| If it's a really good show I rewatch it simply for the enjoyment that I derive. |
| Life Is Short But Intense. |
| The same way you can re-watch LOTR trilogy 10 times. But i understand OP, hot bois touching each other and "united states of smash" are enough to just watch on youtube, not worth to watch the whole shit. |
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| I don't know OP. Maybe they are masochistic. You never know. |
| ~ Nas, The "OG Bulgarian"~ Formerly known as: ~ Gokuvich, The "OG Bulgarian"~  |
| If you rewatch something and still enjoy it then the show truly deserves to be in your favourite list. |
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| Usually, rewatching isn't boring if the anime isn't boring. Also, for a lot of people(myself included), after a year or two you can forgot a pretty big chunk of an anime you've already seen and by rewatching it you can get a similar sense of enjoyment as when you first watched it. |
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| When you stay at your uncle's house and old man don't like internet, you're going to watch it all over again especially if you completed it months ago. |
| You know OP, you might find it boring but others don't. |
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| if you think about it you answered your own question |
| I would only rewatch a show if I didn't pay much attention the first time I watched it, since I'm a daydreamer |
Excaliburrrrr said: damn that's one boring hell of a thing to do. That's because your favorite anime is boring as dogshit. |
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| "How could someone possibly enjoy doing [insert literally anything here] more than once and still enjoy it?", you ask? Because when people enjoy things, they tend to do them repeatedly. If you don't enjoy it the second time, perhaps you didn't truly enjoy it the first time. If merely knowing the plot is enough to satisfy you, then I'd suggest focusing more on reading books. If, however, you want to learn the benefits of rewatching, just try it out for yourself with one or two of your favorite anime rather than putting down those who have actual experience doing this thing you're criticizing out of ignorance. Anime (and many other things in life) is about the experience it gives you, and this can be thrilling even when you already know what will happen. (Though it's generally a good idea to give it some time before rewatching.) My stats say 406 completed anime and 304 rewatches. In retrospect, I could have watched more anime I hadn't seen before with all that time...but the thing is, if I could only pick one, I'd rather rewatch something I know I love rather than something I may end up not enjoying so much. (For the record, my current emphasis is on watching new things.) Rewatching enables you to gain a greater understanding of all the subtleties that went into making an anime. I particularly like to study how the soundtracks were integrated into the scenes, which is something that often goes unnoticed. There isn't a single time I've rewatched something that I haven't learned something new. I usually watch sub, then dub for anime I like anyway, so at least then it's not rewatching the exact same thing. |
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| i always watch one punch man rewatch it a million times in this thread op is a faggot |
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| To find out and understand more of it if you haven't, missed out context and enjoying the same thing you've experienced first time, some anime are even better rewatched, tastes like wine. |
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| I don't find it boring at all. Don't re-watch series you find mediocre or just outright bad, but series you thoroughly enjoyed. Re-watching is something I frequently do nowadays as I don't watch new series much. It can be years in between each re-watch session, so my memories always lack the specifics. If you can't re-watch your favorites means you probably didn't like them that much. |
| i need to re-watch like half of the series on my completed list because i watched them years ago and don't remember a lot of things about them |
| Well, maybe it would be less boring if you didn't rewatch all the best scenes all the time and could just come back to the show after a bunch of years and experience it all over again after having forgotten most of the details that made the anime so enjoyable in the first place? Rewatching specific scenes kinda ruins potential rewatches, that much is certain. But people like OP seem too caught up in their own, narrow perspective of how to perceive the world and how to enjoy things to really be open for other perspectives, seeing as he just ridicules people trying to explain to him how enjoyment can work for stuff like that. For starters, not everyone is solely into anime for the plot. That's usually the part of most anime that I care about the least, that contributes the least to my overall enjoyment of it. So knowing the overall plot already often makes little to no difference for me. Can you imagine? You probably can't because you're too caught up in your own perspective and just want people to mirror it back at you rather than actually explain to you why people enjoy rewatching and why that makes total sense. |
| I probably regret this post by now. |
| There have been a lot of shows I enjoyed even more on my second watch-through. Hunter x Hunter, higurashi, Naruto, Houseki no Kuni, code geass and a few more for example. You pick up on things you missed the first time and start to appreciate the big moments in the story more. Also whats wrong with spending a little bit more time with the characters you got to love through out the anime. |
Katsuo_Aug 12, 2018 12:03 PM
