| I usually watch the first one or two episodes before deciding. With only one to two episodes watched there's no point in even having it on your list. I just remove them entirely. |
| Don't tell me what to do MAL Stranger. What a pointless thread, can't people think for themselves? |
Mister_LokiSep 10, 2021 7:13 AM
Everyone could use some One Piece in their life. |
| I disagree. In fact, if more people forced themselves to watch shows until completion, they would drop less shows over time because they would be forced to use their brains to find and watch shows that they actually find interesting, instead of just adding every anime they can find to their PTW. |
| The thing is, the anime that I have on my on hold list is because it's not that I hated them I'm just not in the mood to resume the anime. If the Anime is in my dropped list, then I don't add them at all cuz it's useless to add dropped anime and I think it stains my list for some reason. You won't believe me but I have dropped several shows in the past with the intention of never resuming them again. |
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| Quite honestly, I could use the same base argument to defend why someone shouldn't drop anything. Specially considering it's so freeing and rewarding to complete something, and evaluate it as whole for what it is, be it good or bad, I just love it. |
  Grant me one hour on love's most sacred shores To clasp the bosom that my soul adores, Lie heart to heart and merge my soul with yours |
| Lol i mean you cant even get proper argument if you just tasting the surfaces. Especially for those who uses 2 episodes rules This also applied on other subject too. |
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| Sure, don't watch things you don't want to. I have no problem with people dropping thing, even if I'm not fond to do so myself. I'd like to ask to people with a lot of dropped shows though why did you start them to begin with? I feel like some people chose to start something they know they won't like just so they have an excuse to throw it on dropped. Now if you're using your dropped list as a 'won't watch', understandable, but if you're going to drop show after show at the 20 minute mark, wouldn't the synopsis, trailer, genres, ect. also be enough information most of the time? You don't need to try everything. |
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| I like seeing how shows are like the whole way through. If I wasn't a fan of the first season, I don't tend to watch the rest of it (if there is more than one season). I don't feel like I can judge a show if I drop it entirely. |
  so sleepy... did you need something? |
| It's a matter of perspective really. You like to quit shows so that you don't waste too much time on something you don't like, where I like to keep watching them to get a better understanding of something regardless of the quality of said thing |
| Stuff in the streets, Stuff with drip in the sheets |
| let me count 43/254 = 16,9% so im fine with drop term but u, more thann 50% u dropped than u watched, whts wrong with u dude ? |
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| nothing is so bad I'd drop it forever. my dropped list is just a last priority on-hold list. |
| Definitely agree with the OP. This thread even inspired me to set my drop goal to at least 500 titles, the same number as my completed. |
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| Was about to agree, but then I saw your list, bruh you dropped some goated shows. |
| If I drop it without trying then I'd end up completing all the anime produced so far by the industry in just a few monts. |
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| To clarify, I'm completely fine with people who refuse to drop any anime. That said, I do agree with you. If I see absolutely no redeeming qualities in a series that I'm watching, I'll gladly banish it to the dropped list. |
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eli_shmeli said: mazuchi said: Was about to agree, but then I saw your list, bruh you dropped some goated shows. Idk, what can I say, I don't like Shonen that much. On the flip side tho, most Shonen that I've dropped have at least 10 eps watched, and Jojo's has 60, MHA has ~80, and HxH also has 80 I was mainly refering to Erased, Gintama and Mitsuboshi Colors (didn't see HxH), but anyway, good for you for dropping anime you don't enjoy. There are too many good anime to waste time with bad ones. |
Sylverthas said: Kwanthemaster said: I'd like to ask to people with a lot of dropped shows though why did you start them to begin with? I feel like some people chose to start something they know they won't like just so they have an excuse to throw it on dropped. Now if you're using your dropped list as a 'won't watch', understandable, but if you're going to drop show after show at the 20 minute mark, wouldn't the synopsis, trailer, genres, ect. also be enough information most of the time? You don't need to try everything. Some reasons: 1. It can be nice to get a general overview of a season. Watching or skimming through one episode can be done rather fast. 2. The synopsis tells you the setting, but often nothing more. Maybe there is a show that is only marginally interesting at first but directed / produced so well it can keep you on the ball. Maybe the characters are interesting and you only realize this when watching the show. 3. It is always good to keep an open mind. From the synopsis I wouldn't have watched Mushoku Tensei, as it sounds like a generic modern isekai. 4. Sometimes you might find interesting things in genres you did not expect to like. Maybe you don't like sports in general, but there is a sports show that does things differently enough to catch your attention? 5. Why not just experiment? I feel there are many people that just stick to one genre (mostly battle shounen) in particular and are averse to trying new things. As stated before, an episode takes at most 20 minutes (less if you dont finish it because it wasnt for you). 6. A drop is not eternal. If you later hear good things about a show that you dropped after the first episode, why not come back? Maybe it really "gets better later"? This doesn't happen too often to me, but it is possible. I see your points, these are all fair. I should mention just saying the synopsis/genres was a mistake - I know those can be poor indications of what a work really entails, and if you browse my list, I'm sure you can see I'm open to pretty much any genre of work. Maybe I should have clarified, because while you do have a lot of dropped shows, I don't think you're going out of your way to just sample everything, since you do have more completed than dropped and many of them are multiple episodes. Myself, I've stopped things after one episode (I don't mark these) or otherwise - you probably just try more series and have less tolerance with what you'll continue. I guess it's just a different way to look at things, but I'd rather pick less and stick with them, then just try everything I can find (which I think some people are tying to do when their feed is full of dropped at one episode - are you really trying it because you're curious or think you might like it, or just so you say that you did?) |
KwanthemasterSep 10, 2021 12:28 PM
