What's the most petty reason you dropped an anime?

Maybe there was nothing major, but some tiny little thing you couldn't get over and had to stop watching?

Obviously this doesn't necessarily mean the show was bad or that you didn't like it overall or couldn't like it overall. I mean this more as a pet peeve kind of thing, or perhaps something reminded you of something in your life you didn't want to think about, things like that. A voice, the way something looks, etc.

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Prof_Acorn2026-01-26 18:12

Tsukigakirei.

Couldn't get over the white outlines around the characters. Made it feel too much like cardboard cutouts. I wanted to get over it. I tried to get over it. But just couldn't.

Aviri2026-01-26 20:57

A properly petty reason among many reasonable complaints.

Prof_Acorn2026-01-26 18:12

Your Lie in April.

I stopped watching because of the lips. A little the eyes, but mostly the lips. I don't know what it is. Uncanny maybe? I just can't get over how the lips are animated. It's too distracting. It sucks because everyone talks about how awesome this series is and I wanted to like it, but goodness the lips.

SKYE-SCYTHE2026-01-26 20:41

Holy shit, your comment made me realize that their lips may be one of the reasons I dropped Your Lie in April. They’re always so plump.

TheFergusLife2026-01-26 20:50

Same for me but with March Comes In Like a Lion. Why do their mouths look like that

Prof_Acorn2026-01-27 00:35

¯⁠\⁠_⁠(👄⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

redditraptor62026-01-27 00:53

My first thought was also Your Lie in April, but the reason my wife and I dropped it specifically was a flashback in like, the beginning of episode 4 or 5 when they show that literally EVERYONE knew the MC was being abused by his mother and did nothing about it. I mean, we both thought the show was really badly written up until that point already, but that moment fucking broke us, probably because in our jobs we’re both mandated reporters.

Your problem with the lips on the other hand, I feel like that’s classic shojo style art. Yeah, it’s weird, but I can handle it. Everytime I see it I’m reminded of Dan from Game Grumps seeing Skyward Sword Link and saying “wow, he’s really got those dick-sucking lips”

bekcy2026-01-27 01:18

Seeing this comment makes me feel vindicated. Like the MC was so poorly treated by the show, I thought there would be a bigger emphasis on him surviving his abuse and trauma. I truly didn't care for any of the romantic subplot, the MC's story was tragic enough.

Ok_Cardiologist_64712026-01-26 18:16

I dont think its petty but I drop anime when the dude starts off angry with woman or takes being mocked as insulting

So I drop alot of anime

ghostpickleonastick2026-01-26 18:41

I've only seen this done well just once-- a bunch of guys always going on about their honor and how any insult must be paid in death etc etc then someone shows up and talks a lot of shit at them and the tough guys all get real quiet and avoid eye contact-- and it wasn't in an anime.

zool7142026-01-26 18:17

Honey Lemon Soda.

The guy just annoys me

hello_mynameispegaso2026-01-26 19:09

It was the girl for me

Maurhi2026-01-26 19:52

for me it was everyone!

blueteamk0872026-01-26 20:12

The female lead in HLS was so socially inept at that age, that you’d think she never interacted with people. Like professional intervention levels of ineptitude.

akihcinaf2026-01-26 20:54

I also didn’t like how it felt like a “savior” narrative. I know sometimes you do meet people that make you change for the better. But here because she’s so far inept, and how pushy the ML was about it, it feels like some “I’ll fix you” thing that I just found iffy.

Also, can’t remember clearly, I dropped this but I did reach a part where I think it’s revealed the previous girl he was into was also like socially isolated. Like pretty sus taste if you ask me

ChemicalBus6082026-01-26 20:43

I really wanted to like this one. The OP was a banger but the characters were flat especially the FL.

Aachaa2026-01-26 21:13

I could only make it through three or four episodes of that show despite generally enjoying shoujo/romance. The FMC was written to be so demure and naive that she basically acted like a kicked puppy. Then of course the MC is a total asshole that bullies the FMC but it’s fine because his heart is in the right place or something. Excruciating to watch.

WasteStart70722026-01-26 18:19

Have never dropped an anime. Sometimes when anime is too good I get overwhelmed with ecstasy and become satisfied with that anime, so I put it on hold and watch an episode per several years, but i never drop anime.

Spirited_Stick_50932026-01-26 18:32

Do you only watch the recommended series or something? I feel like if you watch enough you eventually watch something where you think to yourself "I'd rather stare at a wall than watch two more hours of this slop"

Innalibra2026-01-26 18:44

Or just literally not being in the mood for that type of show. How many times can a person watch another Isekai or CGDCT SoL following exactly the same formula as the last 10 before it does nothing for them anymore?

WasteStart70722026-01-26 18:51

No two anime are the same. Formula is just a canvas for creators to express their aesthetical and artistic vision.

onzichtbaard2026-01-26 19:13

a lot of isekai feel very repetitive to me

but dont have that as much with cgdct

WasteStart70722026-01-26 18:49

No, I watch 20-30 of seasonal anime and several older ones per season. I always find something to enjoy in anime. When anime is utter garbage, I just start enjoying how shitty it is.

awesomenessofme12026-01-26 18:19

Uzaki-chan was almost one of the first 10 anime I watched, but by sheer coincidence one of the only other anime I'd seen was also a romcom that had the same (English) VA for the male lead, and at the time I hadn't gotten used to repeating VAs. Ended up watching it again much later, and while I didn't love it, it was good.

strawberry_xa2026-01-26 18:19

The fragrant flower blooms with dignity

I dropped it after 3 or 4 minutes just because I couldn't stand her voice and the way she kept moaning and stuttering XD. I really wanted to watch it because it got recommended so much, but couldn't get over it

VantasValentayn2026-01-26 19:18

Are you watching the dub? Cause idk about sub, but her voice in the dub is really out of place

OrbitalCat-2026-01-26 19:25

I did finish the show, but it really annoyed me how every single conversation always involved them apologizing to each other

Garu_The_Sun2026-01-26 21:10

Same

BreadRollingAround2026-01-26 19:41

ABSOLUTELY! I’ve watched so many shows similar to this so I was definitely going to love it, the voices and their dialogue is so awkward and annoying

BlueDragon1012026-01-26 18:20

I couldn’t get over how fucking dumb the names Alleluiah Haptism and Lockon Stratos were.

