Life Cycle of an Anime Fan

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  • Опубліковано 26 лип 2024
  • The Anime fan is a peculiar specimen that I feel deserves a deeper understanding. Today I have a look at every stage of an Anime Fan's life, from birth to maturity.
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  • @DaSgtWaffles
    @DaSgtWaffles 4 роки тому +10123

    you forgot the "reading the manga because the show ended stage"

    • @ShnizelInBag
      @ShnizelInBag 4 роки тому +270

      fuck

    • @Darkry
      @Darkry 4 роки тому +636

      or better- "reading the manga, cuz new episodes of the show are not yet out" :D
      EDIT- came 1 year later and found 500 likes. Glad that you liked my comment, guys.

    • @canary1609
      @canary1609 4 роки тому +143

      I’m beginning this stage oh lord

    • @RobbertOff
      @RobbertOff 4 роки тому +12

      Holy Shit that's so true

    • @Darkry
      @Darkry 4 роки тому +23

      @@vikauru
      Oh yeah, I hate it when I see an awesome anime with opened ending and there is no season 2 or something.
      For example Gangsta... That anime is unfinished in my point of view. Many things unexplained and left opened too much :/

  • @netfelix__6584
    @netfelix__6584 4 роки тому +4897

    ‘Every anime they watch is immediately a 10/10’
    I feel so called out.

    • @yungplagueg5963
      @yungplagueg5963 4 роки тому +263

      currently logging in to MAL to change my scores

    • @babommt9005
      @babommt9005 4 роки тому +36

      You are called out I know too many of you.

    • @MrCornholio1812
      @MrCornholio1812 4 роки тому +54

      I actually saw Tokyo ghoul first and i didn't like it, sorry for the fans

    • @someoneshavingdied1897
      @someoneshavingdied1897 4 роки тому +2

      @@MrCornholio1812 :(

    • @MrCornholio1812
      @MrCornholio1812 4 роки тому +4

      @@someoneshavingdied1897 I said sorry Hydrogen

  • @sashadiaz9716
    @sashadiaz9716 Рік тому +163

    Watching this again 5 years later, I’ve realized that Gigguk was 100% correct on this, as I have reached True Acceptance. I feel like I might have self-prophesied subconsciously, as I’d forgotten this video existed for several years but still followed it like a WikiHowTo

    • @supremeleaderfrancisco9062
      @supremeleaderfrancisco9062 Рік тому +3

      same shits crazy

    • @ElitePlays1
      @ElitePlays1 Рік тому +4

      Same, I remember watching this at the start of 2020 when I got into anime and watching it now after 5k anime eps watched, gigguk is so right

    • @SaunaTino
      @SaunaTino Рік тому +1

      @@ElitePlays1bro watched around the same amount of anime as i have in 3 YEARS

    • @anjansharma8631
      @anjansharma8631 5 місяців тому +1

      I was the 100th like feels good

  • @nartman3477
    @nartman3477 2 роки тому +1008

    "Before one can have a shit taste, one must first have no taste"
    -Gigguk

    • @Sheshoo47
      @Sheshoo47 Рік тому +8

      Set as my iPad’s background.

    • @seunowolabi163
      @seunowolabi163 17 днів тому +1

      Im your one thousand'th like. Youre welcome.

    • @nartman3477
      @nartman3477 17 днів тому +1

      @@seunowolabi163 thank you pookie

  • @redvelvetmochi
    @redvelvetmochi 4 роки тому +23767

    You forgot the "I'm going to learn Japanese" phase

    • @dt3688
      @dt3688 4 роки тому +670

      7 . . . Wow so true

    • @amadeosendiulo2137
      @amadeosendiulo2137 4 роки тому +423

      本当だ!勉強する!

    • @fatema861
      @fatema861 4 роки тому +986

      I tried doing that and somehow succeeded hehe

    • @amadeosendiulo2137
      @amadeosendiulo2137 4 роки тому +253

      @@fatema861 そうですね!

    • @redvelvetmochi
      @redvelvetmochi 4 роки тому +453

      @@fatema861 You are a god tier fan then

  • @pranammm
    @pranammm 3 роки тому +3340

    Step one: binge Shonen
    Step 2: start non-Shonen
    Step 3: Romance
    Step 4: Depression

    • @NopalTheRock
      @NopalTheRock 3 роки тому +136

      Fr Back then, I only watch shounen or action anime and now my fav genre is Slice of Life and Psychological lol

    • @lorrdy7640
      @lorrdy7640 3 роки тому +19

      I'm still at step one

    • @krispyhd9484
      @krispyhd9484 3 роки тому +42

      Lmao I started on step 3 and stayed on step 4

    • @tonyblgl
      @tonyblgl 3 роки тому +7

      me rn

    • @KushagraPratap
      @KushagraPratap 3 роки тому +11

      Me described in a comment

  • @DeeJay694
    @DeeJay694 2 роки тому +123

    It's scary how this is actually kind of accurate.
    The overall idea for each stage is 100% real.

  • @ze_holygrail4410
    @ze_holygrail4410 2 роки тому +747

    After true awakening you get to pick your specialisations.
    1. Manga and LN reader
    2. Gacha gamer
    3. Rewatching older anime
    4. Jack of all trades

    • @primachpepe8597
      @primachpepe8597 2 роки тому +20

      i took option 3, anyone know if the others are better?

    • @angelromani8421
      @angelromani8421 2 роки тому +13

      @@primachpepe8597 i took option 2. I love my luck in gatchas

    • @le_meme_man8983
      @le_meme_man8983 2 роки тому +57

      Took option 1, there's more content in manga,manhwa,manhua, LN and WL than in anime

    • @somebody6077
      @somebody6077 2 роки тому +9

      I took option 1 because there so many things to read.

