Vent: Dropped my whole anime watchlist after missing episode 12

I was halfway through a 24-episode series I'd been following weekly for three months. Then my streaming service glitched and lost my progress, so I couldn't remember where I left off. I tried skimming through episodes to find the right spot but ended up watching the same scene three times. Gave up and started a completely different show from the 90s instead. Has anyone else had a streaming crash mess up their whole viewing schedule?

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elizabeth_bailey261mo ago

Oh man, that's brutal. But honestly, I think you might have dodged a bullet without knowing it. Have you ever rewatched a show you loved only to realize the second time around it's actually kind of a slog? Sometimes that forced distraction saves you from grinding through something that was gonna lose steam anyway. I had the same thing happen with a big space opera series, lost my place at episode 17, and when I finally came back a year later I realized the last few episodes were honestly pretty weak. The glitch might have just saved you from three wasted weeks of "well, I have to finish it now" syndrome.

riley_coleman81mo ago

Lol okay but what if the glitch actually made the show better? Like maybe that forced break let you forget some of the dumb plot holes so when you came back it felt fresh again. I had a buddy who lost his place on a show about zombies and when he finally picked it back up he swore it was way more enjoyable because he didn't remember all the little annoyances.

kaip111mo ago

Lol yeah honestly the sunk cost fallacy is real with these long shows. I got stuck halfway through a fantasy series about dragons once and made myself finish all 10 seasons out of pure stubbornness. By the end I was literally hate-watching it while scrolling my phone. The glitch was doing you a favor, you just didn't know it yet. Sometimes you gotta accept that your time is worth more than seeing how a show ends.