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| If u are a max level droper it wont make people drop shows becasue of you. You alredy have more droped shows then finished. I would question do you like anime at all or are you too incompetent to find a good anime? |
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Kwanthemaster said: Sure, don't watch things you don't want to. I have no problem with people dropping thing, even if I'm not fond to do so myself. I'd like to ask to people with a lot of dropped shows though why did you start them to begin with? I feel like some people chose to start something they know they won't like just so they have an excuse to throw it on dropped. Now if you're using your dropped list as a 'won't watch', understandable, but if you're going to drop show after show at the 20 minute mark, wouldn't the synopsis, trailer, genres, ect. also be enough information most of the time? You don't need to try everything. Because trailers can be misleading. Just because something has a great premise doesn't mean that the execution of that premise will be any good. Aside from that, sometimes I'm just so desperate for something new to watch that I will take a shot in the dark and watch something that only vaguely appeals to me, hoping for it to surprise me, and it doesn't. |
| Shoot first, think never. |
| Someone who drops Haikyuu and completes Darling in the Franxx and gives it a 9 is jot a guy worth listening to cause he obviously doesn’t know shit |
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| I never drop shows for 2 reasons: 1. I want to develop taste, you need shitty anime for that. 2. Most anime are so short it is not really a challenge to finish them. |
| Personally I keep things I've made more headway into or fairly liked but didn't finish for one or another reason in the "On-hold" list, while things I'm in 99.9% likelihood never giving another shot to in "Dropped". Along with shows I completely disliked of course. |
| I totally get where you're coming from, as I'm guilty of using my on-hold list as a disguised dropped list lmao. Although for me it's more... well, on-hold are stuff I might want to go back to or revisit in the future, and some anime that I think I didn't like at first glance just because I wasn't in the right mood to watch it at the time. I've had anime I've put on hold for YEARS (and by years I mean like, 8-10 years - Shinsekai Yori is an example of this) that I ended up absolutely loving. That's why I put any anime that I think I might remotely like if I were in a different mood/state of mind in my on-hold list. The anime in my dropped list are dropped. Forever. I don't want to give them a second chance for various reasons - or I've given them way too many chances than I should have allowed. So that's why both my on-hold and dropped lists are ridiculous. |
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| True, I really should. That's neither here nor there though. |
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| I only drop shows that I can't get hooked on in the first couple of episodes. Even if I a show is terrible, I'll just watch it as background noise. Generally I only pick shows based off the synopsis to make sure it's not a huge waste of time. I use my On-Hold list as a place for the super longggg shows like Gintama or stuff that I know for a guarantee I'll go back to like Black Clover. |
| I don't see the point in dropping shows, there are rarely good shows that you will come across, and there are rarely bad shows, 80 percent of the shows I watch are mediocre anyway, and I just watch them to kill some time. |
| "Life is too bitter, so coffee, at least should be sweet..." - Hikigaya Hachiman (Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatte Iru) |
| When I drop something it's because I hate it. Loathe it with every fiber of my being. If I'm like 'ehhh, I'm not sure of this one' or I get bored, then it ends up in my stalled list to try later. Stalled, for me, means I'll give it another go. Dropped means 'set that shit on FIRE' (I mean, admittedly I've COMPLETED series that I wish I could set on fire, but that was due either to my completionist phase or due to me doing the seasonal anime challenge on anime-planet). So I HOPE I won't be adding to my dropped list because when something gets added there then that means I tried to watch something I despise. |
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oyabuntaro said: deg said: if you drop a lot of shows it shows how bad you are at looking for the right anime for your taste not every show is made for you. once youve watched hundreds of shows, the ratio of ones that you'll enjoy to those that you wont enjoy is going to get worse. i have watch hundreds of shows already and i say i still enjoy most of it thats the point you should watch more shows that is meant for you unless your goal is to watch all anime as much as possible then ye no shit Sturgeons Law or rule of thumb will apply |
degSep 10, 2021 7:31 PM
eli_shmeli said: I honestly do not understand why people would want to finish every single show they ever try. Yeah, sometimes it's good to stick with it, especially if a friend says "it gets better around ep 20" or something. But some shows you can pretty much tell within the first few eps if they're bad or simply not for you. What people often do is they feel so compelled to complete all their shows that they simply turn their On Hold list, or worse yet their Watching list into disguised Dropped lists. What people don't seem to understand is if you put it on your Dropped list you can always come back, and that way there's less pressure to do so, so it'll make you enjoy it more if you do. 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. And yeah, you can't 100% garentee a show is awful if you haven't finished it, but you can at least know you didn't enjoy it, and sometimes a subjective view is a better argument than an objective one anyways. Edit: people keep asking me this; the large majority of my drops are from Seasonals and Friend Suggestions, the first meaning I have little to go off of when starting the show and the second meaning that my friends are gonna make me try it Dude I understand what you're trying to say and all but it isn't normal to drop more anime than you have completed. You've dropped a shit ton of anime after only watching the first episode. Be patient and complete it, most masterpieces you see out there start to pick up at around 5 ep into the show at least. Dropping anime like Magi after the first ep is just stupid imo. Based on your taste, you dropped a lot of anime that you could have fell in love with as well but whatever I guess. |
| Anime is overrated |
eli_shmeli said: abeydaby said: Dude I understand what you're trying to say and all but it isn't normal to drop more anime than you have completed. You've dropped a shit ton of anime after only watching the first episode. Be patient and complete it, most masterpieces you see out there start to pick up at around 5 ep into the show at least. Dropping anime like Magi after the first ep is just stupid imo. Based on your taste, you dropped a lot of anime that you could have fell in love with as well but whatever I guess. I didn't drop it after the first ep, it just appears that way because I don't update episodes on MAL. I rarely drop anything after the first few eps aight my bad then, forget what I said. |
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