    • @111mazzystar
      @111mazzystar 2 роки тому +7

      i chose 1 then i got broke af so i got back to rewatching cardcaptor sakura for the 10th time

  • @SweatyAsUrPits
    @SweatyAsUrPits 3 роки тому +5211

    “I have never been offended by something I 100% agree with”

  • @ohnoherewegoagain5819
    @ohnoherewegoagain5819 5 років тому +28271

    It's creepy how he accurately summarized....
    My life

  • @abarette_
    @abarette_ 2 роки тому +60

    1:43 While this is one of the most accurate parts of the video, I've noticed something more
    When you go back to the start of the cycle, by temporalily watching next to no anime, it *actually* reopens that ability.
    But every time you start a new cycle, it's for a shorter time.
    So it probably ends by disappearing, which I fortunately (?) haven't reached yet.

  • @Cassiniini
    @Cassiniini 2 роки тому +80

    1:24 the funny part about this is SAO was actually the first anime I seriously watched and now that I'm a casual anime watcher, it still holds a special place in my heart no matter what people say about it.

    • @ferdinandsimamora9771
      @ferdinandsimamora9771 2 роки тому

      SAO is the first time I've heard of abridged anime

    • @theawesomeali8834
      @theawesomeali8834 Рік тому

      MY MAN

    • @seven7333
      @seven7333 Рік тому

      me too

    • @crimsonfoot4949
      @crimsonfoot4949 Рік тому

      i'm currently at the stage where he says an anime fan has a "waifu" and yeah, surprisingly it's accurate. though i will say, even with how bad sao got, it's one of the first anime that i watched before middle sch and i can't live without treasuring it.

    • @GrandmarGaming1969
      @GrandmarGaming1969 Рік тому

      same bro same

  • @OliverInc-mz3hf
    @OliverInc-mz3hf 4 роки тому +1992

    You missed the bit where they go to Japan and learn that it’s just another country and people there aren’t actually 2D.

    • @kingabriel119
      @kingabriel119 4 роки тому +202

      You forgot the part when they go to Japan and are shocked to find out people there talk without English subtitles

    • @mickaelscreations8673
      @mickaelscreations8673 4 роки тому +7

      i liked and its not 169 anymore its 170.

    • @toragic3432
      @toragic3432 4 роки тому +60

      was honestly dissapointed when me and my family moved to japan. Expected 2d anime waifus on the train , but instead got real people

    • @ratvioli6268
      @ratvioli6268 4 роки тому +6

      They aren't?

    • @marissaw2074
      @marissaw2074 4 роки тому +2

      haha i’m going to japan in a few years

  • @apacheattackhelicopter5823
    @apacheattackhelicopter5823 4 роки тому +1621

    You forgot the “only songs they listen to stage, where the person only listens to their favorite anime op’s”

    • @AiMdExP
      @AiMdExP 4 роки тому +19

      Lord Twigo I’ve been an anime fan for at least 2 years and I’ve never gone out of my way to put some anime theme song on my Spotify I listen to Eminem

    • @jareddeltaco6185
      @jareddeltaco6185 4 роки тому +9

      Lord Twigo i only listen to op when i miss the show like the void he was talking about, i occasionally go back to seven deadly sins season 1 intro love that one and danmachi season 1 intro, btw i definitely full countered you

    • @neobro234
      @neobro234 4 роки тому +9

      That’s me right now

    • @neobro234
      @neobro234 4 роки тому +2

      It’s sad

    • @marconisantana4410
      @marconisantana4410 4 роки тому +9

      Goddamit why is everything here true

  • @user-pt6eg5te4n
    @user-pt6eg5te4n Рік тому +21

    Been an anime fan for 10+ years and I believe I'm in the "Returning" phase. Where you watch a lot of anime, but slowly you watch less and less. Then at some point you almost stop altogether and just rewatch good anime every so often, but now that a few years have passed you come back to find a few more goodies. Likely you will leave again at some point, but you'll still watch hentai nightly.

  • @_RANDOM_GUY_
    @_RANDOM_GUY_ 2 роки тому +60

    - watch anime
    - become a fan
    - objective to complete every anime
    - realize the truth of the world
    - depression
    - realisation
    - redemption
    - happiness

  • @A1J23
    @A1J23 4 роки тому +835

    "Never have I been so offended by something that I 100% agree with"

  • @orangutanshawty9054
    @orangutanshawty9054 4 роки тому +2451

    anime i love: ends
    my mental health: *chuckles* i’m in danger

  • @Christopher._M
    @Christopher._M 10 місяців тому +6

    This is probably his best video ever. A god dam masterpiece
    The one phase some go through is the your drop/deleted list becomes larger than your watched list.
    Usually happens when you learn your taste and don't give enough sh** for anything that can't entertain you

  • @WeebClipper
    @WeebClipper 2 роки тому +170

    That’s how my anime cycle started
    1: Watching shounen from childhood
    2: One beautiful day watches High School DxD and then my crippling ecchi anime addiction started
    3: Then when you’ve watched all ecchi anime go for the mainstream stuff
    4: After mainstream stuff is over then develop a Romance anime addiction that would ruin your social life
    5: from the period of 2-4 i develop a Hentai addiction, and when you’ve watched enough anime then start bing watching Hentai series
    6: Regret every life choice that lead you to becoming a loner and not having friends and blaming your anime addiction for being socially awkward but then at the same time be grateful that you got to see the best the media has to offer
    7: Depression, Sad and lonely all the time

