Fifelotus

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Overview

Hello! Welcome to my profile. It's going to be a long scroll down, sorry!

My ratings are subjected to personal preferences & comfortability in handling certain content. Points made does not accounts all of the factors that influences my score, but will give you a rough idea of what I think, and neither will every reason be applicable to certain storylines. I do not take into account of an author or studio's background, as I do not have the brain cells to retain whatever they're known for. I try to give every story a chance, so if there was one I know I wouldn't watch, it just get ignored.

Series with more than one season (animes) or are split into parts (mangas), I will base its final score on how I feel about it overall if they do appear in the rating system you find in my profile. Ratings are still subject to change as I get exposed to more and more stories, or converse with others, so do expect them to be readjusted.

If you came from a public review I wrote, take them with a grain of salt~! Some reviews I usually don't take myself seriously and have that dramatic flair to them, other times I'll just leave behind summaries of what certain things were about, but I won't hold anything against people who do end up liking/hating things I liked/hated. I write them with the intent of possibly benefitting someone in seeing an 'ordinary' consumer's perspective, with a side of unnecessary sass when something makes me want to cough up dandruff a lot, LOL. Also, I tend to write reviews only when there's little to no reviews for it, so you won't really see me writing a review for something popular because other people have described their thoughts better than me.

Q&A

1. What do you like to watch/read?

• Honestly, I don't know. Most of the stories I have been taking a look into have been related to action, fantasy, and romance. I tend to take a peek at stories that piqued my curiosity and go through it, if I think I have the time and energy to do so. I consider myself to be a very casual person who doesn't really put much thoughts into things.

1. What will you not watch/read?

• In most cases for animes, I will not watch recaps, picture dramas, omakes, chibi shorts, slideshow-style medias, character voiceovers, behind-the-scene talks, music videos, promotional ads, commercials, children-targeted shows (referring to stories targeted to preschooler and elementary kids), stop motion animations, and VTuber dance performances. For mangas, generally, I wouldn't read one-shots, pilot readings, web novels, or light novels, but I'm not opposed to it and in the far future, this is likely to change.

1. What do you think of (insert NSFW/"social taboo" content here)?

• I like to say that I do not view them very favorably. If it's pertaining to ecchi, explicit s*x, or f*tishes, it really depends on how it's portrayed, if it makes sense contextually, how frequently used it is, the characters involved, and prior knowledge of relationship dynamics.  If it's pertaining to slavery, it depends primarily on the context. If it's pertaining to p*dophilia and inc*st, it's a hard no for me.
• I know what I'm getting myself into if certain storylines are marked with such NSFW/controversial content. Those topics I personally condemned, but I do try to rate them accordingly by other factors. If it isn't was warned beforehand, or not meant to be a primary element, then it will be rated more harshly.

1. Why do you not drop stories you don't enjoy?

• Simply because I'm very stubborn~! I like the idea of being able to see through all of it because who knows? Life is full of surprises, and sometimes, stuff can have a rough start but have a lasting impact, or a great start but an unsatisfying ending.

1. Why is your profile so unnecessarily long?

• That's just how I am, SOBS. Cataloguing things and being detail-oriented is a very bad habit of mine, and also, I generally just like to ramble on for a while when I get invested into something I enjoy doing.

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Organizational Purposes

Stalled are medias that I will pick up later or are currently on a hiatus.

Want to Watch are for medias that I want to see, but haven't aired or aren't almost-to-fully complete yet.

Want to Read are for medias I want to read in the future.

Dropped are for medias I've seen in its entirety, but I just hate the cover arts used and/or they're one-shots and I like to keep them separate from the main readings.

Won't Watch/Read are self-explanatory.

[Year] [Month] Lists - Ordered alphabetically, but 6 'highlight' animes will be shown as covers

Row Galleries - Refers to rows of media arts featured underneath scoring system ratings. They're split into three rows - Anime, AM, and Manga. First row places more emphasis of the anime adaptation of being more impactful. Second row places emphasis on the idea that both the anime and novel sources are worth seeing. Third row places more emphasis of the novel version being worth the time, even if they have an anime adaptation.

