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Have you gone through a phase like that?
May 7, 2022 4:57 PM
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I hear that people have gone through a phase where they are obsessing over any anime they can get their hands on, but I haven't gone through a phase like this myself. Even when I started watching anime, I enjoyed things that I wouldn't enjoy as much now, but I think that's more of my taste changing. There were still things I didn't like.
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May 7, 2022 5:07 PM
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I hear that people have gone through a phase where they are obsessing over any anime they can get their hands on, but I haven't gone through a phase like this myself. Even when I started watching anime, I enjoyed things that I wouldn't enjoy as much now, but I think that's more of my taste changing. There were still things I didn't like.


Uhhh... no. I guess. I've been trying to watch every single mecha anime that becomes available with English subs, but even that's because I love the theme dearly (like really, REALLY love the theme). Even then I've never obsessed over any particular anime.
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May 7, 2022 5:11 PM
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yeah at the very begining of my anime journey
i dont have the desire to rewatch things because i dont want to spoil my first impression, like with erased, i remember it to be amazinggg and couldn't stop watching and i donwant to corrupt that memories ig
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May 7, 2022 5:18 PM
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I once had a lucky streak for like 5 shows or something, where I really liked all of them.
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May 7, 2022 5:21 PM
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Yes ? I don't think every anime I watch is great, but if I enjoy it when I watch it, it's still pretty good for me
May 7, 2022 5:23 PM
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i'm going through that phase right now
May 7, 2022 5:25 PM
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yea, for a couple months or so when I started watching anime everything was amazing, now it's basically the opposite.
May 7, 2022 5:39 PM
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yes. I was really fascinated by the anime industry, everything was almost interesting. I was a kid, I was gullible, I just wanted entertainment.

Now that I look back, it was freakin' embarrassing!! All those animes I used to have so much interest in actually were trash (Like they had no proper stories or character depth. some of the genres don't even interest me as I am now). I have no idea how I was even into those series!

They are other ones that actually stood out and are actually good.
May 7, 2022 5:40 PM
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Yeah I remember when I first started watching anime I had zero knowledge of the consensus people had regarding certain series, so for example I didn't know about all the SAO being shit stuff, Seven deadly sins falling off, and isekai being hated for being generic.

In consequence I enjoyed series that most people don't like, stuff like Darling in the Franxx and Domestic Girlfriend were two I really liked.
May 7, 2022 5:41 PM

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When I first started, yeah. Mostly because they were so much different than the stuff I would usually watch. Also because I thought the characters were significantly more attractive, so that upped my enjoyment alot.
May 7, 2022 6:27 PM

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Yes, especially when I first started watching anime, since there was so much to see and I was fascinated by it. I don't do it as often these days, but I'm drawn to the amount of anime that everyone "has watched" but that I haven't seen yet.


May 7, 2022 6:29 PM

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Basically this season. My least favourite anime from this season is Shikimori, which is quite fine.
May 7, 2022 6:33 PM

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yeah but it was later on through my journey of watching anime. been watching like 8yrs now but just had that phase 2 years ago. when the world was on lockdown. I've watched cowboy bebop, eva, barakamon, mushishi, and higurashi and i can say that was the best phase for me.


May 7, 2022 6:41 PM

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Not really. Even when I started watching anime, there were some anime I didn't enjoy.
May 7, 2022 6:42 PM
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no, but I usually go for anime is that well respected by a large majority of people before I give it a watch.
May 7, 2022 6:43 PM

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Yeah, when I was still new to anime and I had a lot to binge for.
May 7, 2022 7:01 PM

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No. However, once you learn to filter stuff out according to your taste, you end up mostly watching good ones.
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May 7, 2022 7:11 PM
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Yep, when I was a kid I read any manga I could get my hands on and enjoyed anything at all that was Japanese.
May 7, 2022 7:16 PM
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I thought SAO was AMAZING at first. Who knows, maybe it's just nostalgia why I give it a mediocre pass now.
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May 7, 2022 7:17 PM

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Yes, when I first started watching which lasted a few months. Every couple months I get into a phase though where every anime is great, then I switch to thinking everything is boring, and repeat.
May 7, 2022 7:20 PM
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Yes, and it was when I started watching anime again consistently about six years ago, but it did not last for too long though.
May 7, 2022 7:23 PM

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nope. Even back when I first started watching anime at around age 16 or so I felt like more than half the stuff I tried was pure garbage. I grew alienated with anime for quite some time because of this and only came back to the medium a few years ago after a very, very long hiatus.

