Thanks for the kind words about the review. Yeah, I will check about that; while my memory is generally excellent, I don't recall the exact details, as I wrote a version of the review about 10 years ago, so I might have to go back and watch that part.
I should tell you something. Overrated is a bad term. Think of it this way. Your friend gives a show a rating of 9 and you gives it a rating of 7. What does it mean? Probably the most common answer is your friend enjoyed the anime more than you did. But does that makes the show worthy or unworthy of its rating? Who knows. From your friend's perspective for example if the average rating of that show is a 9, he would definitely say that the show is worthy of its rating, because he himself gave a rating of 9. and from your perspective, a rating of 9 is too much because you only gave a rating of 7, thus you call the show overrated. I can also say the same to the show in your favorite list, Railgun. I gave the show a rating of 6, the average MAL rating is 8 and you gave it a 10. So, using your logic I can also say that the show is very overrated especially according to your rating and I should remind you that the term overrated has negative meaning, therefore I can also say that your rating of 10 is very bad.
The bottomline is do not use the term overrated too easily, because it is a pretty powerful world and imo it is often used by haters or at least people who doesn't like a show more than people who loves it to bash that show, because you know that using the term overrated is popular. You should only use that term when you fully understand the strengths and weaknesses of the show, reasons why people like it or dislike it and from those derive the true and fair objective rating, not just by looking from your own perspective. Because the term overrated should mean that the rating the general audiences gives to a show is too high compared to the quality defined by its true and fair rating. and true and fair rating is almost impossible, because people have different opinions and different takes what makes a good show.
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(it's in my "other favorite" list column)
Always nice to see fellow ZAQ fans, and I'm curious to see which of her songs made you a fan.
Cheers!
The bottomline is do not use the term overrated too easily, because it is a pretty powerful world and imo it is often used by haters or at least people who doesn't like a show more than people who loves it to bash that show, because you know that using the term overrated is popular. You should only use that term when you fully understand the strengths and weaknesses of the show, reasons why people like it or dislike it and from those derive the true and fair objective rating, not just by looking from your own perspective. Because the term overrated should mean that the rating the general audiences gives to a show is too high compared to the quality defined by its true and fair rating. and true and fair rating is almost impossible, because people have different opinions and different takes what makes a good show.