The rating is surprisingly low?

EggoGBones said:
I think a lot of people don't like how ecchi it is sometimes. Besides that it is a very fun show I agree

rohan121 said:
Ecchi anime tends to get lower rating from females, and shoujo sometimes gets lower ratings for guys for not catering to everyone.  This does not stop such anime from being enjoyed by their target demographics so I say ignore ratings.  

Rachiba said:
Again, as much as it shows some fanservice scenes, this show is not an ecchi

rohan121 said:
I guess that is true, but the target demographic is definitely guys.  I never see much females watching this sort of show.  

Ionliosite2 said:
Read the top reviews if you want to know why it is so low. People get uncomfortable with the fanservice and the genderswap (I don't get the second one, I thought people read synopsis, but I guess I was wrong).

Rachiba said:
I can't take the credibility of those reviews seriously when 3/4 of their votes are alts tbh, especially the second one, so I doubt there's a significant group of people who watch the show and are uncomfortable with the fanservice...

Ionliosite2 said:


I mean, aside from the second one which I haven't checked if they are alts or no, the other top reviews are full of "confusing" and "funny" which I don't know why a lot of MAL users think it is a negative reaction.

Before those reviews suddenly appeared at top it is true that most others were reviews talking good about the series. But honestly, I see this as a case of the series wasn't hyped at all and so there are only a number of people, some of which are bothered by what I mentioned above.

Rachiba said:
It makes sense that there would be Confusing and Funny votes from seemingly legitimate users. The problem is that, following up on this series in MAL, I realize that the growth of votes in negative reviews also has a lot of normal votes, and if you check those who vote one by one, they are accounts that coincide in many like creation date, with nothing listed or listed with a specific number of titles, and even favorites. And this trend is happening since week 4 of Onimai, when there were other reviews (those positive) that already had a significant number of votes.

It also strikes me that the alt votes don't stop going when this show barely has almost 70k users on its list (and only 40k watching it). For a review to get almost 300 upvotes when it's not even popular for MaL, whose episode 6 just premiered today, is so rare.

Rachiba said:
Some people were shocked by the fanservice in the first episode or found the gender change theme uncomfortable. But now it seems that more people are watching it and enjoying it as a whole.

Even with the fanservice, the show itself isn't ecchi.

Rachiba said:
I mean, my ecchi mates love this show because of the fanservice for being a non-ecchi show, myself included too. I'm not here to generalize, but the number of female viewers is likely to be less than the male, but there may be women watching. I think this show is aimed more at trans people or gender-bender enjoyers though.

AidenWatches said:

I watched it up until today. I don't mind the genderswap thing and stuff but it's slowly becoming just Miharu maling friends and the occasional problem pops up. It's just not my typa show

Roevhaal said:
You might be on to something, it very well could be that a gender bender anime targets gender bender fans.

Chadanger303 said:
Listen, the art style and animation are pretty good. But saying “the fan service makes people uncomfortable” is understatement of the year. The MC is a child. The OP alone has like 17 close ups on her crotch (hyperbole, idk the number) it’s disgusting. The show is pretty good when it’s not focusing on the fact she is a child, but the fact it goes there like once an episode is pretty gross.

LostSpectre said:
Anime has plenty of child bathing scenes that aren't intended to have a sexual interpretation, you're immediately jumping to nefarious conclusions. 

Chadanger303 said:

A close up of a child’s butt and crotch is by nature nefarious. Rewatch the OP.  It’s literally the whole screen just her butt.  They sexualize her, it’s creepy, to suggest otherwise is gross. Like I said, the show is good outside of that, but those first couple episodes were ROUGH with that content.

Chadanger303 said:

A close up of a child’s butt and crotch is by nature nefarious. Rewatch the OP. It’s literally the whole screen just her butt. They sexualize her, it’s creepy, to suggest otherwise is gross. Like I said, the show is good outside of that, but those first couple episodes were ROUGH with that content.

Rachiba said:
DxD and Monogatari are a show full of fanservice and aimed at people who don't like ecchi. Many shows on average have fanservice, especially the cgdct ones. Why is it necessary to point out Onimai for doing the same? Also, not all fanservice has a sexual connotation (like the scene with the hairdresser squeezing Mahiro's face with her chest).

LostSpectre said:

Sorry, my point was that you're automatically jumping to the wrong conclusion by equating cartoons too similarly with literal children. I didn't mean to imply there's no fanservice present here, but it is fairly tame all things considered.

Chadanger303 said:

A close up of a child’s butt and crotch is by nature nefarious. Rewatch the OP.  It’s literally the whole screen just her butt.  They sexualize her, it’s creepy, to suggest otherwise is gross. Like I said, the show is good outside of that, but those first couple episodes were ROUGH with that content.

TsukuyomiREKT said:
She's a fictional character man. It doesn't matter.

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