Honestly Ray gave you bad advice and you just got lucky that it worked for your brain. Binge culture is fine for some people but keeping a big rotation going is how tons of us actually enjoy the hobby. A 12 show rotation means you always have something for whatever mood hits, comedy when you're tired, action when you're wired, sad stuff when you need a good cry. Cutting down to 2 just turns anime into a chore list where you feel guilty about the shows sitting there waiting. The real problem was never the number, it was that you were watching stuff you didn't even like just to keep the count up. Drop the dead weight instead of the whole system and 12 shows feels great again.

Man, I always pour a small test batch first now, saves you a whole wall of heartache later.

My wallet thanks you, my shuttle anxiety does not.