why so low ratings?

Swagernator said:
6 stands for "fine", so "nothing special" is fine.

Actually this show may be the first in a very long time to not be overrated or underrated.

Swagernator said:
6 stands for "fine", so "nothing special" is fine.

Actually this show may be the first in a very long time to not be overrated or underrated.

JugoKun said:
Radiant nothing special ? hahaha if only you knew ...

Ryulightorb said:



i always saw 7 as fine 8 as good and 9 as amazing seems most of the "fine" shows are 7-7.5

But if that's how other people see the ratings then ok...i guess i should be wondering why some shows are overrated if this is the case.

Swagernator said:

And if only you knew who wrote that.

DedPanda said:


Mate, 6 on the MAL scale is literally considered "fine". Though one could also presume that as a collective it's also considered above mediocre or something like that. The problem that Radiant has at this point is that it is lacking any major appeal that draws newcomers to the series to continue watching. Unless you're the type who likes the shounen genre almost religiously or know of the source material, you'll be really into it; otherwise, you're gonna have an audience that just see this as something that's just screen filler atm.

DedPanda said:


Mate, 6 on the MAL scale is literally considered "fine". Though one could also presume that as a collective it's also considered above mediocre or something like that. The problem that Radiant has at this point is that it is lacking any major appeal that draws newcomers to the series to continue watching. Unless you're the type who likes the shounen genre almost religiously or know of the source material, you'll be really into it; otherwise, you're gonna have an audience that just see this as something that's just screen filler atm.

JugoKun said:

All I do is encourage people to go further than the first chapter, because yes, in addition to VERY BAD adapt the first chapter, the first 3 episodes only fit 3/4 of the 1st chapter. You can believe me, Radiant is very good, afterwards, if people do not know how to perceive the message behind a work, it's not my fault

Stevewonder07 said:
Will this show be worth it in the long run? The first episode didn't seem good to me.

DedPanda said:


another problem, Radiant has no online translations available that people actually know about

Seiya said:
I was wondering the same thing.

I'm really enjoying it, and I don't care about it being different than the Manga, as I have no plans on reading the Manga.

Batora07 said:

It's a bit sad to read that you're not interested in the source material, seeing how the anime so far is such a massive mess/censored clusterfuck with only 3 episodes so far that clearly makes no sense at all. I mean, if you can explain to me where the hell Seth was going at the end of episode 3 then please do tell me, because it makes no fucking sense... yeah searching the Radiant ? Where ?
Why the hell Alma let him go while he can't even defeat a nemesis alone ? (actually he's the one who defeated the nemesis in the manga but, oh well).
At least in the manga Seth goes from one clue to another depending of what he learns from other characters. And he don't go without knowing where to start...
Also who told the Inquisitors about Seth in the pompo hills ? Because Dragunov is the one who's supposed to tell them about Seth and he'll just make his first appearance in the next episode...

Seiya said:


I understand your concern, but please, let the rest of us enjoy the Anime.

Surely you can agree that it's still better than having no Radiant Anime at all?

BlueSkylark said:
Seriously at this point I am tired of sourcefags, crying about every single detail in a ton of shows. The original Stein's Gate didn't cover everything either that was in the VN and still it's one of the highest rated anime on MAL. The baloon scene at the End of Made in Abyss S1, was also anime original. For better or worse their are transitions that are made between source and adaptation, if you like it or not. So you can either stick to being an entitled sourcefag and cry for two seasons now or take the anime for what it is.
Besides Hanebado last season got destroyed way worse compared to the source.

different said:
I believe this show is bad after watching the first 3 episodes. It seems like it tries to be One Piece yet fails on many ends.

Like the people in the show absolutely suck. Not the MC but the antogonists(which just been introduced) and the background characters/townspeople. They are hating people who protect the world from danger for no reason and there is apparently a government sponsored witch hunt too.

The motivations of everyone is severely lacking. People might blame the adaptation but it's probably actually the originally source that's missing such details. Plenty of shorter animes adapted from longer sources are great. I'm sure it gets better as the story goes on, because it gives the story more time to retroactively place details that were missing in the beginning. But it's still bad. The story now has to play catch up, and I'm sure there will be plot holes that will be missed because of it too. That's the issue with stories that miss details in the beginning. For example. The motivations for townspeople hating mages will always be lacking.

different said:
I believe this show is bad after watching the first 3 episodes. It seems like it tries to be One Piece yet fails on many ends.

Like the people in the show absolutely suck. Not the MC but the antogonists(which just been introduced) and the background characters/townspeople. They are hating people who protect the world from danger for no reason and there is apparently a government sponsored witch hunt too.

The motivations of everyone is severely lacking. People might blame the adaptation but it's probably actually the originally source that's missing such details. Plenty of shorter animes adapted from longer sources are great. I'm sure it gets better as the story goes on, because it gives the story more time to retroactively place details that were missing in the beginning. But it's still bad. The story now has to play catch up, and I'm sure there will be plot holes that will be missed because of it too. That's the issue with stories that miss details in the beginning. For example. The motivations for townspeople hating mages will always be lacking.

