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Aug 11, 2022 10:17 AM
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I like to check out shows by watching their first episode of them, but it makes it awkward when someone asks me if I watched it since one episode is too little to talk about, and it sounds like I don't like the show. Saying I that I only watched one episode tends to kill the conversation. So, that's why I say I haven't watched it.
Aug 11, 2022 10:21 AM
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I have no reason to do that, if I watched something I will talk about what I know
Aug 11, 2022 10:22 AM
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Tomato

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To be honest, I have never done this......
Aug 11, 2022 10:24 AM
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Technically yes, although I usually say I've never watched One piece and Naruto, but I remember seeing one or two random episodes of them on tv when I was little.
Aug 11, 2022 10:46 AM
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No I don't, if I have dropped it after the first episode then I'll straight up say that I did so, if I don't remember much about it then I'll mention that as well.



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Aug 11, 2022 11:36 AM
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im a hater i love dropping shows the first episode and telling everyone about it hating
Aug 11, 2022 11:41 AM
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No but I wished I haven't watched some.
Aug 11, 2022 11:41 AM
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Yes i do...but only with hentai tag anime and hentai
 

Aug 11, 2022 12:25 PM
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Na, I don't need to pretend not watching certain shows just for a conversation cause most of my irl friends don't even watch animes

Aug 11, 2022 2:25 PM
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> Do you ever pretend you haven't watched an anime?

Rarely.
Aug 11, 2022 3:22 PM
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I don't mention any Anime I watch to people since I don't see it as a good idea
Aug 11, 2022 3:38 PM
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Rarely discuss it with people IRL to begin with, and rarely do I pretend not to know something.
Aug 11, 2022 4:41 PM
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Never (your vote)

I just never felt like there was a reason not to.
Aug 11, 2022 4:47 PM

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nope, never considered it. No reason to, I'm actually pretty honest when telling people whether I've seen that anime or not although if they don't ask I don't say anything
Aug 11, 2022 10:58 PM

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Unfortunately nobody has asked me about this
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Aug 14, 2022 2:07 AM

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Not at all. I even have some anime in my dropped list with just 1 episode watched. Only because watched it as a spur of the moment thing when I randomly came across the anime.


>though since I don't add hentai to my list then technically theres hundreds of anime I'm pretending I haven't seen so nvm.
Aug 14, 2022 2:13 AM

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Yea the amount of stuff I've watched that's just straight up not on my list is fairly sizable. What that stuff is though i will never say.
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Aug 14, 2022 2:14 AM

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I never do that. Even though around 500 anime in my list is like that, I always say that I watched the first ep and will go back to it, when I have the mood etc. The people I usually talk to about anime are used to it and instead of killing the conversation, it does the opposite. They even joke about it xd
Aug 14, 2022 2:20 AM

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i would just speak honestly that if i only watched one episode, i would just say that i only watched one episode, i would say it honestly if i dropped it after that one episode as well, being honest is best
Aug 14, 2022 2:23 AM

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not ye but maybe if someone ask in real life if i watch hentai i might deny and lie that i dont watch it
Aug 14, 2022 2:28 AM

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Not really. Even if I've seen a few clips, I'll be honest and tell you that I've only watched that much
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Aug 14, 2022 2:35 AM

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I have never watched Boku no Pico or Shoujo Ramune. Not me.
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Aug 14, 2022 2:36 AM

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Yeah I always pretend I don't know what the hell a boku no pico is.
Feb 15, 2023 11:50 PM
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wish i never saw sao season 1 or franxx
Feb 16, 2023 12:23 AM

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I don't have to pretend. irl nobody cares about your hobbies. if you don't talk about it, they won't ask.
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Feb 16, 2023 12:35 AM
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My Anime List-wise, yes. If I watched just all of the first episode or some of the first episode and just didn't feel like watching the anime after all, I might just never put it on my list instead of putting it as dropped or on hold. I'm actively trying to tame my on hold list, so I'm trying hard not to put things there too often unless it's truly on hold for a good reason (production stalled, I plan to come back to it almost immediately, etc.) Meanwhile, I don't actually drop anime. The two things in my dropped are just things I doubt I'll get too any time soon/in my lifetime, so anything would go in on hold or PTW-- which I'm also trying to tame/get through. So sometimes just not adding an anime and pretending to never have watched it works best for what I'm trying to do with my list.
I usually just try to leave a comment on the first episode of an anime so I can look back to see if I watched the first episode or not. I've missed some, but it's fine for now.;;
Sometimes, I will have watched quite a few episodes and will end up not adding it. That's especially if I can't find more episodes of an anime or something. That just depends though. My on hold has a few of those and it kinda annoys me, so I try to avoid putting them on in the first place.

In person though, I don't pretend I've never watched them. I'll probably explain that I tried watching it and just wasn't in the mood for it or something. For example, I'm sometimes down for high stakes type of anime and sometimes not, so that usually gets into a whole other conversation about our usual likes and such. So I usually don't mind talking about the things I pretend not to have watched list-wise.

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Feb 16, 2023 2:25 AM

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I don't want my friends to know that I watch anime even my weeb friends. I don't tell my likes and dislikes.
Feb 16, 2023 2:49 AM
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Yes I do.. There's a few anime I've watched that I don't want to reveal because I don't like them animes and always badmouthing them
 

Feb 16, 2023 3:07 AM

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Nope never did that if someone is asking my opinion on an anime or anything for that matter I tell them how far I made in that piece of entertainment.
Feb 16, 2023 4:08 AM

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If it's about my list then, there are some anime that I have technically dropped but haven't added to my list because it was less dropping them and more I didn't feel like watching/starting them at the time, so I watched part of the first ep and then stopped watching them.

If it's about talking to people, then I don't pretend I haven't seen something because if it's a show that I've only watched the first ep of then I'll talk about my first impressions I got from that ep.
Feb 16, 2023 4:08 AM

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I used to have a whole other account to keep track of only hentai and pretended I never watched those, but after I've watched plenty of anime, after a while I didn't care and started listing almost all the hentai I've watched on my main list here.
Feb 16, 2023 1:11 PM

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I don't care what people think. Why would I? Life is too short to worry about other people's opinions. Just enjoy what you like and ignore others.
Feb 16, 2023 2:04 PM

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I can see why someone would do the opposite but to answer your question, no.




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