    • @54T4NIC_R1Tv4L
      @54T4NIC_R1Tv4L 2 роки тому +5

      So true, same here

    • @kuroo3368
      @kuroo3368 2 роки тому +5

      you forgot that number 4 will always be in the back of the head, and you mostly still hope for that reql romance tag (not just baiting the viewer) -> then you evolve ibto manga, then LN and then fanfictions (which will truly show you all the mistakes in your favourite anime)

    • @justindieter531
      @justindieter531 2 роки тому +6

      Im sad how much i really liked highschool dxd

    • @davidmacdonald7235
      @davidmacdonald7235 2 роки тому +6

      This is where you need to watch an anime called "Relife". Understand your mistakes and realise its not too late to get a girl who loves anime just as much as you and that's when she introduces you to Anime Movies and you start to find deep appreciation for Studio Gibli and Makoto Shinkai and your cycle resets and slip back into the not giving a fuck and just enjoying animes like new 86, AOT, Jujutsu Kaisen, Demon Slayer, platinum end, Remake our life, komisan can't communicate, and find even more appreciation for older ecchi titles like testament of sister new devil, chivalry of a failed knight, Sekerei, and plastic memories... after all is said and done you will realise that light novels are better than sliced bread and you can continue where your epic anime that never got a second season that sent you into depression in the first place left off allowing your mind to finally be at peace. This is the most important phase as because you are reading more now and still love women you will more than likely come across a book called "The Game" by Neil Straus and you start to value going out and meeting friends and picking up women over watching anime and your new life will begin :D

    • @Anonymous-xh4hs
      @Anonymous-xh4hs 2 роки тому +3

      Literally same here. Let's be loners together guys.

  • @JinglestheBandit
    @JinglestheBandit 4 роки тому +1362

    "And Idol fans are known as.... Cancer."
    *Nods in agreement*

  • @johnathons1789
    @johnathons1789 5 років тому +2864

    I do feel depressed after an anime is over. I feel like I lost friends and a purpose for life

    • @Minej_Mosuris
      @Minej_Mosuris 5 років тому +95

      I can relate

    • @pekopekoyama4945
      @pekopekoyama4945 5 років тому +104

      I’ve only watched one anime (Ik i suck) and I cried so hard while muttering the characters names while watching vids like this.

    • @endou5308
      @endou5308 5 років тому +20

      Log Horizon, angel beats

    • @sammacaroni2032
      @sammacaroni2032 5 років тому +4

      Same

    • @crystaxia
      @crystaxia 5 років тому +3

      Captain Falcon Arhh bygbuyhiunuhbuhn fairytail

  • @pemo01
    @pemo01 6 місяців тому +5

    Every now and again I come back to this masterpiece of a video.True timeless classic that never gets old. Even then, having reached full acceptance for some time now, I would add some stages: after completing the cycle a number of times the specimen reaches the burnout already mentioned and takes a break from watching anything anime related for some time to just come back bc they saw a trash taste episode talking about some show that even josh the manga lad seen and either they truly return and enters the seasonal anime arms race again or they think is mid and start a new journey: The life cycle of a manga fan. But that's a tail for another time.

  • @FWYB100
    @FWYB100 Рік тому +15

    I am proud to say that in less than 1,5 years i have been reached the "Higher state of being" Although i feel my anime cycle has been very rushed, the feelings i had in my awakening simply wont perish and i find myself challenging my mind and body trying to re-achieve the bliss i felt after watching 45 episodes in one day during my early days. I remember clearly telling my brother that my anime phase "was only going to last 2 weeks like all my other interest" only to dive so deeply into the rabbit hole that my entire personality was flipped upside down. Yes you heard me right, anime actually changed the very basics of my personality. Although corona may have contributed to this, after watching around 15 animes i started thinking a lot more, so much so that i went from and extroverted person to a introverted person. I also starting being more self aware after watching classroom of the elite, and eventually fuck i give up i dont wanna type anymore
    Anime fucked me up, but i love it.

    • @-FlyingZoro106
      @-FlyingZoro106 Рік тому +1

      The last line is so truee for lol
      •́⁠ ⁠ ⁠‿⁠ ⁠,⁠•̀👍

  • @OwenH16
    @OwenH16 4 роки тому +2117

    Love how you used SAO to show the “awakening”

    • @shirochann8210
      @shirochann8210 4 роки тому +37

      This was my awakening

    • @astxrriq
      @astxrriq 4 роки тому +31

      lmao yesss. i love that anime (fairy dance arc was ehhh though). although the anime that got me hooked was Chū-2, and my friend suggested me that one lol

    • @aj_rae1647
      @aj_rae1647 4 роки тому +23

      Yep SAO and Ouran Highschool Host Club were the start of my awakening

    • @ghomul8052
      @ghomul8052 4 роки тому +12

      First anime that I watched before start this life

    • @mimikyu4640
      @mimikyu4640 4 роки тому +11

      tbh it was my awakening cuz it was the only good anime on netflix back in the day

  • @AnimeRatio
    @AnimeRatio 3 роки тому +1057

    The phrase called “I wanna die” and “I’m bored” and “I’m gonna die virgin”

    • @Bruh234
      @Bruh234 3 роки тому +25

      first 2 are void phase and last one is the hentai phase

    • @evolvinggenius198
      @evolvinggenius198 3 роки тому +1

      I feel this

    • @babageeorrfortunighty
      @babageeorrfortunighty 3 роки тому +3

      why does one have yt in their name whilst on youtube?

