| I don't actually put stuff that I drop on my on hold list forever (with the exception of Naruto maybe) I legit finish every anime I watch even those I dislike and find boring, I know its stupid and I don't advice anyone to do the same. |
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| I dropped a lot of anime. Sometimes I force myself to see everything, but it sucks to do this. |
| if you drop a lot of shows it shows how bad you are at looking for the right anime for your taste |
| Why watch shows you won't like. I drop only shows that people force me to watch and I don't like. |
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| Nah, if some trainwreck like NGEvangeline or Oregairu Kan couldn't stop me, then only my priority of time can. |
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eli_shmeli said: Idk, people on here can be pretty set in stone. I personally love dropping shows. It's so freeing to just say "eh... It's not for me" and move on. Yeah I love dropping shows too. It gives you such a thrill, like telling the creators "Ha! sucks to you, try harder next time!" Recently it's become quite an issue, because I ran out of shows I genuinely disliked and started to drop shows I was enjoying. For example, I have Kanojo mo Kanojo among my all time favorites, even though I dropped after episode 1. |
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| I used to watch all the shows that I chose to start, it was like an OCD thing. However, now after years of watching anime, I have found that my anime digesting capacity has massively deteriorated and have learned to let go and be easy on myself. So, if something doesn't click with me in the earlier episodes, I drop them. |
| If I hated a show or acknowledged that it’s shit, I’d see it through to the end and just give it a bad score, as to remind me not to touch it again in the future. If I dropped the shows that I’ve previously put on the back burner for months to years at a time, then I would have missed out on many of the shows I’ve given 7-9/10 to. I think it’s good to see through the bad shows to fully grasp why you hated it in the first place. |
So I've been banned from MAL-Badges, after spending nearly two years of my time and dedication to helping out, being the club's spokesperson, and planning for the revamp, it all goes down the fucking drain. What a joke the club has become. I advise everyone to stop using the feature and stop showing their support for the site and the club. We were promised that we will see changes come to the site, and nothing's been done for the past year. I doubt the site will be touched for the foreseeable future. If you're angry and annoyed about the lack of development, then good, you should be. |
| I have 178 dropped anime, so I'm actually trying not to add to that lol |
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| I do force myself to watch some anime or I just keep them on hold/watching list ngl. I have a few that have been on my on hold list for yrs and some have been on my watching list for months |
| "he has it big as a cactus but he won't let go of my head and I puke on his cock bitch" - Boy by Fishball |
| Continuing to watch anime you know you dislike only makes sense to me when you've seen very few anime and aren't really sure yet what you think is worth finishing. |
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| No, I don't think I will do that, thanks. |
| for real, people need to learn to drop things instead of wasting time watching shows that they don't enjoy. |
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| I almost drop rezero s2p2 but as a completionist, I watched it in 2.5x speed. Those 30 mins of every episode is a chore. |
 “Once you've been loved once and have loved once, you cannot forget it.” ― Natsume Takashi |
| I don't put them on drop list but I drop a lot of anime. I watch mainly for the characters, so if I don't like any character after 3 episodes I'll probably drop. |
| Imagine how boring this world would be without Japan - a comment at youtube |
| I don't usually put hands-on animes that I am sure to dislike and that's the reason why I can keep up with my not dropping any show scenario. |
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| I once forced myself to finish a show, which I knew it was a bad show from the first episode, but when I finally finished it I didn't really regret my decision. The ending was average for a bad show but when I watched it I realized I (somehow) actually enjoy the show. Idk how to put it in words but simply I enjoyed almost all anime I have completed, except for the weird one. Also I don't really like to put anime on my dropped list, it makes me feel guilty for did that. "They are waiting for me so I have to finish them." I only dropped the show if I really-really hate it. |
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| I can start an anime with the intention of dropping it, I don't see the problem with this. If I want to watch some odd episodes of Detective Conan or Pokemon, I am not starting it with the intention of watching all 1000+ episodes. I just wanted to watch the amount of episodes of Conan that I wanted to, which I did. I dropped Conan but I still like it and think it's a really good show, I just don't wanna watch hundreds of episodes of it. I'm honestly curious that if some of the hardcore no droppers catch an episode of The Simpsons or something on TV if they go out of their way to watch every single episode because they seen one of them. I'm okay with those who want to finish every show they start, but I honestly don't get why people seem to look down upon people who don't finish every show. |
| People might drop more anime, but for you OP it's the opposite. You should drop less anime. You have more dropped than completed. |
eli_shmeli said: deg said: that honestly is a valid criticism. However, I'll never know for sure if I dislike something without trying it, and I like to try a lot of things. I find it fun.if you drop a lot of shows it shows how bad you are at looking for the right anime for your taste That's why I like dropping shows, it allows me to try a bunch without getting bogged down. It's the buffet of anime. you are here on MAL with tools like this https://myanimelist.net/anime/37450/Seishun_Buta_Yarou_wa_Bunny_Girl_Senpai_no_Yume_wo_Minai/userrecs and also news, reviews, PVs, genres and staff list of the anime you will watch will give you an idea of which shows to avoid by certain directors or script writers for example or even which studios to avoid its all here on MAL |
| I agree that people should never force themselves watching something it's supposed to be fun not a chore. In my case I don't need to drop anything because I know how to pick anime I will enjoy and I like most things I watch. What people need is to use genre tags more I think. |
