| We all have times when we drop an anime and think we'll never come back to it. With that being said, what is an anime you dropped but eventually came back to it? And glad you gave it another shot at watching it? For me? It's Violet Evergarden. I drop it on the 1 or 2 second because it was very VERY slow and boring. But a few months later, I said what the hell and gave it another shot. After finishing it, boii, am I glad I did watch it. So much feels in that anime. I still need to watch the movie though. |
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| I made the exact same thread a couple days ago. Anyway, I recently picked up Sakura Quest, and besides the initial stupid plot, it's actually a really good mildly depressive show. |
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| Seven deadly sins cause its full of fanservice but i decided to give it another try (i used to hate fanservice but not anymore) , also Naruto, cause i got spoiled and i know that most of my favs there died but i decided to pick it up again and pretend that I didn't get spoiled lol |
| I can't exactly think of any. One Piece I didn't necessarily drop on my list here since I watched the first episode way before I joined this site. So it wasn't on my list until I picked it up several years later and loved it. There are a few on my current drop list though I'm thinking I should try again and maybe finish up. Especially some I wasn't in the mood to watch at the time. |
| I stopped watching JoJo after like 3 eps cause Dio annoyed tf outta me but I eventually got back on it after seeing some later clips. Hard to get into at first but it gets so much better after just like 6 eps of part one |
| Sometimes you just want to hear anime girls squeak and squeal |
| Naruto Shippuden. I dropped it many years ago but on 2020 with lockdown, I found that one of my country tv channels aired it every day dubbed version in my spoken language so I watched it. |
| I think I've semi-dropped and returned to Lain at least 5 times, rewatching and analyzing felt so draining but I did eventually get past last ep |
| An anime that has teetered between On-hold and Dropped for me is Anohana. I think I'm going to return to it at some point, I just need to get in the same binge mindset that I was in when I started it. I think summers a good time to do that, so maybe I'll pick it up in the near future |
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| didn't drop but I remember stopping at the last 20 episodes of Naruto because for like 5 years because I was so disappointed and I couldn't go further. |
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| Monster and Hyouka. Best decision ever esp Monster. Dropped both 5 eps in. |
| Three years ago I tried watching Teasing Master Takagi-san (S1) and found it painful enough that it became one of my very rare drops. A couple of months ago for whatever reason I gave it another try, and while it was still in some ways a struggle to get through, it was also somewhat enjoyable, enough that I continued through S2 and S3. |
A møøse once bit my sister... |
| I stopped watching Steins;Gate after 4 eps Came back to it eventually and it became one of my favorites |
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| Death note. Dropped it after one episode and then completed it over the course of 4 months a year later. Till date it's the only anime I've come close to dropping. Maybe to your eternity as well, it's been well over 6 months and I still haven't managed to finish it whereas I've completed more than 50 other animes in the past 6 months. |
 The end of an era. Thank you Wit, Mappa and Isayama. Feeling half happy, half sad. Kawaii waifus and precious best girls <3333 |
| one piece around skypiea arc, 2 years later i came to watch it again and then become obsessed with the series |
Kasutoro-Kun said: it's a BORING anime tbf. It's a dialogue driven show with flat atmosphere tho it kinda matches Houtarou's character perfectly.TRC_Randy said: Monster and Hyouka. Best decision ever esp Monster. Dropped both 5 eps in. I dropped hyouka recently because it was about a bunch of mysteries that I didn't give two shits about lol I was like man idc about the mystery behind ya little school club 🤣 alot of people love it tho |
| It was Monster for me, although in the manga form. I kind of dropped it after the first 14 or 15 chapters for literally no reason, even though I really liked the way it started (I think it was because I was not in the mood to read a manga at that time) . Several months after that, I decided to read it again from the start and it was a masterpiece (as expected). |
| "Those words are meant for those that dare defy god's final warning... An epigraph of their stubbornness" - Maho Hiyajo (Steins;Gate 0)  |
| aria. i dropped it after first season as i thought it was just ok. but then i came back to it and now it is in my favorites . |
| Tantei Opera Milky Holmes. I dropped it twice, but I finally managed to complete it. |
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| There are quite a few I dropped but eventually picked back up, but none where I was glad I did. I usually either dropped them again a few episodes later or they've been stuck in on-hold hell for years since, and the few I actually managed to finish usually sit below a 5 rating-wise. The reality is that I just know my own taste well, so there hasn't ever been a point where my first impression was wrong. If something is universally praised I might give it a second try because I think I HAVE to like it if everyone thinks its so amazing, but picking it back up just leads to the exact same result as before. For example, I've dropped Bungou Stray Dogs like 7 times, and Hunter x Hunter like 3 times? I kept trying because they are so beloved by their massive fanbases, but it was just not enjoyable and I dropped them again. For something I picked back up and actually finished, Steins;Gate comes to mind, and I absolutely HATED everything about it. Or Tower of God, I thought it was a terrible adaptation, but because a friend started watching it I finished it so we'd have the same frame of reference in conversations, and it was just as bad as the first time. I guess the series with the best chance to actually turn things around for once is Aldnoah.Zero (currently on my dropped list) because I remember absolutely loving it up until the garbage end of the first season, so chances are, now that I know about it beforehand, it won't piss me off enough to drop it again. |
| So far only Occultic;Nine, and I only dropped it because it was an awful weekly seasonal experience given the insane amount of detail packed into each episode. |
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| I watched a few episodes of cowboy bebop almost a decade ago and never really got to finishing it as I wasn't into anime till now. |
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| I have the tendency to drop anime series that I have already finished reading the manga such as Bleach, Demon Slayer, Touch, Gintama, Boku no Hero Academia, etc, etc. But I'm back watching Bleach :) |
| guyver. dropped it somewhere inthe middle and finished it like a year later. |
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| I dropped Bastard! (Netflix version) and eventually finished it. But that was out of stubbornness, not because I liked the anime. |
| Nisemonogatari. Dropped it halfway and then completed it 7 years later. I dropped Hellsing somewhere in 2015, I may finish it in the future as I got only 4 episodes left. |
| I dropped Ergo Proxy, but then i came back and now its one of my favorites. |
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| I dropped "Hundred" but then for some reason I completed it. |
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