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Scoring System (Anime & Mangas)

★ 5 Stars ★

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I enjoyed how well-written or well-directed the story was, from its world-building and lore, to character dynamics and visuals, as well as music and sound direction. It is the kind of show that caters to my interests and what I love to see in a story. They're memorable works of art that moved my emotions profoundly or satisfied my wants of concepts I love to see being explored or imagined in creative and innovative ways. I developed a strong emotional connection and/or relatability to the thematic message(s) and/or character(s) portrayed in the story. 

★ 4.5 Stars ★

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I enjoyed many aspects of the story, with it largely catering to my interests in a mostly satsifying manner. They are memorable and I may have felt an emotional connection to the thematic message(s) and/or character(s) portrayed in the story. However, it may have disappointed me slightly for multitude of reasons. It may have ended with an unsatisfying note. The situational context shown focuses too much on dialogues that action scenes feel underwhelming when they do happen, or vice versa, where the lack of conversational scenes were not there to explain why certain things happened. I personally feel like its potential can continue to be cultivated if things felt incomplete, or that it was too short for what was mostly entertaining. I may had issues with certain characters, scenes, and/or tropes depicted, but when looking at the story overall, they felt justifiable or it was a small negative that was outweighted by the big positives. Its artstyle may also be a bit off-putting to me in some ways, but its other qualities helps counter that issue.

★ 4 Stars ★

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They're great stories and I enjoyed a lot of the concepts they dabble upon. Their sound direction, music, and/or visuals were good. Strong emotional connections may have been established, but it is not to the degree in which I could relate to them. It would be nothing more of acknowledging a unique perspective, even if it disagrees with my values. I may have personally felt that a lot of concepts that were explored in the story could've been talked about more, as I found them rather interesting. There may have been some inconsistencies and/or hiccups regarding how the story was directed, that made it a bit confusing to follow along. There may be some characters, personalities, scenes, and tropes that I find mildly uncomfortable or distracting to what the story is trying to convey, but overall, they have done it in a way I felt were within reasoning.

★ 3.5 Stars ★

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Stories that I will be more favorable towards to because concepts and characters portrayed have piqued my interests. I may have some level of emotional connection, but it is not strong enough for me to feel emotionally moved in a great way. They may also be stories with great music and/or visuals, which helps them stick out of the oceans of average stories. World-building is established, but there are some noticeable details that makes them feel lackluster or flawed in portrayal.

★ 3 Stars ★

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Stories that felt average to me. I neither loved or hated the story, it's all in the vague pretense that I 'liked' the story. I may have pursued the story with a lack of interest of what the story is about, diminishing my enjoyment. I did not have a strong emotional connection with most of the themes or characters shown, as they're of bare minimum. I may not have understood the story context because of me not having read or seen previous adaptations and sources. There likely have been characters, tropes, and concepts that I thought were flawed in how it was portrayed, either because of me feeling like they had static personalities, weird and provacative behaviors being encouraged or implied, or the story's reliance on these uncomfortable and distracting elements that caused the quality of the story to feel off. I may have personally thought that the story direction moved too slow or too fast for me to fully invest my attention to it. There are certain concepts and themes explored in its world-building, but I personally felt like they were there for the sake of being there.

Despite their averageness, certain stories below did captivated me, either because of the scenes that was portrayed that I did laugh or felt emotionally moved by, a good, well-written character that 'carries' the story, music quality, and having good world-building that were easy to follow.

★ 2.5 Stars ★

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Stories that I will be less favorable towards to because concepts and characters portrayed have piqued my interests, in a not so good way. I may have some level of emotional connection, but it is not strong enough for me to feel emotionally moved in a great way. World-building is established, but there are some noticeable details that makes them feel lackluster. I personally felt that the story suffered from multiple factors, including that it did not deliver expectations, portrayed unnecessary and/or uncomfortable elements that detracts from the quality of the story, character actions felt flat and unexplained for why they behave the way they do, many inconsistencies that disrupts the flow of the story, repetition of certain elements that are rather distracting or uncomfortable, certain concepts were not mixed together well, or generally not interesting enough.