This-is_CMGRI2026-01-26 18:31

Fair.

But it's safe to get back into Gundam 00, especially because it's become even more (non)credible now than when it aired at the height of America's War on Terror

SUPERFASTCARvroom2026-01-26 19:19

Opposite for me lol, if you ever get to the second season the names get worse (better) “anew returner” 😂

maszmi2026-01-26 19:34

Having nonsense or silly character names is a tradition in Gundam shows, but 00 really did take it to a stupid literal level.

Kiyohara2026-01-26 21:02

Yeah, Gundam has a long tradition of using random Scrabble! draws to name characters. About the only one to buck the trend was Gundam Wing, and they went their own Numerical Naming system (IYKYK) that gets pretty old at a point.

Zeallfnonex2026-01-26 23:12

At *least* [Gundam 00]>!they're code names and not their actual names. They at least chose to be edgelords, which, given their age and what they're setting off to do...!<

Impressive-Dig-38922026-01-26 20:57

What happened to real names like Char Aznable, Chibodee Crockett, or Fong Alternative

Xynker2026-01-26 22:02

What about that new anime whose main character is Tiararose Lapis Clementine whose love interest is Aquasteed Marineforest. I’m expecting Ebony Dark’ness dementia raven way to pop up out of nowhere.

Nomar_952026-01-26 18:22

Eventually went back and had a great time, but I initially dropped 86 because I hated Shin's scarf.

omarous_III2026-01-26 18:39

Fashion is important. Just because it's the apocalyptic end times, doesn't mean you can't look good. 😁

ColaFlavorChupaChup2026-01-26 19:34

This one made me laugh. Was it something in particular about the scarf?

Nomar_952026-01-26 20:10

Just not a fan of that type. If it was a regular scarf I wouldn't have minded.

ColaFlavorChupaChup2026-01-26 20:40

You've created more questions than answers, LOL.
I'll stop here though.

oops_i_made_a_typi2026-01-26 23:04

reminds me of the "anime without trees" guy

avboden2026-01-26 19:59

Now thats what this thread is about!

AboutTenPandas2026-01-26 21:22

This one wins. Most the other responses are them not liking certain characters, which isn't petty at all IMO.

Dropping an anime because one accessory annoys you is petty AF.

Side Note: I'm in the process of watching 86 right now and I'm enjoying it a lot. I really appreciate the themes of someone trying to change society from the inside while simultaneously being a beneficiary of the prejudices that system creates, and the helplessness one can feel when it seems like the entire system is designed to make that resistance meaningless. Seems very poignant in today's society.

PrevekrMK22026-01-26 22:33

I love 86 but the whiplash it does all the time hurt's. Like the fireworks episode.

Chemical-Tadpole-5862026-01-26 18:22

Black clover

Just cant get into it, its too similar to everything I've already seen. Yes characters themes, power scaling is different but I literally could not get past How ANNOYING the VA is for majority of the time.

strawberry_xa2026-01-26 18:27

hahaha i feel you! after 30 episodes or so, either he becomes less annoying or you just get used to it (at least in the japanese version)

Lelouch372026-01-26 18:37

I felt the same way and almost dropped it, but I agree it’s around episode 35-37 he gets way more tolerable. And honestly it was really good from that point through the end of the first overall story. Had some excellent moments

ChronoSquirtle2026-01-26 18:37

I love the show but damn near dropped it for the exact reasons u stated

AshenF3nr1r2026-01-26 18:40

What ticked me off were the one-liners of the characters.

- "I need to poop, dont disturb me!"
- "I'm royalty, you know!"
- "Food is yummy ~la"
- "Beautiful lady, please go out with me!"
- "I'm your senpai!"
- "Hey, hey, let's fight"
- "Ahh, my younger sister, you're always pretty cute"
- "Oh, I'm getting embarassed!"
- *guy whispering in the background*

These characters repeat a variation of these lines almost every ep which was infuriating.

FetchFrosh2026-01-26 18:59

Yeah, Black Clover has some pretty awful character writing, even by battle shounen standards.

Chemical-Tadpole-5862026-01-26 19:11

This aswell, awoke some kind of beast when you quoted them

Kiyohara2026-01-26 21:00

I can picture every single one of those characters clearly.

Philociraptr2026-01-26 21:34

Okay but the whispering dude is the funniest bit out of all of them. Probably still gets old but yknow

koogam2026-01-26 18:48

Show only really gets going after ep 50, its ridiculous ik, but it really stands out in a unique way after that, especially the demon trope

howaboutdisidia2026-01-26 19:25

Have you tried watching it in English dub? I found the English dub VA to be easier to tolerate.

_Apollo_2152026-01-26 20:19

Dropped it the moment Asta appeared on screen yelling. Shit actually gave me a migraine

Kartoffelkamm2026-01-26 18:22

The only anime I dropped was Mewkledreamy.

It's so unbearably slow that it took me an hour to get through one episode.

