| I think we all have that one anime that we just think is a textbook definition of mediocre. You don't think it's bad but you wouldn't call it good either. What is that show for you? For me it is Youjo Senki. Everything about this anime to me is just average to me. Nothing about this show other than it's plot really stands out to me but I wouldn't call it bad either. |
Adimus_primeAug 5, 2020 3:12 PM
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| The kino no tabi remake is so average in every aspect it's boring. |
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| For me, Ao Haru Ride embodies the word ‘average’. |
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PerfectAzul said: For me, Ao Haru Ride embodies the word ‘average’. This one easily. I think it's actually the only romance anime where I felt nothing at all while watching it. It doesn't even have a screaming shrimp that will make you hate the story. |
| chihayafuru-At beginning I really liked it but as I go,it became less to least interesting. But yeah at least it was watchable. |
| "When they're alive, you can enjoy watching them struggle. When they're dead, you can enjoy tearing out their guts. Tales are things you get to enjoy twice." |
| SSSS Gridman, I never cheered so much for a villain. |
| Imagine how boring this world would be without Japan - a comment at youtube |
| Sasami Magical Girls Club. I considered lowering my score, but there simply isn't anything I dislike about it. |
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| Akame ga Kill every character is a different cliche. Isekai Cheat Magician, it is the most cliche anime ever, other isekais try to put some effort but this one no. |
_Maneki-Neko_ said: NamikazeHime said: This one easily. I think it's actually the only romance anime where I felt nothing at all while watching it. It doesn't even have a screaming shrimp that will make you hate the story. When we talk about romances, then Say I love you, Tada-kun never falls in live and My little monster were the embodimemt of average in my eyes. Tho I actually like Ao Haru Ride. Not that it's great, but I like it. I still haven't watched Say I love you or Tada-kun, but I liked My Little Monster. I could relate with MC because she was so obsessed with her grades and beside that, pet chicken was cute. |
| Calling Akame ga Kill a average anime is complement is a to me because to me that anime is a hot steaming pile of monkey shit. |
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ThePerfectTime said: I also think Zero no Tsukaima has aged really badly. Since watching it in 2020 it feels like the most generic harem ever since it came out during a time where it pretty much popularized a lot of those trope.Gotta be zero no tsukaima for me honestly It's not bad it's not good I remember very little about it from when I watched it forever ago nothing really stood out lmao. |
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| I consider those I rate with either a 5 or a 6 numerical score to basically be in the "average" range technically, but my scoring system works a little differently since the sizable majority of what I watch I end up rating a 7, so in practice 7 is actually my average (think it's around 7.3 on my profile now) because I'm already inclined to like at least to an extent what I select to watch in the first place since I read the synopses and just don't start series left and right all willy-nilly and blindly, but tailor them to my interests. So even the worst rated series I've watched would still have at least one positive thing going for it, which is the premise - otherwise, obviously I wouldn't have even watched it to begin with. So as I said, in actual practice, a "7" is really closer to what I consider "average" but my average is already pretty good, since I'm comparing it to all other not only anime but all the thousands of pieces of media I've taken in over the years. And I generally like the majority of what I choose to watch. So it's not a bad or undesirable trait to be resting closer to the average compared to that media sea. This is also because I rarely use 4 ratings on here for anime and only have a few 4s, even less so 3s, and only recently just employed my first 2. I've never used a 1. So the 5s and 6s are more like anywhere from slightly to significantly below expectations and below the average anime I've watched, but usually it's not because they're "mediocre" in the sense that implies too plain or unremarkable with nothing to distinguish them. I usually have strong feelings and opinions about any anime, both positive and negative about its various aspects, so the 5 and 6 "mediocres" are more those which have aspects about them I love and aspects I hate and they're close enough in equal measure to coalesce into that marking. Neon Genesis Evangelion, a series I've rated with a 6, is the prototypical example of this for me. Nothing "mediocre" about it in the sense of being too plain or ordinary or something. Just enough components I love and components I hate combined. Probably the closest to dead center middle of the road in quality without containing much I either love or hate and therefore being closest to an indistinct offering would be something like Another, which I rated a 5. It goes down like water but offers nothing in the end. Because it's exactly like most American 80s, 90s, and 2000s horror films; fun enough, energetic, and stylistic but devoid of substance, feeling like a paint by numbers formula by its conclusion - entertaining for most of it, but without any real characters and dialogue, ideas concepts and themes, music, or art you can feel driven to get attached to. Formulaic. |
