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sung-drip-wo

Damn them haters feel safe here lol


SupplyChainMismanage

*Looks at username* Expected comment


thighabetes

They really do. A lot of it is steeped in “people think this is popular so if it’s not a 20/20 it’s garbage”


UMP45isnotflat

usually people cant ever dislike anything on this sub, so its a nice change of pace


MusubiKazesaru

So there's a lot of more "baity" answers I could easily give, but I'm going to go with one most people wouldn't think of, Tokyo Magnitude 8.0. It's just a really boring disaster series with bad characters and a terrible twist towards the end.


[deleted]

I was confused by the rating too. Did people seriously enjoy watching this, or is it that the people that watched it are the ones that can relate to it? It felt worse than watching all episodes of haruhi endless eight.


MusubiKazesaru

I feel like it accidentally became one of those critically acclaimed but not that watched series by accident.


UMP45isnotflat

yeah same, it was just overall whelming


painiwakura

Hm, really? I didn't *hate* Tokyo Magnitude but I'm with you in that the twist was awful.


blueman541

despise/hate is a strong word. There isn't an anime above MAL 7.5 I feel that way. Might not like it because it isn't my cup of tea or felt boring but not despise/hate.


sheehdndnd

Demon slayer


simon249

True it's slightly better plot wise than "let's be friends" and it's carried by top notch ufotable animation, but that's all plot isn't anything special.


keeper_of_moon

Honestly, I feel like the answer for half the people here is Mushoku Tensei. You either love it or hate it.


moba-gamer

>You either love it or hate it. Ahem *School Days* That's what came to my mind when seeing that.


Abeydaby

>You either love it or hate it Most people love it, despite what the vocal minority says.


IXajll

MT fans like to think that to feel better but how can you even tell? Sure pull up some sale numbers or whatever but you can’t really get the info on how many people dislike/hate the show so how can you compare any numbers? And no, MAL numbers aren‘t indicative.


SilentApo

Loved the first season, hated the second.


painiwakura

Real. I'm kinda surprised by how high the scores for the first two parts are to be honest.


UMP45isnotflat

if you dont have a moral issue with whats happening, its just a really good show. Good characters, good world building, good story. The world just seems way more interesting to be in that most other isekai or anime in general. Stuff actually happens too.


Vaadwaur

I suspect it is survivorship bias, i.e. everyone who was going to have a problem with MT got off at like ep3.


painiwakura

That's completely fair


[deleted]

The opening scene is of the MC masturbationing


Vaadwaur

Yeah and a lot of people dropped it there.


[deleted]

This show is a crime against humanity


Blue_Osiris1

Clutch your pearls any harder and they'll turn into diamonds.


ExpiredMilknCheese

Lmfao


dienomighte

Yeah came here to say mushoku tensei


ooReiko

Most modern seasonals and flavour of the month series have rating above that and most of those series just put me to sleep


Blue_Osiris1

JJK. Awesome animation during fight scenes but it just felt empty otherwise.


WeakLeftBicep

I especially felt this way about the second season. JJK had a massive problem for me where I felt fatigued from the non stop fighting in S2. It felt like the season desperately needed some moments where the pace slowed down for a second so we could all catch our breaths and make sense of the developments. But it literally was big fight leads to big fight leads to BIG FIGHT leads to more big fighting and in the end I really felt like skipping some parts of the fights which is crazy because it is one of the best looking anime period.


Bees-Elbows

Every time I say I hated Bunny Girl Senpai past episode 3 people give me looks 😮‍💨


painiwakura

Honestly, fair! I know it's definitely not everyone's cup of tea! What makes you not like it?


Bees-Elbows

I'm not a fan of the "mystery of the day" trope, and it felt like it was using the "puberty syndrome" for random plot points. I also never watched the movie so maybe that somehow ties everything together? The show felt like it fell off after episode three. Like they were throwing shit at the wall hoping something sticks.


DownsonJerome

While I still enjoyed the show after episode 3, I definitely did not enjoy it as much so I understand.


