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Can we talk about whether it's fair to judge a show by its first 3 episodes?
I was at a small anime meetup in Portland last Saturday and a guy there said he drops any show that doesn't hook him by episode 3, while another person argued some of their favorites started slow and took 8 or 9 episodes to click. It made me second guess my own habit of bailing fast, since I quit one show at episode 2 last week and now I'm wondering if I missed out. So where do you all land on this? Do you give shows a set number of episodes or just go by feel?
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theaward8d ago
I started giving slow shows exactly 5 episodes after almost missing out on one that clicked at ep 4, and now I track it in a little note on my phone so I don't bail on a whim. Three felt too short for me, but 5 gives it enough room to either grab me or not.
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