[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

You know, I was actually starting to wonder a bit now that you've been at this for a while if taking the time to actively sit down and write about batches of episodes has helped with the whole "everything blurs together" problem. I'm guessing not that much?

Writing stuff up, it's less about aiding in memory and more about being able to appreciate the moment. (Like Shouichi! Topical!) Burning through episodes is easy to do when you've got decades of content to watch (including, uh, Decade), but it risks overlooking the individual episodes. Writing stuff up forces me to pay attention, think critically, and focus on what's happening in a show. It helps me to see a bit more of what's going on, to get at themes and arcs and storytelling. Plus, like, it lets me talk to other fans about it, which makes the experience more fun.

It zero-percent makes me remember it all better. There have been a scary amount of times where I've needed to go back to the Wiki to get the name of someone from a show I watched less than a year ago, someone who was a main cast member. But, upside, I should be able to rewatch some of my favorite shows with a pretty clean slate. Hooray for the limitations of human memory and my likely approaching senility!