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Which anime series have you bailed out from and why?
dbml:
--- Quote from: Hadouken on March 21, 2013, 03:26:57 PM ---Bakemonogatari - I was going to watch this and got past the 2nd episode, but then I read alot of peoples' comments saying it was a harem. Immediately dropped it.
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Yes, there are lots of girls. But... I wouldn't really call it a harem. It's closer to a harem deconstruction. The lead makes his choice in the beginning and is faithful to her, otherwise he knows that she will either take his manhood or outright kill 'em :P
For me, there should have been several series that I should have gave up on, but I didn't (copious amounts of alcohol pulled me through them). Clannad, Blood-C and Baccano in particular. All of those were just awful.
The only series so far, that is so bad that not even alcohol can get me through it, is Higurashi. Damn. I despise every character in the series. Seriously. I want all of them to die. It was great when they all did, then the next episode... they were back. I was so pissed. I made it through two resets before I gave up. The supposed "mystery" and plot is dull as hell, and I couldn't stand the characters, so it was forever dropped and deleted from my hard drive.
sams88:
What makes me drop things generally are, in no particular order:
- Japanese Mindfuck,existentialism. I can't stand it tune out, when I watch Evangelion I skip all the shit and only watch the the fight scenes, I dropped psycho-pass because of that too. Sure anime can ask important questions, but being convoluted on purpose is not the same as being smart.
- Loser main character. Unless you have Gasai Yuno has support lead, don't cast a complete loser like Guilty Crown.
- Derivative : High School DxD was dropped because of that ... I saw Queens Blade's and Korewa Zombie, I have seen enough nonsensical Echhi pantyfest for my own sanity.
- Genre bender / Gay. I can support Yuri when it is done to have dating jokes without inserting a male character in the show, like it is was done in Upotte! with Aug and Vividred Operation with Wakaba. Ranma 1/2 was fun, but don't fuck with my mind.
- The underlying theme doesn't interest me : I can support Moe Blob when they did it with guns and tanks for Upotte! and Girls und Panzers. Make it about mountain climbing and you lost me forever.
ConsiderPhlebas:
None. Some are stalled waiting for subs, if too difficult to finish raw, or I make a short pause, but I always finish.
5Cats:
--- Quote from: Hadouken on March 21, 2013, 03:26:57 PM ---Bakemonogatari - I was going to watch this and got past the 2nd episode, but then I read alot of peoples' comments saying it was a harem. Immediately dropped it.
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Those comments lied! It's NOT a harem! I know, I watch a lot of harem comedies :)
There's an underlying story that connects all the -monogatari series, which makes sense because that's how the novels were too. The female characters the MC Male encounters (including his own sisters!) are only secondary to his main love interest. Or Senjogahara would kill him! Or WORSE! lolz!
This gets explained as the plot moves along.
It's like a series of adventures, with characters moving in and out of the story.
I cannot recommend the series highly enough! It's the 2nd best anime I've ever seen! (Next to Cat Girl Nuku Nuku, of course...)
HeartVivian:
--- Quote from: 5Cats on March 21, 2013, 01:55:47 PM ---@HeartVivian: Too bad about the spider, GJ-Club is really something! Every episode is so "random" yet true to the characters & storyline. It's really grown on me! No more spiders that I can recall...
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From what I've seen of it, it's somewhat like Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai. I can't get over the fact that the spider is there. Lol. Oh well.
I edited my previous post, I also dropped Naruto. What a drag...
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