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Originally Posted by Shin Henshin

So why do so many people literally jump ship by the fifth episode and never look back?

Let me answer this from 3 perspectives:

1) As a cynic, toku is aimed towards 11-14 year-olds. That demographic is particularly adept at discerning what is to their tastes, and what they find unpalatable within a very brief span of time. If a show isn't compelling within a reasonable timeframe it will be dropped (and one would argue that 5 episodes is being extremely generous given modern attention spans).

2) As a toku fan, there is a plethora of wonderful content which has accrued over the decades. Simply put if Black, a show from 1987 edited on a 7 MHz Amiga 500, can grip you from the opening frames of Ep. 1 then any other competitor had better at least be in the same region of attractiveness to stand a chance against its historical competition. Otherwise why shouldn't people just rewatch their Laserdiscs?

3) As a writer, I can appreciate deliberate languour in pacing. Two of my favourite movies, Jaws and 2001: A Space Odyssey have extended sequences of zero plot significance which go on for lengthy minutes. Lengthy excruciating minutes for the uninitiated. We cannot expect everyone to be writers.