| so, like the title suggested. would you watch an anime you think is bad so you are eligible (?) to give the score it deserves on MAL or would you rather avoid it? as for me, I think I'd rather avoid it. unless it's controversial/there's a heated debate about whether the anime is good or bad. I won't give any example as it may provoke some fanbase LOL |
| if you want good story, read novel. if you want good graphic, read manga. anime is beyond that. |
| What score an anime has on MAL doesn't matter to me. I will watch bad anime knowing they'll be bad, but it's never just to score them. |
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| If it looks like it'll interest me, I'll give it a try regardless of mal score |
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| I’ve wanted to do that so many times, but my time is too valuable. |
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| How will i know that an anime is bad before even watching it? I don't take the opinions of others into consideration when choosing what to watch (yes, this especially includes the MAL scores), i choose anime to watch based on if it interests me or not, regardless of the rating it has. Now, if you mean sequels of anime i didn't like/hated, then the answer is again NO, why waste time watching something i hated and get angry and frustrated with it when i can watch something i actually enjoy, ya know? |
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| I would do that one or two years ago, when I just started watching anime. But right now, I wouldn't, there's so much my eyes can take. |
| The question is ill-posed: I would watch an anime that everyone thinks it's bad because it may subvert my expectations. |
| I'd rather avoid it, but if I do decide to watch it, it's because I actually find some fun in it, not because I want to score it. There was a show I find really bad recently, but I was always looking forward to the next episode just to see how bad it can get and laugh at the bad overdramatic scenes. It was entertaining, but I wouldn't watch the next season. |
| I occasionally watch bad shows like "Attack on Titan" or "Steins Gate" just in case I get bored from watching too much Isekai... |
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| If I was interested in childish behavior such as down voting shows for the sake of it, I'd just lie about having watched it. Problem solved. However, why would I want to do that? I don't care about MAL ratings, so I neither lie about nor waste my time on shows I probably will not like. |
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| I watch anime to enjoy myself, I don't care about scores |
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| Even high-rated anime like NGE or Oregairu Kan are trash, then what is meaningful of the score? |
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| no, i don't have much time, if it's below 7.5 or below 7 I will not watch it. but if many people recommended it I will give it a try |
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| Nope I won't, don't have that much time to spare |
| I have watched anime with bad score but not to give it a low rating. I watch only if it seems intersting because I dont trust the opinions about an anime. They are many anime or which I heard bad reviews but after watching I liked them |
| I don't care about mal scores and I am a type of a person who doesn't even read synopsis before watching something, I like to watch without knowing anything about it beforehand. But if I have feeling that this show is not my cup of tea or I might not enjoy it then I won't try it, but If I get curious then it will be a different story. |
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| A few are exercising this behaviour right now. Look at Tesla Note aka Ex-Arm 2.0. And as Inim poined out(not in regard to this series, tho) many are probably not even watching it properly. |
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| I wouldn't necessarily watch a bad anime just because the show itself needs another bad score; rather, I sometimes need more bad scores on my list. |
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| I tend to avoid horrible shows unless I really want to see how bad something is, but even then I usually drop them after a few episodes since that novelty of a dog shit show ends and all you’re left with is just a plain bad show |
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| Only reason I completed Pop Team Epic, TBH. That show needs as many "1/10" ratings as it can get, lol |
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TheFireNinja said: No. I tend to avoid anime with a score below a 6. Plus, I don't see the point in watching a show I don't like just to give it a bad score. I may watch it just to see if the hate for it is deserved or exaggerated, such as the cases with Boruto, Black Clover, and Redo of Healer. missing out on a lot of good shit because of public opinion which is 99 percent of the time wrong and stupid enjoy missing out on stuff that's just so underappreciated |
Mantron said: I have watched anime with bad score but not to give it a low rating. I watch only if it seems intersting because I dont trust the opinions about an anime. They are many anime or which I heard bad reviews but after watching I liked them pretty much the same as you on this case |
| This is just how I personally feel but I don't watch anime based on reviews. I watch it based more on the synopses (which is why Rewrite has all my support). Therefore I won't think an anime is bad before I watch it and I won't think it's good before I watch it. All I will know about it is what the synopsis tells me. So no, I would not watch a show I think is bad because I have no way of knowing that until after the fact. But I am laughing a bit here because I genuinely didn't know this was a thing. Maybe it's because I am working with limited time but watching a show you have a grudge against JUST to give it a bad score is kind of foolish from my point of view. To each their own however. |
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| how do you know something is bad without even watching it bruh that's impossible it's called "appeal" if that's what you're referring to if it doesn't appeal to you in any way just ignore it and pretend it doesn't exist |
| I don’t think I can ever determine a score for an anime if I haven’t watched it. But yeah, I am quite curious to see just how bad Ex-Arm is exactly lol |
| yeah, it's unfair to say it bad while i didn't even completed it and i watch bad animes so that i have a low mean score too |
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| If a show intrests me I'll watch it regardless of MAL score. This season's Sonny Boy was brilliant, but has a schockingly low score for its quality. If a show has sparked up a lot of controversy/conversation in the anime community I might watch that as well. Case in point, Sword Art Online. I would probably never watch it if it wasn't for its' infamy. |
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| Imagine wasting my valuable time AND wasting it by watching something that's akin to torture. No thanks, I'll pass. I'm not gonna go through something I know I'll hate just so I can have a score in the 1-4 range on my list. It's bad enough when I start something that seems promising and turns out to be shit. |
| No. I watch bad anime that I know is bad, but not just to give it a bad score. What would be the point of that? |
| My subjective reviews: katsureview.wordpress.com THE CHAT CLUB. |
| Good or bad is very subjective and other people's score is how they feel about that particular series. I pick a series which I think will be interesting to watch and then score base on how much it impresses me, and how entertaining it is. |
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| No, I will never subject myself to bad anime, tho this doesn't mean I'll watch shows with low scores. What's the point. |
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| "Would you watch an anime you think is bad..." It depends on the type of "bad" we're talking about. "...just to give in bad score (it deserves) on mal?" People ask the darndest questions. |
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| Fact, you don't have to watch a show to rate it. You can just tell MAL you watched it and give it a 1/10. No one is going to verify the authenticity of your list. |
| There's no need for all this tension. |
| No, if I know beforehand that it has some elements that I dislike then I'm not going to bother watching it. |
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| I'm sure 95% people including me have watched Hametsu No Mars for this reason |
katsucats said: No. I watch bad anime that I know is bad, but not just to give it a bad score. What would be the point of that? TheFireNinja said: No. I tend to avoid anime with a score below a 6. Plus, I don't see the point in watching a show I don't like just to give it a bad score. I may watch it just to see if the hate for it is deserved or exaggerated, such as the cases with Boruto, Black Clover, and Redo of Healer. in an attempt to lower the score of an over-rated anime for example Shirayukin said: I'd rather avoid it, but if I do decide to watch it, it's because I actually find some fun in it, not because I want to score it. There was a show I find really bad recently, but I was always looking forward to the next episode just to see how bad it can get and laugh at the bad overdramatic scenes. It was entertaining, but I wouldn't watch the next season. that is one amusing way to have fun. lol. kind of cool tho |
| if you want good story, read novel. if you want good graphic, read manga. anime is beyond that. |
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