Do you consider watching anime as
| > Do you consider watching anime as fun? Why or why not? - Of course I do. I wouldn't be wasting my time a year of my life with this if it wasn't fun lol. Anime helps me pass up the time while waiting for something/people. It also eases anxiety a little bit since it helps me forget a lot of shit going on irl. It could also make make workouts funner and livelier when I watch them for some reason. > Should watching anime be considered as fun? - It's a form of entertainment. Why wouldn't it be fun? What else could it be but fun? > Do you only watch shows that interest you? Doesn't that limit your options? -Nah I've tried mostly everything lol. I can't say I enjoyed everyone single thing that I've watched though. I've been watching 30+ airing anime per season for about 3 years now? I'm gonna bring that number down to 15 this year though since I'm on my 3rd year in uni and I'm about to get really busy. :/ > How do you deal with bad shows when you come across them? - I just gut through them tbh. I have a no drop policy set for now till I reach 1k completed anime. I know that I'll have to drop the bad ones eventually and have been tempted more than a few times the past few seasons cause a ton of shows were just a pain to watch. There are some funny cringy shows that despite being bad, is still pretty enjoyable cause it gets kinda hilarious in my eyes. *cough*Mayoiga*cough* |
| Anime isn't meant to be fun. Anime is serious business. Both a great responsibility and terrible burden to be borne by greasy faced otaku who watch it. |
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Gesu- said: Good for you fam. Or are you referencing that oh so obvious bait thread that I made back in may that about 500 people took seriously.. Good, all I'm saying is idu why anyone would keep watching something they aren't enjoying |
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| Well is it just me or when I was a noob anime viewer I had SOOO MUUUUUCH FUUUUN... But now I only have fun watching it ! |
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| Some anime I watch because people at school tell me too but I don't enjoy some (like them shitty magic academy light novel anime). Most anime I don't enjoy I drop, even if I'm more than half way through them or even in sequels. |
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| Well I just finished Narutaru that shit was not fun |
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| Yep, it's fun... Though, it's pretty rare, there are exceptions to the rule... like when I watch stuff that I've rated 1 to 3 or have dropped. |
| I watch anime mostly as my leisure time activity... of course, there's fun in that watching too, but some animes just can't be watched only for fun, some animes needs a deeper thought.. if an anime is boring for me, it probably has a reason, look for the reason, try to solve the problem, if you can't... well, some problems can't be solved, cause everyone understand anime differently and everyone watches it how they like (tho most ppl watch it objectively, only to rate it, not to enjoy the story and etc.)... Anime is fun to watch, but sometimes you need to think and try to understand the anime, even if it's for children.. some animes can help you understand your life, just like Yahari ore no Seishun Love Comedy helped me, I now understand that being a loner is completely fine, I was always sad that I'm a loner, yet it helped me. If you don't want to watch the anime, but you want to finish it.. atleast find all the hidden meanings in it then |
| You are completely missing the point of anime. |
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| No I consider watching anime (un)fun all the time. I usually call it fun when it's comedy anime tho. And if it's enjoyable. |
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TKotarou said: > How do you deal with bad shows when you come across them? - I just gut through them tbh. I have a no drop policy set for now till I reach 1k completed anime. I know that I'll have to drop the bad ones eventually and have been tempted more than a few times the past few seasons cause a ton of shows were just a pain to watch. There are some funny cringy shows that despite being bad, is still pretty enjoyable cause it gets kinda hilarious in my eyes. *cough*Mayoiga*cough* Why would you watch an anime if its a pain!? Anime is entertainment, you guys are completely missing the point here. If you are gonna do something boring and frustrating it might as well be useful! |
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| It's fun as long as I'm not watching something completely boring. I don't force myself to get through shows I have no interest in. |
| Most of the times, The anime I watch are fun. Just sometimes, when I wish to watch an absurdly bad show and laugh at it, that I go to watch something mediocre/bad. But whatever may happen, I refuse to drop a show. I will sit through the end. But for manga, I will absolutely not tolerate reading any shitty or bad manga that can be given a rating less than 6. I love reading books and get too engrossed in it that I loose track of my surroundings, and the fact that a below-par manga just wasted a couple of hours of my time is just unacceptable. |
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potatoeman said: Why would you watch an anime if its a pain!? Anime is entertainment, you guys are completely missing the point here. If you are gonna do something boring and frustrating it might as well be useful! Speaking for myself here, I haven't really considered any anime to be a pain or even frustrating. Sometimes I try and watch different anime, that are completely out of my element, to expand my horizons (options). I'm trying to build a diverse taste. Not all the time will you watch an anime that'll be at least above a 7+ (in your eyes). There's definitely gotta be a limit to watching anime that are only within your taste. Doesn't hurt to try something new, hey (well I guess it kinda does at first)? |
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| Watching anime is fun but personally assessing the goodness/badness of the show is fun as well. |
Gem said: potatoeman said: Why would you watch an anime if its a pain!? Anime is entertainment, you guys are completely missing the point here. If you are gonna do something boring and frustrating it might as well be useful! Speaking for myself here, I haven't really considered any anime to be a pain or even frustrating. Sometimes I try and watch different anime, that are completely out of my element, to expand my horizons (options). I'm trying to build a diverse taste. Not all the time will you watch an anime that'll be at least above a 7+ (in your eyes). There's definitely gotta be a limit to watching anime that are only within your taste. Doesn't hurt to try something new, hey (well I guess it kinda does at first)? I agree that finding new anime widens your horizons....but at some point there is always this one anime where either the characters acted too stupid, or the plot was completely undeveloped,or It had immense potential which got wasted, or It had absolutely nothing but fanservice. When something like that appears, I can't help but pull my hair in frustration at the things being shown to me. Eg. School Days was unique and certainly gave a new shade to the Now Overdone School genre, but does that make it good? No. Was it enjoyable? Yes. |
