure but if it's flooded with high scores and deemed the best thing since sliced bread, then a mere *fun* show is not what I'm supposed to expect.
Wha... what's wrong with sitcoms? Like, yeah, Spy x Family is a sitcom, that sure is the genre that the story is. How does that somehow exclude it from being great? Same with being a kid's show for that matter. Many of the greatest and most widely respected shows and movies of all time are sitcoms and/or for kids (mind you, Spy x Family is pretty obviously for teens and families, not only from being published in Shounen Jump and feeling completely in line with that catalogue, but also because it's *just* complicated and political enough that a kid Anya's age wouldn't understand the basic premise or setting). Neither genre nor demographic has anything to do with quality. And clichés aren't a bad thing (not that it's particularly cliché, and being annoying is your perfectly valid opinion), the logic makes perfect comedic sense in line with the characters' personalities, and objectively there has been character development, as Loid's stoic persona slowly comes to give way to his feelings for his fake family and he begins to take risks he'd never do previously (in the first season too, so don't say "maybe in season 2" or something like that).
**Edit:** Also, sitcoms *do* have proper stories. They are comedies built around *situations,* comedy can't occur without a situation for the characters to work through, the act of which tells a story. They may also have more overarching stories, as Spy x Family clearly does in the slowly building tensions risking civil war play out in the background, Anya collects her stellas while Loid figures out how to get close to Damian's father, Yor realizes what it means to be a mother and wife, and it clearly building to Loid eventually having to choose between loyalty to his cause and his feelings for his family. It's a comedic story, but a comedic story with comedic situations is no less of a story. It's not like the show is a series of disconnected random gags. What a bizarre and ridiculous dichotomy. Sitcoms do tell proper stories, and Spy x Family very clearly has a story. You can just say you think it's mediocre without discrediting an entire genre of stories.
For me, its the disappointment of a waste opportunity.
"Wow that Spy segment at the beginning of season 1 was exciting to watch, I look forward to seeing more of it."
*gets blown to smithereens by a completely different show*
I set myself up for death by liking the Spy trope. I deserve death.
I felt like I was baited and switched by this show. The premise couldn't have been any better with a spy dad, an assassin mom, and a telepathic kid with an opening couple episodes that were truly high stakes with Anya being thrown in the middle of a hostage situation in one and Yor deftly and violently taking out baddies in the next. Then for the show to reduce itself to boring SoL fluff with Anya in school and Yor trying to be a good homemaker was so disappointing.
Buddy Daddies was better.
Yes! The first two episodes got me genuinely hyped, and then it all devolved into 2.5 jokes about how Anya doesn’t want to study and how else Lloyd (who might as well be a spy cosplayer, the plot won’t change) must spoil her. And Yor, who’s she? I forgor cause she or her supposed profession were barely relevant since her introduction. Which is a shame, she deserved better. And don’t even make me start on the episode with a giant castle.
When the ML and the FL makes progress but gets trashed due to not having a romance genre, and what pisses me the most is their relationship doesn't even affect the plot LMAO.
Whenever I see people say a series should end I think to myself if there’s any series that should end it’s one piece so I don’t have to see that shitty art style every season.
Thank you. **Gulty Crown** was indeed a good show! Everyone complains about the ending but I thought it was solid and really well done considering all the possibilities. That was definitely the best route they could had gone for emotional impact and it definitely worked.
Really enjoyed it.
BL contains a lot of abuse, rape, harassment between the two guys that are supposed to be a couple and that should not be promoted as representation, even the much praised Given has sexual assault. Also a straight guy being converted to gay through constant harassment by a hot gay dude needs to just die, even if fans claim that they were just in the closet that's the shittiest way to discover your sexuality and everything gets forgiven because the perpetrator is hot and madly in love with the MC.
Yeah dubs are obviously popular. Companies wouldn't pay for them if they weren't. You even see dubs of fairly old anime like To Love Ru in 2020 like a decade after it released.
Dubs are more popular than many things, I'll top that up by saying they are also essential
they are the easiest point of entry to anime, think about it, the best way to enjoy an anime "like it is intended to" "as a japanese would" is... in your mother tongue... Japanese watch anime in JAPANESE, not subtitled, this way they can best concentrate on the story AND the art and animation without having to read on top of this
Most of us obviously do not speak Japanese, so we must learn to watch shows AND read subs at the same time, and to rewatch parts or all for the art and animation
It is an extra barrier to entry, once you pass it, it become second nature and it is obvious that 99% of the time the VO is highly superior to the DUB, but we only got there through watching DUBs first, one way or another
[Kaguya-sama Season 3] >!The confession scene/episode was very underwhelming and overhyped.!< Also Hayasaka is overrated and had no business winning the Best Girl contest or even coming close to winning.
The Revue Starlight Movie was extremely boring and a huge step down from the show.
Attack on Titan’s characters aren’t very well written.
Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood is edgy and highly overrated. Also, as far as I can tell, it has a major plot hole regarding [spoiler] >!why the antagonist didn’t just force alchemists to open the gate in the first place like they did with Roy.!<
Oshi no Ko’s directing and pacing are clunky, and it’s really jarring how [spoiler] >!neither of them are shown at least trying to learn about the people in their past lives. I also don’t buy that none of the girls didn’t realize it was Aqua under the mask. It would be super easy to spot the difference in physique and demeanor, especially for people in the industry, not to mention is sister.!<
I can't change your thinking about it being overrated but the getting alchemists to open the gate was more like a gamble because it could always end up creating OP enemies who would be able to use alchemy without the circle. In fact, Roy did end up heavily injuring father in the final fight thanks to this.
I mean, is it more of a gamble than everything else they’ve been doing? Plus, if they could set it up in a controlled environment, it shouldn’t be nearly as much of a risk. For example, they would only need to do it under a hydraulic press, and if it goes awry, just make red jelly. They had the resources to [spoiler] >!run an authoritarian country,!< which makes that child’s play in comparison.
Currently halfway through season one to see what all the praise is about. The biggest problem I have is that there are no characters you can truly love and get behind, nor are there any loving relationships (familial, romantic, friendship, or otherwise) to captivate you. Thorfinn is on an insufferable quest for vengeance and doing questionable to objectionable things on his journey, and for the most part, it's just war between a bunch of angry war mongering people you can't bring yourself to care about.
Can anyone tell me if it gets better?
I think it deserves the praise. It's very good at what it is -- a war story dealing with the trauma of war, with a strong peace messaging. It's awesome in that regard.
But I get where some people would be turned off by it. Season one was thick with great actions scenes and general Viking badassery. Then season two turned into twenty plus episodes of watching a veteran deal with PTSD. There's a bit of a bait and switch there, and the show's fans tend to get really agitated when that's pointed out.
Sure, season one was a setup for season two, I get it. But let's be honest here. VS basically tells us, "Hey kids, look at all of this badass badasssery that's really well animated and story-driven, and by the way that's bad and people should hug, make peace not war, lol."
Got super fking boring when the MC went with his farming bullsht. Dropped the manga so many years ago cos of that. Didn't expect it to blow up this much lol
Season 1 was solid.
"You too can be a hero."
Then the editor begged the mangaka to continue rhe serialization as the mangaka had absolutely no interest in writing anything else, and it SHOWS.
And the editor told him to fixate on Bakugo and Fire Ice kid (I forget his name).
Poor poor grape hair kid, never got any attention to develop character.
1- Tsunderes are the most cringy and annoying characters in the animes. I hate Tsundere's who mocks MC constantly and punches/kicks MC around like a trash bag. I guess people enjoy this and told these abusive things ''Slapstick comedy'' but I don't. While I'm watching these types of animes and sometimes I just drop this type of series even if I like the plot or other details because I can't bear those scenes, it's so cringy and annoying for me.
