Critics & hardliners

Perfectionist

«A ten means perfection. And perfection doesn't exist.»

refuses to give a tenthe ceiling is an eightperfection doesn't exist

Rarity

0.74%

668 of 90,492 profiles

Class mean score

7.12

across all ratings by the class's viewers

Ratings per list

~152

on average per viewer of the class

Who Perfectionist is

The Perfectionist has one iron principle: a ten means the ideal, and the ideal doesn't exist. So the top score either never appears in his profile or sits on one or two titles chosen back in his youth and untouchable ever since. His real ceiling is an eight, and it means exactly what a ten means to everyone else.

From the outside it looks like stinginess, but the numbers tell another story: his mean isn't that low and the distribution is tidy — only the top edge of the scale is cut off. That's precisely the gesture the algorithm catches: the systematic gap between «very good» and «perfect» that the Perfectionist always leaves, even when a title genuinely shook him.

That gap holds his whole philosophy: «could be better» isn't a complaint for him, it's a way of respecting the medium. If the ideal were reachable, why keep watching? So his nine is an event on the order of an eclipse, and the list of titles that carry one is a ready-made golden fund without a single accidental entry.

saves the top mark for the unreachable · above eight almost never

Characters with the same temperament

If anime characters kept rating lists, these would score titles in the spirit of «Perfectionist».

Kyoya Ootori · Ouran Host Club

Neji Hyuga · Naruto

Itachi Uchiha · Naruto

Anime for Perfectionist

The Perfectionist's ceiling is an eight. Here's what hit it — and what came closest to an ideal that doesn't exist.

Hit the ceiling

This class's most widespread eights.

171an eight
Chainsaw Man
TV series · 2022 · Shounen, Action, Fantasy
in the lists of 355 viewers of the class (53.1%) · Shikimori 8.43
171an eight
132eights
Jujutsu Kaisen
TV series · 2020 · Shounen, Action, Supernatural
in the lists of 317 viewers of the class (47.5%) · Shikimori 8.50
132eights
131an eight
One Punch Man
TV series · 2015 · Seinen, Action, Comedy
in the lists of 301 viewers of the class (45.1%) · Shikimori 8.48
131an eight
125eights
Shingeki no Kyojin
TV series · 2013 · Shounen, Action, Drama
in the lists of 310 viewers of the class (46.4%) · Shikimori 8.57
125eights
116eights
Spy x Family
TV series · 2022 · Shounen, Action, Comedy
in the lists of 262 viewers of the class (39.2%) · Shikimori 8.42
116eights
115eights
Kimetsu no Yaiba
TV series · 2019 · Shounen, Action, Supernatural
in the lists of 315 viewers of the class (47.2%) · Shikimori 8.41
115eights
114eights
Shingeki no Kyojin Season 2
TV series · 2017 · Shounen, Action, Drama
in the lists of 242 viewers of the class (36.2%) · Shikimori 8.54
114eights

Almost perfection

The rarest 9+ — this class lets nothing closer to the ideal.

147scores of 9+
Death Note
TV series · 2006 · Shounen, Supernatural, Suspense
in the lists of 364 viewers of the class (54.5%) · Shikimori 8.62
147scores of 9+
146scores of 9+
Steins;Gate
TV series · 2011 · Drama, Sci-Fi, Suspense
in the lists of 245 viewers of the class (36.7%) · Shikimori 9.07
146scores of 9+
139scores of 9+
Sousou no Frieren
TV series · 2023 · Shounen, Adventure, Drama
in the lists of 270 viewers of the class (40.4%) · Shikimori 9.27
139scores of 9+

The card is built from the ratings of all 668 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.

The Perfectionist saves the ten for the unattainable, so look at his eights and nines — these are the titles that came closest to the ideal.

8,51class score
Steins;Gate
TV series · 2011 · Drama, Sci-Fi, Suspense
in the lists of 245 viewers of the class (36.7%) · Shikimori 9.07
8,51class score
8,39class score
Spirited Away
Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi
movie · 2001 · Adventure, Fantasy, Award Winning
in the lists of 246 viewers of the class (36.8%) · Shikimori 8.77
8,39class score
8,50class score
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
TV series · 2009 · Shounen, Action, Adventure
in the lists of 163 viewers of the class (24.4%) · Shikimori 9.11
8,50class score
8,46class score
Hunter x Hunter
Hunter x Hunter (2011)
TV series · 2011 · Shounen, Action, Adventure
in the lists of 176 viewers of the class (26.3%) · Shikimori 9.03
8,46class score
8,58class score
Great Teacher Onizuka
TV series · 1999 · Shounen, Comedy, Delinquents
in the lists of 132 viewers of the class (19.8%) · Shikimori 8.68
8,58class score
8,36class score
Vinland Saga
TV series · 2019 · Seinen, Action, Adventure
in the lists of 228 viewers of the class (34.1%) · Shikimori 8.78
8,36class score
8,32class score
Attack on Titan Season 3 Part 2
Shingeki no Kyojin Season 3 Part 2
TV series · 2019 · Shounen, Action, Drama
in the lists of 213 viewers of the class (31.9%) · Shikimori 9.05
8,32class score
8,31class score
Howl's Moving Castle
Howl no Ugoku Shiro
movie · 2004 · Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
in the lists of 206 viewers of the class (30.8%) · Shikimori 8.67
8,31class score
8,36class score
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2
Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch R2
TV series · 2008 · Drama, Sci-Fi, Award Winning
in the lists of 176 viewers of the class (26.3%) · Shikimori 8.92
8,36class score
8,23class score
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
Sousou no Frieren
TV series · 2023 · Shounen, Adventure, Drama
in the lists of 270 viewers of the class (40.4%) · Shikimori 9.27
8,23class score

How the collection is built: we take the ratings of all 668 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.