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| It's pretty hard to find an extremely enjoyable show, I think I always run into bad anime. Active Raid was a complete drag, not fun at all. It all depends on the show, Lucky Star was very fun to watch but Azumanga Daioh is kinda fun to watch, but a little bit slow. |
Gem said: potatoeman said: Why would you watch an anime if its a pain!? Anime is entertainment, you guys are completely missing the point here. If you are gonna do something boring and frustrating it might as well be useful! Speaking for myself here, I haven't really considered any anime to be a pain or even frustrating. Sometimes I try and watch different anime, that are completely out of my element, to expand my horizons (options). I'm trying to build a diverse taste. Not all the time will you watch an anime that'll be at least above a 7+ (in your eyes). There's definitely gotta be a limit to watching anime that are only within your taste. Doesn't hurt to try something new, hey (well I guess it kinda does at first)? Yes of course people should try new things, but a couple of episodes or more in if its boring or painful just stop, why keep going? The point of anime is to be fun, within your taste or not if you don't like it you should stop. Its baffling to me, but that's just my opinion. |
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| Watching anime is always fun. I don't drop anime because I always think that animes are fun to watch. I am just not so critical in judgement, easy to please, laugh at the corniest joke, easily sympathize with characters, forgiving with the plot, cry in even at the slightest of drama, curious at every twisted move, and always moved by nakama power. So, that contributes a lot. Even when I said that, I do have genres that I don't like, and I try to avoid them. |
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| there are some times where a show started good enough that i want to finish, but then itll have parts that are just hard to watch |
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KonaKoffee said: OOOHHHH I FORGOT TO ANSWER DA QUESTIONS. AAWW YEEAAA. > Do you consider watching anime as fun? Why or why not? Well ofc I do. Even when I watch a show I think it's bad I still consider it fun to watch something such as anime (unless the show is just fucking painful at a certain point). > Should watching anime be considered as fun? well it depends. There are film critics who watch movies and analyze them as part of their job, and many have to sit through a ton of movies they dislike in order to properly analyze them and get paid for it. So, imo, I think it's beneficial for your own mindset to separate things that you normally enjoy from things you consider stressful or too much effort. Analyzing things can be fun for most of us. But if it gets to the point of being painful, and you ain't even getting paid, then there is no need to deal with it anymore unless you really want to. Unlike most people, I don't get pissy if someone doesn't enjoy the anime they are watching... > Do you only watch shows that interest you? Doesn't that limit your options? No, and some asshole animu fans would argue that "of, well if you criticize it then you shouldn't have watched it or sat through it". lol but then they get mad when they see someone hasn't branched out to try new things and only have a one-dimensional perspective when it comes to the majority of anime series. Jesus... > How do you deal with bad shows when you come across them? depends what kind of bad, because I don't mind sitting through shows that are "bad". The only time it becomes hard for me to finish an anime is if it is. -too fucking cringey. -too fucking annoying. -and/or too fucking boring. ^^but this would be max level shit though haha. Because I won't drop a series just for being bad or appearing to be boring in the first few episodes, because things can pick up. Also, there is a reason why I use the whole rating scale, because not every "bad" anime is bad on an equal scale. Like, a 2 o 3 isn't 100% shit like a 1/10 would be, and a 4/10 is bad but it can still be enjoyable. Most film critics don't really analyze the films. Their reviews tend to be dull, mere opinion without much details. As a reviewer who cares deeply about this sort of stuff I'm disappointed again and again. I want theory! Symbolism! References and comparisons! Not just a synopsis and an opinion! |
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| Fun is too broad a term. Probably 80% of anime I watch is for the fun but the other 20% would be because it was interesting or deep. Even tragic anime can be amazing if done properly (Rurouni Kenshin Trust & Betrayal, Rose of Versailles). Those were great anime but I wouldn't call them "fun". Sometimes art, story and execution can be appreciated regardless whether the anime is actually "fun". I don't see the point of continuing a title once it stops being fun or engaging. I might continue watching until the end if I like a certain character -- in which case the interest has passed onto a character rather than the anime itself. |
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| I saw some time ago a topic like that, and my opinion hasn't changed. don't go around watching every anime people say... you'll most likely get bored midway or something. I recommend you read the synopsys and reviews (w/ no spoilers) first and then if you find it interesting, watch it, i used to watch a lot of anime based on popularity and it's annoying how in some of them you cringe to watch the last few boring eps because you dont want to drop it Or you could ignore all i said ;-; anyways, i hope i helped new ppl |
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| Considering fun comes in various extremes I'd say even a boring anime can still be entertaining. |
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| I don't because there are too many episodes in between that are plain boring. |
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| I watch a lot of bad anime, and they bore me to death. 8/10 anime I watch are boring as crap. Rarely do I find something good to watch. |
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| If you don't love it, drop it. You might find yourself saying in the end "why did I gain by finishing it." I gave a chance to anime I didn't enjoy much. It didn't get better. I got to the last episode saying "I really don't care about neither of them." |
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| Anime = Entertainment Purpose If you didn't find anime entertaining then drop it and watch hentai instead. |
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| Given it's a form of visual entertainment it's supposed to be fun, or so I said until I watched Mayoiga, still looking for the intentional entertainment in that shit. But yeah other than that I have fun while watching it 95% of the time. |
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