    • @AnimeRatio
      @AnimeRatio 3 роки тому +2

      “Why does someone have any letters in their name, even though nobody cares?

    • @babageeorrfortunighty
      @babageeorrfortunighty 3 роки тому +2

      @@AnimeRatio so we can call people by there online names if they don't want to share their real name

  • @lilachan3567
    @lilachan3567 2 роки тому +11

    you just summed up my entire life in just 9:34 minutes, you're a genius. Thank you.

  • @moizkhokhar815
    @moizkhokhar815 Рік тому +2

    Wanting to write a manga phase then manning up and deciding to learn blacksmithing phase

  • @foreskintaker69
    @foreskintaker69 4 роки тому +1877

    Not sure if he's accurately described us or brutally roasted us

  • @TheRealKirinyaga
    @TheRealKirinyaga 6 років тому +2015

    the "plan to watch list" is a place where anime go to die

    • @Gemnist98
      @Gemnist98 6 років тому +14

      Unless you’re me.

    • @idit7736
      @idit7736 6 років тому +100

      or "on hold"

    • @UXGillespie
      @UXGillespie 6 років тому +1

      right?

    • @MegaMoon96
      @MegaMoon96 6 років тому +3

      That's why i put all my anime in the watching section..

    • @skippyikeoh5778
      @skippyikeoh5778 6 років тому +50

      Kene Arimah Train yourself to watch two episodes at once at all times. Learn Japanese and listen to the episodes it taped to your head while wearing glasses so you can barely see the reflection of the show. Skip through episodes, and learn to sleep at work so you can pull more all nighters. You can also research every episode, watch short clips from each one, and claim to have watched it.
      This my friends is what you call cutting corners.

  • @axelhoward
    @axelhoward 2 роки тому +20

    4 years later and this video is still as accurate and relevant as ever. Maybe even 100 years from now! This just show how timeless this video will be.

  • @honokasawada9170
    @honokasawada9170 2 роки тому +11

    This is so true
    After 5000 episodes I have failed to keep up with the latest anime and I am currently burnt out and reading manga.

  • @okitasougo8265
    @okitasougo8265 5 років тому +4594

    You forget the stage where we spend more time on searching which anime to watch rather than watching anime .........
    Edited:currently going through that stage..
    Edited on 18/10/19:Fav anime GINTAMA...
    Edited on 16/04/20: I need some recommendations for this Qurantine
    P.S- I'm a virgin 😔😔
    List of anime I've watch so far
    Gintama
    Aot
    Tokyo Ghoul
    Detective Conan(till 928 epi)
    Akame ga kill
    Akaneiro
    Another
    Assassination classroom
    Akkun to kanojo
    Black Lagoon
    Beelzebub
    Boarding School juliet
    Bushou Shojo
    Bakemonogatari(6 episodes)
    Classroom of the elite
    Clannad (12 epi)
    Code geass
    Dagashi Kashi(4 epi)
    Danganronpa(3epi)
    Darker than black(2 epi)
    Darling in the franxx
    Death Note (Till 22)
    Death parade (4 epi)
    Devil is a part timer
    Dorekui(1st epi)
    Dragon ball series
    Fairy tail
    Fire force(8 epi)
    Gakusen toshi asterisk
    Gekkan shoujo
    Gleipnir
    Golden times
    Grand blue
    Grisai series
    Haikyuu
    Hajimete no gal
    Hyuoka
    Ichiban ushiro Dai mao
    Kaichou wa maid
    3d kanojo
    kimetsu no yaiba
    kimini todoke
    koi to uso
    Kono oto tomare
    Konosuba
    Love is war both season
    Masamune kun no revenge
    Demon academy Anos
    Momokuri
    Mondaijin tachi ga
    Mysterious girlfriend
    Nijiro days
    Noragami
    One punch man
    Ore monogatari
    Oregairu
    Ore wo suki wa omae dake ka yo
    parasyte the maxim
    Plastic memories
    Promise Neverland
    Quintiplet sisters
    Relife
    Rezero
    Saenai Heroine
    Samurai Champloo
    Seirin
    Seishun buta yaro
    Steins gate
    God of High school
    Tokyo ravens
    Tonari no koibutsu kun
    Tower of God
    Tsuki ga kirei
    Tsurezure Children
    Wotakoi koi wa Muzukashi
    Your lie in April
    High school dxd
    High school of dead
    Nozoki ana
    kimi no nawa
    A silent voice
    Hotarubi no mori e
    Shinmai mauo no testament
    Baka test
    Nana
    I think i missed some animes

    • @317NEETz
      @317NEETz 4 роки тому +143

      Okita Sougo that stage is hard to get past indeed

    • @silverwolfie9593
      @silverwolfie9593 4 роки тому +13

      Yes

    • @adromeda246
      @adromeda246 4 роки тому +13

      Hello the other me

    • @gurth-quake1627
      @gurth-quake1627 4 роки тому +11

      I just started demon lord, retry because it looked interesting, and had no background info other than the little girl with blond hair reminded me of rem and ram. When I started, everything seemed too similar to overlord that I knew it was gonna be an isekai, coincidentally my favorite genre of anime. Edit: i just finnished episode 1, and it was pretty much just a knock off of overlord, over all worse in my opinion, but not by that much. The only other complaint is that it goes through information too fast, and therefore has you less attached to the story, ik it may be because they don't have enough money to fit all the story, but i would rather wait for them to earn more money to make a season 2 than to have less detail in the story.