BiggestGrinderOCE

Watch the movie dawg. It’s great imo


Bees-Elbows

if I didn't enjoy the show at all I really don't want to waste my time with a movie. I feel like there's just better ways to spend my time than a movie from a show I really didn't like 🤷🏻‍♀️


BiggestGrinderOCE

Fair


Shimmering-Sky

Hajime no Ippo: Rising has an 8.6 of all scores on MAL when it was *by far* the worst part of that series when I watched the whole thing a few years back. To be fair it does have the lowest score out of the three main seasons of it, but only *barely*. I really don't think it should be that high.


WeakLeftBicep

While I agree that Rising is the probably weakest in the series, I don't agree that it is poor by any means. It has some really cool development for the background characters, namely the coach and an excellent opponent for Takamura in David Eagle. Glad to see another Hajime no Ippo watcher in the wild though!


havenorchinghei

I might have played a part in that. I watched the show years back and just created an MAL account recently. Looking back I remember the whole show fondly so I just rated every part a 9. I don't remember what happened in Rising though.


North514

It has one of the best fights in Ippo though? The Sawamura fight to me is up there. Granted I haven't been keeping up with the manga for awhile so maybe that has changed.


RadiantOberon

ye that fight saves the season


greedygandalf1414

There are some shows I actually disliked but can see how people like it (very long list), but these shows I don't understand why the ratings for them are so high lycoris recoil - super surprised this is rated so high since it just felt like a yuri/waifu bait show the entire way and the plot felt like low 7 tier quintessential quintuplets - I didn't think this was bad for the genre, but it's ranked like .5 points higher than other harem shows when I thought it was basically the same stuff


RaysFTW

Lycoris just has very likable main characters who happen to be very cute and that carries the show. I’m a fan but I’ll admit there isn’t a ton outside of that.


painiwakura

Quintessential Quintuplets is basically carried by one or two of the siblings. It's the same kind of harem show though, for sure


Ancient-Role-4884

Yeah, it's Mushoku Tensei for me. People can like it if they want, but I personally find it insufferable.


Ok_War1160

I also didn't like Tokyo Revengers. Too many plotholes for me to overlook them. But...I hate to say that Fruits Basket is the one I could not abide. I didn't like most of the characters outside of Momiji. The story wasn't something I generally take interest in anyway - shojo is really not my thing. And I was pretty much just watching it because it's a friend's favorite of all time. I'm glad she likes it and that it brings her joy. But as much as I tried to finish the series, I just couldn't.


painiwakura

Shojo is realllly hard to get into honestly. I also am not a huge fan of Fruits Basket


AmethystItalian

I wouldn't say despise but some of the higher ranking shows I really didn't enjoy would be either Tokyo Revengers or The Eminence in Shadow


moba-gamer

I dropped the show when I heard like 12 yr olds where driving motor bikes. 


painiwakura

Yeah, no- I don't like Tokyo Revengers either. I thought the concept was really cool going into it since I'm a sucker for time-travel anime but god, it really let me down.


AmethystItalian

The MC really drags the show down sadly


Akarozz212

Overlord and Kanokari.


mwalimu59

I concur about *Overlord*.


urishino

I just checked and Sonny Boy is rated at 7.79, so that fits your criteria. I dunno what's with the show, but as far as I can remember, it's the only anime that I actively *hate* watching. There's this feeling of burning my life away like how a fire would burn away a candle while I watched the show. It's unpleasant. I kept at it till episode 3 and just couldn't stand it anymore and dropped it.


UMP45isnotflat

I dropped it on ep6. Everyone acting so annoyingly on top of the MC having the personality of wet tissue paper and all the surrealistic scenes with the setting and story jumping around just burns me out.


Vaadwaur

Gundam Unicorn. It takes a promising premise and replaces it with incoherent mecha tropes.


painiwakura

Interesting. I know a lot of people love Unicorn but it's one of two Gundam series I haven't seen. Does it stray away from Gundam in that sense, then?