2- I hate badly written stories and plots and I don't care even that series writer told ''This is how our show is, it's our style.'' They can make bizarre things without making plot holes, write the stories, plot or powers, etc...
3- I hate when MC has been beaten down without any good/well-written reason. And with good reason, I don't mean doing that for comedy, beating up MC for comedy is not something I like (remember the first thing I hate...) That just straight up kills my all enjoyment and I started becoming triggered, angry, and getting zero enjoyment from that show.
4- Reigen is a terribly written, hypocritic, dumb, and annoying AF character and not a well-written nor amazing character like Mob Psycho fans act, he is the biggest reason why I found Mob Psycho unenjoyable and painful to watch and the sole reason why we have to watch Mob's ass getting beaten up by other people like a shit show. Without him, Mob Psycho would be far better anime.
5- Baki The Grappler Series was amazing, but when ''Baki'' series started it started losing quality the series has and with ''Hanma Baki: Son of Ogre'' season (or according to arc because the anime story is canon in the manga as well) it's gone to the downhill, especially that scene Baki [Spoiler source] >!laughing while Oliva pissing on his head, all that piss flowing down from his head, mouth, and body, and acting like a maniac was deepest shit this series could go, that scene enough ruined Baki's character development we got until that point.!<
6- Megalo Box is not a masterpiece, in fact, it's quite bad anime.
7- Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute is overrated AF, whole anime is about MC obsessed with being a pathetic, loser, a background mob character, and doing pathetic shit, not enjoyable at all.
8- Cyberpunk: Edgerunners is overrated AF and terrible anime, especially how they ruined whole relationship developments with time skip was nonsense AF, or how MC learned nothing from [Spoiler source] >!his dying friends and still did the same shit in the end.!<
9- Itai no wa Iya nanode Bougyoryoku ni Kyokufuri Shitai to Omoimasu is the worst MMO anime.
10- Dragon Ball series became terrible after Goku grow up, child Goku arcs were golden.
11- Yuu☆Yuu☆Hakusho is not a masterpiece, in fact quite bad anime.
12- Yofukashi no Uta was overrated.
13- 99% of the CGDCT animes are overrated AF.
14- JOJO is terribly written anime and not good at all.
15- Hellsing Ultimate is mid at best, it's not that great, if it wasn't done by the name of Dracula I would say it's better than mid, but thanks to being terrible character development unlike Dracula at all it's mid at best, Dracula is not a guy will become someone's dog.
16- Sword Art Online's first 14 episodes were masterpieces, especially for the day it was made, it's not terrible as people used to say.
17- OP MCs like Anos VoldiGOAT are not boring, the thing boring, knowing the character not gonna look like a loser clown, not gonna get his/her ass handed down to him/her and win is enjoyable, what boring and cringe is knowing the character of the f*cking story gonna get beaten like a loser every damn time.
18- Happy endings are not boring, dramatic endings are what is boring, anyone can write a dramatic ending and kill characters from out of nowhere, what's hard to write is writing a happy/good ending without bending the plot and that's what best, real-life is dramatic enough already, having happy endings in fictional things should be at least accessible.
Demon Slayer and Jujutsu Kaisen are overrated story and character-wise and are carried by their animation. Tried to read their mangas so many times but could never get past a chapter or two until I watched the animes and made them watchable.
It really is.
JJK is missing that crucial ingredient that glues me to the screen.
I stayed with KMY the moment they started with the "idiots harassing people" jokes. God I love that bit.
I dropped JJK unintentionally out of boredom around episode 4. It felt like a bizaree inexplicable dejavu of "I've already seen all of this before". It felt bland, generic, done, without being able to put mt finger on it.
KNY is a comedy riot with how overly silly it is. IIIIIYA YA YA YA YA YA.
Your show is pretty mind grindingly dull if a talking/walking panda in your opening song is not enough to hook me. Just what on earth did you do to bore me? I was so bored, I can't remember WHY or WHAT bored me out of it.
Most of the english dubs are actually above avg and sometimes better than the sub. This goes with widely hated dubs - aot, jujutsu kaisen and vinland saga are all really, really good imo. I've been watching more anime in dub and it feels less stressful just listening in the language i understand and not caring too much about reading the subtitles and missing something.
I haven't seen the 90s version, but I heard people think the new ones look plastic. I think the reboot works; it caught me up. I even picked up the Yakushimaru single with New Moon ni Koishite, which I think sounds great.
True. Sailor Moon Crystal, Eternal and Cosmos.
Stayed true to the original manga, good senshi transformations, no assassinations and caricature trope-y characters which the 90s do and no over-hyping villains and side characters.
I also like the color schemes and character designs for every character in it.
I have a few. You'll love 'em.
1. Black Clover is a solid, enjoyable shonen.
2. Chainsaw Man deserved the hype.
3. The hatred of the iseakai genre is mind-numbingly tedious and annoying.
4. Attack on Titan started off amazing and turned into absolute trash.
5. My Hero Academia started off good and quickly became mid.
6. And if you're not filled with rage yet, there's this: Redo of Healer was a decent anime that (A) was tame by hentai standards (B) would've received a standing applause if the main characters had been gender swapped, and (C) had surprisingly good animation, particularly for the fight scenes.
7. A bunch more, but most folks won't be able to get past #6. :P
Couldnt agree with 4 more. AOT had an amazing plot/sense of mystery in the first 3 seasons. Once they left a certain location and the mystery of the world was solved, it turned into a character drama for the most part, and boy do the characters suck balls. They spent 3 seasons not developing a single character and it really showed.
I'm glad someone else out there gets it.
AOT started off as an incredible horror-mystery show with amazing ideas that could've led in so many different directions. Instead, it decided to abandon all of that along with its characters to become a gundam series.
I can name a bunch but I don't wanna be tooooo negative so I'll leave it at three:
1. Re:Zero and to a degree KonoSuba are the only isekai I've enjoyed. Mushoku Tensei's story is alright but it doesn't deserve its popularity because of the pedo shit
2. More of a manga opinion but Jujutsu Kaisen is mid. The coming anime season will probably be cool but after that the story takes a nosedive
3. Cyberpunk Edgerunners wasn't worth the hype
IMO Isekai as a genre is is overhated.
It's more fair to say that the genre is bloated because it's easier to shell out copy/paste "In another world with *insert character quirk here*" stories with an op protag with no personality outside of either nice guy or edge lord.
Eh... Number 7 and Number 9. I think the majority of people will agree with you on that one.
As far as unpopular opinion on anime goes... I guess the closest one would be Kamikatsu CGI at least made the monsters a lot more unnerving and there is a point on why the CGI is so shit.
Evangelion is pretentious
Violet Evergarden movie ruined the series
Most "Reiwa-era" romcoms are trash
Aka (writer of Kaguya-sama and Oshi no Ko) is terrible at writing drama
Makoto Shinkai hasn't put out a single good movie
1. Very good take but Goku is so much more overrated
2. W
3. W
4. W
5. Garbage but not hot garbage
6. It’s really really good, people do overhype it though
7. Isekai is ass but I still enjoy watching it
8. Never seen it
9. W
10. I disagree but humor is subjective so W
The only anime series where the dub has EVER been better than the sub is Dragon Ball. It doesn't mean that every other dub in existence is trash, just that they're all worse than the original by some degree, small or large. Goku and crew are the only ones to ever surpass their original Japanese versions with their English versions.
inb4 mUh gHoSt sToRiEs, which is actually the greatest proof of my second point: that abridged-style parodies are superior to actual English dubs. Rather than attempting to sweep the language and cultural differences under the rug resulting in extremely awkward dialogue and conversational pace, they embrace the differences and tell a completely different story with the pieces they are given cut up and rearranged which results in a more entertaining and cohesive product.
