5-star rating.

Oh ratings.

I rarely give 5 stars whenever I get to rate something. I usually give a 2 whenever I find it something noteworthy, 3 if it’s something better than that and 4 if it’s something I really love.

But for me, the perfect 5 mark is really reserved for what I consider to be perfect. Something that never gets old no matter how much I keep on repeating it and with the backing of slight fanboyism (lol).

 

Well, anyway, here’s a list of my favorites, things that I’d rate with a full 5/5.

The 5-Star List (Favorites)

 

Japanese Otaku Culture

Visual Novels

• symphonic rain
• Key [Best VN Company]

Runner-ups : Ever17, TYPE-MOON games, When they cry series

 

Manga

• Onani Master Kurosawa 
   

 

Characters

• Ushiromiya Ange [VN] (Umineko no naku koro ni)
• Fujibayashi Kyou [VN] (CLANNAD)
• Reisen Udongein Inaba [Touhou] (Touhou)
• Shiina Mafuyu [Anime] (Seitokai no Ichizon)

 

Anime

• Bakemonogatari

 

Runner-ups: The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (S1), Seitokai no Ichizon, sola

 

Entertainment

Music

• Miracle-Hinacle – IOSYS [Most Played] (Touhou)
• Close Your Eyes – Ayane [Best VN ED] (G-Senjou no Maou)
• Rabbit of Happiness – COOL&CREATE (Touhou)
• Melody – Masumi Asano [2nd Best VN ED] (symphonic rain)
• Secret – Nakahara Mai [Best Insert Song] (symphonic rain)
• colorless wind – Yuuki Aira [Best Anime OP] (sola)
• staple stable – Saitou Chiwa (Bakemonogatari)
• Miageru Ano Sora de – Yuuki Aira [Best Anime Image Song] (sola)
• Alstroemeria Records / Minoshima Masayoshi [Favorite Doujin Band]
• Sennheiser [Favorite Audio Brand]
• iPod touch [Music Player]

 

Games

• Team Fortress 2 [Multiplayer]
• Fallout 2 [RPG]
• osu! [Rhythm]
• Prince of Persia (PC/PS2) series
• Donkey Kong Country (SNES) series
• VALVe [Best developer and publisher]

 

Runner-ups: The Witcher, Unreal Tournament 2004, Portal, Half-Life series, Left4Dead series, Tetris, Plants vs Zombies, S.T.A.L.K.E.R series, everything BioWare.

Computers and Technology

Websites

• 4chan.org – /jp/ [Otaku Culture]
• Digg [Aggregator]
• Ars Technica [Tech News]

Runner-ups: Engadget, Lifehacker, Kotaku, Gizmodo, Mashable, The Escapist, Cracked

 

Software

• foobar2000 [Media Player]
• StrokeIt [Most essential productivity tool]
• Dropbox [Best utility]
• Microsoft Security Essentials [Antivirus]

Runner-ups: Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera, Opera Mini, uTorrent, Steam, Pidgin IM, Windows 7, Ubuntu Linux, Picasa

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