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Jun 8, 2021 4:50 PM
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I usually avoid adding them to my list, but something got me thinking if recaps are worth the watch. Are they? Is there anything that I can get out of them?
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Jun 8, 2021 4:58 PM
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Generally depends on your memory/how much you pay attention/how long it's been since you watched what's being recapped.

That said, some shows like Re:Creators have recaps worth watching regardless of those factors.
Jun 8, 2021 5:01 PM
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no I don’t watch them since most of them don’t really add much besides well, recapping the previous episodes, and for me it just seems useless to rewatch something you’ve already seen (that is unless it’s been a while since you last seen it and forgot a lot of things)
Jun 8, 2021 7:25 PM
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Not really but I still watch them anyway lol. It can be cool rewatching scenes



Jun 8, 2021 11:45 PM
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If it's just a few minutes at the start of a new episode, sure why not? I'd appreciate a small recap. But if it's an episode long recap which happened in two shows in Winter 2021, then I'll skip it.
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Jun 9, 2021 12:13 AM
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Recap episodes/movies are literally my least favorite anime trope. As a binge-watcher they're the bane of my existence, lol
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Jun 9, 2021 12:32 AM
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No, the amount of time I spend on a recap I could be watching the actual show. This is both how I feel for shows with recaps that are solely made separate from the series (like a movie), or when a show's episode is purely a recap.

I like rewatching shows so it's not like recaps are awful, but at that point if I'm going to rewatch a show it'll be after I actually finish it, and I'll just rewatch the actual episodes rather than watch an abridged version of what's transpired up to that point.

I understand that they can be unavoidable in certain circumstances, I don't have some kind of burning hatred for them and I know they're a necessary evil, but I just don't like watching them.
Jun 13, 2021 3:59 AM
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I have seen some. I really enjoyed the Monogatari one, but yeah as a whole worthless.
Jun 13, 2021 11:38 AM
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AniMarter said:
Generally depends on your memory/how much you pay attention/how long it's been since you watched what's being recapped.

That said, some shows like Re:Creators have recaps worth watching regardless of those factors.

Oh yes. Re:CREATORS’s recap episode is NOT something you want to skip… although I don’t want to spoil why.
Jun 13, 2021 11:48 AM

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It's useful if you plan to put it on hold or you just watch too many shows you can't remember properly.
Jun 13, 2021 11:49 AM

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Fill your list with them with x1.5 speed.
Jun 13, 2021 11:50 AM

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But people add those to increase their DB numbers. It depends on how much you have remembered.
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Jun 13, 2021 11:55 AM

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Maybe if it is a show you quite like is getting a second season but haven't seen the first in a while so recaps can be a good refresher.

But normally I don't watch them
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Jun 13, 2021 2:11 PM

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I think it depends most of the time.
Personally for me I watch them when I forget and it helps well personally for me
Jun 13, 2021 2:14 PM

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For me, it usually depends on the amount of time I have to watch an anime, as an example, if i had a flight in 30 minutes, and had time to waste, i would much rather spend those 30 minutes watching an actual series episode rather than a recap episode, but if I'm not short on time, ill usually watch recaps/specials.

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