swirlydragon said: Anyway, how do you "anime completionist" make yourself complete an anime that you obviously dislike? Doesn't it feel like a chore sometimes? And don't you get scared once you start a new anime because if it turns out bad then you've gotta suffer a lot of mental torture? Well, I am an "anime completionist" myself and completing certain anime feels like a chore sometimes. I kinda do this with anime. I used to watch any anime I can see on TV and I've watched enough shows to know what to do. Of course, I do have an big on-hold list, but it doesn't bother me because that list is my catchall. I just use three rules - never start an anime I'm not remotely interested in, know what my response is to certain types of shows (for example, I'd watch a dub if I don't care too much about JP fidelity), and employ discipline. It's been quite rewarding. This is because my favorite type of story is a story that ties everything together. The only way to find those is by watching the entire thing and taking it as a whole body of work. Of course you get a lot of meh crap along the way, which is why the first step is to filter what you want to watch. |
| I'm definitely a completionist. I refuse to drop an anime no matter what. Even if it gets bad later on. It does feel like a chore but I'm determined to finish it no matter what. The animes in my on-hold list means what it says, ON-HOLD. I will continue to watch them one day. Not even planning on dropping them at all. |
Mikura39Oct 1, 2018 1:58 AM
 Help, I'm hooked into the Fate series (not all) and am obsessed with Shirou x Saber! Also, forever hoping for a ufotable remake of the Fate route! |
Akerakai said: Op we all know you won't ever continue dragon ball super and that the on hold list is the replacement of the dropped list for chiken hearted people like you I kept DB Super on hold because I was watching it while it was airing and it took around 3 episodes for Goku to finally transform to SSG and then I had to wait every week for a new episode even though the new episode didn't offer much to the story because DB Super had a slow pace. So, I thought I should wait until some new episodes come out. But yeah, I don't feel like watching it now, but I surely will. Perhaps, soon in the future. As for other anime on my "on hold" list, I kept them "on hold" list not because I hate them, but because of several other reasons like for Fate Zero, I thought I should complete F/SN VN first in order to get a good grasp of the story. I completed F/SN VN recently and now I plan to continue F/Z. Similarly for Naruto, it were fillers. For some others, I was busy with some other work, so I had to discontinue watching them. Though I surely will complete all of them. Btw I love F/Z even though I only saw the first few episodes of that anime yet because even the first few episodes were awesome. |
swirlydragonSep 30, 2018 10:34 PM
| Don't understand why people doing this to themselves, are they masochists? If I don't like anime I can''t force myself watch even one episode not to mention about hundreds of Naruto filler episodes. |
swirlydragon said: I mean the people who never drop an anime no matter how much they dislike it. They will complete any anime that they once start watching. Anyway, how do you "anime completionist" make yourself complete an anime that you obviously dislike? Doesn't it feel like a chore sometimes? And don't you get scared once you start a new anime because if it turns out bad then you've gotta suffer a lot of mental torture? Well, I am an "anime completionist" myself and completing certain anime feels like a chore sometimes. Yes, I completely understand how you feel. I can never bring myself to 'drop' a show, and probably never will be able to. And I watch every seasonal, this coming season will be my 5th straight season of watching every show. So yes, undoubtedly there are some terrible ones in there too. But it gives me a better appreciation for the really good ones. Builds character! lol |
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| I drop anime i simply do not enjoy, no reason to torture myself for no reason when I could be spending time trying to find a good anime i will actually enjoy. That said if I am doing an anime watching challenge and a show I am watching is bad I'll just increase the playback speed x2 so a 20min episode is just 10min. Much more bearable, can still say I watched all of it without torturing myself. Sometimes playing it faster makes it more interesting too since you're not waiting around for the next useless scene to start. Baka_phnx said: "what if something good happens after this?". So I try to complete everything I start. On this note I'd argue that if a show is so bad it fails too hook you half way thorough its going to fail at the end as well anyway, unless its a highly rated anime that people say you need to see the entirety of it to understand I just move on. Not worth wasting my time on it. |
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| Yeah, no, I can't complete a series if I don't find it interesting (exceptions being Franxx and Sukasuka). It's not that I want to drop it, it's just that I, eventually, start to put off watching more episodes until I simply don't care anymore. |
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| I'm a completionist, I don't really like seeing anime in dropped or on-hold for long. |
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| Not a completionist, but I don´t drop too much. |
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| Well if a show is bad I will usually either put it on 2x speed or having it playing in the background while doing something else. I don't like dropping shows at all though. |
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| I complete an anime because I find it interesting and compelling no matter how disgusting it is. Even if I dislike it, I want to see how it ends, will the conflict be gone, will the character I hate die, will they finish it with a rushed ending, or will they just leave me hanging like that....questions like this still comes to mind even when I watch a equally horrible show...say like Boku no Pico or School Days. I want to see how it ends. And so, its not a chore at all. I dont know, but for me, its a necessary process even to experience distasteful and horrible things. I would go through that if given a chance and so that what makes me realize that "oh, its already the last episode? that was not good at all. still its an experience I would not forget." |
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| One completionist here. There were only two cases when I had to skip few episodes or fast-forward some scenes beucase I just found those two anime so annoying time to time but in the end I still finished both of them. |
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| I don’t like spoilers so I usually comple everything I watch. There are some rare occasions where I do drop something but it either really long, I don’t feel like watching it or I forgot about it. When I don’t like the show I’m watching I usually put it I. The background while doing something(Which is mainly the reason on why I watch dub) also I always tell my self when I watch something I didn’t like I should drop it but when I’m 3 ep in I’m like maybe it will get better when it’s in ep 6 and if I don’t like it there I’ll drop it but when I do make it halfway I’ll tell myself I made it this far might as well finish the show. But this is just me |
