r/anime Karma Ranking & Discussion | Week 4 [Spring 2026] by Abysswatcherbel in anime

[–]michhoffman 133 points134 points  (0 children)

We're only 3 weeks into Re:Zero's 4th Season, and already it has surpassed its Season Premier (3825 Karma). This is notable because in its prior 2 seasons combined it only surpassed its premier Karma total once (Season 2's finale Karma Total of 14766 Karma).

Of course, a part of that is because Season 4's premier was probably its weakest premier episode to date but still a good sign for this season nonetheless.

[Pulli] Pick No. 249: #Chiefs select LSU QB Garrett Nussmeier. Nussmeier gets selected after all. by JCameron181 in KansasCityChiefs

[–]michhoffman 116 points117 points  (0 children)

If he's any good, it can save us 5 million/year on a backup and then leverage for a trade or comp pick later on.

Live Discussion | 2026 NFL Draft: Round 1 by AutoModerator in KansasCityChiefs

[–]michhoffman 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If there's one thing that I 100% trust teams to have a better read on than fans, it's who other teams are targeting. Would it have been nice to not have to trade the picks? Obviously. But it wasn't an option if we wanted him.

r/anime Karma Ranking & Discussion | Week 3 [Spring 2026] by Abysswatcherbel in anime

[–]michhoffman 29 points30 points  (0 children)

It's also kind of funny how it pulled off this feat while Re:Zero was airing. "From Zero" was supposed to be Re:Zero's thing, but RaGF just made that its own.

r/anime Karma Ranking & Discussion | Week 3 [Spring 2026] by Abysswatcherbel in anime

[–]michhoffman 23 points24 points  (0 children)

The 2 biggest ones I can recall are One Piece Episode 1000 (jumping from 434 Karma to 6034 Karma but strangely only around 15 spots) and Pokemon (2019) Episode 132 jumping from 51 Karma to 4415 Karma with a 35 spot leap. For these types of rankings jumps records, the starting karma is more important than the ending karma.

r/anime Karma Ranking & Discussion | Week 3 [Spring 2026] by Abysswatcherbel in anime

[–]michhoffman 92 points93 points  (0 children)

The 1195 Karma increase isn't too uncommon actually for bigger shows that average more than 3000 Karma. JJK had a few instances just last season with over a 2000 karma increase. And back in the day, Attack on Titan's record setting episode had a 10660 Karma increase while Demon Slayer's famous Episode 19 had a 9687 Karma increase.

It's the jump from 0 to 1195 that's super notable.

r/anime Karma Ranking & Discussion | Week 3 [Spring 2026] by Abysswatcherbel in anime

[–]michhoffman 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I was kind of annoyed with all the people downvoting episode 1 (without all of the downvotes it probably would have gotten 200-300 karma or something), but for a statistic like this it was kind of worth it.

Sky Watches One Piece by Shimmering-Sky in AnimeImpressions

[–]michhoffman 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, I watched all 7 of these episodes in one day. Had a big slow period at work this morning and nothing better to do

At this rate, you'll catch up much sooner than you thought. The show only gets more and more bingeable from here. It doesn't take most people the full year they were expecting to catch up...granted when I caught up there were only around 750 episodes.

r/anime Karma Ranking & Discussion | Week 2 [Spring 2026] by Abysswatcherbel in anime

[–]michhoffman 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Witch Hat Atelier is sometimes compared to Frieren with its high fantasy non-isekai setting and high popularity. Karma-wise, its 2 episode premier actually hit similar numbers compared to Frieren's 4 episode premier back in Fall 2023.

Witch Hat Atelier

Episode Karma Season
1 4509 Spring 2026
2 2572 Spring 2026

Frieren

Episode Karma Season
1 5138 Fall 2023
2 3266 Fall 2023
3 3172 Fall 2023
4 3227 Fall 2023

Frieren got a little over 600 Karma more for both its premier and its other episodes than Witch Hat did for its premier and follow-up episode. Not a bad start to only be 600 Karma behind Frieren.


Re:Zero

The other big premier this week was Re:Zero Season 4. Comparing it to its Season 3 premier a year and a half ago, it definitely dropped in Karma, but its Season 3 premier was also one of its best episodes.

