Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24947676-20171119211514

For those who don't know what Anikore is, it's basically the Japanese equivalent to MAL. I compiled the rankings to see the differences between the average opinion of Precure seasons in the West (MyAnimeList), and the average opinion of Precure seasons in the East (Anikore). I've also thrown in the sales ranking, to compare critical and financial successes and failures. Without further ado, let's analyze!

MyAnimeList (West, critical)=
 * 1. HeartCatch! (7.88)
 * 2. Go! Princess (7.79)
 * 3. Fresh! (7.43)
 * 4. Suite♪ (7.36)
 * 5. Yes! 5 GoGo! (7.29 - same score as Yes5, but has a higher MAL rank)
 * 6. Yes! 5 (7.29)
 * 7. Smile! (7.25)
 * 8. Futari wa Splash Star (7.24)
 * 9. Mahoutsukai! (7.11)
 * 10. Futari wa Max Heart (7.03)
 * 11. Futari wa (7.01)
 * 12. DokiDoki! (6.91 - same score as HappinessCharge, but has a higher MAL rank)
 * 13. HappinessCharge! (6.91)
 * -|Anikore (East, critical)=
 * 1. HeartCatch! (66.6)
 * 2. Smile! (65.7)
 * 3. Futari wa (63.6)
 * 4. Go! Princess (62.4)
 * 5. Fresh! (62.1)
 * 6. Suite♪ (61.8)
 * 7. DokiDoki! (61.7 - shares rank with SplashStar, but is more popular, so is higher)
 * 8. Futari wa Splash Star (61.7)
 * 9. Futari wa Max Heart (61.2)
 * 10. Yes! 5 (60.8)
 * 11. Yes! 5 GoGo! (60.5)
 * 12. Mahoutsukai! (60.0)
 * 13. HappinessCharge! (56.1)
 * -|Sales (East, financial)=SOURCE: http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/xeno_mac/72871872/5770/5770_900.png
 * 1. HeartCatch! (12.68)
 * 2. Futari wa Max Heart (12.33)
 * 3. Suite♪ (11.09)
 * 4. Fresh! (11.01)
 * 5. Smile! (10.58)
 * 6. Yes! 5 GoGo! (10.03)
 * 7. DokiDoki! (9.91)
 * 8. Yes! 5 (8.97)
 * 9. HappinessCharge! (8.52)
 * 10. Futari wa (7.55)
 * 11. Futari wa Splash Star (7.34)
 * 12. Mahoutsukai! (6.35)
 * 13. Go! Princess (6.31)

So, what can we infer from this data? Well!


 * Critically speaking, the East and West agree that HeartCatch is the best season. They also agree that HappinessCharge is the worst season.
 * HeartCatch also did really well financially. Like, best-selling well. HappinessCharge didn't do very well, and put a dent in Precure's reputation so big that it gave GoPri and Mahoutsukai the worst sales ever.
 * While both the East and West agree that DokiDoki and Mahoutsukai weren't very good, they differ in which season is worse. The West bashed DokiDoki harder than they bashed Mahoutsukai, and the East bashed Mahoutsukai harder than DokiDoki. In fact, the East was incredibly lenient on DokiDoki, to the point where it landed smack dab in the middle.
 * The East said "no!" to Yes. The West liked it though.
 * The East really liked the one that started it all. As for the west, not so much. Respect your elders.
 * However, the East did not like its sequel, nor did they like its spiritual successor. They just didn't have the same magic, man.
 * People like to smile in sunrise land.

Feel free to point out other observations which I missed. Toodles!
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