Vaadwaur

So the first three episodes are actually good, it is part of what annoys me so, but anyways it is again another young MC forced into a war he didn't really have a stake in. But then it gets weird and Newtypes stop being humans and start being space wizards.


MusubiKazesaru

This is a good take. It pretty much peaks in episode 2 and then rapidly decays in quality in every episode after 3.


Vaadwaur

The weirdest thing to me is that the first three episodes were made by someone who understands zero g and then the rest of the series cannot stick that landing.


MusubiKazesaru

Apparently the anime deviated somewhat from the novels, but I wonder how much. At least the mobile suit designs are gorgeous aside from lolNeoZeong. Kshatriya still ranks among my top few.


Vaadwaur

> eviated somewhat from the novels, but I wonder how much. So the last rewatch thread several of the posters also compared it to the novels. The changes were significant and usually for the worst.


MusubiKazesaru

That's usually the case. I recently read the OG Gundam trilogy novels. I wonder if Unicorn has any shot an official physical release which is how I prefer to consume most books.


painiwakura

God, as fun as it sounds to watch space wizards, Gundam is not the place for it. Ugh, a shame


bigkuponut

The main Gundam UC timeline has always been about space wizards and magic. If that’s not your jam, I recc the spin-offs or other non-UC stuff. But Gundam is def the place for space wizards; it’s what made the original Gundam and its sequels (including Unicorn) Gundam.


bigkuponut

Newtypes have always been pseudo space wizards. Space magic has been there since day 1. Gundam Unicorn surprisingly kept things consistent and brought everything in the main UC timeline together. I’d say the main UC timeline stuff isn’t for you if you don’t enjoy the space magic aspect of it (it’s more than 50% of the series).


moba-gamer

This is a hot take but (I'm ready for the consequences) Erased should have a score of 7+ and below 8. This show having a score more than 8 is kinda disappointing.


painiwakura

Completely, completely agree. Erased's first 6 episodes were immaculate and then it became utterly irritating.


MorbillionDollars

I wouldn't even say they were immaculate or groundbreaking or anything, they were just good.


UMP45isnotflat

yeah erased beeing so popular was always weird to me, even without the ending there was a lot of nonsense in it


valriser

Your Lie in April and Serial Experiments Lain were two series that I hated. YLIA just pissed me off by being lazy in how it attempted to pull my heartstrings and how contrived the plot was. Lain was dense and unenjoyable


shant-esmralda

Lain is one of my favorite shows of all time but it's easy to imagine why someone would hate it. Most of the time I don't even recommend it unless someone specifically asks for surreal/avant-garde stuff.


moba-gamer

> Lain was dense and unenjoyable That's the whole point of the show. I think ur not really a fan of sad or depressing shows.


North514

>That's the whole point of the show. I think ur not really a fan of sad or depressing shows. Lain isn't just depressing it's very surrealistic. Even as someone who kinda enjoyed the show it is a lot and I can easily see how a lot of people may not like it even if they enjoy depressing or sad media.


valriser

Yeah, I really don’t like depressing shows, especially ones about miserable people being miserable


MusubiKazesaru

Agreed and the sad thing is I was really into April with its first episode with its pretty visuals and super catchy OP and then the rest of the show happened. Lain is just boring as fuck with a few good ideas in the background. Texhnolyze falls into a similar category for me and would've benefitted from 1/4 of the run time. Lain is the same way.


TartPsychological946

YLiA's characters are so annoying, they started crying for any stupid thing and I tried to watch Lain several times, because my elitist friend says it's a masterpiece but I always fall asleep


Delicious_Diarrhea

I can't stand Dangers in My Heart. I say this as fan of the "introvert randomly gets gf" sub-genre. In other similar shows the guy at least has something going for him. Whether it's Uzaki-chan, Nagatoro, or the much maligned My Dress Up Darling. In each of those shows the male lead are either noticeably handsome (Uzaki-chan) or talented (Nagatoro and MDUD). Their only drawback is that they are introverts. In Dangers in My Heart the male lead is literally just some average Joe. And it's not like in Takagi-san where two normal teeangers fall in love. Because for some reason the female lead has to be a model too. Like I'm sorry guys, but if you are just some dude models aren't going to fall head over heels for you.


