The Underrated Paradox Or Why Underrated Mangas Stay That Way Generally The type of people who usually read obscure titles are also the type of people that have already refined their scoring system to suit their tastes. Theyve read enough of the medium that they do not hesitate to give a manga a 4 or a 5. Moreover they also think twice whether to give something a score higher than a 7. This drags the mean score lower than it should which makes some people hesitate to check it out. The filtering system most often used in sites are sorted thru popularity or average score which puts these titles on the bottom of the list. So unless a person is searching for specific tags theyre usually not paid any attention. Niche titles escape this loop when it gets spread through word of mouth recommendations or the rare anime adaptation. Of course these are the exceptions and not the standard. So go ahead and try those mangas. Youll never know when youll find your next favorite