Why do you drop anime?

IntroverTurtle said:
No there's still that scrafty or whatever guy who has dropped nearly 95% of the anime in the database and his reason for doing it is hilarious.

Praland said:
Because ... i can.

karde_en said:
hmmm well i do it,because i have a very busy study life and some animes make me really addicted.

romagia said:
wow 0o he only rated like 519 of them, so i don't think he's actually seen even 1 second of all the others

IntroverTurtle said:
Don't think so either that's what makes his reason so hilarious.

PrettyJ said:
Because I have better things to do than watching 10-20+ remaining episodes of something I know I will not enjoy... I'm very picky with what I watch, after all.

CursedFein said:
Cause I'm not masochist.

KD7BWB said:
Dropping an anime is rare for me. However, it happens.

There is only two reasons I drop an anime.

1). Disgustingly, mind numbingly simple, or stupid. For example "To Love Ru" et al. Nuff said.

2). This one is much more important. There are times when the actions of one character is so unlikely as to be impossible, or those actions are so stupid, that the show wants me to think one thing, when the logic of the question is totally out in science fiction somewhere.

A couple of examples.
a). "Steins; Gate"
Does anybody in this world really believe that a self-confessed 'mad scientist' will complete anything of note? Anytime in history? Anywhere? Even by mistake?

I don't believe it. While I'm capable of suspension of belief for something that is otherwise rational and logical, this sort of distortion of reality puts a whole new spin on the notion of "...it ain't happening, not now, no way ..."

b). "Death Note"
This otherwise excellent anime has one big problem. Light Yagami. While many people buy the notion that this kid is some kind of genius; as an actual smart guy, I can tell you he's dumb as a post. Very lucky at times, but also quite stupid.

Light kills Ray Penber, after Ray has told Light he's gonna terminate his FBI investigation without implicating anybody. Light then kills Penber, which then forces Light to also destroy Penber's girlfriend. This was not done by mistake. It was done on purpose; for the fun of it. Now he has to dodge the investigation of both these new murders from at least a dozen professional detectives; including his own father.

This all happens before the end of the 8th of 37 episodes. This is so mind-numbingly stupid, there is no way for Light Yagami to ever recover his label as "Super-Genius". I dropped this hot-potato after the end of the 8th episode, and good riddance.

c). "Kamisama Hajimemashita"
This anime had the potential to be really fun, and entertaining. Only one problem. The notion that Tomoe would ever consider Nanami, a subject for a romantic entanglement is totally laughable.

She ensnares him into lifelong bondage and slavery, not once but twice. Intentionally. And he's going to forget all of that, because 'true love conquers all'!? Nonsense. I'm not buying it. Especially after Tomoe makes it totally clear that he hates Nanami a half-dozen times in the series. I watched all of that one, hoping there would be some rational and logical solution for this hypocrisy, but nope. I shoulda dropped this one early. Say around episode 3.

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This the end of discussion. There are legitimate, but rare examples of Anime that are so bad, in some way, that they should be dropped before one's sanity framework is permanently wrecked. I intend to protect mine. I have dropped a half-dozen Anime, because of my fairly strict principles, on the matter.

Crimefridge said:
Why do people watch bad shows just because they are anime? I don't love anime so much that I'm willing to dumpster dive for scraps.

Here's a regular hollywood show example of how I filter shows: I heard True Detective season 2 starts out awful, and I already heard of the cast change beforehand with low expectations for the producer. I'm probably not going to even give it a chance until I hear some positive reviews somehow. Why should I watch it? My fears were confirmed with word of mouth. My precognitive bias towards the show was affirmed.

The same applies to anime. For example, I have Tenjou Tenge on plan to watch list. Why would I want to watch it? It has tacky cover art. It's shounen ecchi, which I'm almost never ever a fan of. The average rating is a mild 7, and the individual reviews are consistently bad. Why would I take a risk on a show that has both features that completely repel me as well as bad viewer reviews?

It's when those fail that I drop anime. Carnival Phantasm, took me one episode to know exactly that I had no desire to have anything to do with that show. So of course I dropped it.

Slayers. Had an okay-ish plot with okay-ish characters. Gave it 7 episodes to grow on me. Didn't; hated the direction of the plot, the pacing, the antagonist, and the combat, which is the majority of the show, combined with humor I found fairly stale. Thus, dropped.

S-cryed and Outlaw Star. Overhyped anime from the 90s that were popular in the US. Rewatched them; hated how one-dimensional the shows felt. Felt like the same reason I outgrew G-Gundam: after some time, having some repetitive action sequence where you call out your moves isn't enough to keep an aniboner alive anymore. You need quality content to keep engaged.

In summary: I drop shows because I know what I like and what few shows sneak past my filter and still suck I typically drop.