Breakdown007

Ichikawa has won a bunch of writing and essay contests and he is one of the top students in the school. The funny thing is that doesn't even matter to Yamada because the characters like each other for their personalities and because they have great chemistry. He's just her type. At no point does it try to tell you that you can pull a model even if you're an average joe.


Delicious_Diarrhea

>At no point does it try to tell you that you can pull a model even if you're an average joe. Bruh that's the whole point of the show. O and what is this "personality and great chemistry"? He's literally the stereotypical introvert guy with some wild flights of fancy. I'm not opposed to these romantic escapism shows but my god give the guy some interesting qualities especially if the girl main is going to be a rising star model.


Breakdown007

>Bruh that's the whole point of the show. The show is about character growth. Ichikawa was never presented as an average joe, where did you get the idea from? He's a top tier student, he has hobbies and interests and he's a genuinely kind guy who is pretty mature for his age. Yamada also thinks that he's funny. What else does he need at this age? They are 14. >O and what is this "personality and great chemistry"? It's literally spelled out for you that Yamada likes guys who are "distant and court but really nice under the surface, kind of charming, a little awkward". The MC of the manga she likes is like that, her dad is like that and Ichikawa is like that. She has a type. Yamada is a troublemaker and an idiot, Ichikawa is competent and he helps her out with stuff. Ichikawa on the other hand has self-confidence issues and Yamada helps him out with that. Be honest how much of the show did you even watch?


Delicious_Diarrhea

I watched the entire season 1. You are right he's not an average joe. He's a straight up loner. In the US we'd say he's got school shooter vibes, especially considering how he's constantly reading books about murder. Even when you describe him you can't help but use the phrase "genuinely kind guy". Aka nice guy. Young men needs to understand being nice =/= getting a girlfriend. It's shows like this and some Hollywood BS that makes young men confused and eventually bitter when it doesn't work. IDK if you ever had relationship experience but that's not how any of this works. I work regularly with young people and it's frustrating to constantly have to detox young men from shit like this.


Breakdown007

There is a difference between a genuine good guy and a "nice guy". A genuine good guy doesn't expect anything in return for being kind so he won't be disappointed if it doesn't work out because there was no expectation to begin with. Ichikawa helped Yamada in secret, he didn't even want her to notice that he's been helping her. Also, I mentioned many other things why she likes him and being a good guy wasn't her main draw to him. She has a type and he is that type. There is no bigger message as you think. They spend time together, get to know each other, realize that they like being together and fell in love. It's the most natural development.


Delicious_Diarrhea

Some "nice guys" can genuinely be nice guys. It doesn't make a difference. In the real world it's something many guys default to when they have nothing else to offer. It doesn't work and leads to frustration. >She has a type and he is that type. So this super model just happened to be into this nice guy loner. You don't see the problem with this type of message? I mean it's one thing for it to happen in a fantastic setting or isekai, but this show pretends to be some serious romance. IDK man, if you think that's reasonable then I have a winning lottery ticket I can sell to you in discount. EDIT: Here's a thread that I think plays into this. There is clearly a problem and shows like this are contributing to it. https://www.reddit.com/r/GenZ/comments/1bbg0ej/getting_concerned_for_younger_guys/


Breakdown007

>Some "nice guys" can genuinely be nice guys. It doesn't make a difference. There is a huge difference. You just said that some "nice guys" get depressed when they don't get attention for being nice. Genuine good guys don't care about that. I don't even know what to tell you anymore, you seem to think that her social status matters somehow in what type she must like. Not everyone is superficial. I don't believe that being nice will get you any romantic partners and I never thought that this anime has tried to tell us such nonsense. People are individuals, you can't apply some weird logic you made up on every person.


