Okay, I finally bothered to edit my anime list , since I don't really plan to watch any more anime series.. reason for that is an increase in difficulty in finding something enjoyable or something with great depth out of anime.. Instead I am starting to read manga/manhwa until I get stuck at the same point I guess..
That does not mean I won't watch anything, but if I will - it will be super rarely, since I am not spending time searching for something currently and will probably only watch something based on some active suggestions.
I think after all the editing I am now fine with my Anime(!) ratings..
As for manga, I will make my scores there more stable too... eventually... and add manga that I think is poorly done(4 and lower), just like I did with anime recently. But that comes after I read through more series to have a wider field for comparing.
Be aware that I prefer Seinen genre and dark plots overall.. I also dislike slice of life genre, since my ratings are partly based on enjoyment value - this might impact those types of series for better or worse but actually good series will still get the rating they deserve if I deem it great despite not enjoying it.
What my ratings mean:
10/10 - Truly a masterpiece of the genre, a must watch for any anime fan, especially if you like the genre.
OR was VERY HIGHLY enjoyable(for my taste, that is), and may not even be a masterpiece, but those series realy kept me entangled enough to watch/read them without taking a break till the very end at the very least.
9/10 - Quite high quality/highly enjoyable anime, certainly watch it if you like the genre, high chance you won't regret it.
8/10 - A bit below the high quality, but still pretty good. Simply lacks in some aspects to be considered high quality, often it may be even something minor, so don't let it discourage you, if you have nothing better to watch then it's still fine at the very least.
7/10 - Above average quality, usually it's just an anime that has one or two points that make it stand out of hundreds of other series.. still worth watching as far as it goes.
6/10 - Average, I wouldn't realy bother with that unless I had much time.. maybe if you realy like the genre.. but it will be nothing too special even if you do, pretty casual stuff you can find in tens/hundreds of other animes.. the most important point is that the anime simply doesn't stand out in any good way. If that's good enough for you - go ahead.
5/10 - Slightly below average.. Unlike average, which has pretty much no huge flaws and simply lacks something unique or depth or enjoyment the 5/10 is something that may actually be pretty flawed, even if it's interesting. This is also a good break point, 5/10 is a very minimum an average person should watch I think.. if you are average reader, who doesn't plan to read over 100 decently sized series I suggest not even touching it, since it's easy to find series that are better than that grade unless your watch/read count is realy high.
4/10 - Poor quality - unenjoyable, series that were ruined or both have nothing special and some flaws. Some overrated series also end up here to balance the ranking on a bit stronger scale(something that may be worth 5-6 may be seen here rarely)..
3/10 - Very poor quality - seriously, stop, no matter how much of an otaku you are, it's simply too terrible, I even feel sorry for myself for even watching it... often goes as score for some poor quality OVA for already bad series.
2/10 - Trash - no, just no. I doubt I will be dumb enough to watch/read full scale series that are as low as this.. But some OVA/bonus stuff can end up here if it's really pointless and unenjoyable.
1/10 - I think one must have serious issues to even start something he will rate 1... Just reading a few reviews+description+genre on MAL should be enough to save you from series that you could even possibly rate 3 or less to be honest unless you are an avid reader.. The only excuse I see is being a huge otaku and reading 1000's of different series, while not realy caring or checking what you are actually watching or reading.
PS: Don't judge my opinion too much on unfinished/huge amount of series anime/manga. It can vary, but they are mostly not my taste(the latter). And it's hard to reminisce when you actually put that grade... Even if I don't keep up with the on going series I try to finish what I started as soon as I see it marked finished, so I can actually see the results and judge based off that.