Durinthal2026-01-26 19:11

[](#niatilt)

Last I checked the episode wasn't an hour long or include any kind of time dilation, so you might want to lay off the pause button which only makes things take longer.

Kartoffelkamm2026-01-26 19:23

I know it wasn't literally an hour long, it's just that nothing happened for most of it, and I almost dozed off a few times because of how boring it was.

globster2222026-01-26 18:23

The one with the bird head guy, in a VR game. Cool fights I guess but that fucking magic rabbit character ticks me off. Ends every single line with the same phrase

threelayersofchinfat2026-01-26 18:43

Desuwa~

Parker8132026-01-26 18:26

Love polygons. Not always

LividTouch89602026-01-26 18:28

I just dropped Tamon's B side a minute ago,
Like the anime is just too cringe for me.

M_Ali_Ifti2026-01-26 18:29

Big order

Dropped because of the voice actor. Never heard more annoying MC.

The_Dreams2026-01-26 18:30

March comes in like a lion. All my friends say it’s a top 5-10 anime for them, but I can’t get over the animation style. It’s such a dumb reason, but it is what it is.

Edit: It’s really cool that I’m getting downvotes on this post that is asking why I just dropped an anime. I’m note saying it’s bad I’m saying it wasn’t for me damn.

onzichtbaard2026-01-26 18:38

For me what i hate about the show is how it will randomly use the chibi art style and disrupt the tone

I think if the anime would take itself a bit more seriously i would love it

Audrey_spino2026-01-26 18:46

It only uses the chibi artstyle in the more lighthearted moments.

onzichtbaard2026-01-26 19:03

it is what it is, its just something i dont like about the show

a petty reason but that was the question op asked

cheerfulKing2026-01-26 19:06

What sealed the deal for me was whichever genius decided to give the cats inner monologues.

chetrhcp2026-01-26 18:58

I think it’s fine most of the time but when they do it with Kyouko it does not work at all for me. She’s not cute she’s a menace.

kleinisfijn2026-01-26 18:59

Animation style is a big reason for me to drop a series. I would say about a third of my total personal score comes from the animation style. Style, not quality. Quality is measurable, style is personal.

Prof_Acorn2026-01-26 19:31

Similar here.

JerryDaBaws2026-01-26 19:01

Yeah came into this thread to say this, I especially kept getting distracted by the way their mouths were drawn.

softfrogsafe2026-01-26 18:30

JoJo, the guy kicked the dog and I refused to continue ._. don't know if it's petty but even if it is a made up doggo I don't want to see doggo hurt

nabuzasan2026-01-26 18:39

Yeah....probably a good idea you don't continue JOJO then.

onzichtbaard2026-01-26 19:08

i mean most of jojo isnt like that just the first couple episodes

he could skip season 1 and start with stardust crusaders

hotstuffdesu2026-01-26 18:31

A couple of minutes into the very first episode of **Kaguya-sama**, the narrator explains a very obvious joke, and I tapped out.

I just wasn’t in the mood at the time, but I still want to check out the anime sometime.

strawberry_xa2026-01-26 18:43

watching it right now!! if you get over it at first it wont be so bad anymore

LilSopa__2026-01-26 19:09

Author talks too much in the first episodes imo but both that and the series in general get better with time.

Raven21292026-01-26 19:14

Same. Got about 3 episodes into it and stopped.

sono_mg2026-01-26 19:15

Give another try, You won’t regret it

cheesecakegood2026-01-26 19:21

Will also say the sense of humor in the sub vs dub is a bit different.

Emperor_PPP2026-01-26 19:26

Yeah agreed, I watched a few episodes of the sub and didn't enjoy it at all, then gave the dub a go and really enjoyed it. There aren't many shows where I actually prefer the dub

laserlaggard2026-01-26 20:04

Same experience as me. Dropped it after 10 minutes, but gave it another go and now it's one of my favourite romcoms (not that I have a long list). It helps to realise that 1. the show is primarily a comedy and 2. the narrator (often times his delivery) is part of the joke.

Alucard_Leartes2026-01-26 18:32

Tougen Anki. Even though the initial plot is interesting and promises to be something epic with plenty of blood and fights, it turns out that absolutely nothing happens in each chapter. I found every situation to be ridiculous and absurd; they force things just to move the plot forward. The whole academy plot is nonsensical—they aren't even really there, and they don't actually teach them anything; everyone just levels up for the sake of it. You’d think that, at the very least, it would have good fan service with the "big-chested girls," but honestly, not even that could save it. But that’s just my opinion. If anyone thinks it gets better or is actually worth it, I’d like to know why?

theEvilQuesadilla2026-01-26 18:45

I also dropped TA, but because I didn't like the author shoving his fetish in my face.

Alucard_Leartes2026-01-26 18:50

It's too on the face and very exaggerated

theEvilQuesadilla2026-01-26 18:57

It's like seeing bad, fetishized fanart of your favorite characters.

way2swag2026-01-26 18:57

I tried a couple episodes but dropped for the same reasons. What I watched felt like a mix of Naruto and Tokyo Ghoul done badly

graphiccsp2026-01-26 18:36

Attack on Titan (Yes, the precious GOATed anime) - What I call "Mad eyed melodrama".

It's when characters over emote and act hyperbolic. I despise that trope in more serious anime. In a less serious anime, it's fine. However, if a story is trying to bill itself as mature using a juvenile approach to drama undermines it.

The standout moment and final straw is after Eren demorphs from his titan and a bunch of soldiers surround him want to execute him. No, I don't care about the excuses. It was far from the first and likely far from the last instance. I thought the portrayal was stupid.

