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Sign Up for AniDojo

1. Navigate to the AniDojo homepage
2. Click “Create Account” button on the landing page
3. Enter your email address and create a secure password
4. Click “Sign Up” to create your account

• A profile is automatically created in the database (via the handle_new_user() trigger)
• Your user ID is stored in the profiles table
• You’re redirected to the dashboard

-- Automatically creates profile on signup
CREATE TRIGGER on_auth_user_created
  AFTER INSERT ON auth.users
  FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE FUNCTION handle_new_user();

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Welcome to Your Dashboard

• Recommended Anime: AI-powered recommendations based on your taste
• Trending This Week: Popular anime in the community
• Current Season: Ongoing seasonal anime
• Community Reviews: Latest reviews from other users

• Home (Dashboard)
• Search
• AI Recommender
• My Lists
• My Reviews
• Upcoming
• Profile
• Settings

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Find Your Favorite Anime

• Click the search bar in the top navigation
• Type the anime title (e.g., “Attack on Titan”)
• Select from the dropdown results

• Navigate to Search in the sidebar
• Browse through top-rated anime from MyAnimeList
• Use pagination to explore more titles

• Click AI Recommender in the sidebar
• Answer questions about your preferences
• Get personalized anime suggestions

// AniDojo searches the Jikan API
const results = await searchAnime('demon slayer', 1, 20);

// Returns MyAnimeList data
{
  data: [
    {
      mal_id: 38000,
      title: "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba",
      title_english: "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba",
      images: { jpg: { large_image_url: "..." } },
      score: 8.52,
      genres: [{ name: "Action" }, { name: "Adventure" }]
    }
  ]
}

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Create Your First Entry

1. Click on the anime card to view details at /anime/[id]
2. Click “Add to List” button
3. Fill in the entry details:
   • Status: Watching, Completed, Plan to Watch, On Hold, or Dropped
   • Episodes Watched: Track your progress (e.g., 5/12)
   • Your Rating: Rate from 1-10 (optional)
   • Notes: Add personal notes (optional)
   • Tags: Add custom tags (optional)
   • Mark as Favorite: Star your favorites
4. Click “Save” to add to your list

// Database structure for your anime list
{
  id: "uuid",
  user_id: "your-user-id",
  anime_id: 38000,
  title: "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba",
  status: "watching",
  episodes_watched: 5,
  score: 9,
  favorite: true,
  tags: ["action", "must-watch"],
  notes: "Amazing animation quality!",
  created_at: "2024-03-15T10:30:00Z"
}

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View and Organize Your Anime

• Cards View: Visual grid with cover art
• Table View: Detailed spreadsheet-style view
• Compact View: Dense list for quick scanning

• All anime
• Watching (currently in progress)
• Completed (finished series)
• On Hold (paused)
• Dropped (discontinued)
• Plan to Watch (backlog)

• Title (A-Z or Z-A)
• Score (High to Low or Low to High)
• Date Added
• Last Updated
• Progress (% completed)

• Quick Edit: Update status, episodes, or rating
• Increment Episode: Mark next episode as watched (for ongoing series)
• View Details: Go to anime details page
• Delete Entry: Remove from your list

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Share Your Thoughts

1. Go to the anime details page (/anime/[id])
2. Click “Write Review” button
3. Fill in the review form: Multi-Dimensional Ratings:
   • Overall Rating (1-10)
   • Story Rating (1-10)
   • Animation Rating (1-10)
   • Sound Rating (1-10)
   • Character Rating (1-10)
   • Enjoyment Rating (1-10)
   Review Content:
   • Title: Catchy review headline
   • Body: Detailed review text
   • Pros: What you liked
   • Cons: What could be improved
   • Spoilers: Toggle if review contains spoilers
   • Watch Status: Completed, Watching, Dropped, or Plan to Watch
   • Recommendation: Highly Recommend → Strongly Not Recommend
4. Choose “Save as Draft” or “Publish”

{
  id: "uuid",
  user_id: "your-user-id",
  anime_id: 38000,
  rating: 9,
  story_rating: 9,
  animation_rating: 10,
  sound_rating: 9,
  character_rating: 8,
  enjoyment_rating: 9,
  title: "A Visual Masterpiece",
  body: "Demon Slayer sets a new standard...",
  pros: "Stunning animation, great soundtrack",
  cons: "Story can be predictable at times",
  recommendation: "highly-recommend",
  status: "published",
  spoilers: false
}

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Make It Your Own

• Username: Change your display name
• Avatar: Upload a profile picture (stored in Supabase Storage avatars bucket)
• Bio: Add a personal bio

• Make lists public or private
• Control who can see your reviews