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Happy April Fools!
Thanks to everyone who forgot what time of year it was and got fooled by our prank~ We hope it made you laugh once you figured it out.

If you are curious about what all the texts were, they're written here: MaiBot Chat Route




We have spent many a sleepless night preparing this great new addition to the site.

Welcome to our very own, intelligent bot who is here to recommend you great anime!

Give it a try, today~


Please Note: Mai will stop bouncing after you interact with it once!
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Mar 31, 5:07 PM
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Alright that was a good one, you got me
Mar 31, 5:09 PM
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Am I allowed to post the Futurama "tell it to eff off" meme?
Mar 31, 5:09 PM
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I was bewildered that One Piece was recommended after I chose a sports anime, but then figured out what was happening.
Mar 31, 5:11 PM
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Ahahaha, this is brilliant! 😆 I thought something was broken and then I realised XD
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旅立ちの日がきてもそれはきっと別れの日ではないのだから
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Mar 31, 5:11 PM
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I mean yeah, I also consider One Piece to be horror so I see nothing wrong here.
shingi bangi bang bang bangi
Mar 31, 5:12 PM
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I thought it was an April Fools' joke.

Mar 31, 5:13 PM
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I thought it was an April Fools' joke.
@Absurdo_N It is.
Mar 31, 5:13 PM
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Love it, a great new feature indeed
Mar 31, 5:14 PM

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@Absurdo_N It is.
@Catexia

Oh my, thanks.

Mar 31, 5:14 PM

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ok this is hilarious
Mar 31, 5:15 PM

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Reply to Absurdo_N
I thought it was an April Fools' joke.
Absurdo_N said:
I thought it was an April Fools' joke.

It still can be.


Mar 31, 5:15 PM
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Cmon i thought it would be seriously good bruh why this now😭
Mar 31, 5:16 PM

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I didn't know One Piece was the best horror anime.

Mar 31, 5:18 PM

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ok i see now. it is a joke. i was wondering why it was NON FUNCTIONAL
Mar 31, 5:21 PM

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yesss the day has come again, when people get genuinely confused by MAL's pranks because somehow they're still surprised April Fools falls on April 1st
Hello can you please watch Kitaku-bu Katsudou Kiroku

Mar 31, 5:21 PM

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This is just a joke... right? For me you're still a day early for April Fools so I wanna make sure.
Mar 31, 5:22 PM
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Lmaoooo Cowboy Bebop is my favorite Gundam
"Be excellent to each other, and party on, dudes!" - Bill & Ted´s Excellent Adventure

Check my introduction to Char´s Counterattack interest stack if you´re interested in watching UC Gundam. Also check my Legend of the Galactic Heroes OVA Chronological Watch Order for LoGH info!
Mar 31, 5:22 PM

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April fool's jokes aside, I think it would be a good idea to integrate AI on MAL for actual recommendations or something else
I know your PTW list is bigger than your completed list.
Mar 31, 5:24 PM

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April fool's jokes aside, I think it would be a good idea to integrate AI on MAL for actual recommendations or something else
@Eternal-Destiny No. The resources that AI requires to run are growing at an exponential rate and harming the environment at an even-more-exponential rate.
Mar 31, 5:24 PM
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You know, I've already dropped One Piece but the AI raises a good point, it could be set in Space by the time it's done. Maybe I should give it another shot
Mar 31, 5:25 PM

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Lmaoooo Cowboy Bebop is my favorite Gundam
@Galletita I answered that too lolol
Mar 31, 5:25 PM
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Fun feature! I was recommended the anime Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, which looks really cool, but I cannot seems to find it in the database. Can someone please add it? Thanks!
Mar 31, 5:25 PM

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This is just a joke... right? For me you're still a day early for April Fools so I wanna make sure.
@coreynj

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Mar 31, 5:27 PM

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@Eternal-Destiny No. The resources that AI requires to run are growing at an exponential rate and harming the environment at an even-more-exponential rate.
@coreynj I know that, but at some point it will definitely need to evolve into something more sustainable, like how we went from the round yellow lightbulb to the one with the white tubes
I know your PTW list is bigger than your completed list.
Mar 31, 5:30 PM
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Is my romance anime One Piece?
NANI?
Mar 31, 5:30 PM