It wasn't the only reason but it was one that bugged me a lot.

Umayyad_tax_collectr2026-01-26 19:28

Idk why you’re getting downvoted.

AoT is the most influential anime of all time for me and holds a very special place in my heart but it definitely can get “over acted” in a lot of scenes

Many times the characters would go wide eyed crazy and start talking in a sadistic overly melodramatic tone and they would do it a LOT.

I honestly got kinda tired of it at times.

I feel like it’s a really one note way of conveying emotion in a very serious story.

It also makes the scenes where characters actually go crazy feel less impactful because the characters are going crazy in every other episode.

It goes along with my belief that Attack on titan is a plot driven show, it’s strengths and what makes it so amazing is the overall plot, world, and larger meaning behind it, not necessarily the moment to moment character dialogue or interactions ( although those are good too ).

There are moments like the Levi and Erwin scene ( IYKYK ) that were truly masterclass.

But being a plot driven show also makes the characters sometimes feel like pawns/plot devices that are beholden to the story as opposed to individuals with their own will and freedom of choice.

There are absolutely shows that are significantly better at character writing.

Vinland Saga and Chainsaw Man being the most recent examples.

Again, I love AoT to death but this is a valid complaint that I started to notice on my rewatch.

ElleWasHere432026-01-26 18:36

A Sign of Affection, like scene 1 the ML grabbing the FL's face to get her attention so she can read his lips. Complete lack of boundaries, dont touch someone without their consent let alone someone with a disability, instant drop

Ithambar2026-01-26 18:41

I had the exact same first reaction when I started watching it but decided to give it a chance nonetheless. I will not claim that it is perfect when it comes to consent, personal space, etc. but it is far above most other anime. That might not mean much, if you generall avoid shows with this issue though.

zool7142026-01-26 19:19

Yeah people are saying he is such a green flag and all but he touched her at literally the first meeting. I found that really icky. Even if the FL was okay with it, he didn’t know that and the fact he has the capacity to do it.

Not to mention, covering her eyes when she’s deaf is incredibly rude too.

Of course, he turns out really great and all but the post is about petty things. And also, he probably also gets away with it cos he’s good looking. You know pretty privilege and all. The average guy would get crucified for it

TryContent40932026-01-26 19:47

I thought I was the only one who found the ML more of a red flag. I don’t think any woman would want someone to touch them easily like that. Their relationship felt too soon and I was expecting him to be a bad guy bc of how he acts towards her

ColaFlavorChupaChup2026-01-26 19:54

> dont touch someone without their consent let alone someone with a disability

The deaf community does indeed need touch to interact. It's not the face, typically a tap on the shoulder. They also do things that people with hearing might consider rude such as banging tables to get attention with vibration. [Source](https://nationaldeafcenter.org/resources/deaf-awareness/communicating-with-deaf-people/#:~:text=Getting%20Attention,without%20needing%20sound.)

So while you're right about the face, let's not over reach with ignorant ableist assumptions.

AmethystItalian2026-01-26 18:37

Hiroshi Kamiya or Misaki Kuno voiced a character in it

_obeseseal2026-01-26 18:37

I dropped Future Diary because Yuki really annoyed me with his personality

Adventurous_Action_82026-01-26 18:38

Devilman Crybaby. Just couldn't get over the all the nudity and vulgarity

Darogaserik2026-01-26 19:24

Same. It seemed more for shock value than a quality storyline. The opening looks so well done and then the actual artwork is awful.

Moose3342026-01-26 18:39

The opening scene in Fire Force where the MC flies around on his feet while saving that girl made me turn it off twice. When I think about it logically the scene isn't even bad but something inside me cringes really hard from it. Tho I think me not liking the MC's design contributes to it as well

theEvilQuesadilla2026-01-26 18:46

Crazy. That scene is pretty awesome.

edmard2026-01-26 18:49

The scene where the bad guy is threatening to kill children and everything is very emotional and serious and the one girl comes in and all her clothes fall off for no reason other than disgusting fan-service made me angry. Fuck that show.

watchnetworks2026-01-26 18:40

Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation. At the beginning the show was quite normal but when Iirc the main character Rudeus started having some sussy behaviours I felt something wrong. Might be an unpopular opinion but he looked like a predator that's why I dropped it

Elifia2026-01-26 18:51

I wouldn't say that's a petty reason. He's an adult man who sexually assaults little girls multiple times, and the show frames this as if it's supposed to be funny. A lot of people wouldn't want to watch a show like that. I sure don't.

KazeStigma2026-01-26 19:15

Same, drop it at like what? Episode 1 or 2? The annoying underwear stealing

ColaFlavorChupaChup2026-01-26 19:38

This feels like a troll comment. This is probably the most cited reason people stop watching the anime.

TryContent40932026-01-26 19:45

I never understand how people like the show. 99% of the time rudeus was being a perv. The only difference is he’s in a child body. If he was just a middle aged man people would think he’s a perv and deserve to be in jail

PerceptionOk85432026-01-26 19:52

I don’t wanna be near people who say it’s justified because he has a new body and the fact that he has a 40 year old brain doesn’t matter. There are so many of them

PerceptionOk85432026-01-26 19:51

It only gets worse later on, he cheats on his wife and builds a harem. And the show tries to make you think he is a good guy. You aren’t missing anything, good decision

theEvilQuesadilla2026-01-26 18:48

Gachiakta or whatever it's called from last year (season?). There was just too much rap and hiphop for my painfully low tolerance.

