Unlike most of MAL users, I use all 10 scores to rate anime. That means my scores may be very different from others.
My mean score is not low. It's literally above average.
I enjoyed each show I finished, no matter the score.
My 6 means "good" and my 4 and 5 mean "average".
I arrange all shows in 4 categories: Bad, Average, Good, Great. This makes it easy to score and helps to be more objective. Thus, within each category I have just two scores to decide on when scoring an anime.
Here's how it looks like:
GREAT.
10. Personal choice.
9. Perfect.
8. Great. Not perfect and has some small flaws, but it doesn't matter since the show is still brilliant.
GOOD.
7. Very good. May be not revolutionary or over the head, but pretty solid and polished. I loved it.
6. Nice. May be not trying too hard and with some flaws here and there, but it's still pretty enjoyable and above average. I only give a 6 to a show I consider good.
AVERAGE.
5. Solid average. A show I respect.
4. Weak average. A show I don't respect. But it's not bad yet.
BAD.
3. Average bad. Probably still watchable and not too distressing yet.
2. Terrible. Exceptionally bad and has no positive traits at all.
1. Personal choice.
Milestones:
15 years of anime watching: 2024
200 days of total anime watched: Kinnikuman
1300th completed anime: Dandadan
14000th episode watched: Houseki no Kuni
100th completed manga:
10000th chapter read: Zetsuen no Tempest
1000th volume read: Hentai Kamen
Hi, I'm trying to start a club for critical and knowledgable anime fans. I came across your account in the "arthouse anime" club and you seem to fit the bill. The two purposes of the club are to foster community via the club Discord server, and to create a robust poll of the "greatest anime of all time", voted on by members in a thread on the front page of the club. Each member would post their personal top ten list in the thread, titled "Post Your Top Ten", and then eventually I will compile all the lists into a final aggregate. Here's the link to the club if you're interested: https://myanimelist.net/clubs.php?cid=92948
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