    • @excido7107
      @excido7107 4 роки тому +6

      I am currently experiencing this stage :P

  • @simcard867
    @simcard867 5 років тому +748

    You forgot to add the step where the anime fan starts reading manga and playing anime games, trust me, I went through it

    • @SaigoNoYosai
      @SaigoNoYosai 5 років тому

      Same here

    • @rumq9305
      @rumq9305 5 років тому +3

      Everyone hits that stage, so true, but it isn't that long tbh, it is normally the splitting point where they can separate from anime or just read it along with anime. Over time people would see that the anime games are terrible (Bar a few).

    • @LagiohX3
      @LagiohX3 4 роки тому +1

      Most good anime games dont come from an anime

    • @ohnoherewegoagain5819
      @ohnoherewegoagain5819 4 роки тому +2

      Ive been a manga reader for 2 years now but the Anime games lasted only for a week

    • @thekaioshinshafter2266
      @thekaioshinshafter2266 4 роки тому

      I have every dragon ball game except budokai tenkaichi 2

  • @aperfectroll3901
    @aperfectroll3901 Рік тому +1

    This video is a masterpiece. I’ve watched it so many times over the years and still come back to it. I personally evolved into a manga reader and don’t particularly enjoy watching anime anymore, but I’m glad I discovered the medium, and rewatching my favorites while occasionally knocking a show that looks interesting to me off of the endless Plan to Watch list still scratches an itch that nothing else can.

  • @inserthere7503
    @inserthere7503 4 місяці тому +3

    It’s scary how accurate this is

  • @benzbiasong5395
    @benzbiasong5395 4 роки тому +399

    1.Watch the Anime
    2.Get Attached to it
    3.Finish the Anime
    4.Get Depressed because it’s over

    • @yurifurtado1955
      @yurifurtado1955 4 роки тому +12

      I am actually at this momment depressed because re:zero and i rewatched after the end and i am rewatching again and tomorrow i will buy the light novel... My brain is fucked

    • @ivydesu1242
      @ivydesu1242 4 роки тому +2

      @@yurifurtado1955 I literally just finished Re Zero too
      I have no purpose in life now

    • @yurifurtado1955
      @yurifurtado1955 4 роки тому +1

      @@ivydesu1242 i bought the 9th an 10th books and they are with me right now but i am Brasilian... so even if I send it you would´nt understand but i recommend if u have money... i have hated read all my life but i decided to buy and i read 450 pags in two days for me thats insane because i never read a boook before like this...

    • @uchihaitachi3384
      @uchihaitachi3384 4 роки тому

      The never ending paradox.

    • @yurii6843
      @yurii6843 4 роки тому +1

      Yuri Furtado tbh 😭

  • @elena4875
    @elena4875 4 роки тому +754

    I’m still in an early phase so it’s almost like he’s *telling my future*

  • @Eizzen_
    @Eizzen_ 2 роки тому +5

    Very informative Mr. Gigguk, I learned a lot on this video of yours, will rate your in depth analysis 10/10, also will help others since it's an educational video, thank you Mr. Gigguk.

  • @EddieSparxx
    @EddieSparxx 2 роки тому +4

    This was actually really helpful as I was starting to become burnt out on having to know every album by every 80s metal band inside and out, which is an incredibly unrealistic goal I know, but the final stage of Not Giving A Fuck is something I've needed to hear for a long time. As a content creator who makes videos about 80s rock its easy to get burnt out when you end up treating a passion like a chore, so thank you for this video.

  • @originpulse4234
    @originpulse4234 4 роки тому +2301

    I hate that every single thing you said hit like a freight train.

  • @darrenk6125
    @darrenk6125 3 роки тому +2774

    You missed the part we change our profile pictures to cute anime girls.

  • @gsgaming6976
    @gsgaming6976 Рік тому +2

    Years later this is still my favorite video that you have ever, or will ever do.

  • @XyAnimeGuy
    @XyAnimeGuy 6 місяців тому +2

    Rewatching this 6yrs later and this still is true maybe even more so now. Especially since I got into anime in 2012, but it was my entire personality soon after eventhough I had barely watched any by that time

  • @misfitskarma9383
    @misfitskarma9383 4 роки тому +3585

    The "void phase" is the most terrifying thing when watching anime, I sometimes would even question myself "what is life?" Lol😂

    • @enertion6923
      @enertion6923 3 роки тому +8

      Ajajaja

    • @elliskirk5627
      @elliskirk5627 3 роки тому +80

      How does it end? I just finished toradora and I have that deep void and it too much to handle does it ever end?

    • @misfitskarma9383
      @misfitskarma9383 3 роки тому +77

      @@elliskirk5627 My personal solution is watching a comedy anime to relieve some stress inside🤣

    • @user-vo2ze6pk3b
      @user-vo2ze6pk3b 3 роки тому +6

      Yeah imagine loving spice and wolf...

    • @galacticat7144
      @galacticat7144 3 роки тому +17

      I’ve gone through the Void Phase multiple times, I can confirm this. It’s truly terrifying.

