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Yumekui Merry?

Okay, I had this in my inbox since December of 2022, so I better answer this.

Dear folk, I have seen only the first episode of this anime and it's...peculiar.

I mean...it's definitely interesting, but I wasn't invested enough to keep going. Maybe it's just not my cup of tea.

And from what I've seen, I can't give a full rating. Sorry dear folk!

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To the 5 peeps who sent me Asks in the inbox:

I got your suggestions. If I didn't answer it's only because I have not seen the anime you suggested.

So...yeah, sorry for not answering.

BTW, I am seeing JoJo and I'm currently watching Stone Ocean.

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Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

W: 2. It's very western based.

A: 8. Sex scenes, people jacking off, nudity... Yeah, the whole schtick that will guarantee you a rating R. Not enough for a rating X, but still quite a lot.

S: 0. Flawless. Maybe it's too soon, since I finished it yesterday, but... I'm fairly confident in giving this a 0 on the Shit scale.

Overall judgement? A really really good show! Time will tell if it's a masterpiece, but ATM it's really solid. Worth watching? DO IT RIGHT NOW.

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How about Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood?

Hello! Sorry for the belated answer, phone was under repair.

W: 2. There are some typical anime tropes, but it's standard stuff, nothing really eccentric.

A: 1. Very little, this point is mainly for the presence of Lust, but overall there's no fanservice.

S: 0. It's a masterpiece.

Worth watching? Sure!

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Because it's on Netflix, Neon Genesis Evangelion?

Gotcha.

Weeb: 5. It uses a lot of anime tropes, also mecha.

Ass: 7. Let me get this straight, there's not a TON of fanservice, but there are moments where you better close the door of your room. ESPECIALLY at the beginning of The End of Evangelion.

Shit: 2. Kinda slow at the very beginning, but it catches on pretty fast. Some episodes were done on a tight schedule and it shows, but overall this show is a masterpiece, albeit not flawless.

Overall judgement? A true masterpiece. Worth watching? Yes!

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What would assassination classroom rate?

Hey, sorry if I'm answering through text, but I don't have access to the graph I usually used in the previous posts.

Anyway:

W: 4. It's generally grounded in the Japanese culture, but it can be understood by a typical anime watcher.

A: 2. Mainly because of Irina Jelavic, but it works in context. Not much of Ass in this, as far as I remember.

S: 1. I think it's a really valid show. Basically all the primary and secondary characters are fleshed out. I recommend it.

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One punch man!

Wooooow, this has been sitting in my inbox for quite a while. Apologies, life happened and I neglected a lot of sideblogs.

Now onto the ratings:

1st Season: W/ 5 (Need to be a shonen connoisseur to appreciate at the very best the parody) A/ 3 (A bit of female fanservice) S/ 0 (It's fantastic)

Overall judgement? First season masterpiece, second season, good enough. Worth watching? Sure.

2nd Season: W/ 5 (Same as above) A/ 4 (Some more alluring characters entered) S/ 3 (Plot good, animation not so much. Madhouse, come back please)

Thank you for the ask, sorry for the lack of an image (Couldn't find a way to make those graphs again) and sorry again for the really belated answer.

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Here are some more since I'm feeling the flow:

Kōhei Horikoshi and his My Hero Academia are on the diagonal. Horikoshi has talent, he averted classic anime tropes like "pushing yourself over the limits of your body for results" and he create compelling characters, but he has a lot of fanservice moments. He's a valid author, but less fanservice would be greatly appreciated. He's on the diagonal.

Hiroyuki Imaishi & Kazuki Nakashima and their Gurren Lagann and Kill La Kill are above the diagonal. Yes, in Gurren Lagann there is a Hot Springs episode in and sometimes there's a bit of lecherous content, but the story is so well done and the overall writing is so good that you can overlook. The overall anime of Kill La Kill is about stripping your opponent of their powerful clothes, but with such a great writing and the great use of the anime tropes, it can be overlooked. They're above the diagonal, despite it being dangerously close.