With that being told - I hope you enjoy with your picking of anime/manga/manhwa you would like to watch/read from my list, and I certainly hope it helped making a decision for at least some of you :D
There is only a limited amount of good anime/manga series, and what I try is piling them up into my profile, so I can always suggest something to my friends, depending on the tastes, I try to cover all genres, but personally really dislike the school life/slice of life ones(like Haruhi, Kon and you get the drift.. there are some exclusions too though) ^-^
Oh and before I finish my long and boring speech - you may find some hentai in my list, I don't put the hentai series I didn't realy enjoy, so they should be at least fine to pick as a fap material, hehe. There aren't realy that many, since I don't want to overflood my profile with it, as the account is for suggesting something for friends. But the ones that are there - I watched at least a couple of times and of course not for the in depth plot, heh. Mostly they are here for my sake of not forgetting the titles of my favs.
For me, I don't mind the length at all. Naruto has so much lore and world building that kishimoto really needed a series of such length to really explore everything (and even then, some details are left out). I have said this before many times but i really do love what themes the story is trying to portray and I can appreciate what the narrative is trying to accomplish. I love basically every arc (except for the filler in the anime cause duh) because I do appreciate what kishimoto is trying to accomplish with naruto. I mean stated the reasons while I love it and why that makes naruto good. For me, I recognise the quality of naruto and i feel like it does what it's trying to do successfuly. The arcs seem like natural progression for me (starting out naruto we see him as a genin and then see see him develop into the hokage through the events of naruto). First the threats are relatively small but eventually the threats become more powerful (like in every shonen). While yes I did enjoy it (cause media is meant to entertain us), it's because of what I think makes naruto so good is the reason why I enjoyed it, being mainly the world building and lore of naruto. Also I love the characters and the arcs which remain at a consistent quality almost throughout, peaking with pain assault. It's successful in what it's trying to do so I see no problem in giving it a high score of a 10. There's probably better manga out there which I have not gotten to yet but I'll see.
Yes I also have my own problems with the story ans I personally don't mind the length because the world, lore and history is so vast and rich that it needs that length to be able to tell the story. I pointed what I think it does great as well and why I love that aspect of the story. Also by giving a score a 3, you would assume that the person didn't enjoy or maybe they did enjoy certain aspects of the story, but overall it was a negative experience so why would i assume that you enjoyed naruto (or any part of naruto) if you gave it such a low score? Overall, clearly you had net negative experience from naruto. A piece of media is used to entertain us, so if it does that well and has its own merits behind then yes I would say it is easily deserving of a high score. It has flaws and I have my personal gripes throughout (you could call them hot takes) but it does so much right (which i have highlighted previously in my other big paragraph and then even more that i like) that make up for those negatives that those negatives become insignificant in rating the quality of naruto. I obviously enjoyed it (why else would give it a 10) but It does so much well that it overwhelmingly makes up for the negatives or the personal gripes I have with the story.
Everyone has their own subjective opinions. You didn't like naruto for whatever reason and that's fine. For me personally, I appreciate the themes and ideas it explored amongst much more.
A manga doesn't necessarily have to have a unique concept to be good. Naruto is your typical action shonen jump anime and manga but what I feel like is so great about is well... everything. The world building and lore of the world of naruto (like the villages, their own internal or external conflicts, the way they are run, the types of warfare used, the military campaigns etc). Naruto's main theme is of War and peace and I feel like it is consistenly focused on in the story. Like with the warring clans period or all the shinobi world wars and how the characters responded to that idea of peace and war which can be seen with the large villain cast seen int the show and how the want to achieve peace, much like naruto, but have different methods of achieving that peace like with pain who wants peace through war and bloodshed which juxtaposes with naruto who believes in peace through ideals and understanding. Through us understanding each others pain, we then can truly understand each other as people and strive for true peace. From what I've heard, there are plot holes in naruto, but from what I remember, none are that big. Like Manaton using sage mode, or sakura not using the byakuya seal against pain or how obito survived being crushed or how obito doesn't go blind or how his eye don't bleed or whatever (they're relatively minor so i don't really understandhow its that much of an issue) only big ones i can think of is diedara not using c0 in the forth shinobi world war and how obito managed to even revive some of his edo tensei summons but that's pretty much all I can think of. There are logical flaws sure but none really mean anything so I Don't understand how it's thar much of an issue, so much so that it would detract from your experience that much. I personally love the Action scenes dude to the wide range of abilities and jutsus and kekkai genkai used with the ninja having their own unique style of combat and how different villages are proficient in their own style of jutsu. I don't see how the battles become stupid. They become larger scale I guess but that's pretty much the only thing I can think of that can relate to that. To me, the art doesn't even look that bad and is sufficient and the ending is honestly not even that bad either. Like kaguya shows up from nowhere and she wasn't very interesting at all but I don't find her inclusion to be that bad for an ending. It wasn't disastrous, it just could have berm better if madara was the actual final villain and if zetsu sucked less. Honestly, nothing you said is really doesn't really detract that much from naruto as a story. Feel free to elaborate on your points.
