10typical score
Death Note
TV series · 2006 · Shounen, Supernatural, Suspense
in the lists of 1,785 viewers of the class (65.4%) · Shikimori 8.62
10typical score
Scale & spread
«Every score from 1 to 10 has its place.»
Rarity
3%
2,729 of 90,492 profiles
Class mean score
7.62
across all ratings by the class's viewers
Ratings per list
~192
on average per viewer of the class
The Calibrator is the only person on the site whose rating scale works the way it was designed. A one means «the worst I've seen», a ten means «the best», and between them lie eight honest steps, each with its own meaning. While everyone else huddles around sevens or hurls extremes, he methodically sorts the industry onto its shelves.
In numbers this is a unique signature: a wide spread of scores with high consistency — his points correlate with quality, not mood. That's exactly what distinguishes him from the Extremist: the Extremist's mid-scale sits empty, while the Calibrator fills the whole range, and his distribution looks like a tidy curve rather than two humps at the edges.
The Calibrator's profile is a ready-made review system: his score predicts a title's quality more accurately than the site average, because the average gets pulled up by Ten-Givers and down by Prosecutors, while he alone stands calibrated. If the site ever needed a reference metre, they'd keep his profile in a vault.
wide but measured spread · the score matches the quality
If anime characters kept rating lists, these would score titles in the spirit of «Calibrator».
The Calibrator's ruler: one title for every point on the scale, from ten down to one. Every digit has a face.
TV series · 2006 · Shounen, Supernatural, Suspense
in the lists of 1,785 viewers of the class (65.4%) · Shikimori 8.62
TV series · 2022 · Shounen, Action, Fantasy
in the lists of 1,503 viewers of the class (55.1%) · Shikimori 8.43
TV series · 2020 · Shounen, Action, Supernatural
in the lists of 1,501 viewers of the class (55%) · Shikimori 8.50
TV series · 2014 · Seinen, Action, Fantasy
in the lists of 1,510 viewers of the class (55.3%) · Shikimori 7.79
TV series · 2011 · Shounen, Action, Supernatural
in the lists of 1,190 viewers of the class (43.6%) · Shikimori 7.38
TV series · 2018 · Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
in the lists of 1,170 viewers of the class (42.9%) · Shikimori 7.20
TV series · 2018 · Seinen, Action, Fantasy
in the lists of 690 viewers of the class (25.3%) · Shikimori 6.47
TV series · 2015 · Seinen, Action, Fantasy
in the lists of 1,015 viewers of the class (37.2%) · Shikimori 7.03
TV series · 2021 · Shounen, Mystery, Suspense
in the lists of 633 viewers of the class (23.2%) · Shikimori 5.24
TV series · 2017 · Shounen, Action, Adventure
in the lists of 336 viewers of the class (12.3%) · Shikimori 5.97
The card is built from the ratings of all 2,729 viewers of the class — each class has its own recipe highlighting its signature. Music videos and 18+ are excluded. The collection recalculates as the base grows.
When someone with a calibrated ten-point system gives a 9–10, it's not an emotion — it's a measurement. Here is the top of the Calibrators' scale.
Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch R2
TV series · 2008 · Drama, Sci-Fi, Award Winning
in the lists of 814 viewers of the class (29.8%) · Shikimori 8.92
Howl no Ugoku Shiro
movie · 2004 · Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
in the lists of 1,069 viewers of the class (39.2%) · Shikimori 8.67
Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi
movie · 2001 · Adventure, Fantasy, Award Winning
in the lists of 1,198 viewers of the class (43.9%) · Shikimori 8.77
TV series · 2009 · Shounen, Action, Adventure
in the lists of 880 viewers of the class (32.2%) · Shikimori 9.11
Kusuriya no Hitorigoto
TV series · 2023 · Drama, Mystery, Historical
in the lists of 946 viewers of the class (34.7%) · Shikimori 8.85
Hunter x Hunter (2011)
TV series · 2011 · Shounen, Action, Adventure
in the lists of 886 viewers of the class (32.5%) · Shikimori 9.03
TV series · 2019 · Seinen, Action, Adventure
in the lists of 970 viewers of the class (35.5%) · Shikimori 8.78
TV series · 1999 · Shounen, Comedy, Delinquents
in the lists of 672 viewers of the class (24.6%) · Shikimori 8.68
Shingeki no Kyojin Season 3 Part 2
TV series · 2019 · Shounen, Action, Drama
in the lists of 1,033 viewers of the class (37.9%) · Shikimori 9.05
TV series · 2011 · Drama, Sci-Fi, Suspense
in the lists of 1,148 viewers of the class (42.1%) · Shikimori 9.07
How the collection is built: we take the ratings of all 2,729 viewers of the class and compute each title's in-class mean score and audience size. The top features titles the class both watches en masse AND rates highly (a weighted rating that cuts off stray single votes). Music videos and 18+ are excluded. The collection recalculates as the base grows.
Shikimori profiles whose ratings match the class portrait the closest. The percentage shows how much the class dominates their taste spectrum.
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