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swirlydragon said: I mean the people who never drop an anime no matter how much they dislike it. They will complete any anime that they once start watching. Anyway, how do you "anime completionist" make yourself complete an anime that you obviously dislike? Doesn't it feel like a chore sometimes? And don't you get scared once you start a new anime because if it turns out bad then you've gotta suffer a lot of mental torture? Well, I am an "anime completionist" myself and completing certain anime feels like a chore sometimes. i almost could do that, untill THAT fatefull bad anime came by (which is robohachi, which i was watching with other seasonal anime) i had a perfect "watch all" list |
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| i was one at some point but reality hit me and i realized that wasting time is unwise |
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| I am not really picky so I rarely drop anything but it happens on occasion. I have stuck it out a couple times for series that I thought would be good thinking they will get better to no avail though. |
| Only pathetic losers with nothing else to do in their sad little lives would have a no-drop policy |
| This anime shit is addictive |
| Yeah, I'm a completionist also. Sometimes it turns out well, sometimes not so well. |
| me me me! *aggressively seeking for approval i've never had* |
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| I'm a completionist lol. I just finished all of SAO a few days ago. Honestly, I just don't like dropping because I started and I might as well finish it. A lot of times I want to give a show a second chance and it just wastes my time watching through the beginning again. |
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| I dropped anime a lot lol who want to finish an anime is 200 episodes long if dislike it.. whatever |
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| I'm a completionist, to the point of being OC about it. For one thing, a show that isn't working that well for me early on sometimes gets better and leaves me glad I kept watching. So far I've only dropped two anime. One wasn't doing much for me, and the version I had access to was so heavily Americanized that I wouldn't consider it an accurate representation of what the original creators intended. The other because if left me with such a feeling of revulsion that I couldn't continue watching (and even then at the risk of spoiling myself I tried to find out if later episodes had any change or redemption and found out it's basically more of the same). |
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| I have never understood this mentality. If you are not enjoying something, why even bother to watch through it just so you can mark it as "completed"? You have a limited amount of time in life, so watch what you enjoy and drop what you dont. Its that simple. |
swirlydragon said: I mean the people who never drop an anime no matter how much they dislike it. They will complete any anime that they once start watching. Anyway, how do you "anime completionist" make yourself complete an anime that you obviously dislike? Doesn't it feel like a chore sometimes? And don't you get scared once you start a new anime because if it turns out bad then you've gotta suffer a lot of mental torture? Well, I am an "anime completionist" myself and completing certain anime feels like a chore sometimes. I have the completionist "problem" and I will put things on hold instead of dropping them. I have every intent on finishing any show I start, even if I can't stand it. I will force myself to watch through a couple episodes at a time just to make some progress on shows I dislike. It most definitely feels like a chore at times, which is why I usually only make myself watch a couple episodes at a time. I'm not necessarily scared to start a new show just because there is potential for me to dislike it. I'll just throw it on hold and move onto something I know I enjoy. Then when I feel like I'm in the mood to "tolerate" something, I'll make some progress with on hold shows. |
| I haven't completed an anime til completion since 2017 when I made this account. It is always on and off. Drops some, hold some, watch some. It's definitely a lot of mental torture trying to watch a show that I find boring or not like. So I'm like forget it. Kudos to all the anime completionists that don't drop their anime. Much props and love. I cannot do it. But damn. The amount of sheer will power to continue is just commendable. Much respect. |
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| I was a completionist. Now I drop them at a drop of a hat. There are plenty of stuff on hold as well. I made a more detailed post on it a while ago. |
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| Yes. I just keep on watching no matter what. I do watch multiple anime at the same time, so I just go to watch another one and hope I still don't hate it lol |
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| No that sounds like a dumb idea why would anyone who doesn't hate himself ever do that. |
| It's not like I'm having a gun pointed at my head telling me to complete what I dislike. Anime should be enjoyment, not some chore. |
| Yes I've suffered enough.. May be its time I start dropping some |
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| I don't really see the point in forcing your way through an anime when you're not enjoying it, I watch anime for enjoyment, if I'm not enjoying a show I might as well drop it. |
| Yes I never dropped any anime (so far), I just can't do it lol. But I do have low standards tho, I pretty much like everything. I do leave a few on hold when I'm watching too many series at once. |
| used to be completion. Now I simply drop stuff that feels borefest. Got other stuff to do or watch than waste time on stuff I dont like. |
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| I mean, not going Completionist about anime I don't like. The whole reason to be a completionist is for franchises you love the characters, world, writer, so much that you want all of it you can get. It's not something to try and achieve to prove a point Ghost In the Shell Bubblegum Crisis/Crash (an old 80s series- I have everything) Fate / Type Moon (kind of- not the Kaleid/Prisma series) Made in Abyss.... this is on hold on the very last episode of season 2. It goes further down an overly disgusting path that I can't agree with. So maybe I'm not a completionist on this series anymore. But I've watched everything up to that point. |
| Oh absolutely. I'll go through all the OVAs too if they're available. I like to have like, a clear judgement on a series because what /if/ it gets good in the last episode, you know? |
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| I finish an anime no matter what. Lost media and hard to find titles are exceptions because I like the idea of having every anime in the database on my list. Personally, experiencing an anime I don't enjoy isn't meaningless since it's adding to my understanding of the medium. It makes finding gems more appreciative in a way, and I believe the anime you dislike are just as important as the ones you do, if not more so. Can't get the full picture without looking at things from both sides. In terms of critiquing, it's best to know the subject inside and out, beginning to end. |
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