[ SECRET POST #3309 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3309 ⌋

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Comments

[lady_dragoon]

Maybe not the quality of the plot, but I think it's a good estimation of how much you're going to like or hate it. The first episode is supposed to be the hook. The thing that makes you want to see more of it. If the first episode fails to make that impression, or if you find you absolutely can't stand one of the major characters, I think it's fair to judge that the show might not be your bag.

That was the case for me with One Piece. I watched the first episode and hated Luffy, and since he's the main character there's a pretty good bet I wasn't going to like the rest of it.

[toshi_hakari]

True, but I've also been wrong in the past about a series before. I judged it by the first episode or just by one character and when I gave it a shot again a few years down the line, I realized that I indeed started to like it.

Same happened with Harry Potter. Started reading the first book when I was 12, disliked it. Didn't like Harry at all. I still don't like him a lot, but I gave it another shot and realized that I liked other things about it.

Also, I can totally get your point if it's a show that's only 12 episodes long. Usually, the pacing has to be faster, the most important characters are shown within the first or second episode, so you know that if you didn't like it from the get-go, you won't like it in the future. However, long series such as One Piece, Dragonball, Naruto (or any other for that matter) usually develop over time. The interesting characters get added later on and the relationships between the protagonists grow.

Judging all of it on just 20 minutes... idk how people can do that.

That being said, I don't like Luffy a whole lot either. I find him funny and he's a great friend to the others, but his ditziness gets tired after a while. However, the others...

[lady_dragoon]

I also admit to not having a whole lot of patience for long series (40-50 episodes is about my limit unless the writing is very tight), so the thought of putting up with a character like Luffy for a gajillion episodes was an even bigger turn-off.