Is the author of Mirai Nikki aware of how dumb the plot is?

Apr 3, 2022 6:55 PM

Usmaan_2002

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I like to rate all of my Anime based on quality and not enjoyment, and I take an authors self awareness very seriously. If the author of Mirai Nikki was aware of how ridiculous the plot was, then I will have a lot more respect for the show. The reason why I love a show like Jojos Bizarre Adventure so much is because Araki clearly indicated to me that the show is meant to be bizarre. But for Mirai Nikki, I have no idea what the authors intentions were and I wasn't sure if I should take the show seriously or not. Please provide reasons for why you think the author is aware or not.

Usmaan_2002Apr 4, 2022 11:09 AM

Apr 3, 2022 7:13 PM

SneakyMochi

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You’re just reiterating the plot was ridiculous. What about it what ridiculous to you?

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Apr 3, 2022 7:17 PM

Mantron

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I don't know about that. Even though the show is bad, it was somewhat enjoyable for me. So I gave it 5.
By the way, I like your taste as you have Wolf's Rain in favourites. If your ratings are objective then why do you have Tokyo Revengers and Koe no Katachi in favourites?

MantronApr 3, 2022 8:03 PM

Apr 3, 2022 7:44 PM

Usmaan_2002

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Misao-Chou said:
You’re just reiterating the plot you was ridiculous. What about it what ridiculous to you?

The whole show felt like it was meant to be a joke to be honest. None of the characters act like actual humans and for no reason Yuki is chosen to be one of the twelve future diary holders. I thought the author was just having brainless fun with the story but its hard to tell because later in the story it starts getting way more serious all of a sudden

Apr 3, 2022 7:47 PM

LostSpectre

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The author's viewpoint shouldn't really have anything to do with your critical opinion of the show.

If you reply back to me and I never respond, I lost interest and don't care. Sorry about that.

Apr 3, 2022 7:50 PM

E-Satie

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How is your rating objectively lol.

My doctor has always told me to smoke. He even explains himself: “Smoke, my friend. Otherwise someone else will smoke in your place.”

Apr 3, 2022 7:56 PM

Usmaan_2002

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LostSpectre said:
The author's viewpoint shouldn't really have anything to do with your critical opinion of the show.

I guess that's true in some ways. But I feel like its important to know an authors intentions so that you can determine whether or not they succeeded in making the viewer feel the way they wanted them to feel. While watching Mirai Nikki, I had no idea what the author wanted me to feel during particular scenes. The tone was all over the place in my opinion

Apr 3, 2022 8:04 PM

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In my opinion the plot wasn't dumb but the execution of the story was bad. people are fighting to become god, a girl from another earth, a gay friend. In the end [Spoiler!] he starting making a new earth. so, there was many unnecessary things that made the story look dumb.

Apr 3, 2022 8:19 PM

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Maxtronex said:
I don't know about that. Even though the show is bad, it was somewhat enjoyable for me. So I gave it 5.
By the way, I like your taste as you have Wolf's Rain in favourites. If your ratings are objective then why do you have Tokyo Revengers and Koe no Katachi in favourites?

Tokyo Revengers is in there because my favorites list is entirely subjective and I just put the shows and movies that I either enjoyed the most, or the ones that mean the most to me. It doesn't necessarily mean that I think that they are good. The ratings themselves are what I mean when I say that I try my best to have an objective list. You obviously don't have to agree with my ratings, but that is what I'm talking about when I say objective, not the favorites list.

Apr 3, 2022 8:26 PM

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Ketteizz

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Imagine being that nerd...

Apr 3, 2022 9:46 PM

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dekelav

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Ketteizz said:
Imagine being that nerd...

hahaha good one.
they take it waaaay to seriously

Apr 3, 2022 9:50 PM

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tsunderedspirits

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Usmaan_2002 said:

well, ratings are totally subjective too though since everyone has their own opinion on what they like etc

Apr 3, 2022 9:59 PM

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EdgyLord666

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Ain't no way author puts power rangers in it & try to make us take it seriously.

