| I know "you've got the rest of your life" or whatever, but still, there's a good 50 series that I want to watch ASAP and it legit gives me anxiety thinking about binging them all. Then I've got a ton of LN series I want to get into and manga to read, it's a lot. Especially when I go days without actively eating into that list/watching anything. Anyone else get anxious about that? |
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| Not entirely for anime, but manga I do sometimes since there's so much to read and it takes quite some time. LN's I just gave up entirely because it can be hard to understand what is going on at times |
 'On-Hold' is another way for a completionist to say 'Dropped' |
| Slow your roll amigo. Sure you're going somewhere eventually, but anime ain't. It can be a little intimidating but your anxiety shouldn't even, partly, be defined by how much media you consume, ain't a college exam nor are you enclined to watch everything there is out there. Why do you need to watch the series: "ASAP"? To get an opinion on discussions in the community? Making editorials? If not, take your time and relax, hell, rewatch some older shows. This is supposed to be fun, right? Haha. |
Mugetsu-Jul 13, 2019 10:59 AM
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| Nah, there's a lot of shows I want to try but I take things very easy. |
| Kind of, but I watch 10 anime at a time so I can go through them fairly quickly depending on how fast I decide to get through each series. |
| If I live 17 more years I should theoretically be able to finish all anime rated 8 or above but I try not to think about the rest nor the manga and LN's I want to read |
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DancinMuffin said: If I live 17 more years I should theoretically be able to finish all anime rated 8 or above but I try not to think about the rest nor the manga and LN's I want to read You know that there would be more anime that would be rated above 8 in those 17 years |
| *Looks at anime synopsis from this season* Only non cancer one is vinland saga and dr. stone I guess no. |
| Not at all. I watch anime for enjoyment, not to have the most completed list. |
Monarch-Reli said: Slow your roll amigo. Sure you're going somewhere eventually, but anime ain't. It can be a little intimidating but your anxiety shouldn't even, partly, be defined by how much media you consume, ain't a college exam nor are you enclined to watch everything there is out there. Why do you need to watch the series: "ASAP"? To get an opinion on discussions in the community? Making editorials? If not, take your time and relax, hell, rewatch some older shows. This is supposed to be fun, right? Haha. Because I want to watch them ASAP. >Discussions? Nope, most of my PTW are shows that aren't airing anymore, Discussing on reddit and FB is nice though |
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BestBoiEren said: *Looks at anime synopsis from this season* Only non cancer one is vinland saga and dr. stone I guess no. KNY? Danmachi? Senpai? Yikes, buddy. |
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SuguChan said: Not really, as I put no dead-line or anything on what I watch. I just watch and add to my list as I get around to watching stuff. I also don't binge watch anymore, because that just sucks the enjoyment out of anime altogether, and causes me to become burnt-out with it. If I'm going to binge watch, it'll be one or two series, maybe once a year. But yeah, I've gotten to the point where I no longer rush to get stuff completed. Rather, I just go at my own pace, which in turn diminishes the anxiety completely, because the anime is no longer in control of me, but I'm in control of it. Good strategy to have (character count) |
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Setsuei said: Kind of, but I watch 10 anime at a time so I can go through them fairly quickly depending on how fast I decide to get through each series. How sway??! Teach me lol(character count) |
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sonofbatmanrp13 said: DancinMuffin said: If I live 17 more years I should theoretically be able to finish all anime rated 8 or above but I try not to think about the rest nor the manga and LN's I want to read You know that there would be more anime that would be rated above 8 in those 17 years Stop don't say things like that I'm already trying to stay caught up *sighs in Japanese* |
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BlakexEkalb said: I have a lot of free time and I'm still too lazy to watch anime even though I want to. Me irl, last two days I have wasted so much reading and anime time |
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Gorochu said: Not at all. I watch anime for enjoyment, not to have the most completed list. Nice, but it's not having a completed list, it's having tasks in front of you that you want to accomplish, for example before I watch Danmachi season 2, I need to finish the LN covered in season 1 and watch the 13 episodes of that |
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| If your entertainment is stressing you out, you're doing it wrong. Like, jeez, this is supposed to be your downtime - stop treating it like it's a work deadline. My suggestion is that you find something else to do, do that for like a month or two, then come back and start working through whatever you want once you've cooled off. If you really are worried about how to get through everything, take it step by step: maybe start by picking the five shows you really want to watch first, then pick an order, then stick to that rigidly. But, wow, yeah, just have fun with it. Again - your entertainment shouldn't be stressing you out. |
Superns18 said: BestBoiEren said: *Looks at anime synopsis from this season* Only non cancer one is vinland saga and dr. stone I guess no. KNY? Danmachi? Senpai? Yikes, buddy. tf is kny and senpai? danmachi? meh shouldnt say yikes when you have rem, rei and shield trash on your favs |
| I've got well over 200 things on my PTW and that list isn't getting smaller anytime soon... |
| Avatar character is Gabriel from Gabriel DropOut. |