  • @wwld9823
    @wwld9823 3 роки тому +3046

    >watch anime
    >it covers like 10% of the story
    >read manga
    >it was abandoned midway by translators
    >realize everything came from a light novel with over 22 volumes that is still untranslated
    >die inside

    • @Vilakk
      @Vilakk 3 роки тому +209

      Try to learn Japanese for 2 days

    • @loading685
      @loading685 3 роки тому +221

      >give up
      >directly use advanced technology, also known as Google translate

    • @necrotenkiwongwat2359
      @necrotenkiwongwat2359 3 роки тому +36

      Reading the free Webnovel it was made from with machine translation

    • @phosphorusdream
      @phosphorusdream 3 роки тому +8

      Index in a nutshell

    • @cjgreen4331
      @cjgreen4331 3 роки тому +1

      F

  • @thesupergamer5894
    @thesupergamer5894 2 роки тому +5

    I haven't watched anime in years, because every time I try to get back into it I get overwhelmed with how much there is

  • @JohnnyTromboner
    @JohnnyTromboner 7 місяців тому +2

    Okay but damn.. every time I see anything about Clannad I'm instantly back in the Void

  • @kawaii7573
    @kawaii7573 4 роки тому +1698

    You forgot when they actually get to a point where they can formulate simple Japanese sentences out of the knowledge they gain
    You guys need help how tf did this get to over a thousand likes

    • @unenown7082
      @unenown7082 4 роки тому +52

      I think I'm currently going through that stage

    • @meguminuwu7501
      @meguminuwu7501 4 роки тому +4

      @@unenown7082 lmao I was out of that stage when I was grade 5 currently grade 8 rn

    • @unenown7082
      @unenown7082 4 роки тому +3

      @@meguminuwu7501 I'm in the 11th. But I'll eventually learn the whole language

    • @meguminuwu7501
      @meguminuwu7501 4 роки тому

      @@unenown7082 11?

    • @unenown7082
      @unenown7082 4 роки тому

      @@meguminuwu7501 11th grade

  • @johns.4628
    @johns.4628 4 роки тому +1112

    why did this guy accurately describe my entire being...

    • @invertbrid
      @invertbrid 4 роки тому +12

      Same lmao. Im like 650 completed anime over past 15 years and......in the last stage indeed.
      No longer giving a fuck and just watch what i enjoy (still cant enjoy full girls slice of life moe anime tho)

    • @justakidwithnolife5671
      @justakidwithnolife5671 4 роки тому +6

      @@invertbrid I reached the point where anime becomes boring that I dont give a fuck anymore and stop watching anime then switch to manga then to novels.

    • @invertbrid
      @invertbrid 4 роки тому +1

      @@justakidwithnolife5671 well i can relate. Tho i dont read LN, manga only a few. But i rarely watch anime anymore nowdays (at least for past 3-4 years or so). At most maybe 3-4 anime per seasons, usually 1-2.
      Nowdays i play game more, PC, PS4, and mobile.

    • @justakidwithnolife5671
      @justakidwithnolife5671 4 роки тому +1

      @@invertbridsameee

    • @eventhoughimaloserandavirg3279
      @eventhoughimaloserandavirg3279 4 роки тому +1

      Invert Brid I could never sit down and watch 650, I've been a fan for like 7-8 years and I've only seen like 50-80😞 I'm still a casual by the amount of anime I've completed, but overall, I've seen like 200

  • @Isah_Kun
    @Isah_Kun 2 роки тому +5

    You know, over 2 years ago I watched this video right as I stated watching anime and coming back to this video today I’ve went through this whole cycle in just them short two years

  • @GaebrielAnimeReview
    @GaebrielAnimeReview 10 місяців тому +1

    re-watching this i love this short gigguk videos

  • @lost_souls542
    @lost_souls542 3 роки тому +1426

    "Smile, sweet, sister sadistic, surprise, service" SPITFIRE

  • @madi3308
    @madi3308 5 років тому +1035

    He forgot the “this anime had a bad ending so I’m going to read manga now” phase

    • @thefox9727
      @thefox9727 5 років тому +5

      I was just thinking about that lmao

    • @reschi56
      @reschi56 5 років тому +49

      Or the "Oh manga/LN I have been reading a long time ago finally gets an adaption but i might not even watch it because I already know the plot" phase.

    • @trevorwilliams9715
      @trevorwilliams9715 5 років тому +56

      Or the "I can't wait for the next episode so I'm going to read manga now" then "I can't wait for next manga chapter so I'm going to read LN" phase.

    • @ifratjahan7050
      @ifratjahan7050 5 років тому +33

      Or just “manga was better”

    • @nicoulrich6600
      @nicoulrich6600 5 років тому +11

      An then it was Tokyo ghoul (Without :Re) and the manga ending was even worse than the anime ending...

  • @thepixelatedpie
    @thepixelatedpie 2 роки тому +29

    This was so incredibly accurate, mind blown.

  • @Maplie
    @Maplie 2 роки тому +5

    3:29 I have no idea what you're talking about. On a completely unrelated note.... sauce for that image?

  • @omarsukar4342
    @omarsukar4342 5 років тому +3021

    U forgot the stage where u have practically memorized the japanesse language

    • @eros4774
      @eros4774 5 років тому +95

      Omar Sukar NANI?!?

    • @IzanamiRn
      @IzanamiRn 5 років тому +108

      Soka

    • @clooxies2952
      @clooxies2952 5 років тому +20

      @@IzanamiRn I see

    • @IzanamiRn
      @IzanamiRn 5 років тому +53

      @@clooxies2952 i can speak like 20 words lol

    • @chocchip4172
      @chocchip4172 5 років тому +216

      Goes to Japan: wHeR r sUbTitLe?

  • @kingabriel119
    @kingabriel119 4 роки тому +1406

    You forgot the part when they go to Japan and are shocked to find out people there talk without English subtitles

    • @nikhilpatil5370
      @nikhilpatil5370 4 роки тому +6

      😂😂

    • @fantus3296
      @fantus3296 4 роки тому +38

      that's stupid... as if everyone in japan could understand Japanese without subtitles.