so i just completed one outs manga chap 168....nd was going through chap 169 pt 1....but got confused nd stumbled upon your forum.....i saw that u have completed most of the Fukumoto Nobuyuki works.....so i was requestin if u could explain me the AKAGIVERSE nd the order to see it
I get what you mean, but I don't believe it's a pointless effort. There are people (like me) who browse through those heaps just to read and appreciate something sensible. And I may be overly pessimistic here, but even if you obtain popularity level needed to influence general opinion, you still can't do anything about poor tastes. From my observations the most you can do with a blind fandom is convert it into a different form of fanboyism :P
If it's manga only then my suggestions:
Boku dake ga Inai Machi - detective, thriller with a supernatural element
Angel Densetsu, Hinamatsuri - lot of laughs with those
And how come you don't have Berserk on your list? With Vinland Saga and Vagabond present it's so strange.
That's a pity then, good points tend to drown in the number of responses in threads as active as that one. It's really tedious to read the same overhyped praises over and over again without any level-headed criticism, but your call.
Alright, thank you very much for the recommendations.
As for my own:
- Rebuild of Evangelion movies: Fix the flaws of the series and improve upon them. Highly recommended.
- Toradora: Taiga is the queen of tsunderes. Period. Now go watch it.
- Samurai Champloo: Hip-hop and sword fights. 'Nuff said.
- Madoka Magica: Deconstruction of the magical girl genre.
Don't drop it in the first 3 episodes.
- RahXephon: The very definition of underrated. Highly recommended, but really slow beginning.
- Clannad: The ending of After Story is very hit-or-miss, the rest is absolutely phenomenal.
And I suppose I'll watch what you gave me. Let's see, Golden Boy...
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Edit: Holy fuck I type a lot
i have completed a akagi anime
what should i do next....
If it's manga only then my suggestions:
Boku dake ga Inai Machi - detective, thriller with a supernatural element
Angel Densetsu, Hinamatsuri - lot of laughs with those
And how come you don't have Berserk on your list? With Vinland Saga and Vagabond present it's so strange.
Thanks for the recs, in return try this:
http://myanimelist.net/anime/14813/Yahari_Ore_no_Seishun_Love_Comedy_wa_Machigatteiru .
Don't underestimate it by looking at the tags, the heavy cynism alone makes it a refreshing watch.
As for my own:
- Rebuild of Evangelion movies: Fix the flaws of the series and improve upon them. Highly recommended.
- Toradora: Taiga is the queen of tsunderes. Period. Now go watch it.
- Samurai Champloo: Hip-hop and sword fights. 'Nuff said.
- Madoka Magica: Deconstruction of the magical girl genre.
Don't drop it in the first 3 episodes.
- RahXephon: The very definition of underrated. Highly recommended, but really slow beginning.
- Clannad: The ending of After Story is very hit-or-miss, the rest is absolutely phenomenal.
And I suppose I'll watch what you gave me. Let's see, Golden Boy...