| I have no idea why they do that. I have a friend who does these things, but with the addition of watching the last episode of the series FIRST. He even complains about not understanding the show's story. I mean, what the heck?! Stop skipping and watch the damn episode already! |
| I miss my GIFs of old ass memes. |
| I'd rather drop than watch at x2 speed. |
| Some people like to finish anime's even if it's crappy which is why they watch it at a faster pace. I know it would be better to drop the anime but sometimes they just want to finish it since they already started it. |
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| If I'll do that, I would just drop the anime. It's time consuming to watch the anime just to say they finished the anime even though they didn't understand anything. |
| "This (anime) industry is weird" - Chitose Karasuma, Gi(a)rlish Number I hope someday someone in an anime would say, "The (anime) viewers are weird." |
| well shit if I employed this tactic I could easily un-drop like 50+ series and actually complete them |
| Cause they are super human and it looks like slow motion at normal speed. |
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| Who the fuck does that? Jesus....can you imagine the female voices? They're already insanely high pitched.....it's gonna be the equivalent to watching the chipmunks! |
| If you are watching on twice the speed just "to finish it" you probably should drop it instead. |
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| I frown upon this practice. If I'm going to watch something shitty, I want to watch it in all of its atrociousness, because speeding past will only preserve the feeling of dispassionate loathing and dispassionate loathing is the worst (Read: most boring) feeling to try to write a review for. But when you have to sit through it in its entirety at regular speed...THAT'S how you build rage, and rage makes for a much better negative review. |
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| I know someone who does something which amounts to something similar to this due to time constraints on anime watching. He told me he starts each episode at normal speed, then slowly accelerates so it's up to 2x about a quarter of the way through. That way, he's used to the speed and doesn't have to struggle to cope with it, and also can watch a lot more anime in the same time frame. I think this is actually a good method if someone's pressed for time but still wants to watch as much anime as possible while retaining understanding of the plot, characters, etc. I do agree with you on the pointlessness of watching an anime through just so you can say you didn't drop it. |
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| never heard of anyone doing anything like that but that is pretty ridiculous just to watch an entire series without even caring for it |
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| My mind is blown. This is the first time I have ever heard of this. Wow. Well I guess this will change how I view people's lists and some of their opinions. Wow. This is almost like finding out about the steroid era in baseball about 15 years ago. This has been going on all this time?? |
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| If you play it at 2x speed, that doesn't mean you're watching, it just means that you're getting through it. It's actually stupid, if you don't like something then drop it (just look at how many dropped I have) why pretend to finish it just to increase your MAL days watched so you can brag to people about your anime experience but no one gives a single shit about it anyways. Slowing it down to .75 is a good option tho if you're watching the monogatari series or tatami Galaxy |
| My reasons: 1. Completionist mindset (dont want to waste bandwidth downloading stuff, no drop policy) 2. I started with 1.3x then 1.7x speed which is fine IMO (many anime have long duration of nothing happen) but crank to 2.4x now 3. For series that I didnt like to focus 100%, usually I multitask which is more worst experience IMO, so watching faster with 100% concentration is "better" 4. For series I really like I rewatch by multitask at normal speed, this time usually i tried to focus on dialogue/audio more (I dont bother to put how many times I rewatch to the list) 5. it is better for me than "skip all the filler" since i will able to watch the content even if it sometimes good / bad 6. last time I use skip 5 seconds button which is bad since you might miss some audio 7. Save time a lot 8. I admit i might not fully enjoyed alot of "wow" moment for fast action scene (one punch man + FSN UBW) but I could just rewatch it if i wanted to 9. Now it became my standard, normal speed is too slow now LOL Doesnt matter what elitist nor any random internet person think about me or my list, I consume the content the way I liked it. If people find my opinions is illegitimate, then it doesnt matter to me. I would like to ask you how read normal manga then? Voice in your head every dialogue? Speed reading through once then read it again normally? (I can add in to ask if you consume the content legally or not but it is not my job to judge what other people do on internet) Then I want to ask, we as normal human can we remember 100% of watch you watch / read. Exactly, you enjoy it for the moment, doesnt matter fast or normal speed, *More details on my profile, you doesnt have to listen to chipmunk voice but you must be fast subtitle reader to enjoy this way. **I shouldnt bother to post in MAL anymore since my points dont matter. oh well, back to lurking |
| Nah, i dont think sharing anime ratings in signature is cool thing. Here, stare at this pointless signature instead. |
| I don't know but I just tried it and I came to two conclusions: -Some parts are hilarious this way -The OP of Amanchu is infinitely better at 2.0x speed Not gonna watch anything sped up nonetheless. |
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| there was a time when I accidentally watched an anime episode in 2x speed but I noticed at the end because everything was moving fast. didn't know that there were people who watch anime episodes in 2x speed... |
