Is .hack//sign underrated?

Aug 11, 2024 3:29 AM

Magical Girl

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I've wanted to watch this anime for the longest time because I enjoy some of the songs from Yuki Kajiura. They are so nice, she's really awesome at creating music....
but the low score: is it justified? Is this anime really that bad or is just not everyone able to appreciate it properly?
I asked ChatGPT (xD) and it told me that if focuses heavily on philosophical themes that may go beyond what people are used to, also the anime has a slow pace..

Aug 11, 2024 6:15 AM

bck108

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chatgpt pretty much told you what it is.

Aug 11, 2024 7:36 AM

Moppit

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It's exactly that. It's mostly talk, at least I want to call the first season is. Mostly about if

There's different seasons of .Hack, but everyone of them have different characters.

Aug 11, 2024 12:51 PM

CrispyIsekaiDS

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For me, the pacing was a big part of it. I watched the english dub and found the performances lacking as well - subbed might be an improvement. There’s decent .hack content out there, for me this ain’t it.

Aug 11, 2024 2:02 PM

pinkfoxboi

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extremely underrated

Aug 11, 2024 2:06 PM

pinkfoxboi

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Shy said:
I've wanted to watch this anime for the longest time because I enjoy some of the songs from Yuki Kajiura. They are so nice, she's really awesome at creating music....
but the low score: is it justified? Is this anime really that bad or is just not everyone able to appreciate it properly?
I asked ChatGPT (xD) and it told me that if focuses heavily on philosophical themes that may go beyond what people are used to, also the anime has a slow pace..

people who are rating it this low have an extremely smol attention span as it is a deep and while not the greatest anime ever it's dang good for itself and underappreciated. also probably becuz some people act like it's a lesser than rip off of Sao even though the dot hack franchise that hack sign is apart of but spoilers u don't have to watch it all to enjoy this as each story separate and doesn't really connected on anything. my point n general I believe it's freshly minted newbs to anime with recentcy bias....

Aug 11, 2024 2:09 PM

rohan121

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The music is fantastic, but the actual anime is middle of the road and confusing for those who never played the early games.

Aug 11, 2024 7:19 PM

akatsukinoluna

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.hack//SIGN - 2002
SAO, LN - 2009, Anime 2012

who on earth thinks .hack is a rip off of SAO??? ... also they have almost nothing in common besides "stuck in a VRMMO", and "Yuki Kajiura did the OST", and "portrays gamers well"

The music is certainly incredible. One of the best scores/soundtracks Yuki Kajiura ever wrote. Anyway, I loved it in 2003(?) when I first saw it, and in 2024 when I rewatched it. I've always been really confused by the low score here

akatsukinolunaAug 11, 2024 7:24 PM

Aug 13, 2024 7:53 AM

TouchME666

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everything is kind of said already but to sum it

-its based on game that turn some off
-basicly no action so not for shounen fans

I really loved it sor its atmosphere same way as I liked liminality

Sep 6, 2024 10:22 PM

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llagrok

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Definitely.

It's light on action and focuses more on exploring themes of escapism, roleplaying, etc.

I'd say that the series is heavily affected by the early 00s view of the web and how it'd evolve. Cyberspace being its own frontier or stuff like forum rumors/internet urban legends. That sense of mystery appeals to me, but might not translate well to newer audiences. And it lacks the broad appeal of more action-centric anime.

Isn't it interesting to see how people approached mmo and online gaming in the earlier days?

llagrokSep 6, 2024 10:25 PM

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