Hirohiko Araki and his JoJo's Bizarre Adventure are way above the diagonal. Female gazing fanservice aside, the overall worldbuilding, the mathematical levels of force behind the STANDs (Where I took the graphs for the WAS scale from) and the superlative writing is something that eclipses every single aspect of fanservice. He's way above the diagonal.

Send an ask to me if you want more of these with the name of the anime.

The Talent-Ass Scale

This came up to me in a sort of ludicrous thought, but...hear me out on this:

The "Barney's Hot-Crazy Scale" but for mangaka/anime writers.

This translates to: "An artist can insert lecherous in their story, as long as they're talented enough to compensate".

The graph presents itself pretty much like the Barney's Hot-Crazy Scale from the episode "How I Met Everyone Else" of How I Met Your Mother, but it changes a few things:

The X axis is the "Ass" scale, indicating how much lecherous content an artist puts in his works. The Y axis is the "Talent" scale, indicating how talented the artist is.

The diagonal is called the "NisiOisiN Diagonal", the author of the Monogatari series and writer of Medaka Box. The namesake played jump rope on that line: First he makes an harem with various tropes of girls, then he cleverly breaks the fourth wall, he does the toothbrush scene, then he makes a compelling story with great characters.

The Danger Zone is called the "Hiro Mashima Zone", where an artist stops being talented and gradually adds more lecherous content: The namesake is the patron saint of the trope "Power of Love and Friendship" and the artists who uses the trope "Ms. Fanservice" like a NASCAR tire.

Pay attention: This doesn't mean that an artist SHOULD put lecherous content in their story, it's just to demonstrate how much leeway an artist can have when inserting fanservice.

Examples:

Kentaro Miura and his Berserk can get away with adding some lecherous content since his story is so compelling and he's so good at drawing. He's above the diagonal.

Hiromu Arakawa and her Fullmetal Alchemist leans a bit with Lust and that Winry scene, but doesn't steer away from that since the story is really compelling and she inserted basically no fanservice. She's not just above the diagonal, she's incredibly close to the Y axis.

Atsushi Ohkubo and his Soul Eater and Fire Force is an oddity: He has skills, but he constantly steers to the "Hiro Mashima zone" with his works, stops right before entering like when you do a wrong U-turn and you slam the brakes at centimeters before hitting a parked car, then just makes a great story. Rinse and repeat. Thank God the anime adaptations trimmed down so much of said content. He's below the diagonal.

Rui Tsukiyo and their Redo of Healer are so damn deep into the "Hiro Mashima zone" that they took a mortgage, got a house, bought a car, had a housewarming BBQ with the neighborhood and got a full time job. They're so deep that the value of the "Talent" axis is irrelevant. WAY BELOW THE DIAGONAL.

Take this with a pinch of salt, after all it's based on my opinion and it might vary from person to person, but this could help you getting the picture when talking about anime/manga.

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The Talent-Ass Scale

This came up to me in a sort of ludicrous thought, but...hear me out on this:

The "Barney's Hot-Crazy Scale" but for mangaka/anime writers.

This translates to: "An artist can insert lecherous in their story, as long as they're talented enough to compensate".

The graph presents itself pretty much like the Barney's Hot-Crazy Scale from the episode "How I Met Everyone Else" of How I Met Your Mother, but it changes a few things:

The X axis is the "Ass" scale, indicating how much lecherous content an artist puts in his works. The Y axis is the "Talent" scale, indicating how talented the artist is.

The diagonal is called the "NisiOisiN Diagonal", the author of the Monogatari series and writer of Medaka Box. The namesake played jump rope on that line: First he makes an harem with various tropes of girls, then he cleverly breaks the fourth wall, he does the toothbrush scene, then he makes a compelling story with great characters.

The Danger Zone is called the "Hiro Mashima Zone", where an artist stops being talented and gradually adds more lecherous content: The namesake is the patron saint of the trope "Power of Love and Friendship" and the artists who uses the trope "Ms. Fanservice" like a NASCAR tire.

Pay attention: This doesn't mean that an artist SHOULD put lecherous content in their story, it's just to demonstrate how much leeway an artist can have when inserting fanservice.