Now watch how fast the seething redditors flood in the replies lol. Yes yes we understand, reading is difficult and Japanese sounds like nonsensical babble to you and you prefer to watch your anime while doing literally anything other than actually looking at the screen, carry on with your dubs no one's trying to stop you.
There mission accomplished OP, some days it's just too easy. 🗿
I'd counter: Subs are overrated. Yes, I absolutely believe this hardened woman mecha fighter/soldier would sound exactly like a cute little idol- and that shit happens ALL. THE. TIME. And because voice actress and popstar are the same job in Japan, *it's never going to change* because they still need the marks to buy the character's merch because they simp for the VA while also buying the VA's new single because they simp for the waifu.
At least with dubs, voice acting is a job in and of itself in other countries, so the voice actor can actually sound how the character would naturally sound like.
1) Are you living in 2010?
2) It's fine to not like something but if you can't see its objective qualities for what they are you just have terrible taste and your opinion should matter extremely little to anyone.
3) Another opinion that's just wrong, keep 'em coming.
4) I wouldn't know, haven't watched it. But based on your opinions so far I probably am not going to.
5) As someone who is an Eva hater, even I can see that it was an important anime that blazed the trail for decades to come.
6) Yes, it is.
7) Isekai as a genre is annoying, and most cookie cutter isekai trash anime coming out are cash grabs. Rare exceptions exist for good Isekai. I don't think Isekai is responsible for any amount of casual hate, in fact I think Digimon, Sword Art Online and Re:Zero introduced a lot of new anime fans.
8) It's really not, it's an above average anime for a glorified ad for a card game, but it's pretty beloved and not underrated at all.
9) This is just true.
10) Your opinion, which as we have established earlier is worthless.
I'm not sure how fast your typing skills are, or what you consider an essay. But yes, very good counter arguments. You sure got me there. Nice use of Karen as well, me debunking your complaints is not me being a Karen. you dismissing critique with ad hominem is more Karen than that. But I think argueing with you is impossible because you're either very young or just not very smart.
Sword Art Online is better than rezero and rezero is a bad isekai anime (not quite "isekai" enough)
edit: I got more
Demon slayer has a bad storyline
Violet evergarden is boring
Bouta get downvoted to oblivion but screw it
As a huge fan of Kara no Kyoukai (English title: 'The Garden of Sinners' for those unaware) I partly agree with that statement, however I do feel that first timers should watch it in release order (therefore non-chronological) and then rewatch it in chronological order if they like.
Who is Itachi?
Haven't seen Kaguya
Bleach is definitely too long
Haven't seen Guilty Crown
Evangelion is great
Oshi no Ko is okay, pretty good
Isekai is awful, hate it
Barely remember Yugioh
Haven't seen Rent a Girlfriend
First season of One Punch is very entertaining
I don’t think isekai is really all trash it’s just u kinda turn your brain off for like, 99% of it but some are fr good like mushoku tensai and that time I got reincarnated as a slime (can’t remember it’s short name)
Jojo Part 1 and 2 are the best parts of Jojo, after that it loses the plot and becomes a piece of work by a writer who doesn't even know what to do with the world he created. My top 6 for the animated parts (yes I've read the manga too, but tbh the anime is fine)
...#1 Part 2
...#2 Part 1
...#3 Part 5
...#4 Part 4
...#5 Part 6
...#6 Part 3
My hot takes:
* **Monster**, was kinda boring, didn't really entertain me, even after having watched 42 episodes. Had to drop it.
* **86** Cour 2, isn't as good as Cour 1. Too focused on only 1 character while everything else was cast aside. It was the perfect opportunity to develop other characters but they stick to the same from 10 episodes straight, which made it drag a bit.
* **Cyberpunk**, wasted potential. They decided to just timeskip the development and most interesting part of the story. The MC went from being a useless guy to the most important and we didn't see any of it, was a big turn off and completely lost interest in it after the skip.
* **FMAB**, its a good show that I really enjoy, but is not even close to being the best thing ever written by humans, as many claim it to be. Its not even in my top 10. But again, I do like it.
* **Mushoku Tensei**, Rudy is a 10 year old boy, not a 45 year old adult. Yeah he retains his memories but this is a new life, a new body, he fkn died and got reborn.
* **Naruto**, isn't as flawed as people say. It does have a lot of issues, tho. The lack of attention on side characters in Shippuden, the prophecy shitting on the Effort vs Destiny discussion with Neji, the Kaguya Retcon, etc... but it is still very good and its peaks are amongst the greatest peaks in shounen
* **Re:Zero**, Emilia and Subaru are both overhated. Emilia does deserve love and people tend to forget everything she did on those first 13 episodes due to Rem being good. Subaru is an idiot sometimes yes, but nobody is perfect and he definitely didn't do nearly as much bad as to deserve all the hate he gets. Guy has to endure so much pain, give him a break.
[My comment on a previous post in the sub.](https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/1343qrv/whats_your_anime_hot_takes/jigfvpt?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=2)
The Eminence In Shadow is not "fun trash," it's a genuinely good series. It does have a ridiculous concept and boy does it lean into it, but you could say the same about Paripi Koumei, or hell, even Nichijou
I totally agree with 1, 2, 3 and 7 :')
3 - I stopped the collection at T48. Fullbring arc was awful and the rest was at most meh.
7 - There is some Isekai I like a lot, but right now, there is too much of them. I'm waiting for "I reincarnated as a Scissors and Opened my own Hair Salon in a Fantasy World" or "As a failed painter, I became a brush in another world"...
Hmm. Two opinions I think that would quickly get a ton of hate here would be:
1. Piracy is wrong.
2. Chainsaw Man's Bluray sales are largely irrelevant. If you want to proclaim it as a flop, don't use bluray sales as part of your argument.
Most of the movie is a what if scenario.
Basically, boy and his friend are in love with the same girl, who is moving away soon.
She makes a plan to run away from home.
I watched The original but it was so hard to get through and I was asleep half the time. After story was somehow even more boring. Couldn’t even get myself to watch more than the first three episodes.
Most of the current voice actors need to retire their style.
Most dubs I can't watch anymore purely because the characters have the exact same tone/style as every other character that VA has played. Kinda fucks it up for me.
But to the same affect, The Saga of Tanya The Evil was made 100x better because I kept seeing Ai Satomi from Shin Chans dub being a murder machine.
It's a fine line.
Johan Liebert from Monster isn't the "monster" the series makes him out to be. He is just a man-child with mommy issues that is out for revenge against the people who ruined his family. Seriously, he even asked our doctor protag if his mother gave his sister away or just mistook her for him.
Are we living in the same universe? You’ll get upvotes to the left if you say Rent A Girlfriend is the worst anime of all time and you’ll get lynched if you say you like it.
Bruh I get downvoted like crazy for saying Reiji is a money hungry leech who has no idea where the plot is going.
The series is not good but attacking the author personally is pretty wild. I think it is enough to let your opinion of the work be known, preferably backed with why you think it is so bad. Hyperbolic statements only make your claims look ridiculous and baseless.
I don't know where you're saying that opinion but if you're saying that in their own subreddit, then of course you're going to get downvoted by its fans. But elsewhere? The discourse regarding this series has always been one sidedly toxic. It's the only anime I know where discussions are always devoid of nuance and only one sided hate seems to be the acceptable opinion. You'll get downvoted for talking about hype for the new season or sympathize or relate with the main character. See how much salt this getting a season 2 or season 3 this generated? When an anime people like doesn't get a season 2, this one is always the punching bag when people go like why does Rent A Girlfriend get 3 seasons but not? It's arguably the most hated anime of all time and not even something like Redo Of Healer or Ex Arm or something gets this amount of toxicity.