Apr 3, 2022 10:04 PM

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MrRoomTempIQ

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How do you rate objectively??? Just doesn’t make any sense. Ratings are subjective. No one rating is fact. I guess a review can be partially objective but no one review of a show can be fully objective.

Apr 3, 2022 10:20 PM

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tsunderedspirits said:

Usmaan_2002 said:

well, ratings are totally subjective too though since everyone has their own opinion on what they like etc

Yeah that's true but it depends on the person. Some people will rate purely on enjoyment, while some rate on what they thought was better. Ex: I did not enjoy watching the Anime Your Lie in April, but I cannot deny that it deserves a 9 out of 10 in my opinion

Apr 3, 2022 10:22 PM

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MrRoomTempIQ said:
How do you rate objectively??? Just doesn’t make any sense. Ratings are subjective. No one rating is fact. I guess a review can be partially objective but no one review of a show can be fully objective.

I'm not claiming that my ratings are factual. I'm just saying that I try to be objective and rate Anime with the least amount of bias as possible.

Apr 3, 2022 10:26 PM

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I don't think it's possible to rate anything without any bias, since you are doing the rating, there will always be at least a hint of bias.

I do slightly agree with rating things what they deserve, I do that too, and just because I enjoy something doesn't mean it deserves a 10. BUT! My opinion on that is still subjective

Apr 3, 2022 10:29 PM

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tsunderedspirits said:
I don't think it's possible to rate anything without any bias, since you are doing the rating, there will always be at least a hint of bias.

I do slightly agree with rating things what they deserve, I do that too, and just because I enjoy something doesn't mean it deserves a 10. BUT! My opinion on that is still subjective

Yeah true I understand that

Apr 4, 2022 5:18 AM

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I like to think it was an anime from the main character's love-interest's point of view.

Apr 4, 2022 5:47 AM

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LostSpectre

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Usmaan_2002 said:

I'm not claiming that my ratings are factual. I'm just saying that I try to be objective and rate Anime with the least amount of bias as possible.

It's your rating, everything about it is biased, but I know what you're trying to say. How critically you rate a show depends on your taste and aptitude for a well crafted narrative or if you're equally happy just to see cool shit and interesting characters. Anything less than being completely truthful is disingenuous, that's the only objectivity you should be striving for.

If you reply back to me and I never respond, I lost interest and don't care. Sorry about that.

Apr 4, 2022 5:53 AM

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Well, its impossible for ratings to be objective, Comparisons, however, can be.

And in that regard, putting Violet Evergarden on the same tier as Your Name throws objectivity right outta the window.

Apr 4, 2022 7:43 AM

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I don't think the anime was bad I like it very much and the plot was really good from my opinion. I know the start was slow and the end was little kinda boring but overall, I like it very. That much that at one point I even compared it to death note.
But at the end of the day I like Mirai Nikki very much

Apr 4, 2022 9:03 AM

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Yorichi_san99

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The plot was crazy good idk what u mean 🤔

Apr 4, 2022 9:33 AM

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AnimeBoy06 said:
I don't think the anime was bad I like it very much and the plot was really good from my opinion. I know the start was slow and the end was little kinda boring but overall, I like it very. That much that at one point I even compared it to death note.
But at the end of the day I like Mirai Nikki very much

I totally agree, idk why people are saying it's bad. What's bad about the plot? I enjoyed the play bw characters knowing the future and the ultimate reality of the world being so complicated that often there are too many variables for that to even be useful.

And by every character's abilities being limited in a different way and being based on different fundamental mechanics, it explores different aspects of knowing what's to come, something that every viewer at some point has wished they could do. I thought this was interesting and just loved the show as a whole.

Apr 4, 2022 9:53 AM

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Bananyawn

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Honestly better plot than squid game and that shit blew up so idk ppl are pretty stupid

Apr 4, 2022 11:17 AM

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RioFS said:
Well, its impossible for ratings to be objective, Comparisons, however, can be.

