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Your Winter 2023 Daily Streaming Reviews Schedule

Besides, episodic comedies commonly don't have a lot of staying power when it comes to episode reviews around here. People generally start realizing that there isn't a whole lot to say about them week-to-week even if they are fun to watch. (Something like Isekai Quartet - where there are all sorts of in-jokes and series references to talk about - is a notable exception.)

Pretty Cure deserves better because it tells its audience to never lose hope, and that is so important, especially these days. Some anime (particularly the darker stuff) seem to revel in despair, and I don’t think that’s very good for people.

Daily Streaming assignments are based on more than just the poll results. I also factor in actual website traffic, individual reviewers requests, and how interesting week to week reviews would be to read compared to a full season review. I don't look at community scores much because that specific voting pool is too small for my purposes.

I have been trying with Precure since the show began simulcasting. Regardless, it regularly performs poorly both in the poll and in traffic. Precure fans don't seem to be reading the episode reviews, or the fandom is a small bit passionate minority. There are other shows that do okay in the poll but are low in traffic or would be a chore to write about weekly.

I think this correlation happens in part because most people, rather than rating critically, tend to vote more with "how likely am I to watch more" in mind, whether they admit it or not. (Again, infamous titles are the exception on this.) This correlation does not hold with sequels/returning titles because other factors - such as the "small but passionate fan base" - can be in play.

Saeryen wrote:

Pretty Cure deserves better because it tells its audience to never lose hope, and that is so important, especially these days. Some anime (particularly the darker stuff) seem to revel in despair, and I don’t think that’s very good for people.

I mean, I agree with you and that's what drew me to magical girls in the first place, but I've learned that everyone finds hope in different ways. For some people, fictional despair doesn't hit as hard, and I know a few who like dark stories because it puts their own troubles in perspective.

We have no idea if people are voting because they are watching a show, or because they aren't watching but want a way to keep up with it, or are voting with no intention to watch and want to see a reviewer deal with something bad because that in itself is a form of entertainment to them.

Princess_Irene wrote:

I mean, I agree with you and that's what drew me to magical girls in the first place, but I've learned that everyone finds hope in different ways. For some people, fictional despair doesn't hit as hard, and I know a few who like dark stories because it puts their own troubles in perspective.

Indeed! Personally I'm one of these people - when I'm in a bad place I can't handle bright, hopeful stories. Not because I want to wallow in despair (I avoid stories that do that, as well as anything I have a strong emotional reaction to), it's just that when I'm in that state of mind darker things give me perspective, comfort and a kind of emotional release. It's kind of like with music, some people listen to bright, fun music when they're down to cheer themselves up, others like me turn to dark, sad music to find comfort and a sort of commiseration.

CS of 3.2 or lower - Rarely makes the cut. Usually only happens with titles which have gained a degree of infamy. (See EX-ARM.)

Gem-Bug wrote:

... I didn't think there was so much competition this season.

This season is nowhere near as robust as last season for heavy-hitters, but it feels well-stocked in the middle of the quality scale, so it's denser than it initially looked. (I am currently considering following well more titles than I can probably manage to keep up with week-to-week, though only a handful ... are must-keeps.)
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