| Well, I'm not sure if a similar topic has been made, but I have seen some topics that talk about if you don't like an anime do you still sit through it and watch it. Well, my question is why? Why the hell would you waste precious time to watch a pieced of shit anime that you know is bad? |
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| Sexy visuals and an awesome OST, that's what made me enjoy Guilty Crown. |
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| If I start a story, I want to know how it ends. Otherwise there isn't much point to starting it in the first place. |
やがて気づく本当の気持ちは そして 人間が大好きでした |
| If I quit watching an anime in the middle I will never know if it gets better or how the story ends. There are plenty of shows that have surprised me with something even if I hated the series when I started. Besides watching anime doesn't take much time and I find something to enjoy in even a shitty anime most of the time. Occasionally I will intentionally watch a shitty anime because I find it helps me appreciate the good stuff more. No matter what the anime I don't really find watching it a burden especially because I can watch while doing other things. |
ItoukaijiJun 11, 2012 1:30 AM
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| I never understood that either,I never waste my time with a anime if I don't like it |
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| Earning karma points - I suffer now in next life I can be like... nice roundly stone or tree growing in some nice spot (and not some ordinary stone) PS. I don't - everything I watch is good, bad things are dropped even in first episode. Since I enjoy it than it's fine. |
| Because I'm patient and I like completing what I start. |
| I want to keep my dropped list empty |
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| The sake of completion. Also, things aren't usually as bad as they look (some bad stuff turn okay). And I choose carefully in the first place, so I avoid surprises. |
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| Out of curiosity if it ever gets interesting after a few episodes. |
| Some shows I don't find interesting till like the 9th episode, but then I love them. Idk what else.. OCD, sake of completion? Only show I legitimately dropped was sayonara zetsubou sensei.. just didnt like the comedy style and didn't look like it was going anywhere |
| Depends of the anime. sometimes i think it has potential to get better, sometimes i have really nothing better to do, sometimes i want to see how bad it ends (like ao no exorcist) |
| Boobiiiies! Just kidding I don't do it, I've done a few times in hope of improvement but regretted every second of it. |
| I finish watching some shows for the sake of knowing what an average/bad anime is. Otherwise, I won't be able to rate series fairly. |
| 2x is hardcore. I find it too hard to decipher the audio. Plus everything starts to sound like mice. I first planned to watch Inuyasha at 1.5x, but I'll probably end up watching at normal speed so I can enjoy it more. |
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| Hmm because it might get better later on, but usually it doesn't :/ |
| I only ever watch things that are recommended to me by people I trust, so I never really end up watching much bad stuff. When I do I'll generally try and finish it at least though. I don't like leaving things half finished. I only have 3 animes in my dropped list, and of those, 2 of them are long running shounen that I read the manga of. |
| As always, today is the most enjoyable day. |
| I'm a masochist and enjoy the pain terri-bad series induce to my body and brain. It often times makes me appreciate the better series a little more than I naturally would have. |
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| I like to give things chances... Normally, they have one redeeming quality or two... Like... Being so cliche it's almost unique...? ish? |
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| Bad stuff can still e entertaining, if you switch your brain off. I'm sure I would have enjoyed Code Geass even if I'd known I was supposed to do that when watching it. |
shairn said: That`s how I feel I only drop animes if they`re plain garbaaage... I like to know how the anime ends, once I start it.If I start a story, I want to now how it ends. Otherwise there isn't much point to starting it in the first place. |
| I'd like to believe every one of us suffers from some sort of deep, personal psychosis. I myself have sat through the entirety of ARIA (3 seasons) for no other reason than to see the depths to which it would eventually sink. Watching it was a bit like being in a trance. I knew it was bad and I hated it with every fiber of my being, yet I couldn't take my eyes off it. My dropped list would be more populated were I to lack this utterly insane determination. |
| I don't, never have. If I don't like it I drop it. I just can't sit through something I can't stand. Especially when I can be watching something better that I actually like. |
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| i don't put up with it half of the time. i learned to drop shows; though i do pick some back up after a while if i think i was too harsh. |
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| To see if it improves :) then if it doesn't then i'm like damn i just wasted some serious time. |
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| Short answer: I love hating stuff. Not watching the whole thing means that I can't be completely confident when hating on it. |
| It just the way i am, when i start something i feel like i have to finish it. |
