do you think it's plain stupid and wasting time? or maybe its a good thing to rewatch the shows you love??
Are you enjoying it?
If yes, then its not a waste of time. If no, are you maybe learning anything from it? If yes, then its not a waste of time. If no, is there any other tangible benefit to spending your time on said work? If yes, then its not a waste of time. If no, then its probably a waste of time.
It's ok especially when you don't remember anime well. For example I rewatched boku dake ga inai machi recently and wow that anime just deserves to be my 10/10 anime so unique and great. It's anime is special for me cuz I remember I watched first episodes then waited every week for new episode and everytime was excited and impressed.After rewatch I even cried a little at the end when ending music was in the background (I didn't when I watched that for first time).
Well, out of the about 300+ shows I've seen so far, I could probably only rewatch about a dozen or so. They would be the only ones I would still be hype for and enjoy just as much the second time.
It's mostly just personal preference imo. If you can enjoy it or learn something from it the second or third time around there's no harm.
But make sure to try new shows every once in a while lol
i don't get why it would be stupid or a waste of time, there are many shows i watched a long time ago and barely remember a thing, if i wanted to rewatch them it would pretty much feel like watching it for the first time. and even if i do remember the show, i don't see any problem in rewatching it just for fun. anyway, the only one who decides if it's a waste of time or not is the person involved.
In the beginning it would make sense to think that way, but the more you watch, the more you realize that only a small number of them really stand out as top favorites and you become harder to entertain. So why would you not want to experience the same joy you got from those shows another time instead of taking a risk trying to find new things to watch?
There's no "waste of time" if you enjoys it. That being said, typically my enjoyment of a series lessened a little bit when i know how every beat of the plot gonna go.
Though, i occasionally did rewatch when i have nothing to do and and i don't want to watches a new anime. I did it with one piece and the first twelve movie of detective conan (Since i owned a dvd of it)
I generally don't rewatch, replay, or reread anything. I think my time would be better spent discovering something new. Hell Ranma 1/2 is my favorite show and you can easily watch a random episode at a time, but I hardly ever rewatch that. The only reason I've watched Castle in the Sky several times is because it's a movie.
I think with a series, imo, it's hard to rewatch because I know what's gonna happen. My mind can't focus on what's happening because I want to get to the "good" / "exciting" part.
I get bored rewatching even if it's my favourite thing in the world because I like that initial feeling of watching something for the first time, but at the end of the day, it's all down to personal preference.
It's defo not stupid tho
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I don't really get people who can rewatched an anime (or really any type of show) without getting bored of it. I can't even rewatched a movie let alone an anime with multiple episodes (even my favorite ones I gave up rewatching). Usually when I'm "rewatching" something it means :
Still I'm curious on how someone can rewatch Weathering With You 17x or any show multiple times, how do you guys feel about it? is it less entertaining than the first watch or the same or even more entertaining somehow? (・∧‐)ゞ
I'm sorry if someone else already made a thread about this, if so please just tell me nicely and link the thread to me thanks.
I usually rewatch anime when i start remembering what i felt during the first time i watched it, so for example, i've seen hunter x hunter 5 times already but every time i hear departure i just start remembering all the fights, all the characters, all the nen explanation and that just makes me feel like rewatching it, but i get it why people find it so boring to rewatch things. Other than that i like rewatching anime with friends so i can see their reaction in some plot twists and fights, it's usually pretty fun xD
I rewatch anime/movies when I want to "feel" what I felt when I watched it before. Of course it won't be as much as the first time. But I've always liked rewatching or rereding stuff since I was very young.
But I rarely rewatch something that I watched not a long time before. I generally rewatch it a pretty long time after (but there are still exceptions, but that something that I can't explain)
I will rewatch a show if I havent seen it in a long time and I really enjoyed it. Usually that will happen if I dont have anything else worth watching.
The second reason is if I feel that over time I would come to appreciate the anime more if I gave it a second try. Tried that with Lain but still ended up not liking it though