★ 2 Stars ★

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Ah yai yai, how these stories disappoint me. There are some good qualities that exist in the story, but they suffer from a lot of factors that diminish the world it builds. There's a possibility that the concepts explored in certain stories catered to my interests, but their potential were left on a plateau. There's also a possibility that they have felt incomplete, or that there were large inconsistencies that caused the pacing of the story to fall out of order, making it hard to follow. They may have deviated from what their sypnosis states, for example, a story promoting themselves as a fantasy isekai but starts off as a drama-romance story in a school setting. It portrays or contains elements that I thought were either uncomfortable, disturbing, and/or distracting that left a rather bad impression. It may have been because of the humor, uncalled for or out-of-place. It may have been relationship dynamics that I do not think should be romanticized about. It may have been characters whose personalities were flat and incomplete, or that they were obnoxious, toxic, or distracting that their presences was met with an almost-immediate thought of "Why?". It is also possible that the story used the same repetitive elements, never really trying to explore them innovatively and sticking with the basics, or are generally uninteresting to watch or read sometimes.

While I dislike these stories, they're not entirely bad. Just disappointing. There are some 'standouts' that even though I didn't really care much or found them to be mildly uncomfortable, my attention was more invested into these compared to the rest.

★ 1.5 Stars ★

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These stories disappointed me even more than the ones rated 2 stars. Unlike the 2 star stories though, I see little to no growth in its potential being properly made here. There are lack of or clear inconsistences in its story progression, which leaves more questions to be unanswered and are left on a rather unsatisfying note. Their pacing are sloppy, which makes it hard to follow along on why certain things exist or why certain characters did or say the things they do. It is possible that these stories contained themes that did not mix well with other themes, seemingly trying to be everything at once. It may have failed to deliver expectations in what it is adapted from, or its storyline is so mundane that you could watch a YouTube video of paint drying on a wall and be more happy with that.

★ 1 Star ★

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These stories were upsetting or not very engaging for a multitude of reasons. Some stories are clearly incomplete, with its concepts not built upon from what it wants to convey. Some stories tries to do too much and it bloats the world in a way that they don't thematically work well together. Some stories romanticize controversial elements and are obsessive with the way they promote it in the story. It is very likely that there is a large number of unhealthy, toxic, and/or questionable elements that are very distracting or indulgent in sexual desires.

★ 0.5 Star ★

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TBA (Currently, I am not exposed to enough stories to know what can truly steep below a 1 star score, but also above a 0 star for me).

★ 0 Star ★

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These stories are the death of me. My soul writhes in agony. I am traumatized. I am deathly bored. Why, oh why, do these stories exist?

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Scoring System (Characters)

If you do not see a character that I have liked or disliked, it means that I have mixed feelings for them, I do not really care or remember them, or I did not see them listed at the time of viewing the media it comes from.

★ Love ★

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Generally, a character can get a heart from me based on basic criteria, such as appearance or personality. They do not need to be written with such complexity, I will generally like the most average of people if they're generally likeable to me. Characters that I adore can be found in my list for favorite characters above. The same goes for characters that I feel attracted to.

Below are some notable characters~! 

★ Hate ★

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I can and will usually dislike a character for the following reasons, where there are little to no exceptions:

1. Attempted murder, abduction, genocide, or unwanted sexual abuse
2. Bullying and any other forms of harassment that are uncalled for (includes discrimination/racism)
3. Toxic, unhealthy, or abusive in their friendship or love life with others
4. Obnoxiously rude or have very toxic personalities that make them generally unbearable among others
5. Perverted, or indulges in sexual desires frequently
6. Engages in pedophilia or incestual behaviors
7. Human/slave trafficking

★ Exceptions ★

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An antagonist may be "liked" if I thought they were well-written. It doesn't mean I support their values. Some characters can be disregarded for certain reasons below, but depending on their personality, morals, and values, I can still dislike/hate them nonetheless:

1. They are of certain races (e.g. demons, angels, elves), because their values are definitely not going to be the same as humans, even if they are characterized as such
2. Their presence is so irrelevant or trivial to the main storyline, that there's no need to expend such efforts to go out and hate them
3. It is required of them to engage in immoral practices (e.g. assassins, mercenaries), but they will not be exempt if they choose to indulge in violent or sexual desires
4. They were manipulated by an antagonist, or lacked free will due to supernatural forces
5. It's within their nature (e.g. beasts, monsters)
6. They have an unbearable presence, only because of the way they're written (I blame the creators, not the character, so an example of this would be one that are "clumsy" and have their clothes flying off of their bodies every minute)

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Scoring System (NSFW)

If something is scored with a 0.5 star rating attached to it, it is typically a 'standout' from the score above it. For example, a 3.5 star media would be a standout among 3 stars, a 2.5 star media would be a standout among 2 stars, and so forth. Ratings are primarily based on sexual appeal and relationship dynamics that I personally like. Not every point made in each of the scores are applicable, e.g. a 2-star media is rated for being inconsistent only while another 2-star media can be rated for being inconsistent and toxic.

