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Friend swore by watching anime at 2x speed. Actually works for filler episodes.
My buddy Mike told me to try watching shows at double speed, especially for slow parts. I thought he was nuts at first. But last month I gave it a shot on a 20 episode anime arc that dragged hard. Got through all the training montages in like 5 minutes each. The dialogue still makes sense if you don't crank it past 1.5x. Has anyone else tried this trick for powering through boring subplots?
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the_phoenix18d agoMost Upvoted
Started doing this with One Piece last year and it changed everything. The filler arcs actually become bearable when you bump them up to 1.5x speed even. Found out I can finish three episodes in the time it used to take me for one since my brain already knows what's going to happen in those slow training scenes anyway.
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hugo_moore18d ago
Isn't it funny how we do this with everything now, not just anime? I noticed my dad watches news segments on YouTube at 1.5x speed and my sister skips every intro song on her playlists. We're all just trying to cut the fat from everything. Makes me wonder if we're losing something though, like the slow burn of a good story. But then again, who has time for 600 episodes of filler when real life keeps piling up deadlines?
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