

In anime, i always seen some item rarity that classified like

  * S (super)
  * SS (super super (?) ) maybe... i dont know

and many alphabetic words. Why did they add like "S" for super on the
classified of rarity item like that ? Why they dont use like "A+","A-","B+"
just like score result of an exam ? What is the story behind it ? What's the
first anime/literature that used this kind of method ?

Ex. [Classified Greed island Card Rarity in Hunter x
Hunter](http://hunterxhunter.wikia.com/wiki/Greed_Island_Card_Lists#List_of_the_40_Spell_Cards)


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What's the meaning behind the rarity item's classified in Anime/manga?


It not generally used in reallife. It is originally come from Japanese
Animation & Games, is generally come from games. In real life school ranking
mark only A, B, C is credit marks, this will feel not enough for high ranking.
In Games, is freely to input A+, A-, B+, B- rank system, but games generally
put on SSS, SS, S, A, B, C, D, E, F, make players feel more happy on their
result.

It means Super or Superior or alike surprise. Superlative classification.
Super x3, Super x2, is weird to put Sx2, Sx3, so it is SSS, SS.

Some of games you can see R, SR, SSR, UR. R is meaning "Rare", mostly in card
games. That means you get a rare card. SR is Super Rare. SSR is Specially
Super Rare sometimes. UR is Ultimate Rare.

[Rare[R]Super Rare[SR] Card Sample](http://www.dbs-
cardgame.com/cardlist/?search=true&category=428001&rarity=Super%20Rare\[SR\])
, [Ultimate Rare[UR] Card
sample](http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_Ultimate_Rare_cards)

**Edit**

I remember I learned about this game s-ranking system, but I don't remember
who is the author of making this system, sorry. I remember have origin author
who make this s-rank, but not remember the name, this is minor title in
history. Such as statement "The atom bomb S-Ranked Hiroshima" from Urban
Dictionary: S-Rank. And, SS-Rank is by The early rank system of 1926, insignia
of the Schutzstaffel. Early military.

Information is here: [Giant Bomb:
S-Rank](https://www.giantbomb.com/s-rank/3015-2962/),
[S-Rank_Japanese](https://www.reddit.com/r/truegaming/comments/6cav1j/s_rank_origin_in_japanese/)


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R = "rare", aka D-f  
SR = "super rare", aka C  
SSR = "super,super rare", aka B  
UR = "ultimate rare", aka A  
TUR = "transcended UR", aka A+  
LR = "limited rare", aka A++


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