| I'm glad you still have the energy to binge series. That ability left me after my first year or so after getting into anime. Now anything more than 5 episodes in a sitting is considered a 'binge' for me. That, and once high-school was over I lost the one period of my life that I would have as much free time to watch anime as I wanted. And man, you do have the rest of your life though. I always feel lucky that I got into anime as a teenager because I doubt I would be making as much time for it as I do now if I had gotten into it years later. Anime is my #1 recreational activity, so I have no doubt in my mind that I will eventually get to all the stuff I really wanna watch. When I think of all the new shows coming out I get excited, rather than anxious. Plus, there's no need to be in a rush to binge everything. If you watch all the best shows right away, there will be nothing left to hold your interest afterwards. I take my time getting to and actually watching stuff that I like. I add shows to my PTW almost every day with series that I find interesting or titles that I have heard a lot of praise for. I'm currently around 200 entries, with a backlog well over 700. I actually think the more shows you have waiting to watch, the less in a rush you will be to get to all of them. |
| I don't get anxious about it, even though I have a lot of anime I still want to watch. Watching anime is supposed to be a hobby for me and not something that puts unneccessary stress on me. Got enough of that at work. |
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| Not at all. I get to it when I get to it. Plus, I only add a handful of anime to my watch list for each season. My watch list is actually getting slim, so I need to look for some older stuff that looks interesting (if anybody has any recommendations I'd love to hear em). |
| Nop, I never felt like that because of 2 things, I never had the intention of watching every anime and I don't think that every anime is great either. Most of the good shit is hard to miss, of course there is obscure stuff that is amazing but it's not that much. BigAristotle94 said: I recommend anything above 7 in my list.Not at all. I get to it when I get to it. Plus, I only add a handful of anime to my watch list for each season. My watch list is actually getting slim, so I need to look for some older stuff that looks interesting (if anybody has any recommendations I'd love to hear em). |
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| No, since there's no hurry. Like you said, I have the rest of my life to get to the anime I want to watch. And if I never get to some of it, that's fine too. I like to watch at my own pace, and not worry about it. This has always been just a fun hobby for me, so I never want it to become a source of stress. |
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| Each year, my plan-to-watch always has a net increase. It's far faster to add a show than it is to watch (and I consistently bite chucks of my PTW). Instead of feeling overwhelmed, I am pretty jazzed. I always have something to look forward to! Often times, if I really like a show, I prefer dwelling on it (thinking about it, discussing with other people, or perhaps drawing since I picked that up again) than moving on to a new series. |
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Maurice_5 said: If your entertainment is stressing you out, you're doing it wrong. Like, jeez, this is supposed to be your downtime - stop treating it like it's a work deadline. My suggestion is that you find something else to do, do that for like a month or two, then come back and start working through whatever you want once you've cooled off. If you really are worried about how to get through everything, take it step by step: maybe start by picking the five shows you really want to watch first, then pick an order, then stick to that rigidly. But, wow, yeah, just have fun with it. Again - your entertainment shouldn't be stressing you out. if only it was that simple lol, can't relate |
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| At times, I do get overwhelmed, because I got, like, over 1700 anime I wanna watch though a lot of them are short. lol |
| Not so much in the way you described, I more often than not get hit with choice paralysis pretty bad. Where there's so many things I want to actively do that I end up choosing whatever activity either has the highest priority or the least effort and everything else gets pushed aside by sheer chance. |
HopefulNihilist said: Oh yeah. A lot of days I'm just thinking how am I gonna finish all these anime. Especially when I've rarely been watching anime, because I've been busy writing raps. We have a lot in common lol, for me it's editing videos |
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HopefulNihilist said: Oh yeah. A lot of days I'm just thinking how am I gonna finish all these anime. Especially when I've rarely been watching anime, because I've been busy writing raps. We have a lot in common lol, for me it's editing videos |
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| I think it's pretty nice tbh. When my day is split between work, school, or just other stuff in life... it's really nice to have this huge catalog of anime waiting for me. Usually the hours between 11 PM - 4 AM are my time (got to fix my sleep schedule eventually). If I want to binge anime during that time then damn it I'm gonna. |
Touch me, you filthy casual~ |
Superns18 said: if only it was that simple lol, can't relate It pretty much is exactly that simple. Are you sure you aren't the only one making it more complicated than it needs to be? |
| There was a time when I used to be, but now I count my short plannned anime (11-26 episodes) in Narutos (1 Naruto = 220 episodes), plus long series separately. Like now my planned list is like only rewatching Naruto 12 times, which seems pretty possible... since I saw the actual Naruto 9 times. So apart from 12 Narutos I have only 16 series longer than 26 episodes, and I never get anxious about longer ones since they're easier to watch fast and 16 is a modest number. |
NarushistoJul 14, 2019 2:08 AM
| I kinda get what you mean... specially when I have free time, I binge watch lots of anime. Like you said I have the rest of my life but there's so many good shows I want to watch. But on a serious note, if it really giving you anxiety then you should probably find something else to do aside from this. Another thing you can do is watch many shows at a time, I do that when I can't decide what to watch lol. But remember, this is supposed to be all fun after all |
 ✧ 미처 말하지 못했어 다만 너를 좋아했어 어린 날의 꿈처럼 마치 기적처럼 시간을 달려서 어른이 될 수만 있다면 거친 세상 속에서 손을 잡아줄게 ༉‧₊˚✧ ⁽⁽ଘ( ˊᵕˋ )ଓ⁾⁾ |
| No I don't get overwhelmed. I take my time. |
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| Yep, sometimes. I even think about trying to watch all of the 20-odd shows I want to start right now at once, but then I realise it'd be overwhelming so I try to focus on things I'm already watching to restrain myself. |
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| Not really. I'll get to it when i get to it. I just try and enjoy what i do watch than just try to watch as much as possible |
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