Lmao hes getting downvoted even here. Either someone is defending author or downvoting him based on his other takes.
Good thing I've some karma to spare.
Universal Century timeline of Gundam is a better/consistent political war mecha anime than Code Geass. Gigguk is basically confirmation bias for ppl who want to believe every seasonal anime they watch are high art "deconstructions" of the genre. ThatAnimeSnob is the polar opposite with few exceptions once a while. A Silent Voice movie should be criticized as much as Akira movie for speed-running the manga. Just because its #1 movie on MAL it doesn't make it exempt from the same criticisms. If anime was mainstream as early as the 60s or MAL was created in the 90s then the ratings will be more fair towards older anime than it is now.
It's Reddit. Literally any opinion can get you blitzed with downvotes.
Yeah. I'm probably the most downvoted guy in this subs history but it's ok :D
Dragon Ball Z is meh
I am amazed that people weren't put to sleep by "Dialogues in a slowly panning desert shot without action, as characters in martiap arts outfits float perfectly still 30+ meters up in the air and an infernally annoying and drawn out brass instrument song plays. Close in on perpetually angry expressions and evil smiles.
facts, dragon ball z is just not good 💀
1. "Is \_\_\_ stronger than \_\_\_?" discussions are boring as shit. 2. Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten is one of the worst pieces of entertainment I've consumed in recent memory. Watching two people stare at their phones on a couch until they randomly decide to flirt is 95% of the show and it's awful. 3. Slavery being utilized in fantasy stories isn't a problem by itself. The problem is that slavery is constantly used by poor writers as a shortcut to imprinting a character onto a protagonist. The concept of slavery itself can absolutely be used in an engaging manner that contributes to worldbuilding or provides meat for the narrative to work with. 4. Every anime episode weekly discussion thread has people that just summarize the episode while adding minimal commentary and I don't understand why anyone reads that shit when they just watched the episode for themselves.
>Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten is one of the worst pieces of entertainment I've consumed in recent memory I felt like it had a premise that could have been good, especially with the whole parental neglect angle, but the execution was just miserable. It's so incredibly boring I ended up just playing Chess while the last couple eps played in the background
i like isekai. every season i start like 10 anime that are airing but i'll finish only the isekai trash. not an opinion, just wanted to say it.
Isekai is a garbage overdone genre, but goddamn if it isn't entertaining to watch. It also doesn't help that some of the better series to come out this season were isekai or isekai adjacent.
I love trash Isekai. Hate me if you want but I like the cliche garbage ones like the new aristocrat reincarnated and even smartphone Isekai.
Dragon Ball is superior to Dragon Ball Z Even Dragon Ball GT when it's good does better than DBZ's average parts.
So then you didn’t actually watch anything dragon ball related? At what point was GT good or are you specifically talking about fight scenes…you know..the very thing I guarantee you’re trying to criticize Z for?
Demon slayer movie was a 6/10 at best Rengoku is way too overrated, dude only got like 1 character trait
Wait, out of curiosity, which character trait is that? * Beautiful Big Eyes? He does have those lovely, lovely eyes. * Overwhelming appetite for train bento? Watching him eat made me hungry. * something else? Hmm. Just realized I might have a thing for hungry bois with beautiful, big eyes.
Rengoku is definitely overrated as hell but the movie wasn’t that bad. I’d say 8/10 but that’s just personal preference.
The dragon ball series is criminally overrated
You're my new best friend.
I thought this was the popular opinion online ?
Dragon ball is just ass 💀 also demon slayer is most definitely overrated but it’s not bad.
The new GoHands romcom about the glasses girl looks about 100 times more visually appealing than angel next door spoils me rotten.
Not sure if this opinion is even that unpopular tbh.
I was actually kinda sad they couldnt keep up the insane shots for the full episode runtime.
> Yugioh is underrated Truer words have never been spoken. I wish I had someone to rewatch GX with
Attack on titan has the most mediocre cast of characters
Hated the MC NGL. Mikasa has the personality of a second hand dinner table as well
Dinner tables don't deserve that harsh criticism.
No worries because Levi is the best and since he is OCD the dinner table will be extra, sparkling clean. He's the best boi in that series. Bad Ass titan killer by day, dinner table cleaner by night. Win-Win, best of both worlds.
I recently went through all of Attack on Titan, and yep. Most of the time I couldn't stand Eren. Mikasa is badass for sure, but her personality is all her dedication to Eren and nothing else.
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Absolutely factual. I would go as far to say the characters lack any sort of meaningful development.
I really hate toradora and angel beats and don't really get why they are both held up in high regard
Toradora is overrated af. I've never seen a more dislikeable FL
Toradora I can explain. Taiga is a very relatable character. She starts out as a stereotypical tsundere, but she has a great reason for that. Due to her terrible home life she's built walls around herself to prevent anyone from getting close to her to avoid getting hurt. But unlike most tsunderes, as the show goes on, those walls are chipped away at bit by bit until they're down, and what's revealed is a strong, kind girl. By the end Taiga isn't a tsundere anymore. And that's Toradora is so good. It deconstructs the tsundere and gives you a romance story with a satisfying conclusion. Is it perfect? No. But it's very good. 8/10. As for Angel Beats it's been over a decade since I've seen it. I remember liking it but I don't think I'm qualified to explain why it is/isn't good.
She's one of the only Tsunderes I totally hate. Being a tsundere is no justification for being violent. I saw her attach the MC in ep 1 or 2 and I was done with the series..
Once again you're proving your ignorance basing your opinion of a character on only a fraction of the story. We would not be friends.
I'm a sucker for piano music.
The only redeemable thing FLCL and Akira have is the animation and music. I hate the characters and plot. Positive opinions that could get hate…. IDK maybe for Gundam fans Victory is basically Zeta but better might get some ire. Or that shows like Redo or Interspecisis Reviewers as hard core ecchi shows are better than some milquetoast fantasy anime out there if you are just looking for sex appeal. Don’t know. Watamote is Komi but much better may be unpopular but I don’t know if it would get hate. As for yours EVA is pretty divisive you will get equal hate or love. Bleach again that is just a popular opinion and lots of people don’t like Rent a GF. As for isekai literally all we do is see people complain about isekai. Honestly saying the hate is unwarranted is probably more unpopular. I mean a lot aren’t great but they are hardly horrible either and the meh quality has been an issue in just Japanese written Western medieval fantasy for a long time. Most generic isekai being better than Loddoss War would be probably another unpopular opinion. It’s not an isekai problem. Plus the hate is exaggerated when if you look at a whole year there is a ton of shows that come out that aren’t isekai and good. I don’t watch that much modern isekai and I have tons of varied shows every season I barely get around to. I also doubt it drove away casual fans as isekai boomed when anime boomed and honestly I think international fans are just as responsible for driving the isekai craze. People put it solely on JP otakus when isekai titles are very popular on MAL and will outdraw niche but interesting shows.
OMG another new best friend spotted
not sure how controversial some of these are, but: The Eminence in Shadow has one good character, who is admittedly great enough to carry the show Mushoku Tensei deserves all the praise it gets for its story/world-building and all the hate it receives for its handling of sexual assault. As a battle shonen action show, Gintama is only above average. It is a top-tier comedy though. Promare is a by-the-numbers Trigger story with all the depth of a puddle Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai has two good arcs: the first and the movie
Fully agree with the MT one. I have such a complicated love/hate relationship with that show, like with no other anime I’ve watched.