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| Maybe they want to see if they still like/hate something as much as they did the first time. For me,I'll re-watch something if I a series I liked gets a sequel. Mostly because chances are I'll need a refresher if it's been a while since the last season. |
| Gurren lagann is literally my favorite thing ever why wouldn't I rewatch it? |
| Well, when there is nothing new worth watching then it's always really fun to re-watch your favorite anime. |
| If you one day love a series enough then you might understand. If I love an anime/manga then I rewatch/reread it on a regular basis because then it doesn't matter if I already know everything that's gonna happen cuz just seeing my favorite characters on screen is more than enough to keep me entertained. |
| Well, the key is to not force yourself then I guess. Just rewatch if you really feel like it, and you probably won’t regret it. |
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| I've re-watched "YoI" quite a few times, the same goes for "Cowboy Bebop" and also "SnK". No problem. It is the same as with any other show. You don't want to know how many times I have watched "Firefly". |
| It's all just personal experience. I used to rewatch a lot because I only knew about so many shows, but now with all of the anime I want to watch I simply can't dedicate any time to rewatching. There are two types of enjoyment that come from any anime: the base enjoyment of what the series has to offer and the enjoyment of learning what's happening in the series and what it teaches you about the real world. Anime like mystery anime and informational anime like Shirobako and Bartender wouldn't be that fun to rewatch, but when it's just the fights or the comedy that you're watching for it can be just as enjoyable the second time. |
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| I rarely do rewatches because there's other anime I want to watch |
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| i rewatch anime when i get bored of anime. the only anime i even completed this summer are my rewatches of fma brotherhood and lovelive lmao |
Edward Elric > your waifu  |
| I can say when I rewatched 2 seasons of Clannad, definitely enjoyed more than the first time I watched them especially the first one |
| There are also those anime where the plot can get quite confusing or be hard to piece out on a first watch like Kimi no na wa or Madoka. A few rewatches can help clear up some of the initial confusion. |
| I think it depends on what the situation is. When it comes to me, I usually only re-watch anime if it's with a friend who hasn't seen it, because it's always fun to see their reactions and such. Though I do sometimes rewatch movies a lot by myself. |
Pullman said: Well, maybe it would be less boring if you didn't rewatch all the best scenes all the time and could just come back to the show after a bunch of years and experience it all over again after having forgotten most of the details that made the anime so enjoyable in the first place? Rewatching specific scenes kinda ruins potential rewatches, that much is certain. But people like OP seem too caught up in their own, narrow perspective of how to perceive the world and how to enjoy things to really be open for other perspectives, seeing as he just ridicules people trying to explain to him how enjoyment can work for stuff like that. For starters, not everyone is solely into anime for the plot. That's usually the part of most anime that I care about the least, that contributes the least to my overall enjoyment of it. So knowing the overall plot already often makes little to no difference for me. Can you imagine? You probably can't because you're too caught up in your own perspective and just want people to mirror it back at you rather than actually explain to you why people enjoy rewatching and why that makes total sense. Based Pullman coming through again. If you were to only read one response from this thread, let it be this. I could never describe the concept of rewatching anime better than this myself. |
"Most anime makers are basically autistic" - Hideaki Anno |
| Rewatching a show can reaffirm why you liked/hated it. For 4 years I wondered why I liked Tonari no Kaibatsu then I rewatched after getting off my lazy ass and went "Oh, yeah. That's why." |
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| I’ve rewatched most of the shows on my favourites list because I consider them dense. They have so in them that I couldn’t take the whole thing in one siting. As i get older I’m able to understand stories In new ways the experience changes. I’m probably going to re watch most of them at least once again. |
| This is like saying "why eat the same food twice, how could you possibly enjoy it the second time" |
| Why the fuck do people ask this stupidass question so many times when the answer couldn't be more fucking obvious? |
| The beauty of humans is that they say one thing then do another, but at the same time that can also be their ugliest side. |
| I don't like to rewatch shows because you've already seen them and enjoyed them so it would just be a waste of time to see them again when there are other things to see out there. However, sometimes I watch random episodes of a series again, especially if it is comedic (like Gintama or OHSHC). |
| I almost rewatched all of the first season of Tales of Zestiria the X last night, just to refresh my memory of its events, in preparation for watching the second season. |
| Avatar character is Gabriel from Gabriel DropOut. |
| I see re-watching an anime no different than listening to a song you like or re-watching a movie you like. I re-watched lots of anime. |
| I don't know if this is a fair comparison, but think of it like music.. do you listen to your favorite song only once? Probably not. The only way it really differs from anime is the time of duration of course, but still. |
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