Now it's much easier to find access to anime of all sorts so I don't just have to watch whatever is available and hope that it doesn't suck.
May 7, 2022 7:28 PM

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One of my first anime when I started to actively watch the medium was I want to eat your pancreas, so I got hit by garbage really fast. I was less critical though, I dont know if I would like HxH as much as I do if I watched it later on



May 7, 2022 7:32 PM

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Though it was happen during the early days of my anime and later on it also happened for a week, maybe I was watching some great shows that's why so

Yes, but it was rather minor(your vote)

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May 7, 2022 7:32 PM

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Not really, not even during my childhood when you can be more easily entertained.
May 7, 2022 7:35 PM

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No not really. Even as a beginner, I used to find many anime boring. Even though I'm a shounentard, I don't enjoy every shounen anime.
May 7, 2022 7:42 PM

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Yes, maybe the first two years since I started watching anime.
May 7, 2022 7:43 PM

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Yeah, back when I was 9 watching anime on TV.
May 7, 2022 7:50 PM

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Yes, in the early days. Once I got older and started buying anime, pretty much everything I watched I really enjoyed. It took about a year or two before this wore off.
May 7, 2022 8:06 PM

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Back when I watched every anime because it was popular, I convinced myself that it was good because other people always talked about it and didn't want tk give my own opinion on it because that would make me not like it. At least I learned to move on from that
May 7, 2022 8:11 PM
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Yes, because there was so much to watch, and everything was indeed amazing. If you didn't, you're just bad at picking anime.
May 7, 2022 8:22 PM
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No, there's been genres I've never liked even before watching anime
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May 7, 2022 8:34 PM

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Yes, when i first started getting into anime, almost everything seemed amazing. So many of those series became "Gold Standard" for me, in that i use them for comparision to other anime.
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May 7, 2022 8:35 PM
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When I first started watching anime.

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May 7, 2022 9:33 PM

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I don't consider myself particularly open-minded. A lot of the anime I like have the same feel to them.
May 7, 2022 10:53 PM

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Yes when I first started watching anime online. Till then I only knew the "safe" content that was aired on TV and was under the misconception that all anime are that kind so I just wanted to watch everything. I had no clue about the existence of ecchi and BL and other fanservice heavy content.
May 7, 2022 11:00 PM
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Yes I had ... back in 2013
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May 7, 2022 11:17 PM

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During early stages where I didn't really watch much in the first place



May 8, 2022 12:47 AM

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yessir, just like everyone else here, it was back when i was at my early stages of animu watching phase. i remember everything just feels so fresh and new to me. good times tbh



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May 8, 2022 1:00 AM

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Yes. When I first started watching anime, every anime is 10/10 for me

May 8, 2022 1:04 AM
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When I was around 15, every anime looked perfect to me. Couldn't stop watching and at one point I started binging 5-7 anime every week.
May 8, 2022 1:40 AM

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Well this phase basing on what kind of anime you watch and when it was produced. If I'll start to watch one by one comedy anime from 2000s for example then I'll get into this phase. If I'll wish to end this phase then I'll grab a popular modern anime of any genre which will be average at best.
May 8, 2022 1:54 AM
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No I never did. Even at the start of watching animes, I watched few which were mediocre
May 8, 2022 1:56 AM

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Every anime was never amazing, I just didn't pay enough attention to show i avoided or dropped as I am now because of listing. But I was a very picky guy when I started, now I watch anything. I think there are shows which now I appreciate, but didn't appreciate back then
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When I was around 5-9 years old, everything looked good and funny back then :)



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May 8, 2022 2:59 AM

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Nah, not even when I was new to anime.
May 8, 2022 7:45 AM

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Not really, however I did have a phase when I was really critical and nitpicky with the things I watch. Now I'm kind of in-between
May 8, 2022 8:11 AM
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When I was unknowingly watching them. Ever since I actively started seeking anime, I never actually felt that every anime I see is good, even in my beginning days. My first anime was Death Note and second was AOT. I actually felt that AOT was boring and pointless and was surprised to see so many people lauding it.
May 8, 2022 8:24 AM

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Even when I was younger and just starting to dabble more into anime, I still found the occasional title that I didn't have a positive opinion on thus either ditching it or posting a negative opinion on it on sites that I frequented during the time period if I chose to suffer through it.
May 8, 2022 8:34 AM

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My phase wasn't that all anime were amazing, but I thought every anime were good or still worth watching. That was until I watched Kill la Kill.
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