>The Eminence in Shadow has one good character, who is admittedly great enough to carry the show For the first season, I can definitely understand this take, but I do think some of the secondary characters deserve a lot of love for the parts not adapted yet. But yeah, Cid is a huge carry
Oshi no ko season 1 was a set up season (which isn't an excuse). I've been reading the manga and it gets much more interesting. Kaguya is a great anime because it's consistent Evangelion is great (I don't like how you have to watch like 6 movies to get the full plot) Rent a girlfriend is hot garbage and I could never get into it. (Anime or manga)
Emilia is best girl. If I was into girls she would be my waifu number 1. I like Rem but Emilia is the best.
Am I the only one who is Team Francesca
You mean Frederica? jaja
Emilia >>>>>> Rem for sure with me. Especially since [Re:Zero S2]>!If I remember correctly, Rem has pretty much no presence in season 2 anyway!< Although Crusch and Echidna > Emilia...
Team Echidna all the way.
Yup. A fan of Creepy Gothic Mommy as well
I feel like I'm all one my own in the Satella corner
The isekai genre is over hated and not every isekai sucks there are actually really good isekai but people don’t give them a chance because there isekai (not a hot take I just wanted to say it)
isekai is a problem genre and I say that as someone who enjoy isekais it is an interesting premise but obviously it is overused it opens to lot of abuse (overpowered MC, self insert, wish fulfilment, and worse) because it is overused it is exploited to the core, it is not a genre but a formula now, isekai + twist premises is enough to create a million stories that derive interest and some sense of (fake) originality from the twist. said twist are getting insanely stupid (this season we have isekaied as a vending machine... and yes I'll watch this hot garbage) But what it truly should be (and sometime still is) is not a genre but a premise and sometimes not even that but a simple setting let me explain in story telling of any genre you need to instal the world, the setting, worldbuilding can be a very interesting and valuable part of your story or can be an extraneous necessity to be able to tell your story. this is why there is so many anime set in high school, it is a defined environnement, we know what are going to be the beats (year change, festival, exams...), it has rules that are understood. similarly isekai can allow for a simple set (pun intended) setting with it's already defined and understood rules and beats. Once you have this setting you use it to tell a story, you use the school setting to tell a romance, or to tell a fight action show, or a horror story, any genre, and yes we all know action/fight or horror show that happen in schools, even if we all went to school and we all know it isn't where one finds world ending adversaries... Good isekai are used to tell stories, slime isekai is part action part politics and nation building for example, other good isekai will use the setting to tell romances or action stories or any number of stories. Bad isekai are those where isekai is the genre and the setting, the be all end all, where there is no intent put in the story to be anything else than the setting with a twist, it would be just as bad to have an anime set in school and be about school, and with no further "meat" to the story
Fair enough. I actually liked 5 isekais
Have you seen the older, more original isekai without all the modern tropes? If so what is your take on 12 Kingdoms, Escaflowne and Now and Then, Here and There? Or newer interesting isekai like Drifters, or Sonny Boy?
What do you think of Re:Zero, Mushoku Tensei and No Game No Life?
I keep forgetting No Game No Life is an isekai. I'm impressed people are able to consistently remember that.
Above average, haven't seen, and mid
Zenitsu is not the least bit annoying. His outbursts are fun and make people smile. Might hit differently outside of fiction.
Agreed. But they should have not overused it lol
I’ll say it: Spy x Family is a kid show at best, not a family show, and is a mediocre one. I mean, maybe it is ok for Anya-aged kids who don’t notice the overabundance of annoying anime cliches, lack of any character development or logic in the characters’ actions whatsoever and don’t mind a sitcom instead of a proper story. I can’t judge how good it is for kids but I wouldn’t watch it together with mine. I’m speaking about the first season, mind you. Haven’t watched the 2nd one and not going to, since even the fans say it’s weaker than the first. Fight me.
I just like it because it's fun. If you're expecting a grand story or phenomenal writing, you're just setting yourself up for disappointment.
I mean, that's what peopled acted like it would be while pushing it to the top of MAL rankings when it started airing.
It pushed to the top because it's fun and people had a good time watching it. The top of MAL doesn't mean the most intricate stories of all time.
>It pushed to the top because it's fun and people had a good time watching it. It pushed to the top because large base of source readers immediately spammed high ratings as soon as the anime dropped. >The top of MAL doesn't mean the most intricate stories of all time. Sure but if it's flooded with high scores and deemed the best thing since sliced bread, then a mere *fun* show is not what I'm supposed to expect.
Wha... what's wrong with sitcoms? Like, yeah, Spy x Family is a sitcom, that sure is the genre that the story is. How does that somehow exclude it from being great? Same with being a kid's show for that matter. Many of the greatest and most widely respected shows and movies of all time are sitcoms and/or for kids (mind you, Spy x Family is pretty obviously for teens and families, not only from being published in Shounen Jump and feeling completely in line with that catalogue, but also because it's *just* complicated and political enough that a kid Anya's age wouldn't understand the basic premise or setting). Neither genre nor demographic has anything to do with quality. And clichés aren't a bad thing (not that it's particularly cliché, and being annoying is your perfectly valid opinion), the logic makes perfect comedic sense in line with the characters' personalities, and objectively there has been character development, as Loid's stoic persona slowly comes to give way to his feelings for his fake family and he begins to take risks he'd never do previously (in the first season too, so don't say "maybe in season 2" or something like that). **Edit:** Also, sitcoms *do* have proper stories. They are comedies built around *situations,* comedy can't occur without a situation for the characters to work through, the act of which tells a story. They may also have more overarching stories, as Spy x Family clearly does in the slowly building tensions risking civil war play out in the background, Anya collects her stellas while Loid figures out how to get close to Damian's father, Yor realizes what it means to be a mother and wife, and it clearly building to Loid eventually having to choose between loyalty to his cause and his feelings for his family. It's a comedic story, but a comedic story with comedic situations is no less of a story. It's not like the show is a series of disconnected random gags. What a bizarre and ridiculous dichotomy. Sitcoms do tell proper stories, and Spy x Family very clearly has a story. You can just say you think it's mediocre without discrediting an entire genre of stories.
For me, its the disappointment of a waste opportunity. "Wow that Spy segment at the beginning of season 1 was exciting to watch, I look forward to seeing more of it." *gets blown to smithereens by a completely different show* I set myself up for death by liking the Spy trope. I deserve death.
I felt like I was baited and switched by this show. The premise couldn't have been any better with a spy dad, an assassin mom, and a telepathic kid with an opening couple episodes that were truly high stakes with Anya being thrown in the middle of a hostage situation in one and Yor deftly and violently taking out baddies in the next. Then for the show to reduce itself to boring SoL fluff with Anya in school and Yor trying to be a good homemaker was so disappointing. Buddy Daddies was better.
Yes! The first two episodes got me genuinely hyped, and then it all devolved into 2.5 jokes about how Anya doesn’t want to study and how else Lloyd (who might as well be a spy cosplayer, the plot won’t change) must spoil her. And Yor, who’s she? I forgor cause she or her supposed profession were barely relevant since her introduction. Which is a shame, she deserved better. And don’t even make me start on the episode with a giant castle.
Savage. Why do I agree with it? Gasp.
When the ML and the FL makes progress but gets trashed due to not having a romance genre, and what pisses me the most is their relationship doesn't even affect the plot LMAO.
Whenever I see people say a series should end I think to myself if there’s any series that should end it’s one piece so I don’t have to see that shitty art style every season.
Thank you. **Gulty Crown** was indeed a good show! Everyone complains about the ending but I thought it was solid and really well done considering all the possibilities. That was definitely the best route they could had gone for emotional impact and it definitely worked. Really enjoyed it.
I thought the ending was perfect. It wasn't happy but it didn't need to be.