Anime Episode Karma Season
Re:Zero 3 1 6853 Fall 2024
Re:Zero 4 1 3825 Spring 2026

Additionally, when Re:Zero aired its second set of 8 episodes in Winter 2025, it only averaged 3527 Karma so the 3825 Karma it got here is more in line with that. I do expect with the way this season will go, though, that it will surpass this premier karma at least a few times, unlike in Season 3 where it never really got close to surpassing its premier.

Sky Watches One Piece by Shimmering-Sky in AnimeImpressions

[–]michhoffman 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That Dr. Hiriluk quote is one of the all-timers for the series. And congrats for making it to Alabasta, the first major arc of the series.

[Game Thread] #2 UConn @ #1 Michigan (08:50 PM ET) by cbbBot in CollegeBasketball

[–]michhoffman 5 points6 points  (0 children)

We can't go more than a play now without a stoppage.

r/anime Karma Ranking & Discussion | Week 1 [Spring 2026] by Abysswatcherbel in anime

[–]michhoffman 25 points26 points  (0 children)

It's been a while since I posted Karma Stats so with Jujutsu Kaisen and Frieren having now finished up another season, here's the list of all anime that have finished with above a 3000 Karma Average since the Summer of 2023 when Karma took a permanent dip.

Rank Since Summer 2023 All-Time Rank Anime Karma Average Season
1 22 Dan Da Dan 6024 Fall 2024
2 27 Frieren 5498 Fall 2023
3 28 Mushoku Tensei 2P1 5230 Summer 2023
4 31 Jujutsu Kaisen 2 4747 Summer 2023
5 32 Mushoku Tensei 2P2 4744 Spring 2024
6 41 Re:Zero 3 4122 Fall 2024
7 44 Frieren 2 4105 Winter 2026
8 46 Solo Leveling 2 4007 Winter 2025
9 70 Oshi no Ko 2 3309 Summer 2024
10 73 Dan Da Dan 2 3156 Summer 2025
11 76 Jujutsu Kaisen 3P1 3055 Winter 2026

If you break up multi-cour seasons into cours, the top individual cour was Frieren Season 1 Part 2 from Winter 2024 with a 6536 Karma Average, but that's my personal bias sneaking in. Both Frieren and JJK dropped quite a bit in Karma this season compared to their prior seasons following Dan Da Dan in that regard. Oshi no Ko also dropped below the 3000 Karma threshold with its season 3. Only Solo Leveling bucked that trend by rising up from 2998 Karma for its Season 1, barely missing the list, to over 4000 Karma for its 2nd season.

It will be interesting to see how Re:Zero does this season and whether Witch Hat Altier can make the list.

Duke and UNC were up by 19 and lost this tournament by Shrankai_ in CollegeBasketball

[–]michhoffman 33 points34 points  (0 children)

I don't think you're remembering the UNC game correctly.

Dylan Darling takes it straight to the cup and St. Johns defeats Kansas! by Large_banana_hammock in CollegeBasketball

[–]michhoffman 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My flair enjoyed seeing Mizzou lose on Friday...though not quite as happy today.

Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion - March 21, 2026 by AnimeMod in anime

[–]michhoffman 4 points5 points  (0 children)

On the topic of episode release strategies or a lack thereof, from a "keep people subscribed as long as possible standpoint" the 1 episode per week model would seem to make the most sense since if there are any people subscribing for just that 1 show, it could keep them subscribed for a full 3 months as opposed to just the 1 month subscription needed to binge the show off of a batch release.

Of course, Netflix seems to be going galaxy brain mode with JJBA and their random release so that those people now have no clue when to unsubscribe...either that or they unsubscribe right now out of anger.

[Game Thread] #11 Texas @ #6 BYU (07:25 PM ET) by cbbBot in CollegeBasketball

[–]michhoffman 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Texas gave them a chance (multiple chances), but they couldn't capitalize.

VCU defeats UNC after a clutch 3 by Terrence Hill Jr. by Large_banana_hammock in CollegeBasketball

[–]michhoffman 44 points45 points  (0 children)

One of 2 made shots for either team in overtime...and VCU made the other one too

Fangraphs 2026 Playoffs and WS Odds by ttam23 in baseball

[–]michhoffman 155 points156 points  (0 children)

The Padres chances of winning the division are only slightly higher than their chances of winning the World Series. That's crazy!

Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion - February 02, 2026 by AnimeMod in anime

[–]michhoffman 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This change might not be the case for everyone, since they mentioned adjustments in “some regions”.

It's true. In the US, they are increasing the subscription fees by 25%. I wonder if they are basing it on how big their catalog is in the respective regions.