whats more important the peak or the ending of an anime?
| in psychology there is this thing called Peak-End Rule that explains why we remember more the Peak and Ending of an experience like watching an anime show original question is does bad ending ruins the whole anime but i changed it now since some people believe in the journey is more important than the destination i go for the Peak of the anime most of the time |
degJul 3, 2021 11:40 PM
| It makes it harder to recommend, but it does not ruin the overall quality of a show. For example, I hated Sukasuka and Katanagatari endings, but I still consider them great. Edit: So I think the peak is more important. Stuff like Aot, Death Note, and Code Geass will likely remain highly reviewed due to their peaks being so high. |
rohan121Jul 3, 2021 9:21 PM
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rohan121 said: It makes it harder to recommend, but it does not ruin the overall quality of a show. For example, I hated Sukasuka and Katanagatari endings, but I still consider them great. understandable that is also part of Peak-End Rule that the Peak of an anime is important too i guess the thread should have asked if either the Peak Or Ending is whats more important |
| It depends on how bad an ending is. Most times it won't ruin, I'll mention GoT as an example. The last season (actually it wasn't just the last season) destroyed everything they were building up to that point, so the ending ruined the whole show. Right now I can't think of an anime in the same situation. |
| If you're a fanboy, please don't waste my time. Watch more movies, please. Kafka, Fu Xuan, Jingliu, Topaz and Huohuo. |
| It does leave a bad taste in mouth, but doesn't ruin it. Yeah, it might ruin it for people who either never liked it as much, or they expected too much, or have short attention spans. |
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Phosphophyllita said: Right now I can't think of an anime in the same situation. have not seen Wonder Egg Priority yet? lol |
| That depends a lot. For example: The end of NHK ni Youkoso! it's not the best, but it doesn't spoil the whole anime. The ending of Brigadoon: Marin to Melan, they tried to do a lot of plot twist and the anime was LOADED WITH HOLES IN THE SCRIPT and kind of threw everything in the trash. If it's just a bad ending, it doesn't spoil everything, no matter how lame. But if it's that ending that makes everything else go to waste (most recent example is Shingeki no Kyojin), then it really yes (although Shingeki no Kyojin was already rubbish after season two). |
| For me, I'd say the ending is probably the most important, unless the peak is just insanely memorable and well-written (say something like Clannad Afterstory where the conclusion was meh but it had episode 18). A decent show could be ruined or at least made a lot less enjoyable by a sub-par ending like IMO Violet Evergarden, GITS SAC 1st season, and Omoide Poroporo |
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deg said: Phosphophyllita said: Right now I can't think of an anime in the same situation. have not seen Wonder Egg Priority yet? lol Oh yes, it was so horrible that I even forgot. Jesus, thank you for reminding me |
| If you're a fanboy, please don't waste my time. Watch more movies, please. Kafka, Fu Xuan, Jingliu, Topaz and Huohuo. |
| This is a very good question. I'm probably more of a peak kinda guy. Unless the ending is like really really disappointing I can come to terms with an unsatisfactory one and still think fondly of an anime I enjoyed for the most part. I'm a big shonen guy, and most have pretty slow burning arcs or pacing issues or what have you, but that doesn't take away from how much I enjoy them for the most part. An ending usually doesn't make or break my experiences with anime, but I do think that it can. Again, great question. |
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| The first season of Demon Slayer did not have a bad ending, although the peak of the series did happen several episodes before it ended. Then there was a bunch of training for the last few episodes, which I didn't hate, especially since it was meant to lead up to the movie. Another case, however, would be like with Erased where the ending was rushed and made you think, "That's it?" Although even this didn't ruin the anime for me. The only time an anime ending ruined the whole show for me was with Wonder Egg Priority, because it was the last few episodes which built up mediocrely compared to the first half of the show. This is just my opinion, of course:0 Overall, yeah the peak is what matters most IMO. As long as it's amazing, like with Demon Slayer, then the actual ending doesn't have to be quite as explosive. |
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| The ideal would be the peak to be the ending of the anime. |
| If Ufotable makes an anime remake of the Fate route and Tsukihime I can say that I lived a full life. |
| for me, the peak. i'm used to an ending disappointing me, so i don't really want to focus on it due to what i want to be fulfilled or exacted as a conclusion is typically not a popular collection of thoughts. if an anime's ending *does* impress or satisfy me, then that's an outlier. but definitely whatever arc/peak leaving a lasting impact on me will be what i mainly take from the adventure. i'll remember that the most over how it ends, and even now i am failing to remember an ending of one of my favorites that i even finished the manga of but currently recalling multiple pivotal moments. |
| I'll take the ending. I will be pissed if the ending of One Piece is shit. I don't mind a sloppy introduction, I find introductions to be rather harder. But you should have an idea how to conclude everything you've introduced afterward. Just my personal preference? Ending > beginning. |
