| Anime's fine. I'd rather regret the time I spent watching hentai. |
| I haven't been into anime for long. I started getting seriously into it in 2014. But when I do, its a super intense phase where I basically watch shows continuously (day-night) until I stop for a few months and get into something else, whether it be a show or whatever phase, and then i go straight back into anime again. Every anime I've seen has left me with a strong feeling tied towards it. i haven't seen many compared to you guys but I've enjoyed every second, even if it basically ripped my heart out. @ OP If you felt it was a chore, why did you do it? |
| Xtina is my mother! |
| I always do: so much time I could spend reading books. |
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| With Full Time Work or School, Hobbies can take a back seat. I never regret spending time laughing or enjoying the cute moments in anime. I actually regret school more than anime. I didn't have a good plan. |
| Unfortunately you can't have only meaningful memorable time all the time. That's how life works. Even if you have a good time, there's always that one time that was better. It's easy to forget the fun you had too, when your life was in a different time and place. That's why you live in the moment and do things what you can here and now. Certainly, it is possible that I could have read some masterpiece novel instead of watching Haruhi back in the day, but overall I'm still alive and nothing is stopping me from doing it now. I'm not going to blame not doing something on anime, it is me who made and makes the decisions. |
| Considering I'm 19, and I started at 18, I've taken up some time that could've been used for something better like applying for scholarships, but for the most part I don't regret it. There's certain animes like Yumeria and Girls High that I see as wasted time while animes like Great Teacher Onizuka and Baka to Test were worth my time. Only time will tell whether this was worth the time or not. |
| "Estamos en la mierda joder" -DJMaRiiO |
| I'm a non-recovering aniholic (literally) and my addiction definitely keeps me from being more productive than I might otherwise be, but I can't really say that I regret spending as much time as I have on the medium, even if it does feel like a chore at times. In fact, I wish I had more time to spend on marathons. If anything, I regret not watching anime more single-mindedly. (I'm easily distracted and I often used to multitask when watching, though I almost never do that now.) I might say that I regret not having watched more classics, but that can be remedied and, besides, I can appreciate them more now that I'm older. Anime has been a source of enduring enjoyment and inspiration for many years and my debt to it is not negligible. Yes, there's plenty to dislike in anime, and I think that's partly because the medium is so diverse; it has something for everyone, for better or for worse. I haven't been keeping up with the latest releases (partly because I don't like waiting for new episodes), but the old titles alone would be enough to occupy me with fresh discoveries for the rest of my life. |
Hayley_N_HaydetMay 16, 2017 1:46 PM
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| My only regret is that I didn't start obsessively watching anime every single day until this year |
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| Yes, but I do it anyways. Even when my grades are tanking. |
| Not at all. 2k animu and still going strong. |
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| NOPE. Dont regret it at all, however I completely agree with the last thing you said about it feeling like a chore. Its so easy to feel as though watching it is a chore because you feel you need to get it checked off your list. Or you see how much you have to watch and feel that you need to force yourself to get some done or the list will never get smaller. The best thing to do is just watch anime when you actually feel like it. Who cares about keeping up with everything every season? The moment it becomes boring, drop it, instead of forcing yourself to finish the series... |
| I do, very very much. I actually didn't watch so many of them, but I sometimes wish anime never existed (when I see how perverse and bland this medium has become). I had much more fun watching Eon Kid, Skyland, Code Lyoko, DISNEY, than any regular Japanese anime (exceptions AOT, Erased, Ghibli movies). But if you asked me if I regret reading so much manga (not really, anime adaptation almost always destroy manga and its plot, manga is better), or BOOKS (not at all, and I have read numerous, I would say I'm close to 700, but I stopped counting after 500 few years ago, I'm binge reader (carnivore), God knows how many books I have read and I'm not stopping EVER) Anime has become so boring it's usually not worth time. |
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| nope :P it's not like i had anything better to do. |
| I am watching anime for 3 years now, which doesn't seem that much but no, it was totaly worth it because it gave my life some purpose and made me enjoy something for the first time. |
 [๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ ๐ซ๐๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฆ๐จ๐จ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐ซ๐ค ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฌ. ๐๐๐ฐ๐ง๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ]  ๐ข'๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ง ๐ง๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ; ๐ฐ๐๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ฏ๐๐ฌ] |
| No at all. And I won't say 'wasted' either. Even including the shows I dropped and the ones I hate. We're spending time on a hobby we love and that's all. My advice to OP is you should find a better hobby you love more than anime, no offense. (Maybe he found already, since the first post is one year old) |
RenkiniApr 16, 2018 8:42 AM
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| No, its become my life watching anime |
| What did You expect? life sucks from the get go.... |
| Obviously yes, who can not regret to spend time in something you enjoy/ed so much |
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| Not in this moment,but probs in future |
| Considering that my completed count is significantly less than the average: ...sometimes. |
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