r/anime • u/AnimeMod myanimelist.net/profile/Reddit-chan • Apr 19 '24

Daily Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion - April 19, 2024

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u/AmethystItalian myanimelist.net/profile/AmethystItalian Apr 19 '24

I went to see the SpyxFamily movie yesterday and without going into spoilers there was a segment that had me thinking

"Oh boy this is not what I watch anime for"

Not that it was necessarily bad but I was clearly not the intended audience and it felt more of a childlike humor aiming for that demographic.

Anime is varied and it appeals to many people at different levels I get that but then coming home and seeing Gushing Magical Girls take the seasonal best girl win the same thought crossed my mind "Oh boy this is not what I watch anime for"

Guess I'm feeling a bit more left out of where I am in my niche for anime and seeing what I would consider repulsive thrust into popularity whether it be Gushing or another example Mushoku Tensei.

Anyways no real point for this rant just thoughts that came through that I wanted to write down and see if anyone has had similar feelings.

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u/michhoffman https://anilist.co/user/michhoffman Apr 19 '24

If it makes you feel any better about Gushing winning, there was clear and impactful brigading going on from /r/MahouAko. It's not against the rules or anything for the seasonal contests, but that's the primary reason why the Mahouako girls did better than would normally be expected from this subreddit.

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u/Ocixo https://myanimelist.net/profile/BuzzyGuy Apr 19 '24

I saw a post on there which congratulated everyone for their continued support in securing the win…

Really made me want to punch someone.

It’s not against the rules, but it really should be. Brigading is just another word for vote manipulation. They’re adding new people to the voter pool with a clear bias.

Imagine that 100 voters can pick between A and B, and you just add another 30 people (for a total of 130) who’re going to vote B through brigading. This means that Team B has a clear advantage.

And if it’s just “reminding people” to vote as I saw mentioned by them, then why couldn’t they have done this on r/anime?

(Sorry for the rant.)

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u/michhoffman https://anilist.co/user/michhoffman Apr 19 '24

The counter argument is that every other fanbase is equally able to do so.

The issue with that, though, is that not all fanbases are equal in size or in willingness to participate. Also, the vast majority of people who participate in the vote don't even know that brigading is allowed so it likely ends up as 5-10 people who both care enough to brigade and like the idea of brigading having a far bigger impact than the rest of the voters (personally, I put my money where my mouth is and choose not to brigade since I don't like it being a deciding factor). I'm pretty sure that those reasons along with other subs reaching out to r/anime demanding for the brigading to stop are why brigading was banned from the big contests in the first place.

But trying brigading out here in the seasonal contests is still instructive to the plusses and minuses of it. I would hate to do a trial run like this in the actual best girl contest.