WatchTillTandavaAug 5, 2020 2:53 PM
| Sooo many, but out of the popular ones. My Hero Academia Yuri on Ice Fate/Zero (yes sue me) Psycho Pass 3 |
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| Naruto probably. I was never able to get into it seriously. Some moments were good, others were ehh but not bad. I just never felt like it excelled honestly lol I want to say MHA. I guess it counts, but it dips from goodness to crap, so I dunno if that really counts. |
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_Maneki-Neko_ said: NamikazeHime said: I still haven't watched Say I love you or Tada-kun, but I liked My Little Monster. I could relate with MC because she was so obsessed with her grades and beside that, pet chicken was cute. I mean, she was okay, but that's nothing relatable to me. I was always lazy af with my grades and found the perfect balance how to do the minimum, at least, when I was not interested in the subject. So I didn't pay much attention to this side of a character haha. It's definitely not a feature everyone can relate too, so I understand why many people couldn't relate with her. |
| A lot of shounen shows are borderline average, but the one that stands out most in mediocrity in recent times was the first season of Fire Force. The animation and sound were good, but the plot was very generic and the characters at that point could be fit into cookie-cutter tropes. Couple that with awkward pacing and jokes and you had yourself a very average show overall. |
| Hunter x Hunter 2011 before it became completely shit midway through. |
| Goblin slayer, it had the potential at first but quickly became another generic harem fantasy show |
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| i can thinkof some: my hero academia demon slayer dr. stone ponyo owari no seraph they are the very definition of mediocracy nothing stands out to me and everything seem repetitive |
| I remember the act of watching these shows, however I can't remember what happened in them: -Servant x Service -Inugami-san to Nekoyama-san -Soul Eater NOT (it's in the title, but I wasn't expecting it to that degree) |
| Saw someone comment this as well but, "Kimestu no Yaiba". To me, it's just another generic demon anime. |
| Let's see.angel beats ,re zero fAte zero and sao ,Boruto(except movie arc),Your lie in April are below average For me MHA,Erased ,3 gatsu no lion are average |
Tristar_ShinobiAug 6, 2020 5:36 AM
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| Tower of God. I liked the premise, it's just that NOTHING HAPPENED |
| For me Blue Exorcist. It's not THAT amazing as everyone around me said. |
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| Re:Zero. Mediocre. It's Boring as hell. |
| yum riceballs i just want a baccano! season 2 |
| Several shows I rated 4-5, like Grand Blue, Madoka Magica, most of Attack on Titan, 90 percent of romance anime. I think the anime I find the most mediocre is The Devil Is a Part-Timer. There isn't anything about it I actively dislike, but I just found the whole thing unremarkable in story, humor, and characters. |
D-ohnutsAug 29, 2020 10:19 AM
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| Probably Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei, not bad not good, I don't understand why this show is popular, everything is average |
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| In terms of shounen blue exorcist. It's so painfully by the books that it doesn't stand out. |
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| God of Highschool Thou that isn't even really average anymore. It's more like 4/10 |
| Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry, Sakasama no Patema, Arte |
simone_eatsdirt said: I watched a video by Gigguk and I died laughing because he described Owari no Seraph as and I quote "It's like Attack on Blue Exorcist with Gay Vampires".100% Owari no Seraph. Everything about it is basic as hell or just barely under average. The characters are irritable but not inherently bad, the plot's not awfully creative, the lacklustre script is fine I suppose, characters designs are just whatever. I absolutely hate that show for the sole reason that it's 'not that bad' just really, really boring |
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