    • @thatdude9182
      @thatdude9182 4 роки тому +10

      @@IbrahimKhan-hg1rc r/whoooooosh

    • @digs6112
      @digs6112 4 роки тому +6

      @@IbrahimKhan-hg1rc don't use it if you don't know how too use it then

    • @alvinramali1739
      @alvinramali1739 4 роки тому +4

      Ibrahim Khan lol it’s like discussing an anime you haven’t watched yet but it’s fine. Everyone has their first time whooshing someone

  • @dstempest
    @dstempest Рік тому

    Im speechless, I relate to it so much. He must have went throughout all the stages as well to be able describe it so genuine

  • @justice5408
    @justice5408 2 роки тому

    the watch list part called me out, i’ll be surprised if i even watch the stuff at the top of my list
    but you can damn bet when a new season of something i’ve already seen comes out i’ll be on top of it

  • @r.dommizsed2377
    @r.dommizsed2377 4 роки тому +1073

    And remember kids, having more than one waifu can end your laifu

    • @Pouzdraken
      @Pouzdraken 4 роки тому +37

      Wait so I don’t have a life. Does that mean legally I can get another waifu

    • @kannatheweeb8836
      @kannatheweeb8836 4 роки тому +2

      Oh

    • @mars2387
      @mars2387 4 роки тому +3

      well shit lol

    • @Ballistic_Beanie
      @Ballistic_Beanie 4 роки тому +6

      For the great love of speedwagon i break idol fans nico nico nii caps
      *Amen*

    • @billier1882
      @billier1882 4 роки тому +1

      I have 23 ;)))

  • @eroll3355
    @eroll3355 6 років тому +165

    *Survive, Adapt, Overcome.*

  • @aeden1001
    @aeden1001 4 місяці тому +3

    I’m going through all of these phases at once 😭

  • @theukwolfy
    @theukwolfy 6 місяців тому +2

    I forgot how quality this video was

  • @larz6740
    @larz6740 5 років тому +1037

    It’s beautiful how my classmate went on the hentai stage first.

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache 3 роки тому +5421

    "Watching-a-whole-season-in-a-day phase
    "
    It wasn't that hard when everyone was in quarantine

    • @ZOinu
      @ZOinu 3 роки тому +51

      the goat is that u

    • @ZOinu
      @ZOinu 3 роки тому +35

      i caught up to one piece in quarantine

    • @ZOinu
      @ZOinu 3 роки тому +12

      why are you watching this vid 3 yrs later

    • @cybercery5271
      @cybercery5271 3 роки тому

      no

    • @securitybreach5182
      @securitybreach5182 3 роки тому

      Very true

  • @bireland2012
    @bireland2012 Рік тому

    This video definitely sums up my experience with anime. I definitely experienced time dilation at the start of my anime experience binging through shows like Bleach but I don’t think I have the patience for series like that anymore.

  • @nikinator5132
    @nikinator5132 Рік тому

    6:35 ich liebe wie er die gsnze zeit kirito's schwert auf dem Rücken hat.

  • @simayi1083
    @simayi1083 3 роки тому +1920

    "I wanna learn Japanese & live in Japan & become an animator there"

    • @T_tolla
      @T_tolla 3 роки тому +18

      Same

    • @reedman0780
      @reedman0780 3 роки тому +136

      *laughs in underpaid-overwork*

    • @alexsif1
      @alexsif1 3 роки тому +44

      Until we realize how shit the get paid for their work.

    • @hollyknight5881
      @hollyknight5881 3 роки тому +7

      @@alexsif1 bro they get 15$ per frame and12 frames are 1 second if you do whole episode you get thousand +$

    • @miksuwaaan7527
      @miksuwaaan7527 3 роки тому +57

      @@hollyknight5881 just by saying "if you do a whole episode you get thousands of $" I can tell you don't understand how time consuming and difficult it is to make good animations

  • @dennisitis8749
    @dennisitis8749 5 років тому +580

    I keep coming back to this video to see how far down the cycle I am

    • @sleei793
      @sleei793 5 років тому +6

      I thought i was alone😅

    • @sleei793
      @sleei793 5 років тому +10

      @@michaelfh5704 im at the awakening stage

    • @dennisitis8749
      @dennisitis8749 5 років тому +11

      I'm at that point where I watch an anime series not based on how good it is but how less shit it is compared to others

    • @dennisitis8749
      @dennisitis8749 5 років тому +1

      Don't know if that makes sense but yes

    • @Pain-nb1sg
      @Pain-nb1sg 5 років тому +8

      I’m on the hentai phase and always gonna be on it ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

  • @restornejohnstein
    @restornejohnstein 8 місяців тому +1

    I some how keep making my way back to this video

  • @Noblessecoaching
    @Noblessecoaching 2 роки тому +2

    My boy really described enlightenment and the mechanisms of the universe while talking about anime, a true king

  • @oliverszikra6381
    @oliverszikra6381 6 років тому +209

    "Before one can have shit taste.
    One must first have no taste."
    -legendary words by Gigguk

  • @scratxy9259
    @scratxy9259 5 років тому +188

    “And idol fans are know as
    *C A N C E R* “
    Love it or hate he is spitting straight facts

    • @palkiapopz1183
      @palkiapopz1183 5 років тому

      I KNOW LMFAO :((

    • @dustifiez
      @dustifiez 4 роки тому +3

      Yes as a Love Live! fan I totally agree that I'm cancer

    • @patricku2825
      @patricku2825 4 роки тому

      @@dustifiez same

    • @drakebear1719
      @drakebear1719 4 роки тому

      And then they go to Japan and they learn that CANCERS make up the majority

    • @xzlatofy
      @xzlatofy 4 роки тому

      4Deco spell it right before you even talk

  • @hyperbeamattack775
    @hyperbeamattack775 2 роки тому +6

    I’ve always known that becoming addicted to anime leads you to becoming a social reject but this clarified the process unlike anything I’ve ever seen before.

