Is It Possible For Me To Stop Watching Anime?

Heyya minna, it’s Ryuuji Tatsuya!

So, I have this elder cousin of mine who is maybe the only one in my entire family who watches anime (Or at least know what it is). When I was new to the community, it was because of her that I was able to find some amazing titles, and someone with whom I can talk about it.

Sadly, because of some stuff in her home, we weren’t able to talk for a couple of years. Recently when I got to meet her, I realized that she doesn’t loves anime anymore and has opted to the western TV series to pass her time.

This got me thinking, is it possible for us to stop liking anime as much as we do now, in the future? Sure, it’s not likely to be, but that doesn’t means it’s not impossible. That’s why I will be talking about some of the stuff that MIGHT lead us (or me at least) to stop liking anime, and also some reasons to counter that future. So without any further delay, let’s get right into it!

Why I Might Stop Liking Anime:

• First of all, anime has somehow Stopped Improvising. They now know that to get the views and ratings, all they have to do us stir up some Generic Bloody action anime, Generic Cute-Cute (SO KAWAII) girl based anime or just a normal romantic anime. While it’s working for now, it won’t for long. At one point the trends will be too easy to spot, and we’ll be able to predict what’s gonna happen easily. For someone who joined this community BECAUSE of all the clichéd and cringe worthy cartoons, I might change tracks to Kdrama or Western Sitcoms if it comes down to that. The Anime industry is in a serious crisis for fresh content at the moment.

• As I grow up, I’ll be having Less Leisure Time and you guys should know by now, I’m not a multitasker. If I ever come across 2-3 problems at once, instead of trying to solve them all at once, I’ll be focussing on them one by one. Even now, I’m getting like 4-5 hours to watch anime per week. Knowing the impatient “binge watching only” habit of mine, if I get less time to chill, I might stop or at least, watch it rarely. I hope I figure out a way to stop that future from becoming a reality soon.

• Animax is Banned in India; I have said this many times, and I’ll be saying it again. But what’s that has to do with this, you ask? It’s all about it. You see, anime isn’t really that popular; sure, maybe there are fans of anime from all around the world, but numbers aren’t much. If I yell out names like Vampire diaries or F.R.I.E.N.D.S in an Indian crowd, there might be at least 20-30 people who know those titles, but at the same time if I yell out Death Note or Naruto, I would hardly get 3-4 peeps. The reason is that there isn’t a proper media to spread the word, and streaming websites are popular just among the community. Now, the way I download anime is getting illegalized too, so because of lack of a good outlet to watch anime, I might just end up stopping the habit (Yeah, streaming sites doesn’t work with someone whose net is sh*t)

Oooooh depressing~

But well, here are some reasons as to why that might not happen.

Not so fast mah boiiz

Why I Might NOT Stop Watching Anime:

• I’m the kind of guy who would try out the sh***iest stuff if it Looks Beautiful or Has Good Songs. Anime, coincidentally, has both of them! I’m glad to say that the future of anime is bright in the animation sector. As the technology keeps on getting better, the animation and art style looks more and more phenomenal! And we all know just how breathtaking Anisongs are; I don’t think it would stop getting awesome any time soon. So as long as these two aspects of anime are there, I’m gonna continue watching them too!

• It’s become a part of My Life! I may not be in this community for ten years or so, but even in these 3-4 years, it’s helped me in a lot of ways. It’s thanks to anime that I have gotten a better grip in English, know more about Japan and other facts and also have met so many amazing peoples! Almost 80% of great things that has happened to my life, I owe it to anime in some or the other way. I’ll be a fool to let go of such a big part of my life that easily.

• I’m not gonna give up Blogging. I might get lazy, go on a hiatus, get stressed out or anything a professional procrastinator like me would do, but I don’t think I would just stop blogging. And obviously, if I’m not gonna stop blogging, then I wouldn’t also stop watching anime; I need the source for my stuff after all. So yeah, I guess this is the biggest reason why I won’t stop watching anime.

Aaaaaaaaand with that, another of my Awesome (It’s not awesome) posts comes to an end. What do you think about this question? Is it possible for you to stop watching anime? Why? Be sure to tell me in the comments below! Until then, I hope you guys have a great time and as usual, thanks for reading!

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