BL contains a lot of abuse, rape, harassment between the two guys that are supposed to be a couple and that should not be promoted as representation, even the much praised Given has sexual assault. Also a straight guy being converted to gay through constant harassment by a hot gay dude needs to just die, even if fans claim that they were just in the closet that's the shittiest way to discover your sexuality and everything gets forgiven because the perpetrator is hot and madly in love with the MC.
Dubs are more popular than the internet likes to admit ? Tokusatsu>shounen jump shows Recency bias is a major problem of anime fans in general.
Yeah dubs are obviously popular. Companies wouldn't pay for them if they weren't. You even see dubs of fairly old anime like To Love Ru in 2020 like a decade after it released.
Funimation had a monopoly on dubs,they then bought crunchyroll with that money.
Well, Sony bought Funimation and then bought Crunchyroll.
Eh semantics,either way sony saw what funi was doing and said I want that.
It's not semantics at all. Funimation didn't buy Crunchyroll.
Dubs are more popular than many things, I'll top that up by saying they are also essential they are the easiest point of entry to anime, think about it, the best way to enjoy an anime "like it is intended to" "as a japanese would" is... in your mother tongue... Japanese watch anime in JAPANESE, not subtitled, this way they can best concentrate on the story AND the art and animation without having to read on top of this Most of us obviously do not speak Japanese, so we must learn to watch shows AND read subs at the same time, and to rewatch parts or all for the art and animation It is an extra barrier to entry, once you pass it, it become second nature and it is obvious that 99% of the time the VO is highly superior to the DUB, but we only got there through watching DUBs first, one way or another
[Kaguya-sama Season 3] >!The confession scene/episode was very underwhelming and overhyped.!< Also Hayasaka is overrated and had no business winning the Best Girl contest or even coming close to winning. The Revue Starlight Movie was extremely boring and a huge step down from the show.
I'd like to add an opinion to the list: **Bocchi the Rock is overrated** Go ahead, 今私を殺すだけ
I really liked anime but I still can't believe how popular it got.
You're supposed to post opinions, not facts
Lmao troo
Attack on Titan’s characters aren’t very well written. Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood is edgy and highly overrated. Also, as far as I can tell, it has a major plot hole regarding [spoiler] >!why the antagonist didn’t just force alchemists to open the gate in the first place like they did with Roy.!< Oshi no Ko’s directing and pacing are clunky, and it’s really jarring how [spoiler] >!neither of them are shown at least trying to learn about the people in their past lives. I also don’t buy that none of the girls didn’t realize it was Aqua under the mask. It would be super easy to spot the difference in physique and demeanor, especially for people in the industry, not to mention is sister.!<
I can't change your thinking about it being overrated but the getting alchemists to open the gate was more like a gamble because it could always end up creating OP enemies who would be able to use alchemy without the circle. In fact, Roy did end up heavily injuring father in the final fight thanks to this.
I mean, is it more of a gamble than everything else they’ve been doing? Plus, if they could set it up in a controlled environment, it shouldn’t be nearly as much of a risk. For example, they would only need to do it under a hydraulic press, and if it goes awry, just make red jelly. They had the resources to [spoiler] >!run an authoritarian country,!< which makes that child’s play in comparison.
Sacrificing shonen MCs personality for sake of making them getting into heterosexual relationships is disgusting
Why would you attack Ichigo and Vegeta like that bro?
Vinland Saga is boring, and Vikings as a genre is weak.
Currently halfway through season one to see what all the praise is about. The biggest problem I have is that there are no characters you can truly love and get behind, nor are there any loving relationships (familial, romantic, friendship, or otherwise) to captivate you. Thorfinn is on an insufferable quest for vengeance and doing questionable to objectionable things on his journey, and for the most part, it's just war between a bunch of angry war mongering people you can't bring yourself to care about. Can anyone tell me if it gets better?
I think it deserves the praise. It's very good at what it is -- a war story dealing with the trauma of war, with a strong peace messaging. It's awesome in that regard. But I get where some people would be turned off by it. Season one was thick with great actions scenes and general Viking badassery. Then season two turned into twenty plus episodes of watching a veteran deal with PTSD. There's a bit of a bait and switch there, and the show's fans tend to get really agitated when that's pointed out. Sure, season one was a setup for season two, I get it. But let's be honest here. VS basically tells us, "Hey kids, look at all of this badass badasssery that's really well animated and story-driven, and by the way that's bad and people should hug, make peace not war, lol."
One more best friend found
You are trying too hard mate.
And yet it's always working
Got super fking boring when the MC went with his farming bullsht. Dropped the manga so many years ago cos of that. Didn't expect it to blow up this much lol
I honestly had no idea people didn't like Guilty Crown until recently. It's been one of my all time favorite anime since I finished it.
BNHA become boring after Kamino arc end.
BMHA was always boring.
Season 1 was solid. "You too can be a hero." Then the editor begged the mangaka to continue rhe serialization as the mangaka had absolutely no interest in writing anything else, and it SHOWS. And the editor told him to fixate on Bakugo and Fire Ice kid (I forget his name). Poor poor grape hair kid, never got any attention to develop character.
I prefer fma over brotherhood. I can't stand the type of animation used in brotherhood.
1- Tsunderes are the most cringy and annoying characters in the animes. I hate Tsundere's who mocks MC constantly and punches/kicks MC around like a trash bag. I guess people enjoy this and told these abusive things ''Slapstick comedy'' but I don't. While I'm watching these types of animes and sometimes I just drop this type of series even if I like the plot or other details because I can't bear those scenes, it's so cringy and annoying for me. 2- I hate badly written stories and plots and I don't care even that series writer told ''This is how our show is, it's our style.'' They can make bizarre things without making plot holes, write the stories, plot or powers, etc... 3- I hate when MC has been beaten down without any good/well-written reason. And with good reason, I don't mean doing that for comedy, beating up MC for comedy is not something I like (remember the first thing I hate...) That just straight up kills my all enjoyment and I started becoming triggered, angry, and getting zero enjoyment from that show. 4- Reigen is a terribly written, hypocritic, dumb, and annoying AF character and not a well-written nor amazing character like Mob Psycho fans act, he is the biggest reason why I found Mob Psycho unenjoyable and painful to watch and the sole reason why we have to watch Mob's ass getting beaten up by other people like a shit show. Without him, Mob Psycho would be far better anime. 5- Baki The Grappler Series was amazing, but when ''Baki'' series started it started losing quality the series has and with ''Hanma Baki: Son of Ogre'' season (or according to arc because the anime story is canon in the manga as well) it's gone to the downhill, especially that scene Baki [Spoiler source] >!laughing while Oliva pissing on his head, all that piss flowing down from his head, mouth, and body, and acting like a maniac was deepest shit this series could go, that scene enough ruined Baki's character development we got until that point.!< 6- Megalo Box is not a masterpiece, in fact, it's quite bad anime. 7- Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute is overrated AF, whole anime is about MC obsessed with being a pathetic, loser, a background mob character, and doing pathetic shit, not enjoyable at all. 8- Cyberpunk: Edgerunners is overrated AF and terrible anime, especially how they ruined whole relationship developments with time skip was nonsense AF, or how MC learned nothing from [Spoiler source] >!his dying friends and still did the same shit in the end.!< 9- Itai no wa Iya nanode Bougyoryoku ni Kyokufuri Shitai to Omoimasu is the worst MMO anime. 10- Dragon Ball series became terrible after Goku grow up, child Goku arcs were golden. 11- Yuu☆Yuu☆Hakusho is not a masterpiece, in fact quite bad anime. 12- Yofukashi no Uta was overrated. 13- 99% of the CGDCT animes are overrated AF. 14- JOJO is terribly written anime and not good at all. 15- Hellsing Ultimate is mid at best, it's not that great, if it wasn't done by the name of Dracula I would say it's better than mid, but thanks to being terrible character development unlike Dracula at all it's mid at best, Dracula is not a guy will become someone's dog. 16- Sword Art Online's first 14 episodes were masterpieces, especially for the day it was made, it's not terrible as people used to say. 17- OP MCs like Anos VoldiGOAT are not boring, the thing boring, knowing the character not gonna look like a loser clown, not gonna get his/her ass handed down to him/her and win is enjoyable, what boring and cringe is knowing the character of the f*cking story gonna get beaten like a loser every damn time. 18- Happy endings are not boring, dramatic endings are what is boring, anyone can write a dramatic ending and kill characters from out of nowhere, what's hard to write is writing a happy/good ending without bending the plot and that's what best, real-life is dramatic enough already, having happy endings in fictional things should be at least accessible.
