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This is how I understand ratings:

* Masterpiece - a great implementation of a great idea, script, graphics, music, voices - all perfect; something overwhelming, overthrowing, turning mind and heart on, something you want to rewatch over and over again, discovering something new about it with each rewatch... Something I wanted to see but did not expect to see.
* Excellent - that's what an anime should be. Very well devised, very well done. Beautiful, captivating, heartwarming, worth thinking over, maybe with really good humour... Possibly has some minor flaws, but still lovable and rewatchable.
* Very good - the show has some considerable flaw about it: perhaps it's too dull now and then, or some idea behind it is unacceptable, or the ending is messed up, etc. Yet there's something really great (an idea, a character, a plot twist, scenery, music...) that atones for all the flaws and makes the work worthy.
* Good - it could be much better. It should be much better. It's either a mediocre implementation of a good idea, or great efforts spent on a not-so-good idea. The show gave me some pleasing moments, something to think about, yet the overall feeling is not quite pleasant.
* Decent - this is the brink of the recycle bin. It's either a totally mediocre show, yet with nothing really bad about it, or some wreckage of an anime in which some really good moments have stuck by accident.
* So-so - I regret starting to watch it. I either couldn't sit this one out or felt frustrated after watching it. Maybe scenery/music/actors/whatever is sometimes good, but the whole show isn't.
* Not really good - even more annoyance, even less atonement. There might be something good in there, but no point in looking for it.
* Weak - it's disgusting. You might find some good bits in it if you look at it through a magnifier. I don't want to.
* Bad - what on Earth could justify the existence of this piece of trash? How come that I'm whatching it at all??
* Awful - *play* *stop* *eject* *kick* *kick* *kick* *kick*
* Worst ever - haven't seen this yet. Hope I won't have to. :)

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Revolutionary Girl Utena (manga) Excellent
Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Adolescence of Utena (manga) Decent