Jewishweeb12026-01-26 18:50

I dropped Sanda because it wasn't faithful to the source material

Kiyohara2026-01-26 21:03

Which Source Material? The Manga or the traditional Christmas mythology?

rawr_im_a_nice_bear2026-01-26 21:28

Real life

Raiquo2026-01-26 22:19

Lol, now that *would* be petty.

RyaReisender2026-01-26 18:54

I dropped Grand Blue because I didn't like how it glorified alcohol.

I also dropped various anime because a girl hit an innocent boy due to a "misunderstanding" and nobody in the show pointed out how messed up that is.

chetrhcp2026-01-26 18:55

I dropped Demon Slayer after the first Zenitsu episode for obvious reasons. I couldn’t do it

Jangowuzhere2026-01-26 19:07

He only gets more and more annoying later on

ColaFlavorChupaChup2026-01-26 19:37

He does stop being annoying ... it's just in the final arc is all.

super1ucky2026-01-26 20:00

I did after a few eps, if he was a side character I might of kept going but there's too much of him.

cppn022026-01-26 21:38

That's perfectly reasonable and not petty.

edmard2026-01-26 18:57

I dropped Konosuba (sp?) after the main character was like "I have magic that can remove panties" then used it on the young witch girl. It's gross predatory behavior that adds nothing to the show.

lurk65242026-01-26 19:37

I respectfully disagree, it does add something. It reminds us that Kazuma is an asshole, which is a key point to his character and the show.

I understand that many people don’t want to watch a show where the MC is an asshole.

Shadgates872026-01-26 19:01

Classroom of the Elite. Felt like leads were being swapped out and it was characters I didn’t like.

Wonderful-Shirt-83232026-01-27 01:34

Dropped it because of the male lead. Couldn't bring myself to like him.

Falsus2026-01-26 19:01

Asta's annoying as fuck voice.

aleqxander2026-01-26 19:22

Watch dub then

Falsus2026-01-26 19:28

Or I could simply just watch something else?

Dirty_Dragons2026-01-26 19:02

Dandandan. The romance was developing too fast.

I don't watch romance anime. If something I'm watching has eventually has romance in it, I'm fine if it's a very slow burn.

Same for the Chainsaw Man movie. I turned it off when they were in the restaurant.

Jangowuzhere2026-01-26 19:03

86, I hate the mech designs.

The spider tanks look dumb to me and I have a hard time enjoying the battles because of it.

flamethrower22026-01-26 19:18

Spider tanks aren't used IRL not because they are impossible but because tanks cover most of the spider tank role with improved cost, durability, and speed.

Selection of legs over wheels and tracks was never addressed. One assumes "that's what the author wanted."

Crazy-Plate30972026-01-26 19:05

Ex-Arm.

Because it's Ex-Arm.

steven48692026-01-26 19:06

Dropped Oreimo cause [spoilers]>!he loved his sister and rejected Ayase.!<

Prof_Acorn2026-01-26 19:36

Oh wow, so you watched like 95% of it then stopped before the end? Not that I haven't done that with series before lol. For the show Manifest I stopped like ~10 minutes before the last episode ended.

TheGamer342026-01-26 22:06

I mean, what did you sign up for?

Atulin2026-01-26 19:09

Re: Creators. I fell asleep halfway through an episode where they were sitting around a table spouting exposition and didn't continue.

Citrus put me to sleep as well, didn't continue it either.

Klusterphuck672026-01-26 19:12

The flame cat ear girl that constantly strips in Fire Force

StinkinKevin2026-01-26 19:13

I refused to watch the old adaption of HxH because I couldn't stomach the dub (it was broadcasted on national TV in my country). It was beyond terrible and I simply dropped the series. It put me off so bad that I didn't even try to watch it in Japanese with subs, as I normally do.

Last year I finally decided to give the 2011 version a go, with the original dub, of course. Now I know what I missed all those years ago.

SUPERFASTCARvroom2026-01-26 19:20

Voice acting

okletssee2026-01-26 19:28

I'm finding I can't stand watching ultra timid female leads. I watched a season and a half of Marriage Story and I couldn't hang any longer.

ReadySource32422026-01-26 19:37

The fans

SubmissiveDinosaur2026-01-26 19:39

I dropped Atelier Escha & Logi because it went nowhere. mid story, undeveloped characters and unused world. By episode 9 Ive seen too much

IrredeemableDegen2026-01-26 19:43

Accel world. I just cannot take the main character looking like he's from south park when everyone else looks normal

Raiquo2026-01-26 22:36

Ugh, not petty at all 🤢 what the hell is that style choice?

I dropped the manga before I even started it because of that, tried again and forced myself through it because it was getting so much attention "it must be good" right? Nope, his personality matches his art style. Like his entire personality is just "poor me I'm fat", "everyone hates me cause I'm fat", "I could never be with a girl like her because I'm fat" and more of the same body shaming self loathing.

KissShot942026-01-26 19:46

I dropped Higashi no Eden cause I don't like Oasis

Embarrassed-Poem9532026-01-26 19:47

I dropped some anime after the first episode because of character deaths even though I knew it would happen.

Attack on Titans

Oshi no ko

Goblin Slayer

ActualRound76992026-01-26 19:51

petty?

ehh for me it was Tokyo Revengers. I hated Takemichi so much I wished he’d have gotten hit by truck Kun and just fuckin died he was so obnoxious.

Dattinator2026-01-26 21:55

More like Takebitchy. I finished revengers but god I hated him.

Pistoolio2026-01-26 21:57

Lmao that’s what me and my roommate called him. We loved alot about the show but hated the main character so much we dropped it.