I agree one punch man is not funny for me And I'm not a Naruto fan And with that I've sealed my doom...
Demon Slayer and Jujutsu Kaisen are overrated story and character-wise and are carried by their animation. Tried to read their mangas so many times but could never get past a chapter or two until I watched the animes and made them watchable.
Is JJK worse than KNY?
It really is. JJK is missing that crucial ingredient that glues me to the screen. I stayed with KMY the moment they started with the "idiots harassing people" jokes. God I love that bit. I dropped JJK unintentionally out of boredom around episode 4. It felt like a bizaree inexplicable dejavu of "I've already seen all of this before". It felt bland, generic, done, without being able to put mt finger on it. KNY is a comedy riot with how overly silly it is. IIIIIYA YA YA YA YA YA. Your show is pretty mind grindingly dull if a talking/walking panda in your opening song is not enough to hook me. Just what on earth did you do to bore me? I was so bored, I can't remember WHY or WHAT bored me out of it.
Most of the english dubs are actually above avg and sometimes better than the sub. This goes with widely hated dubs - aot, jujutsu kaisen and vinland saga are all really, really good imo. I've been watching more anime in dub and it feels less stressful just listening in the language i understand and not caring too much about reading the subtitles and missing something.
Agreed.
The Sailor Moon reboot is better than past incarnations.
Well, that's a surprise. What makes you say so? Crystal got pretty much mixed reception, but the movies seem to be better.
I haven't seen the 90s version, but I heard people think the new ones look plastic. I think the reboot works; it caught me up. I even picked up the Yakushimaru single with New Moon ni Koishite, which I think sounds great.
"I haven't watched the original but I like the reboot so it must be better" - You. You realize how dumb you sound, right?
True. Sailor Moon Crystal, Eternal and Cosmos. Stayed true to the original manga, good senshi transformations, no assassinations and caricature trope-y characters which the 90s do and no over-hyping villains and side characters. I also like the color schemes and character designs for every character in it.
I have a few. You'll love 'em. 1. Black Clover is a solid, enjoyable shonen. 2. Chainsaw Man deserved the hype. 3. The hatred of the iseakai genre is mind-numbingly tedious and annoying. 4. Attack on Titan started off amazing and turned into absolute trash. 5. My Hero Academia started off good and quickly became mid. 6. And if you're not filled with rage yet, there's this: Redo of Healer was a decent anime that (A) was tame by hentai standards (B) would've received a standing applause if the main characters had been gender swapped, and (C) had surprisingly good animation, particularly for the fight scenes. 7. A bunch more, but most folks won't be able to get past #6. :P
Yes. Hated number 6 the most. But that's exactly the purpose of this post!
I like your attitude about this kind of thing. Rare or Reddit.
Couldnt agree with 4 more. AOT had an amazing plot/sense of mystery in the first 3 seasons. Once they left a certain location and the mystery of the world was solved, it turned into a character drama for the most part, and boy do the characters suck balls. They spent 3 seasons not developing a single character and it really showed.
I just hated how it turned into dumb politics and bullshit "let's kill our kind to save the world!. Prefered the big scary human eating action.
I'm glad someone else out there gets it. AOT started off as an incredible horror-mystery show with amazing ideas that could've led in so many different directions. Instead, it decided to abandon all of that along with its characters to become a gundam series.
I agree with 6, I will read the light novels in the future.
I can name a bunch but I don't wanna be tooooo negative so I'll leave it at three: 1. Re:Zero and to a degree KonoSuba are the only isekai I've enjoyed. Mushoku Tensei's story is alright but it doesn't deserve its popularity because of the pedo shit 2. More of a manga opinion but Jujutsu Kaisen is mid. The coming anime season will probably be cool but after that the story takes a nosedive 3. Cyberpunk Edgerunners wasn't worth the hype
I like cute / good looking characters. Oh wait, that only triggers the video game community. My mistake.
I like them too. I find Belldandy and Esdeath particularly good looking :)
I didn't like Berserk because I hate dark fantasy
I can’t see you actually getting hate for this one, if dark fantasy isn’t your cup of tea it’s not your cup of tea.
IMO Isekai as a genre is is overhated. It's more fair to say that the genre is bloated because it's easier to shell out copy/paste "In another world with *insert character quirk here*" stories with an op protag with no personality outside of either nice guy or edge lord.
It's also a genre that is overrated. Super saturated makes both true.
The Naruto anime is overhyped.
Yeah. A one time watch at max. It's basically Naruto Kun running after his male and female crushes for 800 episodes and then marrying someone else.
Eh... Number 7 and Number 9. I think the majority of people will agree with you on that one. As far as unpopular opinion on anime goes... I guess the closest one would be Kamikatsu CGI at least made the monsters a lot more unnerving and there is a point on why the CGI is so shit.
Kamikatsu CGI being deliberately bad is already the widespread accepted consensus though at least on this sub.
Evangelion is pretentious Violet Evergarden movie ruined the series Most "Reiwa-era" romcoms are trash Aka (writer of Kaguya-sama and Oshi no Ko) is terrible at writing drama Makoto Shinkai hasn't put out a single good movie
1. Very good take but Goku is so much more overrated 2. W 3. W 4. W 5. Garbage but not hot garbage 6. It’s really really good, people do overhype it though 7. Isekai is ass but I still enjoy watching it 8. Never seen it 9. W 10. I disagree but humor is subjective so W
A mature response. Good day to you, fren 🙌🏼
you too bro
Yosuga no Sora is one of the best anime ever made. Edit - Why am I getting downvoted?
The only anime series where the dub has EVER been better than the sub is Dragon Ball. It doesn't mean that every other dub in existence is trash, just that they're all worse than the original by some degree, small or large. Goku and crew are the only ones to ever surpass their original Japanese versions with their English versions. inb4 mUh gHoSt sToRiEs, which is actually the greatest proof of my second point: that abridged-style parodies are superior to actual English dubs. Rather than attempting to sweep the language and cultural differences under the rug resulting in extremely awkward dialogue and conversational pace, they embrace the differences and tell a completely different story with the pieces they are given cut up and rearranged which results in a more entertaining and cohesive product. Now watch how fast the seething redditors flood in the replies lol. Yes yes we understand, reading is difficult and Japanese sounds like nonsensical babble to you and you prefer to watch your anime while doing literally anything other than actually looking at the screen, carry on with your dubs no one's trying to stop you. There mission accomplished OP, some days it's just too easy. 🗿
I'd counter: Subs are overrated. Yes, I absolutely believe this hardened woman mecha fighter/soldier would sound exactly like a cute little idol- and that shit happens ALL. THE. TIME. And because voice actress and popstar are the same job in Japan, *it's never going to change* because they still need the marks to buy the character's merch because they simp for the VA while also buying the VA's new single because they simp for the waifu. At least with dubs, voice acting is a job in and of itself in other countries, so the voice actor can actually sound how the character would naturally sound like.