 Life is a despicable endurance race |
| I don't drop many shows in the sense of formally adding them to what amounts to the "Wall of Shame" that is the Dropped list, but one thing I do do fairly frequently is watch the first episode of a series, usually one I had in my Plan To Watch list beforehand, and then decide not to continue with it from there - at least at that time. So it's akin to a "soft drop". Some series I have done this with have enough off-putting about them in the first episode that I decide I'll very likely never watch them, but they're not officially dropped - I just remove them from my PTW list or never added them to the PTW list in the first place. Others I leave on the PTW list, but mentally I know they're at a very low/lowest priority compared to others. Some examples of series I have "soft dropped", but keep on my PTW list (again, for most of these I have only seen one episode, but for some I have seen 2 -3) listed below: - Akatsuki no Yona - Bartender - Black Jack - Cardcaptor Sakura - Chihayafuru - Dororo - Hoozuki no Reitetsu - Hunter x Hunter - Kaidan Restaurant - Kodomo no Omocha - Koisuru Asteroid - Kuzu no Honkai - Layton Mystery Tanteisha: Katri no Nazotoki File - Little Witch Academia - Lucky Star - Mitsuboshi Colors - Mobile Suit Gundam 00 - Mouretsu Pirates - Nami yo Kiitekure - Nazo no Kanojo X - Planetes - Seikai no Monshou - Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu - Top wo Narae! Gunbuster - Youkai Watch Yet that notwithstanding, there are even series on my actual official Dropped list which I have a general intention to very likely (Shinsekai yori) or moderately possibly (Monster, Akagami no Shirayuki-hime, Psycho Pass, 3-gatsu no Lion, Tsuki ga Kirei, etc.) eventually resuming. It's only even a few on there I can pretty definitively say I intend to never return to in an absolute sense (Claymore, KareKano, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, Wonder Egg Priority, and Yakusoku no Neverland season 2 I'd say are the only ones). |
WatchTillTandavaSep 9, 2021 5:34 PM
| Yeah I absolutely agree with you, guess lots of users here love the pain |
| 한 번만 살지만 제대로 하면 한 번이면 충분해요 |
| Yeah those are valid reasons. To each their own. I personally never drop any show that I start, but I am fine with putting them on hold for months or even a year if needed. To me, “dropped” means that I’ll never watch that anime again, while “on-hold” means that I can always pick up where I left off after months of not watching it. Being a completionist in a way has forced me to be more selective with shows. I have a pretty good idea of what looks like something that I’ll be able to complete and enjoy, just by looking at the characters, synopsis, trailer, mean score, etc. While I agree with all your points, I can’t exactly agree with the last sentence. I don’t think that your arguments will be very convincing if you haven’t seen the whole anime, or if you’re using subjective points against objective points in an argument/debate. |
| I have every intention of watching everything in my list . A good number of them aren't available or subbed I'd rather not restart a show because I dropped it some time ago. What i should and will do is watch less shows for the future seasonals (barring additional franchise adaptations of ones i watched) |
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| I used to never drop anything and I almost got burnt out. As of now, I dropped 1/3 of the anime series I started watching and feel so much better. A bad start can never turn into something good. |
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| I tend to keep shows on hold rather than really drop it. I may pick it up later if something happens. |
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| From what I understand, completists force themselves so they can give the show a rounded and complete reasoning on why they dislike it, rather than saying "it's not to my liking" based off the first few episodes. It also allows their opinion on said show to carry more weight as they did watch the majority or finish it, being able to break down those aspects that were flawed in their eyes. If completists weren't a thing and they dropped the series on the very first few episodes, then the audience would be an echo chamber of fans. That's kind of boring. Dropping shows isn't bad but completism shouldn't be looked down on either. I force myself to complete things I hate because I want to, I wanna see it through to the end. If someone generally doesn't want to, they won't. |
| I don’t drop shows that way I can call a show dog shit and people can’t say “you didn’t finish it” all jokes aside I only drop stuff that is actually terrible, but maybe in the future I’ll drop more stuff |
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illDelusions said: From what I understand, completists force themselves so they can give the show a rounded and complete reasoning on why they dislike it, rather than saying "it's not to my liking" based off the first few episodes. It also allows their opinion on said show to carry more weight as they did watch the majority or finish it, being able to break down those aspects that were flawed in their eyes. If completists weren't a thing and they dropped the series on the very first few episodes, then the audience would be an echo chamber of fans. That's kind of boring. Dropping shows isn't bad but completism shouldn't be looked down on either. I force myself to complete things I hate because I want to, I wanna see it through to the end. If someone generally doesn't want to, they won't. This is exactly where I fall. Then again, I filter my shows heavily even before they hit my PTW, so shows there are more or less guaranteed to be watched by me. I like to view a work as a whole, from "start to end", as a "complete work". There are some shows I found relatively boring at first but I stuck around and got rewarded. Other times, I cling so desperately to whatever element the story has left and wish the story improves, and in the end fails. I pace myself well and try to finish more when my schedule is free, but I always keep it in mind to make sure to finish a show from start to end. From the very first time I started on this anime journey up to now, I only ever dropped one show. Thanks to that, I refined my taste and genres and made sure to choose shows I know I'll like. After all, it's a "relaxation" hobby of mine! But yeah, I guess it's just a difference in perception. We're complete opposites on how we handle shows, OP, and yet I don't really mind your way of doing things! Although, I sure do hope you find more shows that would make you keep on watching 'till the end! There's always that special show out there that just fits your tastes perfectly. Well, I hope there is! |
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