A New Grading System!!!

So there will be a brand new anime review coming up on this blog very soon. However, I feel like there needs to be a change in the way I rate anime that I will watch in the future. Rating them with five or three eggs is not enough to justify how I would critique anime. Since it's a brand new year, I am going to change things up a bit.

From now on, I will not be putting a final numerical grade on everything that I will review. Usually, I just decide if the anime is worth three, four, or five eggs (something like a star-rating), but I realized how unfair that was slowly becoming and how this doesn't give enough depth to my reviews. So I will simply tell you if I personally recommend it or not. Aside from that, I will tell you specifically who I will recommend it to the most. Like for Fate/Zero, I would recommend it to anyone who is into mythology and history, along with lots of blood and gore. Or something like that.

I am going to get rid of the hatching scale for the overall rating, and replace it with the Incubator. Here, I will measure it according to how strongly recommend on something that I review. This will still be based on my criteria (Plot, Characters, Music, Art). I have four new different kinds of ratings set for the incubator. The first type of recommendation would be the Tamago Recommendation. Now this means that I highly recommend a certain anime to everyone, because the anime can be enjoyed by absolutely anyone or it is simply the best. The next will be the Hatched Recommendation. This means that the anime is just all right and it will only appeal to a certain group of people. Finally, when worse comes to worse, I would most likely give an anime a Cracked Recommendation. If this comes out, it means that watching the anime that I butchered would be a waste of time and that there are other anime with the same story elements that are even better. Or that you should read the manga instead. If the anime is cracked, then there is a chance that I will definitely not recommending it a certain audience. Rather, I might pull out some other anime recommendations of my own. Anime that I think would be better to watch than the one I gave a terrible review on. Hopefully that will never happen, though.

Although I am not sure if I should push through with this, but I am going to give a numerical grade to the criteria. So the hatching scale will most likely appear when I give three or two eggs to the story, characters, music, and art. This will not completely sway the overall recommendation rating I will give in the end. It will serve as another way for you guys to look at the anime on a different angle, in case my personal recommendation rating (Tamago, Hatched, Cracked) will not be convincing enough. I hope that made sense. Yet again, I will try to incorporate in the first few reviews to see if it will have any effect or significance at all. If not, then I can always remove it.

That is all I want to tell you. Hopefully, this brand new grading system will be more comprehensible and more fair for more future anime reviews that I will be doing here in this blog. If you think there is something faulty with it, let me know on Disqus below. With that being said, please stay tuned for my brand new anime review coming up. If you had time to lurk on my Twitter account lately, then you probably know what I am going to review next. I can't wait to type it because I have a lot to say about this anime. Till the next post~

How to Socialize with a 'Fandomized' Friend

As of now, I am convinced that the world's population consist of people who are fandomized. Fandomized meaning, we spend at least half of our time talking about Adventure Time, Sherlock Holmes, or even the upcoming sequel film of the Avengers. We all have our own interests, and the people I know would always go into their fandom phase. Whether they need an outlet or they're bored to death, they will still talk about what's going on with their favorite Kpop group or what just happened in the last episode of Reign. Now if you think you're a very normal person who treats TV and books with average respect and you are trying to talk to someone who will not stop going on about his or her fandoms like its their own limited supply of oxygen, never fear. I am here to help you.

Here are five simple steps on how to interact with a fandomized person. (Note: I decided to come up with the term, 'fandomized' because I am sick of saying fangirls and fanboys at the same time. It's time for equality, yo)

1.) Tolerance. Just like the immortal Gretchen Wieners always says, "You have to be considerate to the rest of the group." When your friend decides that its time for him or her to talk about a John Green book he or she just read, then do what every other normal person would do. Listen. You may not exactly know what Shingeki No Kyojin means in English, but just listen. Surely, a fandomized person would know better and  not pick you to be the listener. However, sometimes when the urge to spazz is too strong, they feel like that they have no choice but to let it out on someone. Irregardless of how fandomized a person is, they just have to scream about why this OTP should get together. And if you're the chosen one, might as well deal with it. You want to socialize with fandom? Then socialize. Learn how to listen.

2.) Ask many questions. When you are especially clueless about the story of Game of Thrones, might as well keep the conversation alive by asking about it. One of the many basic ways of socializing is to keep asking questions. Initially treating your talks like an interview gradually becomes productive and the next thing you know, you two are exchanging numbers and are official friends. I consider myself a fandomized person, but there a lot of fandoms I haven't came across yet. That's when I ask the questions. Who is this character? What is this show about? Why is this fandom awesome for you? Where can I read this? Who wrote this story? How is this romantic? And yes, those questions eventually branch out to many answers and many words exchanged between who I eventually call friend.

3.) Never question. There is a difference between asking what the fandom is all about and asking what can the fandom offer. Never question the taste of a fandomized person. For one thing, it is quite rude. Asking why Arrow is great is like asking why you prefer having this particular calorie-heavy snack every day. And if this person is heavily fandomized, insulting him or her is probably the last thing you want to do. Many say its just all talk, but I'm telling you. The backfire is real.

4.) Be open. For your future conversations to nurture, I suggest you try out this book or movie especially when your friend highly encourages you to do so. That way, you can understand him or her more. Withhold judgment and learn why this person is so fascinated with the world of the Hobbits. It's not exactly a way of wasting time because you are in the midst of discovery. Who knows, maybe you can get a fandom on your list. Beware of the addiction, though. It can get pretty nasty.

5.) Accept. If you can never understand why your friend finds 50 Shades of Grey romantic, then just let it be. Express your opinion about it, but don't try to impose. Humans usually consider this an abomination. This can also ruin friendships because you are basically forcing someone to drop something he or she has been used to. You're simply asking your friend to just move out with no preparation or even a warning. And when it comes to moments like these, there are no warnings or go signals. Telling your friend to stop watching Anime is a major blow or an act of betrayal in your friendship code...unless the fandom life is beginning to engulf her soul. So if she or he she likes this, don't bother to tell her otherwise. It will only cause more complications. And if you can't really deal with him or her talk about the incest sex between the Lannister, might as well back off yourself. Other than that, accept your fandomized friends for who they are because their fandoms actually contributed in constructing his or her well-being.

Till the next post~