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Appreciation post: my 3 episode rule saved me from dropping anime too fast
Last Wednesday I was about to drop a show 12 minutes into episode 1, but I made myself sit through 3 full episodes first. The first two were slow and I kept checking how much time was left, then episode 3 hit a fight scene that made the whole setup click for me. I've been doing this 3 episode thing since March and I've kept 4 shows I would have quit on, plus dropped 2 that still went nowhere by episode 3. Do you all give a show a set number of episodes, or is it one and done if the first one bores you?
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beth87810d ago
I saw a YouTube video where a guy said most shows find their footing around episode 3 or 4 (his whole point was that pilots are usually bad). The 3 episode rule worked on me with one show that looked boring until the third ep, then it turned into one of my faves.
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