| First impressions are everything when it comes to getting into an anime series, and the first episode always tries to leave the best first impression on the viewer. For me, titles like Re:CREATORS and Yozakura Quartet ~Hana no Uta~ became instant favorites from the very beginning and I knew that I was going to love them the whole way through, which I did. Has this ever happened to any of you, and if so, with which anime? |
| I've never fallen in love with a cartoon. |
| It doesn't really happen that often to me, the only shows I can think of are Death Note and Shingeki no Kyojin. It usually take much more for me to fall in love with a series, sometimes even half of it, and there were also shows that made it to my favorites only after I finished the whole thing. |
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| It rarely happens but when I watched Psycho-Pass I knew it was gonna be a favorite. |
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| There are many of them, the problem is when the love ends up with a divorce. |
| Made in Abyss, I guess. In the very first episode, the scenery was simply stunning & the fragments of the story instantly caught my curiosity. |
Spice and Wolf episode 1 introduced me to my true love, and it was a love at first sight. |
| "No, son, you may not have your body pillow at the dinner table!" |
| One Punch Man Psycho-Pass Parasyte - I resented it by the end tho Hunter x Hunter Death Note Detroit Metal City No Game No Life Inferno Cop I Can’t Understand What My Husband is Saying Samurai Flamenco Hellsing Ultimate |
| This is very rare, it takes me awhile to really get to like a series. Something like " Don't Leave Me Alone Daisy" would be a series I loved form the start. |
| Bakemonogatari Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Katanagatari Shinsekai Yori |
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| For me, it would be Owarimonogatari Season 1 Episode 1. No, it's not the first episode of the franchise, but it was the first episode that I saw of the Monogatari Series. I was thunderstruck after that seeing the episode. That episode was a symphony of magic: intrigue, philosophy, cinematography, mystery, production, mathematics, and atmosphere just clicked. It's not an exaggeration to say that it forever changed my anime landscape; similar to how StarWars altered how I viewed sci-fi and Lord of the Rings altered how I viewed fantasy. If the Favorites tab had an Episodes column, this episode would be up there. |
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| Not counting every anime I watched first during my childhood (since it's very easy to be hooked by the first episodes of almost anything in a stage of your life where everything seems new and interesting) I can only think of Hunter x Hunter. It's so far the only show I've first seen as an adult where I said to myself after watching the first episode "I just have to keep watching this". |
| For it me it was definitely Parasyte and if I remember correctly, Death Note as well |
 'On-Hold' is another way for a completionist to say 'Dropped' |
code said: I've never fallen in love with a cartoon. Ha! In all seriousness, it has to be Azumanga Daioh. Those girls are sweet. |
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CatSoul said: Spice and Wolf episode 1 introduced me to my true love, and it was a love at first sight. SAME! Also Wolf's Rain, Baka to Test and Pokemon a long time ago. That's all I can remember though. |
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| I can think of quite a few examples actually. Usagi Drop was surely one, that first episode was an absolute wonder and it made the main characters instantly likeable. The old Kino no tabi and Mushishi were so captivating by their first episode that I just knew I was going to love every bit of these shows and the mood they set. As for comedies, School Rumble starts particularly strong. Azumanga Daioh is not far behind in this, but there was maybe some further room for improvement and that first episode, funny and quirky as it is, still feels too much like an official introduction to the characters compared to the more organic display that the series manages to develop later. Other amazing first episodes: Kaiba, Serial experiments Lain, Sora no Woto. |
| anime with first episodes that have a scene i fapped to |
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| Fate/Zero. Bakemonogatari. Kubikiri Cycle. Phantom: Requiem of the Phantom. Kokoro Connect. Cross Ange. Akame Ga Kill. Higurashi. Tsukihime. |
| Uta No Prince Sama No Game No Life FLCL |
 Even if helping people is easy, asking for help is a hurdle of it's own. Kaoru Gojou |
| Monster Musume. That is probably the only anime I loved from just one episode alone. The rest needed to get me on board first. |
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| Made in abyss, I swear I can't gush about this series enough. |
| You see my first anime was yu gi oh duel monsters. As a child, when I saw the forst episode, I just fell in love wit it. Of course it might not be that great if If I watch it now.. But during that time, it was probably the best thing I ever saw. |
| Falling in love from the VERY FIRST episode AND retaining that love all the way to the end is so stupidly rare. I haven't seen that many classics on my PTW list yet, so I may be in for some of this in the future. Regardless, I can say for myself that this has happened actually. New Game S1 and Kono Subarashii Sekai; just 2 shows. I would also be able to include both Shirobako & Haikyu in there too, except for the fact I'm not sure if I was 100% in love on episode 1. |
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| There's some. But some need like 25-50% to get the impression.. |
| Eh I never really "fall in love" with a series right off the back... I fall for it later on when I know it'll stay good for the most part... Or else you'll be heartbroken... Like me when I watched SAO... Should've waited a couple episodes before loving that one... (.-. |
| Hmm... There's quite a few for me. Monogatari Noragami Spice and Wolf (season 3 please) Baka and Test Katanagatari Pretty much sped through all those anime. |
| What's your rush now? Everyone will have his day to die. |
| Well right now this actually did happen to me recently the first episode of Your Lie in April made me fall in love with that series and hasn't disappointed me yet. Though usually takes me longer to warm up to a series it usually ends up being around the 3 episode mark for anything that isn't a long term shonen battle series probably why the 3 episode or drop rule kinda exists for a lot of people. |
| Yeah, I clearly remember being awestruck by the first episode of Hyouka, don't know exactly why tho. |
| Baby, daijobanai... |
| One anime that comes from the top of my mind is Nana. It was not only the first episode, the first line itself that made me fall in love with it: "Hey Nana, Do you remember the first time we met", and how the rest of the episode continued with how both of them met in a strange coincidence and developed this great friendship bond. Even after 3 years later of watching it, the whole episode is still fresh in my mind. |
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| Hmm... That would be TTGL (you know), SAO (I know), Psycho-Pass (Ooh, that fight scene with the opening song and the view of the city were just too good). |
 We can only have good tea while we're alive. |
| Konosuba I got captured in the first episode, right at the beginning when Kazuma died, i tought that was going to be a lame "MC dies sacrificing himself and ressurects in another world" but nop, proceeded to laugh my ass off. |
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| YURI ON ICE. Honestly it was pretty amazing to me, after so many years of Evangelion as my fave anime to have something sweep me away so much. |
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| The ones I can remember: Death Note Bleach Higurashi no Naku koro Ni Konosuba Lucky Star Aria The Animation FLCL |
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| K-On! Just the whole atomsphere of it really stuck and considering the payoff at the end was great it was well worth it. 37 episodes and a movie with the animation quality never falling below excellent is quite the feat. |
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| Aria. Hoozuki no Reitetsu. Kaleidostar. Katanagatari. |
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| Made in abyss, nichijou, space dandy and flcl were pretty much the only series where i thought "omg this is god-tier" right after the first ep. When i watched made in abyss as it was airing i was like an empty shell every week while waiting for the new episodes. |
| theres a few that have done that, chuunibyou demo koi ga shitai i think was the first to do so |
| Shingeki no Kyojin and Boku no Hero Academia |
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| my favorite anime all had perfect first ep, I care a lot about that. |
| Haruhi Suzumiya Bakemonogatari Code geass Kubikiri cycle Mondaiji Oregairu |
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