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Is my romance anime One Piece?
NANI?
@1000-MAT well as the good doggo says, love is all about shipping and there are plenty of ships in One Piece
Hello can you please watch Kitaku-bu Katsudou Kiroku

Mar 31, 5:32 PM

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@coreynj I know that, but at some point it will definitely need to evolve into something more sustainable, like how we went from the round yellow lightbulb to the one with the white tubes
@Eternal-Destiny One can hope but I doubt we'll achieve that evolution before it's too late.
Mar 31, 5:33 PM

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@Eternal-Destiny One can hope but I doubt we'll achieve that evolution before it's too late.
@coreynj hmmm so we're either just doomed or doomed but with good anime recommendation AI?
Hello can you please watch Kitaku-bu Katsudou Kiroku

Mar 31, 5:44 PM
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HAHAHAHAH. I have been FOOLED.




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Mar 31, 5:49 PM

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JKDFJSD this was very funny, you outdid yourselves this year xD
Mar 31, 5:52 PM

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This is really great, gave me a good laugh
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Mar 31, 6:00 PM
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from a user's perspective, i don't get it. after the thing asking me which of like 4 gundam series i liked best--none of which were the ones i really like--it talked to me about snacks (?)
and it recommended i watch one piece of all things. i can imagine pros to it from MAL's business perspective--to maybe harvest some data and push me to watch the shows that MAL's partners want me to watch--but i ultimately feel a little irritated as a loyal user of the site.

why couldn't this time and effort be used on something people will actually use--some overdue improvements to MAL's advanced search functionality, or improvements to the interest stacks feature (why can i only have 50 entries in a list?? and then there are the problems with sharing hentai lists)

smh
Mar 31, 6:09 PM

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I love how you spend time and resources for a joke yet you won't use any of that for actual good improvements
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@Eternal-Destiny No. The resources that AI requires to run are growing at an exponential rate and harming the environment at an even-more-exponential rate.
@coreynj Yes!!!!!!!! I'm glad someone said it! <3
As a wise man once said, "No one hates anime more than anime fans"


Mar 31, 6:12 PM

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Nothing better than an anime recommendation chatbot who has only seen one anime.
Mar 31, 6:12 PM

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@coreynj hmmm so we're either just doomed or doomed but with good anime recommendation AI?
@Kikugi or you could just look on reddit, other websites, or on people's profiles lol
As a wise man once said, "No one hates anime more than anime fans"


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I can't believe I got got by this...
If I had a nickel for every anime that began airing on October 9th 2022 that started with a B and ended in "ock", I would have two nickels.
That's not a lot, but it's funny that it happened twice.

Mar 31, 6:23 PM
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Haha nice one
Mar 31, 6:31 PM
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Thanks for the recommendation! I was looking for a good romance <3

Mar 31, 6:32 PM

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Wow, this is amazing. The best April Fools they've ever done O_O
Mar 31, 6:45 PM

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I always fall for April fool jokes im such an innocent... we have chatbots on my company website and I was in a project that just happened to mention updating one of them today... so naturally I thought to test it out
But when after I just thought to ask it to show me "Space" anime and it recommended One Piece I thought, wait a minute...
Mar 31, 6:50 PM
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Lmaoooo Cowboy Bebop is my favorite Gundam
@Galletita Got the same thing. And then it asked me what I would tell Shinji, so naturally I replied "GET IN THE ROBOT SHINJI", to which it agreed, finally recommending One Piece because "By the time it finishes, humanity will reach Mars".

Definitely had fun with that :D
Mar 31, 6:54 PM

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Well, I hope it does more than just chatting.

Imagine if MAL implemented an A.I. in place of human moderators.
Mar 31, 6:54 PM

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Awe, this is so cute.

I appreciate we got free text entry here:





Another hero? Oh, please!
You're a god-damn philistine.

Mar 31, 6:55 PM

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it's only been April 1st for an hour and I've already been pranked \(T0T)/
Mar 31, 6:57 PM

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Good joke. All roads lead to one piece 🤣
Mar 31, 6:59 PM

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wait, all the Malbot recommends is One Piece? Was hoping there was gonna be more unique results, still funny though.
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Mar 31, 7:10 PM

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thanks I hate it

Mar 31, 7:18 PM

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Can't believe that I fell for it AGAIN this year

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