>You should totally watch this! It doesn't get good until the twentieth episode though
>You should totally watch this! It has more than one love interest though
Fuck Kuroko no Basket, it got worse as it went on.
There's a Jojo thread already up, didn't you know, man?
>>142732639
>it never gets "good"
I fucking hate Gintama.
ZZ Gundam?
>>142732841
dumb slav poster
>>142732639
>The voices in the manga are better
>The Fight in the LN had better animation
>>142734707
Now that you mention it a lot of Tomino anime don't really pick up until around then, even the original Mobile Suit Gundam gets a hell of a lot better once Ryu does his kamikaze attack.
>>142732899
You mean better
>>142734707
>>142732639
>>142735730
fuck you OP, this is true for some 50 - 100 + ep series.
World building is a bitch
>Give me all the action in the first 1-3 episodes so I can keep watching instead of building up a story.
OP are you serious.
>>142732639
It really makes no sense, but this is honestly true for many shows. Like why the hell don't they just start off good? For instance, I didn't even like the entire first arc of HxH and yet it's a rollercoaster thrill ride now
>>142736084
>>142736138
>implying building up a story can't be good
>>142732639
This is literally E7 and from then on out the series is incredible.
It would be unfortunate to drop this show before pic related hits the scene. She's the turning point of this show being slow and tedious to amazing
>>142735990
It started out as garbage and turned into shit.
If a show gets much better after a certain number of episodes, that's fine.
If a show is garbage up until that point though, it's a big flaw.
Some shows can be worth it though (subjectively), even if the opening is a slog.
>>142736456
disagree completely, the first half until the charles / ray thing is better than the second
>>142736138
>building up a story has to be boring
If it has good writing it will still be entertaining.
>>142736456
Seconded. This show was fucking boring and annoying until she came onscreen like this and suddenly the show just explodes.
>>142732639
What is Twelve Kingdoms?
Seriously though, if you watch past the first 8 episodes or so it's fantastic.
>>142732639
People say that about Legend of the Galactic Heroes, but I think it's far more applicable to Monster which follows a single narrative and simply takes a long time because it's slowly paced and you need to get through the initial mystery setup. LoGH has clear story arcs it goes through which alleviate the fact it's a 110 episodes OVA.
>>142736486
Fuck you I liked it. Marathoned 60 episodes in a week until I was caught up with airing
>>142736084
>World building is a bitch
Sadly even good setting building can't always save a show if storytelling is bad.
>>142736084
>50 - 100 + ep series
99% of those are trash get shat out nonstop and don't have the time to care about being good. Why should anyone invest 10 hours on an uncertain payoff when all they know is that all the episodes they've watched so far have been shit?
>>142736138
it works when you have 12 episodes, but it's much harder to keep the same interest going for a long period time. or you just end up getting the audience interested under false pretenses.
>>142732639
>1st episode isnt enough to draw you in
A bad 1st episode is a sign of bad writing.
>>142738499
Not necessarily. First episodes are usually front loaded precisely for that purposes.
>>142738184
I totally agree about Monster. I went into it not really knowing what to expect and dropped off after around 10 eps even though I was enjoying it. Since then I've read a couple of Urasawa things so I know he can do a good, slow paced story that pays off towards the end. I should really go back and actually finish it off now.
>>142734985
>>142732639
You don't watch this abomination by Shaft
You read the manga you piece of shit
>>142732639
Rurouni Kenshin was boring as fuck until the Shishio arc
But OP, Utena is a widely acknowledged masterpiece of the medium, and it totally takes twelve episodes to build up the premise. Furthermore, different people enjoy different things.
Did you fail a grade because of that short attention span?
>>142744151
That's basically suggesting death by starvation over the iron maiden.
>>142733768
You have shit taste. Gintama gets fucking great at episode 21.
>>142748567
About 110 is where it gets consistently good.
Takes some time for those worthless pop culture references to drop of.
>>142739234
What about EoE?
