My heart is dying, my soul is crying and I'm so pretentious.

Aion said:
Thank God an anime as great and long as Hajime no Ippo exists. It's perfect for me right now - straightforward and simple enough not to require rewatching and exciting enough to marathon. I watched 1-13 of the currently airing second series yesterday, and I'd wacched the movie before that!!!

The second series better not end at 25/26. Under half of the 850 released chapters (I thought Naruto was long!) have been covered in the anime so far, so it'd be silly to stop. I'd love to watch Hajime weekly once I hit 18/19 for a lengthy period; like I used to with Bleach and Naruto.

An example of Hajime's greatness:
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The greatest thing about Hajime no Ippo is that instead of going into fillers, they simply stopped the series, waited for more manga to be out and then started a second series. I'm really looking forward to watching this new series, but I'll wait until it's over so I can marathon it.
 
It stopped in 2002, right? By the end of the first run, I think they'd covered up to around 330 chapters, including the OVA and movie. The manga is now over 850 chapters. So, I think it's safe to assume they still had plenty of material to work with when the first series end. :)

I just watched episode 19 because a 'speed' sub came out. The next episode, after around three episodes of build-up, is the start of Takamura's world title fight. I think that's going to be the big fight in the series - there won't be any time left for Ippo to have a proper challenge if the series is set to end at 35/26 episodes.
 
in my opinion i want them to sto pat 25 until the old director and old composer come back and then resume, it gets amazing after takamura's fight and i don't want this new director to handle it.
 
If you force yourself to watch anime/read manga, you'll only be treating it like a job and you'll soon lose interest. Just do different things, and if you feel like reading a manga volume then do it. and when you want to stop, don't compel yourself to keep going (unless you're really enjoying what's going on in the story).
 
Wow. must be this month thats affecting people.

For a while now...well since i finished my FMA collection back at the start of the year...i've put anime and manga at the back of my mind, focusing more on partying and going out socializing most weekends.....the past week or two my urge to go out appears to be in a Coma.....but whilst watching the red dragon yesterday it rekindled my love for manga...the tie-in was Deathnote. to be more precise the BB/L.A murder cases.

I guess it just shows that its a natural thing to for a general term "dump" hobbies from time to time....and later replace them with old ones or new ones.
and on that note....i'm off to waterstones to see whats about.
 
Tachi- said:
Wow. must be this month thats affecting people.
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Yeah, I haven't watched any anime in quite a few months. Not because I don't like it anymore or anything, just because I've been really busy with other things.
 
It's just a phase. Anime has been a part of my life for about 10 years but it's been on and off. Over the past two years, I've waded through all the classics and a mass amount of other series. I've reached that stage myself where I've almost run out of anime to watch but the hunger is still there. I'm sure that hunger will die down over the next year or so until another great series comes bursting onto the scene.

That being said, as sad as it sounds, I too feel a depression when a core hobby dies out for a period of time. The usual question of "What am I gonna do with myself now?" pops into my head & I'll throw all my energy into another hobby for a time (Most likely graphic novels or games). But nothing, apart from boxing, compares to my love for a good anime series.
 
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