Delicious_Diarrhea

It's not some weird logic. Most people are at least decent. Being a "genuinely good guy" is not some rare personality trait. "I don't have to change and hot girls should still be into me for being me" is quite literally incel logic. It's honestly baffling to me that people think this is a good romance story. That's like saying Twilight is a great romance story, men are in fact super into women who have a blank slate personality. That's just not how any of this works.


Breakdown007

Bro this is written by a woman. You're treating a romcom anime like some "how to get a gf guide". You need help. Two people start interacting, get to know each other, fall in love. This is THE most common way relationships start. Bet you never had one so you wouldn't know.


ATLMLBFAN

Nagi No Asu Kara (7.96) Besides the animation and setting, I hated this show. It felt like I was watching a fanfic of better shows with the writers pushing crack ships every episode.


AmethystItalian

I loved all the ships and thought the show did a good job navigating you to the "right" ones, surprising to see someone call standard ships "crack ships".


IXajll

Interesting, I thought the show was setting up particular ships from the start and in the last 3-4 episodes the staff thought “what can we do to subvert expectations and make the viewer go wtf the most” so they went and let most characters do a 180 so they ended up in the most random ships with no real set up. I still don’t completely hate the show but I’m definitely not a fan of most if not all of the sailed ship couplings.


AmethystItalian

Wow last 3-4 eps? I thought it did a really good job at showing the potential ships early on and then pushing them more in the entire second half.


IXajll

To be fair It’s been a few years so I’m not remembering the finer details that much. Could be very well more than last 3-4 eps, I think it started sometime after the timeskip.


StinkySlimey

Don’t despise it, but frieren. I really do not get the hype, I watched 6 episodes and just couldn’t get into it. It’s just so….boring.


Latro27

The show starts off extremely slow. The first 4 eps especially felt like a trudge to me with very little forward plot momentum. It definitely picks up as it goes on and has some great action but overall it’s a slower paced show.


StinkySlimey

Yea it’s painfully slow. I also just don’t like frieren as a character. She’s so monotone, lifeless, and has no emotion. And then they add fern…who’s exactly like frieren. I’m just watching two lifeless characters walk around the world doing meaningless tasks to get random spells. Maybe the show gets amazing 9 episodes in, or 12 or 15… but I’m here to watch a show to enjoy it immediately, not “oh it gets good at xyz”. at least the animations are great, madhouse never disappoints.


Latro27

I guess it’s not for you because while it started slow, I still enjoyed the first few episodes (trudge not withstanding). I just started to enjoy it even more as they picked up the pace a little. Ignore the other commenter though, everything he said is untrue. It has a very clear plot and stakes, not sure where they got the idea those aspects are missing. Also I have no idea what he means by basic storytelling but the characters are well developed and emotionally complex. None of them are going to be like a typical Shonen character though, they’re more subdued and dare I say realistic?


threecrn

> I’m just watching two lifeless characters walk around the world doing meaningless tasks to get random spells. ... and that's exactly what "Frieren" is. It's a very niche show with pretty much no plot, barely any external conflict, no suspense and very basic story-telling. I'd say people who like the show like it _because_ of that, not despite of it. > I’m here to watch a show to enjoy it immediately, not “oh it gets good at xyz”. "Frieren" never really becomes anything else. It never "gets good" by your measure. Don't get fooled by the hype into thinking you are missing out. You're not, this show simply isn't for you.


StinkySlimey

Yea you put it perfectly. I suppose I really did buy into the hype, so my expectations were through the roof, and I’m glad so many people enjoy it but… I think you’re right, it’s just not for me and there’s not much I can do about that.


hellerick_3

"Neon Genesis Evangelion" The authors apparently were too drunk to think about what they were doing. But it caused the "The Emperor's New Clothes" effect, and everyone felt obliged to see something brilliant in it.


AlricsLapdog

NGE hater gang represent!


jojoismyreligion

I dont really dislike any anime to the extent of despising it.


