Do you watch/read lighter series after heavier ones?
| Do you watch/read something lighter after dark things to ease your mood? Or do you prefer watching the dark stuff last to have time thinking about it? |
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| Yes, I prefer feeling good in the end. |
| I don't really have a pattern for it, I watch multiple series at the same time, so it could have a balance, like action + drama + slice of life, there're both light and heavy stuffs to watch. |
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| I watch something dark after something dark. Texhnolyze after Berserk is my jam... |
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| I do like my dark stuff but a palate cleanser afterwards is a must. Then rinse and repeat |
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I mean, isn't it both if you alternate between light and heavy stuff? Not sure if I understand the question.
| @mazuchi I mean individual episodes from different genres, but the question can apply to entire series too. |
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| "Light stuff after dark stuff or the opposite?" Sounds like advertisement for chocolate. |
| I try and switch between them for variety, but it's not a ritual or anything. For the most part, I just watch whatever strikes my fancy at that moment. |
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| Yes that's what I do.. Always watch something light before sleeping as well |
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| For me, it's good after watching/reading dark stuff, I'll watch/read fluffy, relaxing, and peaceful ones for a good balance and healing. Just alternating them. |
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| Hmm.. Neither, I'd say. I usually watch a bunch of dark/heavy (or light) stuff back to back and then switch to the other |
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| Not necessarily dark stuff, but I'd watch something light after a show that brings me a heavy mood at the end. Maybe unsettling or sad ending. |
| It’s a random order, sometimes I watch/read more dark stuff after just finishing something dark or more light after finishing something light and vice versa. I like to switch things up while maintaining a balance between the two. |
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I watch so much different stuff that I don't think I ever stopped to think about it haha. |
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| I watch Monster. And then watch Working!!(wagnaria)... Damn i loved every single min ... Monster was just too much. I like switching genre and not always watching the same sh*t. |
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takamono said: I don't really have a pattern for it, I watch multiple series at the same time, so it could have a balance, like action + drama + slice of life, there're both light and heavy stuffs to watch. I do exactly the same thing. When I was watching Nana recently, it got so heavy that I started Aria S3 to balance the heavy and light. Oh just read that OP was referring to the last ep of the day. In that case it changes. I always have a longer series (>100 eps) on the go and watch that at the end of the day. In the last year that's included InuYasha, YYH, Ranma and One Piece, so my last episode of the day was always chill. For the last few months I've been watching LotGH so my final ep of the day, including today, has been thought provoking. It's been a nice change, but LotGH requires you to pay close attention, whereas with One Piece or Ranma I can knock back a few beers and have a smoke and chillax. |
23feanorSep 8, 2023 9:50 AM
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Yes, I prefer feeling good in the end (your vote) |
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@alshu nah mate, sounds like a good plot to a porno tho
| @BirdyTheMighty Naaah, definitely has food porn vibe in it. |
| Going suddenly dark is worse, that's hard to pull off well. Also being too happy all the way through gets really boring after a while. |
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Always been an optimist, so a feel-good ending just feels "right" to me. Especially if the main cast went through thick and thin to get there.
| @TheMechaManiac There is nothing inherently wrong with a happy ending, but there is a special place in my heart for endings where everything goes catastrophically wrong just right. |
| I don't really have a rule about what order to watch light or heavy shows in. The show I choose to watch last every day is either a trashy ecchi series or my favorite show out of what I'm currently watching, which has included both hilarious comedies and hard hitting drama stories. |
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| I prefer ending it on darker stuff which is ending it on a good note |
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| I don't usually like like depressing endings. If you want to go dark though, do it around the halfway point or within the first couple episodes, use that death/trauma/whatever wisely to build and motivate characters and move the story along with increasingly higher stakes, and end on some kind of satisfying victory or hopeful note. It's more effective at creating a tense atmosphere, keeping the viewer guessing at who will survive and creates a better emotional payoff. There's a certain series which is frequently topping the chart here that does this perfectly. |
KruszerSep 8, 2023 10:30 PM
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| I watch some moe shi* to get over with the dark stuff |
Complex Stories are basically sleeping pills . Helps to get some sleep . |
| Good in the end. It leaves a better aftertaste, you know... |
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| I'll just simp somewhere to lighten the mood fr or watch Holloway vs Calvin on repeat |
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I don't really have a pattern for it, I watch multiple series at the same time, so it could have a balance, like action + drama + slice of life, there're both light and heavy stuffs to watch.
takamono said: I don't really have a pattern for it, I watch multiple series at the same time, so it could have a balance, like action + drama + slice of life, there're both light and heavy stuffs to watch. Same here as long its satisfying to kind of brighten your mood or so. |
| I actually swap every time. After watching something dark I like to cleanse my pallet with something light-hearted and vice versa. For example the last anime I completed was Kaiji and now I'm watching A Couple of Cuckoos. Or it just depends on my mood, like yeah I want to be depressed today lol. |
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 I like to watch something lighter after finishing long anime with heavy stuffs like LoGH for example :) I like variety ^.^ |
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| I like both if done well. So long as it captures the themes of the show then I'm on board with an ending weather dark, depressing, bittersweet or happy. |
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| Sometimes I try to continue watching something with heavy content, but I get bored halfway through, so I watch something with lighter content. I sometimes watch anime with heavy content and read manga comedies with lighter content to balance it out. |
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| Interesting, I don't approach what I read or watch that way, I usually just move to whatever I'm the mood for next, but I can understand why you might wanna watch something that's on the more lighthearted side after watching the most soul crushing movie ever lol. |
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| I guess dark, but moreso in a melancholic way rather than a cynical way. |
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