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With the blog starting to be redone and restarted, I felt it was time to have a general making scheme that could be used when reviewing different types of things such as Anime, Manga, Music, Games etc.
First off, I have decided to use the grading of A-E with each letter representing a point:
E: 0/0.5/1
D: 1.5/2
C: 2.5/3
B:3.5/4
A: 4.5/5
*Each of these scores raises in half point increments.
This however is only used when solving individual categories and to get an overall result, the following formula should be used: (Total Number of Points)/(Number of Categories). The total score needed for each overall score are:
E: 0.0-1.0
D: 1.01-2
C: 2.01-3
B: 3.01-4
A: 4.01-5
Manga Reviews
Artwork: The quality of the art in the manga episode or chapter. This includes everything drawn including character designs, landscape etc.
Characters: How much the characters have been developed as well as new factors to their personality. Also includes new characters and how they contribute to the story.
Storyline: Simple, the storyline of the manga.
Extras: What extra features there are which can include translation notes, next volume previews etc. If the manga does not have any extras, it will automatically recieve a 2, as an excellent manga should not be severely punished for not having extras.
Quality of Manga: The quality of the manga which includes everything like cover quality, translation accuracy, printing quality etc.
Anime Reviews
Graphics: The quality of the graphics and animation throughout the whole episode or series.
Music: How well the music and sound effects have been used during the series or episodes. Also shows my personal preference in the music.
Characters: How much the characters have been developed as well as new factors to their personality. Also includes new characters and how they contribute to the story.
Storyline: The storyline of the game.
Short Novel
Storyline: The storyline of the novel.
Characters: How much the characters have been developed as well as new factors to their personality. Also includes new characters and how they contribute to the story.
Extras: What extra features there are which can include translation notes, next volume previews etc. If the novel does not have any extras, it will automatically recieve a 2, as an excellent novel should not be severely punished for not having extras.
Quality of Novel: The quality of the novel which includes everything like cover quality, translation accuracy, printing quality etc.
Games (Online and Offline)
Graphics: The overall graphics quality of the game.
Sound: The overall quality of both the music and sound effects in the game.
Story: Only in off-line games. This shows how interesting the storyline is and shows how much I enjoyed it.
Gameplay: This involves things like the battle systems, special features, character customization etc.
This could be changed in the future and things may be added or removed at any time.
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