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Binge watched 12 anime in one weekend using this one weird trick
Kept dropping shows after 3 episodes. Couldn't commit. Then I tried watching them at 1.5x speed on my phone. Finished 12 shows in one weekend. For real. Weirdly it made the pacing feel better for slow starters. Anyone else speed through stuff or am I just impatient?
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the_cameron14d ago
derekjenkins your buddy with One Piece is basically me but with Attack on Titan. I did the same thing with the first three seasons. Blasted through at 1.5x speed and missed so much of the political stuff that when season 4 dropped I had no idea what was happening. @williams.kim hit it right about that hollow feeling. I remember I was barely into a big emotional scene and the audio sounded like chipmunks arguing. It kind of killed the mood. I ended up having to rewatch it all at normal speed just to understand the hype.
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derekjenkins1mo ago
had a buddy who tried this with One Piece. he got through like 200 episodes in two weeks. said it felt like watching a highlight reel. missed a ton of character moments though. couldn't tell you anything that happened in the middle arcs when we asked him about it later.
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That's the thing with speed watching, you trade understanding for just getting through it. I tried something similar with a long series once and by the time I was done I couldn't remember half the character names. It's like eating a whole cake in five minutes, you get the sugar rush but none of the enjoyment. You end up with this hollow feeling where you know you watched something but it didn't really stick with you. I'd rather take a year to watch a show and actually feel something for the characters than blast through it and forget everything.
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