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| Let's see if I can think of a good example... Bleach. I LOVED the first three seasons of Bleach...I think most Bleach fans agree. Season four...that's when things REALLY started to go downhill and it eventually sunk to new levels of bad and stupid. However, I'm passionate about anime and I want to finish it to the end if I can...I hoped Bleach would eventually turn things around but it never did. I guess that's my biggest problem whenever I watch a bad anime. If it's bad but it has potential, I'll keep watching, praying it does the right thing. Sometimes, that happens...recently I've been watching Tasogare Otome X Amnesia and I HATED the first 6 episodes...I didn't really start enjoying it until it started explaining more about shadow Yuuko and started diving into Yuuko's split personality and her brutal history. This is an anime that goes to show that perhaps it is okay to watch an anime you find bad but you know it's potential has the chance to turn it around. Long story short, I don't usually stick with animes that are bad and don't have potential but if they are bad and do have potential, I'll stick to them. Some turn things around and some don't...but I always pray for an excellent payoff to an anime that got off to a bad start. |
| Sometimes an anime is crap but provides some form of entertainment, whether that's from laughing at it or finding more reasons to criticize it, or maybe it has one redeemable aspect like a cute character that you like. If it's just plain awful and the episodes are a chore to watch then it gets DROPPED, never to be touched again. |
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| 01) It might get better. 02) Finish what I started. |
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| Usually I'll watch an anime because it's got good buzz, and the first few episodes interest me, so I'm curious to see the conclusion. Then, when the show actually gets to the conclusion, it all goes to shit, and by the time I realize this there's no point in dropping the series because I'm so close to the ending anyway. |
Baman said: Bad stuff can still e entertaining, if you switch your brain off. I did this with Blood-C. The best part of the whole experience was reading the forums after the last episode. I believe Zimno's post made me LOL big time and it was only a pic. |
| i like to finish what i start. but more importantly, i want to be a writer. okay, i read a lot of books and stuff, but animes are stories too. so by fully understanding whats bad, what went wrong, why characters are annoying, etc, it helps you avoid those pitfalls when your doing it yourself. like, people say watching bad helps them appreciate the good, its true, it gives you more perspective, i think. like, i believe you can learn just as much from a bad anime (or book, movie, game, comic, etc) as a good one. |
| I generally give a show 25% of its total ep count, (less for huge or terminally ongoing shows), to get it together for me. If it doesn't, I'm done. Occasionally there is one like Blood-C that is short and "train wreck mesmerizing". You just know it's going to get it together and be worth it in the end . . . . and it never, ever does . . . Actually, most of my completed sub-5's are from a time when anime options weren't as plentiful as they are today and one suffered through anything you could get your hands on. |
lisnoireJun 11, 2012 11:13 AM
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| I like to finish what I start. Plus, bad stuff can still be entertaining sometimes. |
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LittleChocoWolf said: Well, I'm not sure if a similar topic has been made, but I have seen some topics that talk about if you don't like an anime do you still sit through it and watch it. There has been at least one. No one could blame you for starting another one, though. MAL forums are a giant memory hole. Well, my question is why? Why the hell would you waste precious time to watch a pieced of shit anime that you know is bad? It's completionist masochism. Some fully embrace it, others struggle with the suffocating darkness within. |
| Because I was hoping it will get better later. |
| Senjo no Horizon was the first anime I actually sat through without enjoying it but I did it cause I was interested in watching season 2 coming up in summer 2012. I also hope it gets better. |
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porkypink said: --Good luck. I dropped it like a hot potato.Senjo no Horizon was the first anime I actually sat through without enjoying it but I did it cause I was interested in watching season 2 coming up in summer 2012. I also hope it gets better. |
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| Bragging rights that you watched x number of anime. |
| Because I'm a stubborn asshole who feels like I've been defeated when I drop something. |
| I don't. But if I ever become immortal and have enough time to spare on sub-par entertainment, then I'd consider continuing them. Until then I'd like to spend my time at least somewhat wisely. |
clow_card said: I don't, never have. If I don't like it I drop it. I just can't sit through something I can't stand. Especially when I can be watching something better that I actually like. This. |
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| I prefer to finish what I start, which is why my dropped list is empty. Besides that, I'm usually always expecting more or better from a show I find to be horrendous. Prime example being Togainu no Chi. Besides not knowing it was meant to be frickin' shounen-ai, the trailer made me start it. It failed to deliver on the action and more promised in the trailer. But thanks to it, though, I now pick my shows carefully. |
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Seanzy said: Baman said: Bad stuff can still e entertaining, if you switch your brain off. I'm sure I would have enjoyed Code Geass even if I'd known I was supposed to do that when watching it. Switch your brain off when watching Code Geass? Your switch must be stuck on off. Insulting someone based on their taste, how original. On-topic: I just get through it, no matter how long it takes. Just because I want to finish a show it doesn't mean I have to marathon it, and especially not when I don't like it. |
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