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| for me personally the ending is very important, because every time I think of the good moments in a show I’ll just be reminded of the ending; a bad ending also makes rewatching a show not worth it |
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| Theoretically, the ending because it's essentially the aftermath and should be concluding the series nicely. But, most series' have poor/rushed endings in the first place so it kinda makes it pointless idk when they're both good I feel like series' are remembered more for their endings rather than their peaks (think sports anime, or romance where the confession happens at the end) |
 'On-Hold' is another way for a completionist to say 'Dropped' |
| That varies, but I think the peak is way more important, you can usually forgive an work with an excelent peak but with a bad ending but if the peak is bad you might not even get to the ending. |
| The peak is important, but to me the ending is more. No matter how good it was or how much I enjoyed a story, if the end is really bad, it will ruin my whole experience. Actually most of my low scores probably come from animes with endings that I did not like. |
| The Ending. Even if the peak of the Anime is good or bad it all depends on the ending. The peak becomes totally obsolete if the Anime had a bad ending, but becomes memorable if the Anime had a good ending. |
| I'm more willing to forgive bad ending as long as the peak is high. |
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| I think a bad ending is better than a bad peak. Imo, the peak is what makes a story memorable even if the ending is bad. On the other hand, if the story peak is bad, most of the people might not stick around to see the ending even though the ending is good. |
| I'd rather go for the average of the entire thing as a universal judgment is far more relevant than simply cherrypicking 2 points and ignoring the rest. Both peak and ending are just 2 different parts of the entirety but i'd say the ending has a higher chance of either saving or killing the story equally compared to peak. Not that it's more preferable or important, just riskier. Way riskier. Rollout22 said: really? I thought that pretty much the entire first 60 eps was a 10/10 and the final 5th was a 7/10 for me. The ending meanwhile is a 10/10 if you ask me.An anime example is Monster. First 20ish episodes or so 10/10, then it slowly drove off a cliff and ended as like a 5 for me. |
| The ending doesn't affect the way I score that much, like +0 if it's good and -1 if it's bad. But the peak? I don't think an anime can suddenly jump from mid to great. I mean that if the peak is great, everything around the peak is at least good or very good, so very well worth watching. |
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| ending > peak the ending plays more, |
| The peak is more important as long as the ending is fine and doesn't ruin the peak. |
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| For me the peak is important, an amazing endings like S;G, FMAB, Furuba, Code Geass are very rare. So if the end's not on the level of GOT. I don't mind it being a lil mediocre or bad. |
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| It's a tough question. I think both are important and it also depends on how high the peaks are and the quality of the ending. But I think 10/10 peaks can make a somewhat average ending still a solid series overall. So maybe peaks? |
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| Even though I picked "i do not know" in the poll, I'd argue that the peak is more important. I mean look at FMAB. Shit's mid the whole way through, and I couldn't care less about the ending. A good anime would make you care about how it ends by hitting a peak at some point. |
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| @deg Thanks for this question, I used to think they were both equally important but this topic made me rethink the issue. Cazqui-09 said: for me, the peak. i'm used to an ending disappointing me, so i don't really want to focus on it due to what i want to be fulfilled or exacted as a conclusion is typically not a popular collection of thoughts. if an anime's ending *does* impress or satisfy me, then that's an outlier. but definitely whatever arc/peak leaving a lasting impact on me will be what i mainly take from the adventure. i'll remember that the most over how it ends, and even now i am failing to remember an ending of one of my favorites that i even finished the manga of but currently recalling multiple pivotal moments. McPeenus said: I think the peak just makes the experience unforgettable and the ending is to make the story satisfying, if a anime have a good overall plot and climax you'll just expect a good ending to come out of it, so you don't really feel satisfied if an ending of an anime doesn't fit to the thing youre expecting or something like that XD I agree with these 2 opinions. Among my favourites there isn't any that has a better ending than their peak(s), except maybe... Godas said: The ideal would be the peak to be the ending of the anime. Like Cowboy Bebop. |
deg said: Phosphophyllita said: Right now I can't think of an anime in the same situation. have not seen Wonder Egg Priority yet? lol I wouldn't go as far as saying that Wonder Egg Priority peaked, but the ending was just terrible. I was so content with everything until episode 10. Mind you I still haven't seen the special. While I don't know how SnK ends, I can say it peaked so high at times that it will always remain my favorite. Some heights were unmatched, it makes it very memorable. |
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| See Vivy, an outstanding anime when aired but when reach final, not really best scene like before |
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| having high average quality would be best.. |
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