ActualRound76992026-01-26 22:18

It’s because of him I have a one episode rule now. I forced myself through all 24 eps of the first season but he was such a virulently useless twat I was like “nah. never again in life.”

creatyvechaos2026-01-26 23:54

I'm glad he got the ending he deserved, but I hate the ending because it literally proved the whole show was a waste of time. At least make the ***main character*** likeable jfc. Takebitchy had everything handed to him and he ***still*** fell flat on his face.

FEV_Reject2026-01-27 02:00

Him having to remember his dead girlfriend to get any motivation to do ANYTHING was so brutal. Worst time traveler ever.

bakaprod2026-01-27 03:45

Takemichi was such a terrible MC...whiney and dumb as bricks. He's mentally twice the age of the other characters and has knowledge of the future and yet still is constantly outsmarted.

I quit in the middle of an early season 2 episode when he was too stupid to realize that the people approaching him with dragons and the letters BD on their jackets were members of the gang Black Dragon. And it's made even worse by the fact that he explicitly knew Black Dragon was a thing.

1000-MAT2026-01-26 19:52

The limit on how many anime I can watch to continue having a life.

LowOnDairy2026-01-26 19:53

I wish I would have dropped your lie in April...absolute fucking waste of time and space that show

Waruimono2026-01-26 19:54

I dropped Chainsaw man when they became kicking each other in the balls. Like, I get it it's made to entertain the new generations, but...

oedipusrex3762026-01-26 19:56

I rarely drop anime. I’ll finish a full season and then never bother with Season 2. **Skip and Loafer** and **The Apothecary Diaries** both have excessive internal monologues. **Jujutsu Kaisen**, having a narrator explain moves in the middle of a fight is goofy af.

There is one anime I truly dropped after the first episode due to pettiness. **The Case Study of Vanitas** (Vanitas no Carte). In the first ep, the MC does this flirty, princely act to reveal a victim's name (in order to cure her). I thought it was very corny. I stopped watching immediately because I couldn't take the show seriously. To me, it felt like fanservice.

Zaustus2026-01-26 19:57

I don't think this is petty, but I dropped Seven Deadly Sins because Meliodas constantly gropes Elizabeth and it was gross.

XaryPi2026-01-26 19:58

I dropped shippuden right before one of the knowingly best fights in the series because of one kid character with a long scarf (iykyk) doing something that the main character took 30 episodes in season 1 to learn.
That annoyed me so much that I dropped it after that scene and haven't finished shippuden since. Spoilered myself so I know most important things but actually never finished it.

avboden2026-01-26 20:00

This season I dropped the girl moves countries to fake being a boy to get close to the guy show because that’s just way too mentally Ill insane stalker for me to shut my brain off and try to enjoy

New_Essay_48692026-01-26 20:00

Blue Lock, theyre all strikers. Feels like a battle shounen posing as a sports anime

sparklingfroggy2026-01-26 20:09

I could not get over how terrible the MC’s haircut was in bungo stray dogs it drove me up a wall all I could think about was taking a scissor and cutting the stupid long lock of hair off

almeda10182026-01-26 23:13

noooo this is so sad to me I love that character and theres a reason its cut like that

blueteamk0872026-01-26 20:10

Recently, I dropped Shiboyugi at 3 episodes because I found some of the artistic decisions to be film school-level pretentious.

- The still wide angel shots drawn with just simple face-featureless silhouettes drawn to look like it’s pastel.
- the baffling decision to have a death game anime where the deaths aren’t shown on screen.
- the weird white cotton like substance that used instead of blood and guts.
- the dialogue being portrayed to be rather stoic and dry.

Alan202212026-01-26 20:15

Haibane Renmei - just got more and more annoyed at the random ass rules that they had to follow and nobody was questioning it at all.

Snoo-587142026-01-26 20:16

Any post-toonami dragonball show dubs. When I heard Gokus VA for sub and dub I had to put it down.

Swiggy19572026-01-26 20:24

I hated Black Clover because of all of the filler they put in. It sounded good at first, but starting with the second episode, you had to watch the entire 24 minutes to get 10 minutes of story. I can handle a 1 minute recap, but those damn things lasted 5 minutes or more. Add in another 2 or more minutes for the OP, a storyline that bogs down two minutes in due to additional filler, then another 2 minutes or do of ED, followed by a couple more Clover clips at the end.

Okay, that's not really a petty reason, but it was a train wreck I couldn't turn away from. I did watch 2 cours of the drek, but the petty thing I had was in the second cour, they put the female charters in Japanese school-girl uniforms during the ED.

Had the anime stuck to a single court every other season, it would still be running and popular. Instead, the rush to do 4 cours in one year? If the proposed movie is ever released, I won't bother to watch it.

BallCruncherSupreme2026-01-26 20:26

Black Clover. Couldn't handle the near constant yelling from Asta. I made it halfway through the second episode I think. It was a little more bearable in the sub but I couldn't get over it.

AiChyan2026-01-26 20:54

Same! But I couldn’t watch more than one episode the screaming drove me insane

rainbowrice72026-01-26 20:27

I dropped How I Attended an All Guys Mixer because it felt like it was trying to be a yaoi without there being any gay shit involved.

alanamablamaspama2026-01-26 20:28

God of High School. The red noses made it seem like everyone has a cold.

CerealCrab2026-01-26 22:44

I remember this used to be called "Tumblr nose" because artists on Tumblr would do red noses (and ears, elbows, shoulders, etc) a lot. I didn't know there was an anime that used Tumblr nose

aRGONmATRIX272026-01-26 20:31

I watched most of the HunterXHunter anime but stopped midway through the Chimera Ant Arc because I thought it got too boring. The amime never really clicked with me, but I tried it just to see what the hype was about.

daddyjohns2026-01-26 20:31

Watching a dubbed anime that was set in okinawa. They wanted to affect an accent to portray the okinowan accent of the original VA. The chose a VA from texas, and she somehow had the worst southern accent i have ever heard. I am from alabama. I couldn't make it past first episode. By all accounts it was a great show, but i can't even go back and watch the original the dubbed accent was just horrid.

