# AnimeOshi Docs

## Docs

- [Welcome](https://docs.animeoshi.com/readme.md): Your guide to how AnimeOshi works: the OshiMeter, rating episodes, tracking your watch, earning rewards, and turning it all into a diary.
- [What is AnimeOshi](https://docs.animeoshi.com/about-animeoshi/what-is-animeoshi.md): AnimeOshi is an anime diary where fans log their watch journey episode by episode. Per-episode ratings, reviews, and community grow out of that diary, so viewers know exactly what is worth watching.
- [Who is Behind AnimeOshi](https://docs.animeoshi.com/about-animeoshi/who-is-behind-animeoshi.md): AnimeOshi is built and maintained by Kasagi Labo, a team of anime fans building the anime diary they always wished they had. A place to log what you watch episode by episode.
- [Glossary](https://docs.animeoshi.com/about-animeoshi/glossary.md): A single-source reference for every proper noun used across AnimeOshi, with one canonical definition per term.
- [Official Links](https://docs.animeoshi.com/about-animeoshi/official-links.md): Official AnimeOshi websites, social media accounts, and contact information. Verify links before engaging.
- [What is the OshiMeter?](https://docs.animeoshi.com/core-concepts/oshimeter.md): The OshiMeter is AnimeOshi's per-episode rating score, aggregated from individual fan ratings and shown on every episode page.
- [The "Watch If" / "Skip If" Framework](https://docs.animeoshi.com/core-concepts/watch-if-skip-if.md): Watch If / Skip If is a short framework on AnimeOshi series pages that states the conditions under which series is worth watching or safe to skip.
- [How to Rate Episodes](https://docs.animeoshi.com/how-rating-works/how-to-rate-episodes.md): Rating an episode on AnimeOshi means giving it a score out of 5 stars (and optionally scoring the five Rating Attributes) from the episode page, which feeds that episode's OshiMeter.
- [Rating Attributes](https://docs.animeoshi.com/how-rating-works/rating-attributes.md): Rating Attributes are the five dimensions a fan can score per episode on AnimeOshi, such as Soundtrack, Visual, Emotion, Writing, and Impact, and its shown as a five-axis radar on the episode page.
- [How Rating-Verification Works](https://docs.animeoshi.com/how-rating-works/captcha-verification.md): AnimeOshi's rating verification is a Proof-of-Watch quiz. An episode-specific question that confirms you actually watched the episode before your rating is marked Verified.
- [How Anime Ranking Works](https://docs.animeoshi.com/how-rating-works/anime-ranking.md): AnimeOshi surfaces ranked anime across several curated lists:  Top All-Time, Top 2026, Editor's Pick, and per-genre, per-studio, and per-season top picks, built on its per-episode OshiMeter signal.
- [Episode Reviews vs. Anime Reviews vs. Discussion](https://docs.animeoshi.com/how-rating-works/episode-reviews-vs-anime-reviews-vs-discussion.md): AnimeOshi separates several kinds of written contribution: Episode Review, Series Review (Anime Review), and Discussion. Only the numeric episode rating affects the OshiMeter.
- [What is the Oshi Diary?](https://docs.animeoshi.com/tools-and-tracking/oshi-diary.md): The Oshi Diary is a user's personal calendar of episodes watched and rated on AnimeOshi. Monthly personality cards are coming soon.
- [Releases & Schedules](https://docs.animeoshi.com/tools-and-tracking/releases-and-schedules.md): Releases & Schedules is where AnimeOshi shows today's airing anime with countdown timers, a calendar view, and the full slate of anime airing this season with OshiMeter scores.
- [Watchlist Status](https://docs.animeoshi.com/tools-and-tracking/watchlist-status.md): A Watchlist Status is the state assigned to an anime on a user's AnimeOshi Watchlist: Want to Watch, Currently Watching, or Completed.
- [Oshi Points & Leaderboard](https://docs.animeoshi.com/community-and-rewards/oshi-points-and-leaderboard.md): Oshi Points are AnimeOshi's reward points, earned for rating episodes and participating in the community, and the Leaderboard ranks users by the points they have earned.
- [Genre Badges](https://docs.animeoshi.com/community-and-rewards/genre-badges.md): Genre Badges are achievements awarded to AnimeOshi users for activity within a given genre, displayed on the profile and progressing through tiers; the system is still being built out.
- [Following & Friends (Referral)](https://docs.animeoshi.com/community-and-rewards/following-and-friends.md): Following is a one-way subscription to another AnimeOshi user's public activity, Friends is mutual Following with no accept step, and the Referral Code attributes new sign-ups back to the user who sha