| You probably just got fed up and tired of it. It's normal, I’ve experienced something similar. I still watch anime and have fun, but not at the same pace as before. My advice is to try out different things to "desaturate" it a bit. You could look for new anime or try watching it in a different way, like with friends. But honestly, I think it might be better to step away from it for a while. Watch other series, movies, play games, read books, talk to people, study, anything! Then, after some time, maybe a few months, try watching it again with a fresh mindset. |
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| it gets soo good trust. tbh I agree on eps 2-5ish - thought it was 7 or 8 maybe. but by the end, it’s a strong 10/10 |
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| I suggest re-watching an anime that you used to sincerely love to see how it affects you. If you’ve done that already, then maybe try watching an anime that you truly hated to see how that affects you. If you’ve done that already, the try watching an anime that you’ve never seen before. Keep in mind sometimes things in our lives will affect us, it could be the current life circumstances that are affecting your mood with anime. If that doesn’t help, then just stop watching all together for a good long while, remember taking a break is good. Sometimes we lose interest in things that we loved before, like writers or musicians having “writers block”, people just need time away from it to recapture the feelings and thoughts that they inspired them before. If you are just not interested in it anymore, then it is not a problem, people grow out of these types of things. But if you are really determined to get back into it despite your boredom and lack of interest, then you’ll just need to force yourself to watch until you find what you are looking for. I hope things work out for you. |
ejleonMay 18, 9:16 PM
Note: I don’t lazily watch 3-5 episodes, biasedly compare to other anime, or unfairly judge by surface level similarities. With every anime I start, I watch the entire series, both Japanese Sub & English Dub, then judge each anime based on what they present, to give an honest and fair rating. |
| take a break from anime if you aren't enjoying it as much, no need to force it and in the future if you get the spark to watch again then you'll have alot of new options from new seasons to pick up. |
Fake_World said: In the AD board, not some random series board, that isn't topical. I don’t know where to post this, so I’m just posting here. Fake_World said: The typical advice, would be to watch a varied amount of shows, like you privated your list, so I don't know the extent of your list, still it seems very recent, and not that varied. I was able to largely keep my interest in the medium, by becoming a bigger mecha anime fan, and getting more into older anime. Genre/demographic variety helps, and the fact I watch almost everything, keeps my interest going. Has anyone else gone through this? How did you get back into it? Still I am going through honestly a mini burnout right now. Mostly just because other hobbies, like sketching, reading (SF/F has been keeping my interest more than anime right now), gaming (playing the Ace Attorney games which is anime adjacent I suppose), gym/hiking, watching hockey (right now) are taking up my free time. On the other hand, yeah I just haven't found the will, which is fine. Get invested into other things, see if your interest comes back. It's fine if it doesn't either, not everyone has to be a long term fan. I honestly thought I was done with the medium a long time ago, though I always keep coming back, so I probably am a long term fan. Honestly it's good to have "mini burnouts" when you don't watch much. |
| I guess just quit for good? There is no point if you don't enjoy watching anime anymore. Don't force yourself to like something you don't anymore. |
 (っ◔◡◔)っ 𝓘 𝔀𝓲𝓼𝓱 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓪 𝔀𝓸𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻𝓯𝓾𝓵 𝓭𝓪𝔂 ♥ |
| give anime some time, do other things.. I've completed 3 consecutive years of anime Challenges on the final tier (hyperlinks on my profile), around 200 series, sequels and movies in 3 years. A Lot of stuff. after that, i gave like 4, 5 months of Detox watching 'real' movies and series. Also, maybe find someone tô watch with you, in my oppinion, its almost always better to watch something with someone |
| I would say try cyberpunk edgerunners, or just rewatch some of your favorite anime. I mean your question is very vague, nobody on the internet can change your mind you are the on who decides, like we have context, what you like, what anime you have watched and etc. So yeah I mean just rewatch some of your favorites I guess |
Bhavya7 said: Go watch some non animated stuff for sometime, always works for me You mean something like Blue Lock Season 2? |
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| i went through this for about 3 years, even now its still there just a lot less. i've come to accept that i will likely never be as into anime as i was when i was 14-15, but i still enjoy it. something i realized when i began watching again that the reason i couldn't sit through anything was because i was still trying to find anime from the genres 14 year old me loved (i was a huge shounen fan), but now i'm more into sol or romance and that has helped a lot in finding shows that i enjoy watching. experiment a bit with genres you have never touched, you might find something you really enjoy. |
| Here's what I recommend, variety. 'Variety is the spice of life' as they say at least. I believe in trying most things even if you think you won't like them. I also believe it is state of mind when going into something. Try all genres and don't go for the anime widely recommend cause I'll admit this loud and proud. A good majority of the anime community has shit taste and if they don't have shit taste they are bad at recommending anime for some reason. I say go for stuff you wouldn't normally try and try going in with a different mindset as well that may help and if not give anime/animation a break for a bit and come back later and see if that helps. Nothing wrong with that. We all fall in and out of love with something in our life. Sometimes we return to it and sometimes we don't. |
| "Even if there isn't a God or meaning behind life. That doesn't mean you can't create your own meaning and make the best out of life." |
| kind of a weird take but maybe watch one that invokes a strong emotion. Clannad After Story will probably make you cry, Gurren Laggann is adrenaline fuel, Nana is kinda depressing but in a good way (I know strange), SKET Dance is just unhinged laughter |
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| @Zarutaku @Zakatsuki_ Relatable. But peak shows like Zankyou No Terror, Rainbow pulled me back from the rabbit hole. That was two months ago. Resultantly, I finished 200 shows during that timeframe. Albeit none of the shows I watched afterwards were even close to the formers' calibre, much to my dismay. |
| “𝖨𝖿 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗉𝗋𝖾𝖽𝗂𝖼𝗍𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾, 𝗂𝗍 𝗐𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝖼𝖾𝖺𝗌𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝖻𝖾 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖻𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝖿𝗅𝖺𝗏𝗈𝗋.” – 𝖤𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗇𝗈𝗋 𝖱𝗈𝗈𝗌𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗅𝗍 |
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@Zarutaku @Zakatsuki_ Relatable. But peak shows like Zankyou No Terror, Rainbow pulled me back from the rabbit hole. That was two months ago. Resultantly, I finished 200 shows during that timeframe. Albeit none of the shows I watched afterwards were even close to the formers' calibre, much to my dismay.
| @aurora_yuuki did bro just tagged me on a comment while ignoring my private messages? |
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