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| Imagine watching Teekyu like that. |
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TheDiabolicEsper said: I wonder what will when those ppl 2x/4x hentai....katiak_Ula said: ... ikr >_>...... jeez damm ellitesWow <_< can't believe it ppl did that way. for the sake of completion? Lol On behalf of their penis |
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Zelkiiro said: Are you a masochist... If I'm going to watch something shitty, I want to watch it in all of its atrociousness ... when you have to sit through it in its entirety at regular speed...THAT'S how you build rage, and rage makes for a much better negative review. OT: I've known ppl who watch it at a faster speed so that they can consume more anime within the same amount of time. |
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opheliakc said: I want to do that but sites doesn't have that feature. Does anyone knows a site that has fast forwarding? I'm watching in gogoanime, it had a player with increased speed option. You can download through torrent and watch it in fast pace. |
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opheliakc said: ah-ah, we meet again, my fellow emilie fan; i've been kinda waiting for someone to ask this xdI want to do that but sites doesn't have that feature. Does anyone knows a site that has fast forwarding? kissanime uses html5 player which supports speeding up by default, but few players actually have implemented this feature (youtube is one of the few) one day, i looked up for kissanime addons and found this gem, which also adds speeding up hotkeys for the main player: https://gist.github.com/crapier/91926a6353207f4524cc if you're not familiar with greasemonkey addons, step 1. install greasemonkey (i think this works only on mozilla firefox? i tried it on google chrome with tampermonkey and it didn't work, could be my fault tho.. also not sure on phone, probably not) step 2. add the script from the github link (just pressing Raw button should work? if not, copy the text, go to the addons menu for Greasemonkey, create a new script and paste it there) if everything is done right, you should now be able to change speed in increments of 0.25 with the - and + buttons, and a bunch of other kissanime features you can edit by pressing Home button but lately ive seen you can right click and see a "Play Speed" button on the right click menu of some HTML5 players, including gogoanime which SkyWing0 mentions.. but i think it's also mozilla only, and only has 4 speeds in increments of 0.5 http://i.imgur.com/Zip9Z3w.jpg |
romagiaAug 15, 2016 3:38 AM
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katiak_Ula said: ( อก° อส อก°) oh and we can rewind when we need to as well and create that perfect loop ( อก° อส อก°) ( อก° อส อก°) ( อก° อส อก°)TheDiabolicEsper said: I wonder what will when those ppl 2x/4x hentai....... ikr >_>...... jeez damm ellites On behalf of their penis |
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| I've honestly never heard of such an instance, but to each their own. |
| I NEED TO SHOW OFF MY WEEB LIST. but srsly, idk. maybe preference? just maybe. |
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| i did this to an anime i already watched. i left it for a long while, and wanted to continue, so i started from episode 1 again and fast forward all the scenes i already watched , it helps me remember what i watched before until i reach a new episode i didnt see. |
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opheliakc said: what kind of firefox doesn't play html5 videos D:romagia said: ah-ah, we meet again, my fellow emilie fan; i've been kinda waiting for someone to ask this xd kissanime uses html5 player which supports speeding up by default, but few players actually have implemented this feature (youtube is one of the few) one day, i looked up for kissanime addons and found this gem, which also adds speeding up hotkeys for the main player: https://gist.github.com/crapier/91926a6353207f4524cc if you're not familiar with greasemonkey addons, step 1. install greasemonkey (i think this works only on mozilla firefox? i tried it on google chrome with tampermonkey and it didn't work, could be my fault tho.. also not sure on phone, probably not) step 2. add the script from the github link (just pressing Raw button should work? if not, copy the text, go to the addons menu for Greasemonkey, create a new script and paste it there) if everything is done right, you should now be able to change speed in increments of 0.25 with the - and + buttons, and a bunch of other kissanime features you can edit by pressing Home button but lately ive seen you can right click and see a "Play Speed" button on the right click menu of some HTML5 players, including gogoanime which SkyWing0 mentions.. but i think it's also mozilla only, and only has 4 speeds in increments of 0.5 http://i.imgur.com/Zip9Z3w.jpg Well that's just bad. My firefox doesn't play html5 videos and that script doesn't work on chrome, gogoanime have a player that has fast forwarding but most animes aren't there. |
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opheliakc said: ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ now you too can trigger kagamiromagia said: what kind of firefox doesn't play html5 videos D: Downloaded video speed controller for chrome, everyhing worked out lol. |
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| I've done it sometimes when watching a boring show that i just want to finish. |
| That's hilarious that people do that just for some kind of pseudo-completion idea. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to get back to finishing War and Peace by reading the first sentence on each page so that I can add it to my list of books I read. |
| Lol pretty sure they're Bullshitting you. |
| Because, gotta go fast! Simply because they want to put some anime that they dont enjoy a lot in their ''completed list'' and debate about it when you they havent seen anything with their full attention! |