Examples:

Kentaro Miura and his Berserk can get away with adding some lecherous content since his story is so compelling and he's so good at drawing. He's above the diagonal.

Hiromu Arakawa and her Fullmetal Alchemist leans a bit with Lust and that Winry scene, but doesn't steer away from that since the story is really compelling and she inserted basically no fanservice. She's not just above the diagonal, she's incredibly close to the Y axis.

Atsushi Ohkubo and his Soul Eater and Fire Force is an oddity: He has skills, but he constantly steers to the "Hiro Mashima zone" with his works, stops right before entering like when you do a wrong U-turn and you slam the brakes at centimeters before hitting a parked car, then just makes a great story. Rinse and repeat. Thank God the anime adaptations trimmed down so much of said content. He's below the diagonal.

Rui Tsukiyo and their Redo of Healer are so damn deep into the "Hiro Mashima zone" that they took a mortgage, got a house, bought a car, had a housewarming BBQ with the neighborhood and got a full time job. They're so deep that the value of the "Talent" axis is irrelevant. WAY BELOW THE DIAGONAL.

Take this with a pinch of salt, after all it's based on my opinion and it might vary from person to person, but this could help you getting the picture when talking about anime/manga.

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Your Anime (probably) Sucks ha compiuto 2 anni oggi!

Yay, this blog is two years old and it rarely posted anything.

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Your Anime (probably) Sucks ha compiuto 1 anno oggi!

One year since I made this blog...and I totally forgot about it.

Sorry.

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Rating #7: Black Butler

Weeb: 2. Not much of a weeb anime.

Ass: 4. Because female fanservice counts too.

Shit: 4. Eh, so bad it’s so good.

Overall judgement? Average. Worth watching? Dunno.

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BOOST THIS.

AND WHEN I SAY BOOST I MEAN THAT 

I WANT TO SEE IT SO OFTEN IN MY DASH THAT EVENTUALLY I’LL GET TIRED OF IT!

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Thank you this is the scale I’ve always needed for anime.

Thank you!

Although I’m not the creator of the system, I appreciate this kind of comments on my work!

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Rating #6: Fairy Tail

Weeb: 4. Not particularly weeb, but it’s a show who creates TONS of weeaboos just like Naruto.

Ass: 8. C’mon, it’s obvious by the ASTONISHING quantity of female fanservice that this anime is basically material for alone quality time. And I’ll be damned if they CARED of doing it anatomically correct.

Shit: 8. One Piece ripoff + Random Power-Ups + Plot Holes + Power of Love and Friendship = This show.

Overall judgement? Awful. Worth watching? No, it’s not worthy of your time and also there’s better f/ap/pi/ng material.

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Rating #5: Monogatari series (All of them)

Weeb: 10. If you don’t understand a lot of the common anime tropes and a lot of Japanese culture, you’ll probably get lost midway.

Ass: 6. Yeah, this series is NOTORIOUS for the fanservice it offers. Between Senjougahara and Name-Too-Fucking-Long-To-Write-It there’s plenty of choice from the fanservice menu.

Shit: 3. Although this is a good show, it has some big flaws especially in the “Ass” department AKA “This girl looks 9 but she’s actually 1000 years old” bullshit and the CONSTANT interruption of some scenes with quick screenshots of kanji. Like...I get it, it’s a stream of consciousness, but it gets pretty annoying pretty quickly ESPECIALLY IF YOU’RE NOT JAPANESE.

Overall judgement? Eh, good but take it with a pinch of salt. Worth watching? Yeah, probably

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Rating #4: Code Geass - Lelouch of the Rebellion (Even the R2)

Weeb: 8. Giant Gundams and common anime tropes. Really weeby.

Ass: 8. Come on, y’all know the drill about Code Geass fanservice: There’s a lot of it. There’s even a nude shot, for crying out loud.

Shit: 8. Great premises lost in a pool of romance crap. By God, that was really painful to see. They lost a big opportunity.

Overall judgement? Not good at all. Worth watching? Nah. (Hey, it’s the first bad rating of an anime)