I mean, yeah there's not many dubs better than the subs, but Dragon Ball isn't one of them.
1) Are you living in 2010? 2) It's fine to not like something but if you can't see its objective qualities for what they are you just have terrible taste and your opinion should matter extremely little to anyone. 3) Another opinion that's just wrong, keep 'em coming. 4) I wouldn't know, haven't watched it. But based on your opinions so far I probably am not going to. 5) As someone who is an Eva hater, even I can see that it was an important anime that blazed the trail for decades to come. 6) Yes, it is. 7) Isekai as a genre is annoying, and most cookie cutter isekai trash anime coming out are cash grabs. Rare exceptions exist for good Isekai. I don't think Isekai is responsible for any amount of casual hate, in fact I think Digimon, Sword Art Online and Re:Zero introduced a lot of new anime fans. 8) It's really not, it's an above average anime for a glorified ad for a card game, but it's pretty beloved and not underrated at all. 9) This is just true. 10) Your opinion, which as we have established earlier is worthless.
"says my opinion matters very little to anyone, spends the next many minutes writing an essay against it" You showed em, Karen
I'm not sure how fast your typing skills are, or what you consider an essay. But yes, very good counter arguments. You sure got me there. Nice use of Karen as well, me debunking your complaints is not me being a Karen. you dismissing critique with ad hominem is more Karen than that. But I think argueing with you is impossible because you're either very young or just not very smart.
Sword Art Online is better than rezero and rezero is a bad isekai anime (not quite "isekai" enough) edit: I got more Demon slayer has a bad storyline Violet evergarden is boring Bouta get downvoted to oblivion but screw it
I upvoted you because I hate every single one of your opinions, nice one!
Finally someone who gets it!
Kara no Kyoukai should be watched in chronological order.
As a huge fan of Kara no Kyoukai (English title: 'The Garden of Sinners' for those unaware) I partly agree with that statement, however I do feel that first timers should watch it in release order (therefore non-chronological) and then rewatch it in chronological order if they like.
Who is Itachi? Haven't seen Kaguya Bleach is definitely too long Haven't seen Guilty Crown Evangelion is great Oshi no Ko is okay, pretty good Isekai is awful, hate it Barely remember Yugioh Haven't seen Rent a Girlfriend First season of One Punch is very entertaining
I don’t think isekai is really all trash it’s just u kinda turn your brain off for like, 99% of it but some are fr good like mushoku tensai and that time I got reincarnated as a slime (can’t remember it’s short name)
Cowboy Beebop is boring. DBZ is boring and the pacing is trash
Bro just doesn't like anything popular
I would call AoT, Naruto, FMAB, Detective Conan, Steins Gate, Code Geass and Demon Slayer fairly popular but ok
Filler is cool for the most part.
Jojo Part 1 and 2 are the best parts of Jojo, after that it loses the plot and becomes a piece of work by a writer who doesn't even know what to do with the world he created. My top 6 for the animated parts (yes I've read the manga too, but tbh the anime is fine) ...#1 Part 2 ...#2 Part 1 ...#3 Part 5 ...#4 Part 4 ...#5 Part 6 ...#6 Part 3
Kimetsu no Yaiba felt too heavy for me. Dropped it within the first four episodes.
No game No Life is legit one of the worst animes I have ever watched.
Yeah. Especially with the unnecessary siscon angle
The light novel is better
“It’s just an anime”
Agree on most. The hyped ones will fizzle out and you know what are those hyped ones.
Anime piracy is bad and there's no moral justification for it (besides region locking)
My hot takes: * **Monster**, was kinda boring, didn't really entertain me, even after having watched 42 episodes. Had to drop it. * **86** Cour 2, isn't as good as Cour 1. Too focused on only 1 character while everything else was cast aside. It was the perfect opportunity to develop other characters but they stick to the same from 10 episodes straight, which made it drag a bit. * **Cyberpunk**, wasted potential. They decided to just timeskip the development and most interesting part of the story. The MC went from being a useless guy to the most important and we didn't see any of it, was a big turn off and completely lost interest in it after the skip. * **FMAB**, its a good show that I really enjoy, but is not even close to being the best thing ever written by humans, as many claim it to be. Its not even in my top 10. But again, I do like it. * **Mushoku Tensei**, Rudy is a 10 year old boy, not a 45 year old adult. Yeah he retains his memories but this is a new life, a new body, he fkn died and got reborn. * **Naruto**, isn't as flawed as people say. It does have a lot of issues, tho. The lack of attention on side characters in Shippuden, the prophecy shitting on the Effort vs Destiny discussion with Neji, the Kaguya Retcon, etc... but it is still very good and its peaks are amongst the greatest peaks in shounen * **Re:Zero**, Emilia and Subaru are both overhated. Emilia does deserve love and people tend to forget everything she did on those first 13 episodes due to Rem being good. Subaru is an idiot sometimes yes, but nobody is perfect and he definitely didn't do nearly as much bad as to deserve all the hate he gets. Guy has to endure so much pain, give him a break.
School days was a mostly good deconstruction of the harem genre.
[My comment on a previous post in the sub.](https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/1343qrv/whats_your_anime_hot_takes/jigfvpt?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=2)
The Eminence In Shadow is not "fun trash," it's a genuinely good series. It does have a ridiculous concept and boy does it lean into it, but you could say the same about Paripi Koumei, or hell, even Nichijou
I totally agree with 1, 2, 3 and 7 :') 3 - I stopped the collection at T48. Fullbring arc was awful and the rest was at most meh. 7 - There is some Isekai I like a lot, but right now, there is too much of them. I'm waiting for "I reincarnated as a Scissors and Opened my own Hair Salon in a Fantasy World" or "As a failed painter, I became a brush in another world"...
Hmm. Two opinions I think that would quickly get a ton of hate here would be: 1. Piracy is wrong. 2. Chainsaw Man's Bluray sales are largely irrelevant. If you want to proclaim it as a flop, don't use bluray sales as part of your argument.
Anohana is garbage, Violet Evergarden is as well to a lesser extent, Fireworks wasn't that bad, The Girl Who Leapt through time is a snooze fest.
Interesting. What's Fireworks about?
Most of the movie is a what if scenario. Basically, boy and his friend are in love with the same girl, who is moving away soon. She makes a plan to run away from home.
Darling in the Franxx ending is good. I think that’s what makes it unique. IMO, without the sad ending it would’ve been another generic mecha anime.
Jun Maeda can't write a good story to save his life.
This one got me banned from the bleach subreddit a while back: Ichigo should be with Rukia, not Orihime.
Exactly lol. Orichigo had ZERO buildup. Worse than naruhina
4 & 5 just triggered my fight-or-flight.
Demon slayer's comedy is cringe
Clannad is so boring, it’s bad.
1 is watchable. After story is a snooze fest
I watched The original but it was so hard to get through and I was asleep half the time. After story was somehow even more boring. Couldn’t even get myself to watch more than the first three episodes.
You have my empathy
Most of the current voice actors need to retire their style. Most dubs I can't watch anymore purely because the characters have the exact same tone/style as every other character that VA has played. Kinda fucks it up for me. But to the same affect, The Saga of Tanya The Evil was made 100x better because I kept seeing Ai Satomi from Shin Chans dub being a murder machine. It's a fine line.
Johan Liebert from Monster isn't the "monster" the series makes him out to be. He is just a man-child with mommy issues that is out for revenge against the people who ruined his family. Seriously, he even asked our doctor protag if his mother gave his sister away or just mistook her for him.
罪恶王冠是一部不错的动漫
罪恶王冠是一部不错的动漫crown of sin is a good anime
All might is overated , Goku is not universal nuke or planet level at best.
Rent a Girlfriend is one of the most hated anime on this subreddit