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| Real talk: they're dumb, and probably have the attention span of roadkill. Then, some of them have the gal to call themselves completionists. No, no, completionists put in the time; no tricks. |
BatoKusanagiAug 15, 2016 7:26 PM
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| And I thought that skipping OP/ED was evil enough. Seriously if someone is going to fast forward a show anyway, why doesn't he go at 10x or 20x instead of 2x because 5 percent faster is enough to transform "watching an anime" into "trying to increase the watched list count". |
| So you don't know how many stupid things people would do in this world, huh?. . . Well, take a guess. our world are simply the most boring universe ever created. in order to escape from that boredom. people would do everything just not to get bored no matter how stupid it is. i guess that's how innumerable useless things in this world are comparing to something useful of course. Long short story is our world is the very definition of imperfection. |
| Mushoku Tensei is the best harem light novel out there and Rudeus is my man'. . . |
| I think you may lose a lot of feels if you do that, BUT if the anime sucks and you want to know how it ends, honestly I can't blame you. I did it on the last episode of Kabaneri because althought I hated it, I still wanted to know how it would end. It was an accident tbh, I was going to click on pause to hate on it with a friend, but then it was at 2x speed and I realize I was able to comprehend everything AND that I would waste 5 minutes of my life instead of 10. Easy choice. I felt like I was breaking a code of honor or something by doing so though, so I doubt I'm going to do it again. Later on I even rewatched some scenes because I was feeling guilty *sighs* So yea, I completely understand if you watch anime at 2x speed or faster, but I don't think I can do that. I see anime as art, and I feel like I'm being unfair with it and everyone in the production if I just go and skip/accelerate stuff. That's me, though. My bf drops anime all the time, gives up in the middle of an episode, goes to the kitchen/bathroom/whatever without pausing... I caaaaaaaaaaaan't do that. Ever. |
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| I do speed up when the episode or certain moments are boring/slow paced. I don't want to drop an anime because of that one slow episode, while I enjoyed the rest, so I just make it 1.5x or 2x faster, and that's it. I don't do this often, it just happens from time to time. I actually prefer to watch episodes from start to finish (except openings and endings), at normal pace. |
| I like pancakes. |
| Ultimately ruin the intended pacing, atmosphere, soundtrack, emotional impact, etc, of the series. Proceed to give it a bad rating, call it boring, or say it's pointless filler. +1 completed anime (Not to mention actually understanding the plot and appretiating the visuals, but that's debatable) EDIT: this comment says it better: Pullman said: Trust me, I am perplexed too. I find it to be retarded. I've done it like twice in my life and that's only because I'm retarded and want to complete the bottom 100.^It doesn't really make any difference for the Hinako OVAs anyway since they mostly just repeat the same 2-3 frame sequences over and over again but I still feel bad about it (well, mostly about watching them in the first place). Watching an 'actual' show at a different speed is something I'd never understand. Anything better than a 2/10 is not worth getting that treatment in my book. It indicates that those people are more interested in their completed list than the actual act of watching anime. You lose pretty much all aspects that make up an anime aside from the main story. I guess adding anime to your list just based on reading wiki synopsis is the next logical step if you wanna get even more efficient at this 'game' called Myanimelist. Changing the speed screws up everything the director and voice actors have done, completely throwing off the acting/voices, the music, the sense of timing, the flow, the atmosphere, the tension, everything. As far as I'm concerned you might have as well not watched the show if you rate it based on such a diminished experience. You certainly watched something very different than me and the others who watch it at normal speed. But you have no right to judge the show itself as it's not meant to be watched in a way that ruins everything. You wouldn't judge a piece of music based on some high-pitched 2x speed version, wouldn't you? At best that qualifies as a remix. But at the end of the day it's their cup of tea. I just personally won't be able to take them seriously when they try to argue about an anime they only watched a twisted 'remix' version of. |
TulicloureAug 16, 2016 9:34 AM
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| I don't do it simply because I just wanted to enjoy the anime as it intended to. True there are plenty of slow paced anime out there. But you don't have to watch it if that is not your taste. I personally own a MAL account for the purpose of keeping a note of how far have I progressed, cause I have a tendency to leave an Anime for a long time. I switched about what I watched depend on my mood and not bound to certain series. If I want to watch it, i will watch it. I didn't watched it for the sake of number of "Completed" because it was flawed by entries with different amount of episode and episode duration, I do it for the stat of "Days" or "Life spent watching". |
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| To think that someone actually watch anime with 2x speed or even more, didn't expect that. Nice to know there's that kind of approach, but no thanks. I always tried to enjoy every aspects of an anime be it slow paced, tons of flash backs, etc etc. I believe the staffs have a very good reason to make it that way |
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