| Get a lobotomy? Actively trying to remove your emotional investment of a show is kind of counterproductive. Otherwise, you can't enjoy it. If you can't relate to it, and don't care about anything that happens to the characters, it's just colors flashing on a screen. Nothing other than a dazzling fireworks show. |
Red_KeysOct 7, 2013 11:23 AM
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| Step 1: Be a robot Step 2: Hate all humans Step 3: Watch a bad anime with poor character development Step 4: ??? Step 5: Profit! |
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| Watch one episode a week. |
| watch some mediocre anime without any character development |
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| So basically you want to take away one of the best aspects of watching something(doesn't have to be Anime) and just become an emotionless being. MAL never ceases to amaze me |
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MellowJello said: Watch one episode a week. silverwalls said: watch some mediocre anime without any character development Doesn't help It's impossible to do this. |
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| Watch School Days. You'll hate every character so it won't make a difference with which girl the mc ends up with... |
| 5 main aspects I base my ratings on: 1. Did DramaEnthusiast make a thread about it? 2. Is it better than Breaking Bad? 3. Did MellowJello recommend the shit out of it? 4. Has it caused a (very entertaining) shitstorm on MAL? 5. Is it actually good? Scratch the fifth point, it's not very relevant... |
| Why would you want to not get attached to the characters? That is the whole point of enjoying any entertainment medium that tells a story. |
This topic has not been locked and is still available for discussion. |
Energizer100 said: I know that this is a bad question to ask as with any media we get attached to characters. I'm talking more in the line of romance ones. A lot of times we don't get the pairings we want. For example, in Pet no Kanojo the pairing that I wanted didn't happen. I was attached to the other girl. So how do you watch anime and feel like you're just watching anime? You can't. You WILL hate certain characters, and if certain pairings happen (I'm looking at you, Da Capo and Vampire Knight Guilty!), you will scream in frustration. There is no way to avoid it. gamer2710 said: Why would you want to not get attached to the characters? That is the whole point of enjoying any entertainment medium that tells a story. Haha, I always find myself agreeing with you dude. Yeah, but seriously though, I think I'd rather hate a character than not care about them. After all, disgust is better than boredom, or at least in most cases anyway. |
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| Just dont give a shit. I dont give too much of a shit and move on if my favourite pairing didnt happen, its really not a big deal its just a fictional pairing between fictional characters who cares? But romance anime is not my stronghold, so whatever. |
| You can try focusing on visuals, music or story if it has one. You can also try placing your hand inside your pants and see if that helps. |
| watch code geass R2. |
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Sourire said: watch code geass R2. Lol, that will bring quite the opposite effect. ;) I honestly don't know of any way to not sympathize with characters. All in all, I find it good to sympathize with characters, regardless of how things turn out. :) |
| Watch nature documentaries instead. |
| i watched tekkaman blade slowly cause despite the plot being really good, the characters were all 1 dimensional and lacked most forms of personality save for a couple people. So thats just what you do, watch it slowly like a ep or 2 every day or 2, eventually its done |
Immahnoob said: Jizzy, I know you have no idea how to argue for shit, tokiyashiro said: Jizzy as you would call yourself because youre a dick The most butthurt award goes to you And clearly you havent watched that many shows thats why you cant determine if a show is unique or not Or maybe you're just a child who likes common stuffs where hero saves the day and guys gets all the girls. Sad taste you have there kid you came up to me in the first place making you look more like a kid who got slapped without me even knowing it and start crying about it to me |
| If you don't feel attachment, you don't enjoy the show. As for the pairings, it often happens to me as well, but in Sakurasou, it was the perfect one! |
| Aliis si licet, tibi non licet. |
MellowJello said: Watch one episode a week. Agree! |
| If you don't feel attached to the characters, then it's a bad show. For the OP example, sure you were sad when the guy picked the girl you weren't cheering for, but would you have liked her at all if you weren't attached to her? Then she would've been just another forgettable character. Getting attached to characters is a very important element ina good show. If you don't like the characters, then what's the poibt of watching them for however many episodes? |
| Another page to the history of the Fujaku. |
| Are you not trying to nullify the point of characters in general then? |
| Sup People and yes I am the physical manifestation of Shinji Ikari's Balls And this what elite-sama says to incest elite-sama said: I'm against it because I don't have a sister. It's not fair. |
| Well it was a given who he would of chosen in that anime, unless they pulled off some crazy shit like Mashiro Symphony. I usually end up liking the majority of the characters in an anime so I don't mind at all who they are paired up with though there is always a character I prefer more. So if you can, try to enjoy all the characters, it helps you to enjoy the show a lot more. |
| One suggestion is to not watch those kinds of shows. Other than that you're just going to have to deal with it. In Sakurasou I didn't really mind since I liked both girls. |
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| What anime would be then? |
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| For that to happen, I'd need a REAL action anime where each episode consists of one minute of exposition followed by one big 20-minute long action scene. This non-stop action with flat characters wouldn't attach me to them. |
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