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Burned 12 hours rewatching a whole arc I hated just because a YouTuber said it was "required viewing"
Last month I sat through all 26 episodes of an arc I already knew I disliked, all because some video essay guy with a big subscriber count called it "essential." I kept waiting for it to get good. Episode 14, episode 19, still nothing. Then my buddy Dave asked why I was even doing it and I couldn't give him a real answer. That was the moment it clicked. I was letting someone else's watch order make my hobby feel like homework. Now I just skip the filler if I'm not feeling it, no guilt, and I finished 3 shows I actually liked in the time I used to waste on one I didn't. Anyone else get trapped by those "you HAVE to watch this" lists, or is it just me?
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luna5892d ago
Skipping filler is normal and those lists are mostly just someone else's taste dressed up as fact. I fell into the same trap with a long running anime where a guy swore the first 40 episodes were a rite of passage. Got to episode 30, bored out of my mind, and quit. Felt weird for like a day and then I moved on. Your buddy Dave asked the right question, because if you can't say why you're watching something, that's your answer right there. Watch order is a suggestion, not a rule, and nobody is grading you on it.
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