Batora07 said:

Actually the Bravely Quartet in the manga is really way more cruel, they crippled the town folk and tried to kill Seth. This was a glimpse right in the first chapter at why the Inquisition was set in the first place and why they are still active, because not all sorcerers are "good", and they don't kill nemesis because they are fundamentally good, they do it as a job for money. Also later on, the "enemies" are way more developped but you'll have to wait at least ep 10 or 11 before it will adapt manga volume 2 at this point :/ Also there isn't much motivations needed for peasants to hate, just like in real life xenophobia is everywhere and especially in rural area with not much education, fearing what they can't understand is totally human and if you don't understand why they can go so far, just think about real life inquisition and witch hunt, people were dumb because of their absolute faith and because of their lack of knowledge. Also the anime really failed to show how cruel really was the Bravely Quartet and it was really counterproductive to show to the viewer why the people don't like sorcerers (that and also because they have physical infections that can sometimes be pretty hard to live, just imagine Quasimodo from The Hunchback of Notre Dame as a sorcerer, yeah it's pretty creepy right ?).

different said:


It's a very difficult subject that I feel the story doesn't portray properly. Many stories try to express racism/xenophobia/sexism in this way and yet fail to do so well. It's the authors lack of understanding of why racism exists. They only understand the immature concept and not the actual motivations. It doesn't exist simply because "people are different". Police don't single out certain people simply because "they are different".

It exists because people experience problems in life, and those problems are believed to be the fault of people different from them. That if they eliminated everyone different from themselves that their problems would then disappear. That also the people who are the targets of their hatred are seen to be contributing too little to fix their problems. Not only do they not help, there are bad ones actively making things worse.

In the story's context it would have been much better if the mages weren't powerful enough to destroy the Nemesis. That it was always the duty of the army/soldiers to eliminate the nemesis. That people like Seth are a constant problem in ignorant and sometimes accidental destruction of property. And perhaps it's an open secret/rumor that Nemsis are actually mages who give into destructive impulses and the inquisition understands this. So mages are not only practically useless in helping they actively cause problems simply existing.

They could leave Seth above average in power in this circumstance, the general mages should be about the level of the solider though including Alma. Which should also be just above the strength of a townsperson. Just like how a martial artist is stronger than a regular person in reality, and a weightlifter is also stronger than a regular person. But a martial artist could beat a weightlifter.

The Bravery Quartet is fine their motivations were listed well. They have been neglected, hated, and abused their whole life, their strength was actually perfect too. Not strong enough to take care of a Nemesis, but strong enough to rob a bank. They were perhaps the most perfect characters introduced. Though it is stupid for the townspeople to be able to believe in their strength to defeat the Nemesis and for them to show up as "heroes".

I understand why people like this story. But it's a bad story. People enjoy bad stories from time to time. It's like junk food.

Fall said:


Shows rated 7.4-7.5 are either below average or good but obscure (top 2,500 shows)

Shows rated 7.0-7.4 are bad and many people know it, okay and have less than 100k members, or good and have less than 10,000 members. (top 3,650 shows)

Shows rated below 7.0 are completely atrocious garbage or have 1,000-5,000 members, or are otherwise known by nobody.

6.0-7.0 are shows that are just unknown or really bad mainstream stuff.

Derykasd said:
but 6.6 on this website is like "pure garbage"

Ryulightorb said:
Watched episode 1 and 2 and whilst it's nothing special it's pretty decent def not a 6.6 show.

RandomFacepalm said:
I just watched the first episode
There is a lot of annoying elements in there

I usually rate stuff high, if it pleases me. But this time with radiant

I'm seeing an MC blurting out all the generic lines that you would see in every shounen possible.
The animation is nothing special. But the art definitely looks really great.
Fighting wise... Nothing much in there.

Here are the minus points:
-1 fpr generic lines - some are OK, but if you try to bunch them all up... it gives something that is garbage.

-1 for screaming MC.
-1 for weak ally

-1 I'm not seeing that the MC is anything special - no dark background - nothing happened to him except that sole event that sorcerers are despised. Why did he come up to that purpose that he wants to beat all the nemesis?

-3 Not enough fight/OPness/Training
-1 Random Naruto Elements incorporated - I love Naruto it's even one of my favs. But don't show me that stuff without purpose.

Plus point
+1 There are some real nice drawings there. I can't deny that

RandomFacepalm said:


Interesting... I might give the manga a shot then. I'm more of a manga reader anyway

QueenNyx said:
People who read the manga are upset because the manga is a solid 8/10 at least. I think the ratings will go up to at least a seven over the course of the season. For people who haven't read the manga and feel like this has been really generic shonen, bear in mind That the first 2 episodes and the beginning of the third are based on just the first chapter (albeit a 98 page one). Often extra long first chapters of manga meant to get readers acclimated and engaged in 1 issue don't translate well to anime (my favorite example being the ridiculously long first chapter of Berserk which was heavily truncated for the 1997 adaptation). I'm not French, but I've read all of radiant, google translating line by line...and I can say it's easily one of the better battle shonen. And seeing people write it off is saddening, I think I speak for all the manga readers when I say that.

Afloo said:
6.5-7.0 is slightly above average and I think that score is fine for now.

Right now the story has just been the one of your standard battle shonen With some small things to differenciate itself. The best thing right now has been the Animation. I don't know what happens later but if it really gets better The score will rise in no time.

QueenNyx said:
Batora07

Thanks, it was an adventure

QueenNyx said:
I've read through volume 9

MarchinBunny said:
I am a bit iffy on the anime vs the source. A lot of people seem to be claiming the source is better, but I don't see it. To me the source explains a bit more where the anime doesn't which is good, but there is far more crap in the source that is just stupid. Like Seth punching a cow or tying up two children. The main character comes off as a total idiot in the source. Not a big fan of that.

I like the anime better where he was showing off his powers and accidentally caused chaos. But the source he punches a cow. Like seriously? He thought it was a nemesis. Even if you never seen a nemesis before, Alma even pointed out the cow on the milk carton so he has seen a cow before.

So in my opinion, the anime does it better in some regards, though I do wish they wouldn't skip on important information. But maybe they have something else in mind to explain it all in a similar but different way.

edit: Oh do keep in mind, I have not read all of the source, only up to maybe the second episode of the anime and now reading more. So my comment is only based on a small portion so far.