As an anime reviewer I kind of expect that people will disagree with my opinion from time to time. I also get, that even when I love an anime to pieces, I'm still going to offer a critique of it (if I can) because otherwise I'm not reviewing so much as gushing over it. What I think is fairly important for people to realise is that critiquing is not hating.
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