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Because most people dropped the anime. On r/anime the 1st episode thread got 1.000 upvotes and comments, the 2nd episode thread got 500 upvotes and comments, and the 3rd episode thread only got 200 comments and less than 200 upvotes after 6 hours. In 1 month the episode discussion threads probably won't even reach 100 upvotes or comments.
Im sure that most anime viewers are not commenting or even posting on r/anime...I sure as well dont. I dont see how *discussion* or *upvoting* of an anime in a general anime site is suggesting that most people have dropped an anime. Not every anime viewer is passionately posting hate or love for an anime online. If passion was the determining metric then Im quite sure BLack Clover would have been cancelled in Jump within the first 15 chapters if we used forums as the metric.
If you want to use MAL stats than how do you address the 1000 people that gave BLack Clover a 10/10 or the 9397 people that have voted a 7 or higher, clearly that goes against youre statement that "nobody" likes BLack Clover. Further only 3000 of the 104K members lists it is on have even dropped the anime, so again, people are liking and still watching it.
MHA before season 2 wasn't much liked itself either if memory serves right and it didn't garner much attention till about the end of the USJ invasion and even then it wasn't much talk about it either. It's also important to remember that internet ratings don't hold much merit to them either all things considering. The anime isn't meant to appeal to everyone outside of Japan thats just a plus if it does so all that really matters is what the viewers in Japan think about it. That's kind of how the manga/anime industry as a whole has always operated not much use really worrying to much about it.
I don't think viewers in Japan are liking it more than people in the west ..
MHA season 1's score started in the high 7.00s, but slowly rises after each episode until reaching about 8.40ish.
The viewers in Japan, from the ones that post their thoughts on 5ch, twitter and other anime matome sites, have mostly the same view as the people that post on western forums. Most talk about the voice and the slow pacing. There are people that are enjoying the series but a lot of them are on a wait-and-see basis as the main meat of the story has still not been shown. People there are more tolerant of template shounen and some like it because it is template because they like template events but others are a little worried that people have seen so many shounen, and BC doesn't do too much outside of the template, the possibility that people might get tired and change the channel/stop watching is rather high. Its a very similar situation to the west though 5ch is simply picking the series apart. The anime thread is filled with comments on pacing and the voice and how its really boring. Other threads are focused on the sales boost aspect, or rather the current lukewarm boost, though that can change due to the upcoming Black Bulls from Ep 6 and onwards.
Of course, because after 201 episodes, only the people who really liked will watch the sequel, but Black Clover its the first season, there is no comparison.
Actually it was among the most highly anticipated anime of Spring 2016 and among the most talked about anime of that year people would not have been hyped for the second season if the first season was not as well received as it was.
It's reached a 2.9 rating on Crunchyroll. The anime doesn't have any discussion at ANN. It doesn't even have any reviews for any of the 3 released episodes. It's like the reviewer dropped it himself.
Your memory is wrong.
This. Their ratings system is heavily flawed as pointed out by their userbase. I like Gintama as much as the next guy but its been incredibly stagnant for years now with most people in Japan stating that the show lost its steam with the fourth season.
It's not that much different to when the manga first started in my opinion it wasn't much cared for at first but people actually started reading it regardless and it's be come at least a little popular with people same thing will most likely happen here given time. This also kind of ties back around to the TOC but if it wasn't at least popular enough to be around the top 5 spot it wouldn't have gotten the anime in the first place.
Im sorry but this is getting ridiculous, how does 1 random anime enthusiast site reviewing or not reviewing a show mean it is or is not popular, additionally, ANN is usually a bit slow on reviews, where many shows end up having Episodes 1-2 or so grouped, notice how most everything this season is at episodes 1-2 reviews, or altairs episdoes 13-14. And further if we go by "discussion" are we to believe love live shunshine with its 160 comments is much better than BBB and Ancient Magus Bride.
So you don't want to use ANN, Crunchyroll, r/anime and MAL. Then tell me, how do you value the view of the western anime watchers on BC? Because what I get from these sites is that Asta's voice is bad enough to drop the anime, that the anime is going at a snail's pace, that it's getting mediocre ratings, and that the filler episode 3 was a "nothing happens" episode.
Not everyone who watches the show has to rate it.
-A not significant number of peopled dropped the show.
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Thats why using CR ratings doesnt make sense, or ratings (at the time an anime is running) in general. Not everyone who watches an anime is rating animes after every single episode. I dont, and Im sure many people dont.