[Dr Kain]

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Originally Posted by Locke

I'm glad more people are starting to realise that. The amount of time when I tell people I dropped a show at like x episodes and they are like "But you only gave it x episodes, when you should give it X episodes, that is when it gets good!"

Not all of us are made of time, we can't just watch an entire fifty episode run of every damn series that catches our interest in the hope it changes our minds, and I think it's unfair when people give me crap - or any one else - for not liking a series and giving up the time they spent on that to watch something they actually enjoy.

It depends for me though. Most of anime, especially Gundam series, out there don't actually get good until about 15 episodes in and they usually tend to be worth the haul (unless it has Destiny in its name). The problem I'm having lately is that a lot of these Japanese series aren't having that anymore.

Attack on Titan is a perfect example. I've read the first 9 volumes of the series and it is great. So far, I have only watched the first five episodes of the anime, and the series is poorly paced at the moment. Yes, the good stuff really happened in Volume 2 of the manga, which starts in episode 6, but they were adding fluff and flashbacks from later in the manga into the first five episodes just to stretch it out instead of getting to the point of the first arc.

Of course, there are series that do the opposite effect. The first half of a show might be down right fantastic, but then the second half dips so badly you wonder if the show was even worth watching in the first place.

My problem with Sentai is that I want a series that does not play things safe, is not afraid to try new things, but to also make the new stuff interesting. Go-Buster had some great ideas, but played things in such repitition and had some of the most annoying characters ever, that the show was terrible. Kyoryuger, has done a combination of playing things safe while at least incorporating some good things into the show, while also having energy spread throughout the show. Tokkyuger, however, looks like they are playing everything safe and being as cheap as they can when it comes to designs.