Yakumo2572026-01-26 20:32

The God of High School, I couldn't get past every character having red nose like they were all sick or something.

somacula2026-01-26 21:49

I couldn't get past the lack of plot

IAMA_Ghost_Boo2026-01-26 22:14

The plot is in the muscles

creatyvechaos2026-01-26 23:52

God. Everybody was hyping it up on Webtoons, but jfc I swear to god it's even worse as an anime somehow. I tried both things, but the lack of plot is ***abysmal***. Literally just aura-farming — people were mad at Solo Leveling for that, but at least the source material had more character and the anime wrapped up everything rather quickly.

foxfoxal2026-01-27 01:39

I mean God of Highschool was a horrible adaptation and did not reach the overall plot even got a big ass retcon ending, Tower of God was rushed to the high heavens and then got trash animation... And the vampire one that I forgot the name as well was a bad adaptation.

It's not even comparable, Solo Leveling is the only that got a straight faithful adaptation but God of Highschool and Tower of God destroys Solo Leveling on both characters and plot.

Solo Leveling was always known for its art and hype fights, not for the plot even before anime.

JayofTea2026-01-27 00:06

The title is so corny to me that I couldn’t even consider getting into it lol

RCTD-2612026-01-27 02:21

glad i'm not the only one who do not like the red nose

_NnH_2026-01-26 20:32

I get overstimmed by series sometimes and stop watching it, not with the intention to drop it but needing recovery time. Sometimes I come back and finish and other times real life drags me away and the will to finish drifts off or a new series drags me in.

OkRepresentative12342026-01-26 20:34

Are you ready to downvote? Here goes.

So, I tried, I really did try a few times, and not just the first episodes, but also just some random later ones to see, if I could somehow handle it, but...

Because of the character design I just can't watch One Piece.
The way only some look human and most of them are just whatever in whatever size and whatever style is just too bizarre for me to see them as characters that I could ever feel with.

I already had trouble with Hunter X Hunter, and if Golden Kamuy didn't have certain extreme looking characters, I would love it even more.

Ekyou2026-01-26 23:07

I’m the same way. I just don’t enjoy the art style or general vibe of One Piece, it just all looks cheesy. It does make me kind of curious why people think it’s such a masterpiece though.

totorro72026-01-26 20:35

One Piece does this thing where a character says a line, then they cut to every single character in the vicinity which is usually like 25 fucking characters and gives them like 5-10 seconds each of "reaction", THEN sometimes if there's only like 10 characters to milk runtime on they will lap back around and show all of the exact same reactions again, and THEN someone will finally say another line of dialogue in response to the original.

Yeah yeah I'm sure it totally gets better around ep 900, shut up.

17317995172026-01-26 22:30

Hah, One Piece used less chapters per episode than even Dragon Ball for most of its run (i think later on its like .8 chapters per episode on average.

Meaning that you need to filll 1.5 minutes with each fucking page of the manga. In some chapters with lots of dialogue it might work, but in most its just painful time filling...

jackofslayers2026-01-26 22:35

Can't top pokemon tho

[Could it be Servine?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qrHgXg-cfc)

s0ib555j32026-01-26 23:04

😂😂 that's actually hilarious

creatyvechaos2026-01-27 00:08

This was a joke in my home for like 2 straight years

CharmingJuice83042026-01-26 22:43

Dragon ball has to be the OG of the stall for eternity tactics.

delta_angelfire2026-01-26 20:44

I dropped AoT because the plot was looking very predictable in season one and was not nearly as fun looking as Gurren Lagan (whose plot also got predictable but seemed way more fun).

rawr_im_a_nice_bear2026-01-26 21:34

Did you end up finishing it then? Predictable is not a word I'd use to describe AoT

AbsurdFrostbyte2026-01-26 21:02

Years ago I dropped Dr. Stone (manga) in the first few pages because I was annoyed at the guy who is not Senku obsessing over some girl he liked and not sparing a thought about anybody else, family, nothing. I was in a weird mood that day though, been wanting to revisit it.

lobsterwine2026-01-26 22:43

If you mean Taiju, it is true they don't really get into anyone's home life except Senku (and later a little bit for an antagonist, to help explain why he is the way he is), but Taiju is generally a pretty loved character because he's highly positive and generally very sweet. You'll probably come to like him if you end up giving it another shot.

captain_catdawg2026-01-26 21:06

I dropped One Peice and Fairytale for the same reason, every girl jiggles and never wears clothes. It's okay for some characters, but once it becomes every single girl regardless of age.. yeah, that's a no from me.

Garu_The_Sun2026-01-26 21:08

Constantly.losing.clothes..

Hint - fire force
I just couldn't

It completely ruined the anime for me ,despite everything else that I liked about it

Strange-Peanuts2026-01-26 21:17

Was considering whether or not to watch Solo Leveling. It seemed to be popular and had some pretty flashy fight scenes, but his sharp chin and bland outfit in the thumbnail made me decide against it.

Newfiecat2026-01-26 22:29

I won't watch it for the same reason! I HATE the sharp chin

Ebirah2026-01-27 00:09

He is even called Chin-Woo.

MrRandomGUYS2026-01-27 00:46

It’s even funnier because he doesn’t look like that at the beginning but after leveling up and working out his face becomes like that lmao.

mathwizx22026-01-26 22:46

The bland outfit is to match his personality

magumanueku2026-01-27 05:15

What personality?