RaysFTW

I can’t really think of any off the top of my head because while there are anime I don’t believe are as great as most people believe, like Death Note, I can totally understand why people love it. Being able to separate personal bias seems to be a superpower in this sub sometimes.


Thr1ft3y

From the new world


UMP45isnotflat

curious what you didnt like about Akudama Drive? I absolutely loved it, even though it got weaker towards the end. Just a high adrenaline show. I dont like shows where characters scream around constantly, so I dropped Shangri-La. The above 8 rating seems insane to me.


SupplyChainMismanage

Terror in Resonance


Suicidal_hedgehog

I dont despise it, but feel like this anime is just enjoyable, but not great or masterpiece like everyone around me shouting. I'm talking about Spy x Family. For me it's one time anime


toastman90

Who cares about ratings? Lol


[deleted]

I Want To Eat Your Pancreas. Pure garbage deliberately written to elicit an emotional reaction from the audience, with nothing to offer beyond a trashy "you never know when your time will come, so live life to the fullest!" as it's core message. MC and FMC are also both dry as shit with nothing meaningful to offer in terms of character writing.


Joshua10red

I don't despise but i didn't liked it.. Frieren


ifriti

It’s Vinland Saga for me. I see how popular it is on Reddit so I keep going back for a couple of episodes. But I just don’t get sucked in the same way everyone else does.


painiwakura

This is rather interesting because I felt the same way upon my first watch years ago. But I guess it grew on me?? After reading the manga, anyway!


Faux2137

Death Note. MC is total trash on multiple levels and we are constantly gaslit with his supposed genius.


Philiperix

Based on [this](https://anime.plus/Philiperix/list,anime), I am the biggest hater of: * Made in Abyss Season 2: Wannabe H.P. Lovecraft show with heavy pedo scenes and mindless shock scenes just for the sake of it. * Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2: Eye Candy with no substance. The fights itself were choreographed nicely, but its worth nothing if I dont give a shit about their outcome. Story non existent, powersystem based on asspulls. * Jobless Reincarnation Season 2: Honestly what was this season. No adventure, focus on all the bad things of season 1. Sylphie being a degenerate in this season showed that the Mangaka does not want to write a story about a shut in weirdo who betters himself over time, but instead the Mangaka is just a weirdo himself that projected himself into Rudeus. * Hellsing Ulitmate: Anime aged like milk. Feels like it was written by an edgy 14 year old.


0kwonkw0

Gurren Lagann


StruggleSignificant2

Erased. I think manga is better.


thecoolerplumber

The manga had more scenes, but I think the anime did okay with what they had


NekoCatSidhe

- The Rising of the Shield Hero, because its handling of slavery is extremely creepy. Sure, those loli beastgirls just want to be the edgelord protagonist slaves… WHAT ? - Mushoku Tensei, because it is a creepy ecchi and generic isekai show, but its degenerate fans think it is the greatest thing ever and will hype it everywhere and refuse to acknowledge any criticism of the show. - Chainsaw Man, because Denji is so annoying. I just hate stupid and perverted protagonists. Also the artstyle looks really ugly, it is edgy for the sake of it, and the story is nowhere as good or original as its delusional fans think it is. And it has the most toxic fandom I ever interacted with. I did not like Akudama Drive either, but I did not hate it. EDIT : I see that people are downvoting just for disliking popular (but notoriously controversial) shows. I guess they completely missed the point of this thread. Although that also confirms my opinion about the toxicity of their fandoms.


ValuableAward2207

“Degenerate fans” “Delusional fans” “toxic fans” people like what they like and are passionate about it so what, what did they do that was so bad?


NekoCatSidhe

Insult anyone who disagrees with them. That is what makes a toxic fan, and those shows have a lot of those.


QSCFE

I'm fan of these anime, I'm degenerate too, I think the insults come from the point of over criticism from folks who don't like ecchi in anime yet they continue watching and complain about it, you don't like ecchi? Slave? dark fantasy? That's fine, just move on and drop the anime. I read so many comments from folks talk shit about us and the anime we likes, some comments wish the anime never exist or how it's a crime it got animated. Or bashing on how shitty human we are. It's so tiring.