★ 5 Stars ★

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Well-rounded stories with a very smooth and consistent flow to them. Characters and visuals are visually and/or emotionally appealing at a high level. I likely have found an emotional connection to the character(s) involved and/or all giddy about the relationship dynamics and love-making. They were something I found healthy, relatable, and/or desirable!

★ 4 Stars ★

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Great stories with a mostly consistent flow. Character and visuals are visually and/or emotionally appealing at a moderate level. It is possible that I have formed an emotional connection to the character(s) involved, and that I have witnessed some scenes that did make me happy. I found some relationship dynamics to be healthy, relatable, and/or desirable, but there may have been some relations that I wasn't fond of seeing.

★ 3 Stars ★

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Good stories with a somewhat consistent flow. Character and visuals are visually or emotionally appealing at a basic level. I may have formed an emotional connection to the character(s) involved and scenes depicted have very mild reactions that did not make me ecstatic. One or more relationship dynamics may have been healthy, relatable, and/or desirable, but may be disturbed by other unhealthy relationship dynamics, social taboos, tropes, and so forth.

★ 2 Stars ★

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Average stories with a possibly inconsistent (but can be consistent) flow to them. Character and visuals may be visually or emotionally appealing. Emotional connections are at most, the bare minimum. One or more relationship dynamics may have been healthy, relatable, and/or desirable, but are possibly disturbed by unhealthy relationship dynamics, social taboos, tropes, and so forth.

★ 1 Star ★

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Poor stories with a rather inconsistent flow to them, or are generally questionable. Character and visuals may have been visually or emotionally appealing. Emotional connections have been formed to characters involved, but are not necessarily positive emotions, typically me feeling pity, agitated, or disappointed about the circumstances and/or why it was written with such unhealthy relationship dynamics, social taboos, tropes, and so forth in mind. Negative elements may have been initially encouraged, but are later mended in a way I think might be reasonable and/or acceptable.

★ 0 Star ★

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Atrociously-made stories with a poor storyline. Character and visuals might have been visually or emotionally appealing, but are generally ruined by unhealthy and/or odd relationship dynamics, social taboos, tropes, and so forth. These negative elements are likely to have been encouraged given the circumstances, and continue to be a reoccurring issue. It may also have been sloppily written, rushed to the point where it ended on an unsatisfying note. It could also go as far as romanticizing stuff that I don't think should be romanticized, such as p*dophilia, r*pe, inc*st, and so forth.

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Personal Lists

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Animes & Mangas // Music (Animes) // Musics (Mangas)

Characters // Favorite Characters // Favorite Companions // Characters I Am Attracted To

Favorites // Animes // Mangas // Manhwas // OELs // Romance

Submissions // Mangas // Characters

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Historical Lists

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Animes (2024) ✿ Jan ✿ Feb ✿ Mar ✿ Apr ✿ May ✿ Jun ✿ Jul ✿ Aug ✿ Sept ✿ Oct ✿ Nov ✿ Dec

Animes (2023) ✿ Jan ✿ Feb ✿ Mar ✿ Apr ✿ May ✿ Jun ✿ Jul ✿ Aug ✿ Sept ✿ Oct ✿ Nov ✿ Dec

Animes (2022) ✿ Mar ✿ Sept ✿ Oct ✿ Nov ✿ Dec

Animes (<2022) ✿ Sept 2021 ✿ Unknown

Readings ✿ 2024 ✿ 2023 ✿ <2022

Novels ✿ Full List

Miscellaneous ✿ One-Shots ✿ WIP (Animes) ✿ WIP (Mangas)

Sources ✿ Line Webtoon ✿ Pirated

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Musics

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Some musics that fits my energy and are a vibe to me~!