JustSmartkev2026-01-27 14:06

Exactly

Chidoriyama2026-01-27 00:47

But don't you want to see sigma Sung Chin-woo aura farm for an entire seasons while other characters (who you couldn't name with a gun to your head) talk about how cool he is

darkuen2026-01-26 21:19

Completely changed art style from the manga and I hated it. Dropped it a few minutes into episode 1.

Aku no Hana

AboutTenPandas2026-01-26 21:26

I dropped black clover because the fire mage's powers let him make a rope out of fire that doesn't burn the person it's restraining. WTF is the point of having elemental themed powers if any element can basically create any object regardless. It's like the entire anime has different flavors of Grey's Ice-Make magic from Fairy Tail, but they all act like their powers are unique.

creatyvechaos2026-01-27 00:07

Dudddeeee the different types of magics not being different pissed me off so much that I rewrote my ideal "there are so many different types and elements of magic wtf is wrong with this world" story out of pure spite for Black Clover.

Monward2026-01-27 01:31

My favorite is that they are all introduced as "this guy uses *blank* magic" but basically every character uses magic that nobody else in the series uses, unless they are directly related, which isnt even guaranteed.

They also cannot learn other types of magic, because its all decided from birth basically exactly how many and what spells they have

Black Clovers magic system is one of the absolute worst I have ever seen

xxxAntiHeroxxx2026-01-26 21:31

Feet are gross....took me a good 5 years to watch Naruto cuz everyone has their toes out.

Throwaway132898732026-01-26 22:29

Lmao

toesuccintoni2026-01-26 23:48

Finally found a reason to watch Naruto 🤤

NuklearFerret2026-01-27 00:22

Stay away from Hawaii. On any given day, you might see 10 people wearing close-toed shoes.

AtWorkAccount12026-01-26 21:36

I hated how far apart the eyes were on all the characters

XDex_2502026-01-27 01:03

That one girl from Dr. Stone

Flairway2026-01-26 21:47

Dropped Undead Unluck because the main girl cut her hair too short for my liking.

SwampyBogbeard2026-01-27 00:28

If you're willing to read manga, she grows it back at the start of the second half of the series.

Mysterious-Rate-32532026-01-26 21:53

I dropped to be hero x because they were changing main characters too fast that I lost interest, even though I loved it at the start.

Same with Orb, though I did complete it and it was amazing, but I still couldn’t give it more than an 8 out of 10, because it just couldn’t fully keep my attention as it kept switching MCs.

ClinicalDigression2026-01-26 22:02

Witch Watch's first op is so good that it basically tricked me into watching the show until I had a *very* sudden realisation in the penultimate episode that I actually don't like any of these characters or enjoy watching them.

jad-dee952026-01-26 22:07

I dreamt of a spoiler and when I looked it up it was true… I didn’t know who to be mad at

Edit: the anime is JJBA : Stone Ocean

NonSupportiveCup2026-01-26 22:22

This one is so good.

jad-dee952026-01-26 22:33

I was so mad lmao

jackofslayers2026-01-26 22:32

Try forgetting it in another dream

creatyvechaos2026-01-26 23:50

I did that with Tougen Anki lmfao. What I dreamt about happened literally the next episode, but I haven't watched it since.

Controller_Maniac2026-01-26 23:55

being able to predict that ending is crazy

kenjikun13902026-01-27 00:04

close the thread, literally what the fuck

Onorekian2026-01-27 00:19

Must've been the work of an enemy stand.

mortemdeus2026-01-26 22:08

Assassin that has never killed anybody before. Happens way too much and just makes me roll my eyes and turn the show off. They want the edge without the moral conflict.

BakaPunk2026-01-26 22:18

I dropped dragonball Z when I was a kid because one episode was just goku screaming and cuts to people's reactions going "oh my god!"
Maybe that isn't petty though 😂

propjoe2232026-01-26 22:25

A sign of affection

I didn’t like the main guys face

reddituser1029381022026-01-26 22:34

OP: "What's the pettiest reason you've ever dropped an anime?"

98% of the comments: "An entirely valid, not petty at all, reason to drop an anime."

OP was hoping y'all would be like "I dropped One Piece because I think Luffy's shoe size is too big. He should really be wearing something more like a 10 instead of a 12." not "I dropped (insert show) because the mc is an incestual pdf file"

AceSoldia2026-01-26 22:50

I dropped Death Note early because I just thought Light was too high up on his pedalstal thinking everyone was below him..I hated it

Eventually I picked it back up because I couldn't wait for him to get caught lol

Tokyo_Ink2026-01-26 23:07

I can't get into Oshi no Ko because they all have cataracts in their eyes. Those stars really don't work for me.

haha71252026-01-27 05:57

I get that. Its kinda strange at first. Im used to it now.

Controller_Maniac2026-01-26 23:59

My Happy Marriage, I fully understand why Miyo acts the way she does, but goddamn she is so pathetic that it infuriates me, the author is just dragging it at this point

Kairain2026-01-27 05:34

I have a friend that asked me why I would recommend that anime to her... It's because her family really does treat her like that..

:(

MammothActual33072026-01-27 00:13

I dropped your lie in April because the girl moved too much while playing the violin

This_Event_24332026-01-27 01:01

I dropped JoJo’s because my favorite character died.

AUAAUH2026-01-27 01:17

I recommended Dead Dead Demons Dededede Destruction to a friend, and he recommended me Kaiju No.8. He dropped Dededede after a couple episodes so I dropped Kaiju.