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Are you a fan or critic?

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Some like anime in general and watch all the shows. Some writes harsh reviews and drop shows
So what re you are you fan or are you critic?

For me, I can't drop any shows but I don't 10/10 every shows either. So I'm maybe slightly fanboyish?
 
I'm usually pretty lenient on a lot of anime/manga I've watched/read, it's not too often I give a series something below a 5, even to series that's considered bad or mediocre; though I have given some more popular series below 5 or just consider it mediocre mainly cause I never got the hype around it or it just didn't give me the same enjoyment (Mob Psycho, OPM, Cowboy Bebop, and PMMM being some examples). I've actually never written a review for a series, partially cause I've felt no need to go into deep detail on why I gave a series a certain score and partially due to laziness; my ratings are simple and I have my own reasons for why I liked or disliked a series just like everyone of course, but that doesn't mean I'm going to write it out for everyone. The most I do is give recommendations based on people's tastes, if they ask for one.

As for dropping a anime/manga, I've done that, mainly cause I just couldn't get too into it or something about it just really annoys me. I even have series I wished I dropped sooner instead of sticking through it thinking it might turn around for me (Clannad + After Story and Vampire Holmes for another example; and for the latter I thought it would have a so bad it's good to it, it doesn't imo).

I guess I lean more towards slightly fangirlish. There are a lot of other series I want to get to, and I'm sure most are going to be rated high or somewhere in the middle, but I'm not opposed to dropping it or giving it a low score if it comes to it.
 
I've thought about this a lot lately, but I think I fall more on the fan side. Whenever I graded an anime it used to be more of a combination of enjoyment I got out of it and me trying to look objectively at what a series or film did well and not so well. That's still the case to a degree, but in some cases I ended up feeling unhappy about certain grades and feeling they did not accurately reflect how I really felt on a series or a film. So lately my grades have just been more a reflection of enjoyment, with a bit of objective criticism sprinkled in here and there. 10s are still fairly rare for me though, and I only hand them out when I think they're truly deserved.

I don't think I could ever be a serious critic anyway. I love writing and it's something I aspire to find a career in, but I don't really like writing reviews (unless it's for something I really, really love and I'm really passionate about). I watch anime (and regular films and series for that matter) to be entertained and inspired, and I've often found that when I start to overanalyze and nitpick something, a lot of that inherent enjoyment fades away for me. I've given a number of detailed recommendations to friends though, and I find that much more rewarding than writing an overly analytical review that not a whole lot of people will likely read anyway.
 
Definitely a critic, and I set the bar quite high for series I invest my time in. It may be getting to the point now where the number shows I've started and dropped is at parity with those I've finished; early deal-breakers are pacing issues, unlikable or unoriginal casts, hackneyed use of tropes and faux mystique/incomprehensible plots. The corollary is that I have a very strong idea as to why I like the series that I stick with, and at that point I'm just as much a fan as anyone else.

I don't score things, because I'm acutely conscious of how idiosyncratic my preferences are. My more typical yardstick is whether or not I'd recommend a particular series, and even then, I tailor it according to the recommend-ee. For example, my favourite series is probably Mirai Nikki, but it has a bloodthirsty, madcap joie de vivre that isn't everyone's cup of tea. FMA: Brotherhood is a much easier recommendation to make for just about everyone, though it has protagonist issues that niggle me.
 
I'm very selective about which anime I watch and usually if I don't get hooked during the first episode of a series I just drop said series and don't look back. That's how it was with YGO Sevens; I just wasn't gonna waste my time on an inferior anime. But usually when I do finish an anime I'm loyal to it even years later.
 
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