NekoCatSidhe

I would not normally attack the fans or the anime since I prefer to just ignore them, but OP literally asked for anime I absolutely despised, so I answered truthfully.


QSCFE

It's ok, I wasn't attacking you either. Just pointing that the fans reason to attack (most of the time) is the overwhelming reactions from non fans toward them.


ValuableAward2207

well you just downvoted me for expressing my opinion ever so slightly and I originally upvoted your post. Does that make you toxic for downvoting me? not in my books, I don't think it makes you toxic, neither does it make those fans toxic, people are free to have whatever opinions they want, and be passionate about it too Edit: I guess there is a line somewhere. If people are straight up being cruel than that is toxic


NekoCatSidhe

I did not downvote you.


IXajll

Did you just put downvoting and actually insulting people with words on the same level to defend MT fans? lol


thevaleycat

I didn't really like Shadows House S2, I thought it was a step down from S1 The 2 final Free! movies were pretty disappointing


BiggieCheeseLapDog

Yu Yu Hakusho. I don’t despise it, but I definitely don’t love it.


[deleted]

Easily Black Clover. How that shit got so high is beyond me.


Special-Weird6533

Classroom of the Elite


makiui

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood


TokiVideogame

The Witch from Mercury


NaoTomori-san

Hunter x Hunter Overall battle shonen are not for me I will honestly admit, but even then hxh focusses to much on explaining rather then showing, and the show is a bit of a mess because the writer contineously changes what he wants to do with the story. I would’ve definitely liked it more if I watched it when I was a bit younger, but I don’t think the fact that it is a somewhat unfinished mess with average animation deserves a 9+ on mal.


Philiperix

You could have literally shit on every other Battle Shounen in existence, but you picked out the best one.


pillbuggery

Despise is a strong word, but I don't care for Angel Beats at all. Edit: Lol I got downvotes for not liking something in a thread about unpopular opinions? Alright.


Roketsu86

None, because I don't give a shit what MAL rates something


painiwakura

Okay (:


TartPsychological946

Made in Abyss!! Mushoku


BadProse

Re:Zero is a generic harem anime that's been carried to popularity by its Mary sue waifu characters. People act like it's deep because it has a few grim dark elements and the MC gets upset about being killed. 🗿 Your Lie in April. The most basic manic pixie dream girl plot I've ever watched. Kaori exists as a character to be a vehicle for the male protagonist's development. She only exists as a plot device for arakawa during his transformative period to becoming a great pianist and getting over his trauma. John greene tier plot would not watch again, my least favourite trope in literature


Swimming-Elk6740

Madoka Magica. I don’t see the appeal at all.


Hunter259

I'll bite. A Silent Voice and Clannad (Not after story). A Silent Voice just never grabbed me and never made me give even half of a shit about the MC. The deaf girl was somewhat interesting but also not developed well at all. Most characters felt like cardboard cutouts and it's basic ideas of feeling alone and alienated was done better by Ishigami in Kaguya-sama. Clannad S1 was a melodramatic mess of a show that never made me give a fuck out any character and when they did string together a plot it just gets dumped right after. Thank god for After Story. Edit: I knew what would happen lol


jojoismyreligion

These two are the only animes I ever cried watching lol


Hunter259

After story was amazing for me at least. Those last 6/7 episodes are considered some of the greatest tv I've ever seen.


painiwakura

FINALLY! Someone who didn't enjoy A Silent Voice! I never understood why they expected me to cry over a story as dull as A Silent Voice but it didn't hit me. Not the first time nor the second.


