patricia558•8d agoMost Upvoted

Why does nobody talk about how anime rewatches hit different?

I tried rewatching Cowboy Bebop last week for the first time in 10 years, and I ended up crying at Faye's backstory when I barely blinked at it before. Did anyone else get totally different feels from an old favorite on a second go?

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the_viola8d ago

Exactly this, you gotta pace yourself with the heavy stuff. I did the same thing with Evangelion a few years back - tried to binge it in a weekend and hit a wall by episode 18. Took me three weeks to finish because I kept having to walk away and process. Best advice I can give is treat a rewatch like a slow burn, watch one or two episodes max and sit with them for a day. Let the old stuff hit you in new ways instead of rushing through like you did the first time. That's how you really get the payoff from noticing details you missed before.

elizabeths518d ago

Gotta disagree with you a bit here. I mean, binging is how I get the most out of a show like Evangelion or Bebop. If I space it out too much I lose the thread and the emotional gut punches don't land as hard because I've had time to build up defenses. Maybe it's just my ADHD brain but sitting with heavy stuff for a day just makes me overthink it and talk myself out of how I felt in the moment. I need to ride that wave while it's fresh, you know? The details I catch on a rewatch actually stick better for me when I'm deep in the flow because I'm not distracted by real life in between episodes. Pacing yourself is valid for sure but for some of us the intense crash is part of the experience.

claire_hart538d ago

Rewatching Cowboy Bebop hit different" is so real. My buddy tried rewatching Evangelion and had to take a break because he suddenly related way too hard to Shinji's dad issues.