| You start watching that anime thinking "it deserves a chance maybe" and after an episode or two you realize "oh that's why its low rated and not because it's under-rated" and when the plot takes the most obvious turn where you just sigh and feel conflicted, you immediately close it and add it to the drop list. At least that's how I do it but I do have my fair share of bad anime I've completed idk how lol. Maybe I thought about needing a few 1,2-scored anime in my list :P |
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| pure enjoyment to watch garbage. i'm a trash racoon when it comes to drama. |
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| actually i never dropped a show. when i dont like a show i put the speed on two and let it run on my second screen. i always have the hope that a show can get better. A thing that i hate about my own watching habit is that i also never dropped a franchise. i started to watch the very first gundam because i was interested in the new one. |
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| I don't. I agree with you. I just drop them... |
| I change my view from enjoying to picking out the bad parts of the show which makes it somewhat enjoyable again |
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| Playing it at 2x speed. It's also great to practice speed reading with LMAO |
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| If they're like me, a completionist and someone who chooses to finish things in order to review them later, consume more media, expand my scope of entertainment and develop better taste as a result. Watching the bad stuff will help you appreciate the good stuff more. |
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| If it's so so bad, I'd just drop it but if I had to finish it, Idk.. I'd prolly just have to force myself to finish it, gotta suffer through. |
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| Rarely if ever is an anime so bad for me that I would even think about wanting to drop it. Also, I am a completionist, and it would pain me more to drop something than it would to finish it, even if I hate it. I think it's about my perspective. Instead of thinking "I'm wasting all my time watching this terrible anime", I think "I'm taking this time to expand my view on the medium further than before." Like I said before though, it's extremely rare for me to hate something. There's only about 3 or 4 anime on my completed list that, if I were someone who dropped things, I would have dropped. |
| Unless the show I’m watching is a literal slideshow and stick figures with zero story, I won't think of it as bad. So far I enjoyed the shows I’ve given a 5 or 6 to an extent. I also adjust my standards depending on the show I’m watching. |
| idk I think it's weird that people call themselves "completionists", like some badge of honor. Idk why they feel proud that they wasted a lot of time on anime they didn't like. In my experience the vast majority of anime don't get better. idc if it gets better, I'm not gonna waste my time for slight chance that it would. A bad anime doesn't suddenly turn into a masterpiece, it has to be good from the beginning. |
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| In my experience, I've used both watching an anime over a long period of time, to lessen the strain it causes me. Or having a drink as I watch, I'm sure you can guess what kind of drink I mean. |
| I think most of them have OCD people with no drop policy |
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| press the completed button on MAL without watching a single episode IRL |
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| i used to literally force myself to sit through it no matter what but now i just drop them |
| If I still interested to watch it, I'll trash it on my own list. It might still have some good moments that I don't want to miss. If not then I just dropped it that instance. |
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| I don't continue anything that immediately interests me from the start. I don't think it is fair for me to say they're bad though. |
| I like to give things a chance but I always drop if I don't like a show. The only exception is if I stop liking a show when I'm a decent way in. At that point, I figure I might as well see how it ends. Having a No Drop policy sounds tiring. |
| If the person is willing to watch a bad anime even after knowing it, they will finish it by force, to show a "sense of accomplishment" |
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| If it's a so bad it's so good i finish it for its unintended funniness, the most droppable for me are the very mediocre ones |
| Some people are just completionists, some partake in a little thing called "hate watching", and some just have a decent to high tolerance for dumb shit. Now I'm a recovering anime completionist, but at the moment I fall into the latter of those three categories. There's also those weirdos who watch shows at a faster speed like it's some kind of marathon event. |
| Usually there is reason behind that. Like when I watching the main series but the spin-off is much better in technical aspects (like pacing and so on), so it really necessary to endure that. |
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| Sometimes I finish such series, but usually I don't watch them. It depends on my mood during the time of watching. |
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| It would have to be dog shit in order for me to drop it. If it's a short anime I'll probably just finish it, with participating in AWC 2022 I watched a variety of animes. Some good some bad. |
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| Continuing on with a bad anime is usually one of three things for me. One, it's out of obligation due to it either being really popular with my circle or influential in general. Two, if even through it's badness I can see some spark of intrigue that could potentially elevate it. Three, if it's awful in a way that I'm having a blast while watching it and I want to see how hard it crashes and burns. |
| How you finish a bad anime? By setting it as Dropped |
| " You gotta love humans. When everything sticks to the script, they can put on a great act. But as soon as something unexpected happens, they react completely true to their nature." Shinichi Akiyama  |
| You don't Well if you really want to. You can just do other things with the show in the background. |
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lilhuziofficial said: You don't Well if you really want to. You can just do other things with the show in the background. found the guy who watches dubbed anime |
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| dubbed anime? please wear glasses next time |
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| If I find it not to my liking, I drop out at that point. If I don't find it interesting, I will drop out immediately, but those who have a policy of watching to the end will probably watch the last episode in one sitting, even using the double speed function. |
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| pure willpower and the fast forword button (me🤝the 2x button) Before my ADHD had me dropping shows left and right as soon as the dopamine level dipped- I even dropped JJBA back in 2017 cuz i didnt like S1 which was a BIG mistake IK then i became a completionist and dropping shows keeps me up as at night since if i never know how it ends... and my stubborn mind never shuts up LOL plus if you actually finish mid shiiiit shows you lawfully gain complaining rights! |
AltadenaJan 23, 2023 11:16 PM
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timeforproblems said: exactttly those dumb numbers have me hooked line & sinker- some people do it because they think it might get better, but personally, i just do it out of sheer spite. i just want the funny little number to go up, and i want to be able to say i watched the whole thing in an argument with a superfan. stubborn complitionist 🤝 you |
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Rinrinka said: that's the problem with dropping tho. You can say it's bad but that notion is only limited to the part you've seen. It says nothing about the entire thing and for me that's what keeping me watching it - to know how it ends.so how do you all keep watching anime you already identify as bad (in your opinion) and why? |
| DROP IT especially today that you have a lot more anime coming every season |
| They would scream 2 hours straight at the screen, then proceed to find porn of them. |
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