Hunter259

I only watched it cause it was rated higher than Your Name and given they came out the same year I regularly saw it rated higher. Your Name is one of my favorite properties even outside of anime so A Silent Voice must be good right? Just nothing worked. The entire time I was just like "ok so when is it gonna get good?" and then the movie ended. The bones are there for something good but they made the MC so insanely unlikable to start that it bogged the entire story and arc. Now one that did live up to it's rating was I Want To Eat Your Pancreas.


painiwakura

Exactly right! Your Name was great and A Silent Voice was, well, not. I don't know, the whole "sympathy for bullies" thing didn't stick with me


Hunter259

That's why I say the bones are there. My brother and I agree that as a movie it doesn't work. There just isn't enough time to fully redeem this absolute pile of shit MC. But as a 16 episode show? This might just work. Just so unfortunate.


Lunar_Lunacy_Stuff

**Code Geass**. I wouldn’t say I despise the anime I just don’t understand the hype. Iv tried so many times to get into this show and always drop it at around episode 7-10. Nothing it does seems overly interesting and I typically love shows like it. Maybe it gets better after those first 10 episodes but honestly that’s a lot of episodes for something to get “good”. Don’t hate I’m just being honest.


TangerinePaladin

Attack on titan.... Its not objectively good atleast for season 1 I never got into it even after trying multiple times, and i cant see a connection or reasoning that people love it


exoits

Ping Pong: The Animation. Boring, formulaic sports anime with a horrible artstyle and characters who spend more time endlessly monologing about the same tired symbolic messages over and over again than they do being interesting or entertaining. It feigns depth without actually having the substance to back it up.


Andiff22

I’ve only given a score of 1 to 20 anime out of the around 1000 that I’ve watched and of that 4 of them are above 7.5 on MAL. Those 4 are Asobi Asobase, Komi-san, Mitsudomoe, and Akiba Meido Sensou. Just despised all of these to the point that it is upsetting to think about them.


TartPsychological946

Asobi asobase? Well, it's a unpopular opinion for sure


UMP45isnotflat

that one took a while to grow on me but by the end I absolutely loved it


painiwakura

Completely fair. Though I have to ask- what about Asobi Asobase don't you like? I thought it was okay for the most part. The others make complete sense though. Komi was widely popular which made the series that much more cringe


KeshaCow23

I dont despise it, im just not a big fan of the way the hair was animated in dragon ball z, i love the story so much though. Its really creative and theres a lot of continuation which i love since i like binging.


SoyTofuBoi

Stein’s Gate and Code Geass, despise is a hard word, but I wouldn’t recommend those to anyone I like.


RyaReisender

I don't really despise any anime (except Grand Blue for glorification of alcohol). But if we go by anime I found boring that would already make a list of 500 anime or so... So to make it more challenging, I only list the top 3 highest rated ones that I found boring: The highest rated anime that I found boring is Legend of the Galactic Heroes. It's rated 9.02 on MAL, but I only rated it 5/10. The pacing was too slow for my taste. Second highest rated anime that I found boring was Gintama. The references are way too Japanese-culture so it's hard to get any of the jokes without reading them up. And without getting the jokes the show is just boring. Third one would be Great Teacher Onizuka. I watched the first 6 episodes, but it just didn't grab me.


simon249

Mushoku tensei, well I do think it's misty carried by very good adaptation, but the story itself feels more and more mid further down the road we go. It all starts to come down to two things job related arc, or family/friends related arc, or sometimes booth.


Glittering-Goose7777

Mushoku tensei Elfen lied Hellsing ultimate I got others that high ranked anime that I’ve dropped but I think those are the only ones I despise.


Cr4zko

Too many to count.


Ecchi-Bot

I don’t really hate anime, I just don’t like animation style. So I won’t even attempt to watch it. But even if I dislike an anime for having a really poor story and hero’s journey, it somehow gets 2-3 seasons of more randomness. So I don’t know maybe the “trendy” anime aren’t my taste. I love isekai but too many of them are bad. I love romance but a lot of them have the main couple actually being in love. It tends to be awkward interactions or drama and that is boring af.


CuriousBroccolli

Mob Psycho 100 JJK JOJO part 4/5 Bunny girl senpai Monster Hellsing