And in that regard, putting Violet Evergarden on the same tier as Your Name throws objectivity right outta the window.

I changed my original post because a lot of people were misunderstanding what I meant by objective. When I said objective I’m not saying that my ratings are factual, but that I don’t rate on enjoyment like most people do. I actually liked Violet Evergarden a lot more than Your Name, but to me they both deserve a 6 if I were to judge their quality. Thats just my opinion though.

Apr 4, 2022 5:07 PM

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idk maybe the guy just wanted to write an edge fest, and i mean he clearely succeeded in doing so since most of the fanbase is no older than 14

Apr 4, 2022 6:14 PM

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Rating is supposed to be biased.
There is no such thing called objective. There is only something call ‘good in my opinion’ or ‘bad in my opinion’.

Here are my thoughts (which are supposed to be biased):
For Mirai Nikki, the plot starts off interesting but the characters are mishandled, there is only like one good character in the whole Mirai Nikki, the guy whose head got chopped off by Yuno. The rest are either dumb (like the protagonist) or psychotic. I just cannot stand the characters and I did not understand why the writer likes to use sexual assault to victimise the characters.
I gave it 1.5/10 as I did not enjoy it at all.

And the other people attacking the guy who posts this topic and claims that Mirai Nikki is good:
Being a fan of a fiction, you need to acknowledge it goods and bad of the fiction and have fun with it, not just attack other people just because his perspective is different.
For example, I am a Gundam fan but I am willing to admit that Gundam SEED Destiny is trash.

NewestPersonHereApr 4, 2022 6:21 PM

Apr 5, 2022 1:03 AM

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The plot (yet awful) was at least executed better than it was in Platinum End...that's for sure. Nonetheless, I'm done with Battle Royale animes for a long time until someone does it right.

Apr 5, 2022 1:05 AM

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CQLLIST

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Lmao chill mate there is no such thing as an objectively good story nor Mirai Nikki has the worst plot in anime history

Apr 5, 2022 3:10 AM

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rxdovan

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this is one big ass nerd forum, just enjoy the shows how will it help u if u focus that much on how was the story executed and whatever else💀

Apr 5, 2022 9:41 AM

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bArry07

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Idk what you mean I really liked everything I didnt find anything ridiculous or so.It was entertaining

Apr 6, 2022 1:03 PM

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einDoC

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This is an odd question to me. Most popular anime is based on ridiculous setups. It would be weird if the creators weren't aware of it, so the safe assumption is that they are.

Apr 6, 2022 3:29 PM

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WinnieTheFlu

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Kind of a stupid take tbh

Apr 6, 2022 3:38 PM

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In my opinion, it isn't really the premise that sucks, but the execution. The ideas the author wanted to present weren't special or anything, but they made sense. However, the characters sucked and the show tries to take itself seriously despite how ridiculous it gets.

Apr 10, 2022 9:00 PM

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BluriX

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it's not dumb at all.

Apr 11, 2022 11:06 PM

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sparrowCE

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These are both in my 9-10 region, but it's a bit difficult to compare them bc Violet Evergarden is a series and has way more time to develope its plot, themes, and characters, so I ended up liking it more; but Your Name def has a way higher $/frame ratio, so on average it was more visually stunning and was still great in its other aspects.

Apr 16, 2022 12:41 PM

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its my favourite show of all i would always rewach it it was the best experience i could do and i dont can understand if some one says something against it. it had a verygood plot and story. it has action romace splatter mistery and comedy ist a all inone anime and in my opinion a masterpiece.

Apr 17, 2022 11:27 PM

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Apollo137

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If he grew some balls the series would have been 10x better. Like bro stop being a lil bitc and having your girlfriend and purple hair do all the work.

Oct 1, 2022 1:39 AM

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Yes, this the most dumb anime all the time. The ending so terrible..

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