  • @tacodyr
    @tacodyr 2 роки тому

    Scary how on point your thumbnail is

  • @realbiggab4328
    @realbiggab4328 4 роки тому +1943

    so basically it goes like this...
    **watches one anime** hey that was a pretty good show i wonder if there are others like it
    **likes every anime they watch**
    **starts getting attracted to anime girls**
    **hentai addiction**

    • @Istreakilaz
      @Istreakilaz 4 роки тому +18

      you mean **hentie* addiction* right? >_>

    • @meguminuwu7501
      @meguminuwu7501 4 роки тому +2

      Hm

    • @yamire850
      @yamire850 4 роки тому +1

      I'm at phase 3 for a long time, and I want to remain here, even if it happened to see the phase 4

    • @hq3802
      @hq3802 4 роки тому +9

      You meant gentai

    • @meguminuwu7501
      @meguminuwu7501 4 роки тому +1

      @@hq3802 yes

  • @brookylnweston2093
    @brookylnweston2093 6 років тому +407

    I would say
    this is fake
    but it's actually
    very accurate.

  • @redsofaanimation
    @redsofaanimation Рік тому +1

    “Calm down it’s just a drawing.”
    ~Patrick Star

  • @swapnilchaudhary2944
    @swapnilchaudhary2944 Рік тому +2

    It's been four years but this is still the best video gigguk ever made

  • @ZORU11
    @ZORU11 4 роки тому +748

    You forgot to include that,
    When a anime season 1 ends and the season 2 is no where to be found for like 10 - 12 years and there is no official word about it, the anime fans end up in a depression cycle for their entire life and just end up getting forced to read the manga and cry in the corner.

  • @LesDominic
    @LesDominic 4 роки тому +550

    "Stupid harem fanservice trash with a tsundere love interest"
    the thing that made me want to watch anime 😂

  • @CptnXplosion
    @CptnXplosion 2 роки тому +6

    Just started watching an anime, seen Fma:b (currently my favorite show next to avatar), demon slayer, and currently enjoying Attack on Titan. I am scared for what is to come for me.

  • @pranavhanson7913
    @pranavhanson7913 2 роки тому +1

    that void was very accurately summarized

  • @javiermoorps3380
    @javiermoorps3380 5 років тому +262

    Smile, Sweet, Sister, Sadistic, Surprise, Service, She took the kids

  • @hv3574
    @hv3574 3 роки тому +3194

    the worst fate at the end of the cycle is becoming a manga reader

    • @mustafsbilge
      @mustafsbilge 3 роки тому +117

      Well it is better at some cases

    • @seaofcheese9928
      @seaofcheese9928 3 роки тому +218

      @@mustafsbilge no its the 2nd stage/season of being a weeb... And as u know 2nd seasons are always worse.

    • @betax44
      @betax44 3 роки тому +190

      than its even worse for me as my manga reading evolved into light novel reading...

    • @ehlert6195
      @ehlert6195 3 роки тому +46

      Mangas are better when it comes to the art and story telling but not when it comes to budget lol

    • @seaofcheese9928
      @seaofcheese9928 3 роки тому +4

      @@ehlert6195 yeah but for the person reading it's uk bad for them cause they get more and more degenerate.

  • @diablo1513
    @diablo1513 2 роки тому +1

    The "Void" is the best and worst feeling i ever had

  • @wendylou239
    @wendylou239 2 роки тому +5

    I started with AOT and expected every anime to be as good, but I’ve yet to find another one like it 😭😭😭😭😭😭

    • @diablo1513
      @diablo1513 2 роки тому

      Try tokyo revengers. Its not like AOT but hell is this anime good

    • @rzl-ci1jj
      @rzl-ci1jj 2 роки тому

      I know right.... it's PERFECT.

  • @jwizdum2103
    @jwizdum2103 3 роки тому +1241

    You forgot the “reads manga and then regrets it 2 years later when the anime comes out” phase

    • @micha3l007
      @micha3l007 3 роки тому +36

      Aot

    • @jwizdum2103
      @jwizdum2103 3 роки тому +30

      @@micha3l007 EXACTLY! It's just too hard to wait two years 😭

    • @wayne6931
      @wayne6931 3 роки тому +3

      Hahaha so true

    • @danfr
      @danfr 3 роки тому +6

      Ah you must be referring to a stage in the branch where external factors cause a change in the anime fan's gene expression resulting in them morphing into what is known as a manga fan.

    • @seemann2401
      @seemann2401 3 роки тому

      @@danfr lmao

  • @desfity4925
    @desfity4925 5 років тому +1440

    Yes u discibed everything i have gone tru but there is 1 more step final "secret path"
    MANGA

    • @008AgentRamirez
      @008AgentRamirez 5 років тому +9

      well, this is anime life cycle. How about a video about mange life cycle? and LN/WN too

    • @manrique5811
      @manrique5811 5 років тому +16

      That's more of an optional side quest needed to reach true enlightenment

    • @DarkStar-ol2uo
      @DarkStar-ol2uo 5 років тому +4

      Then you start going to
      HH

    • @sniperfury6025
      @sniperfury6025 5 років тому +4

      Already reached that beautifull fase

    • @anna84259
      @anna84259 5 років тому +2

      @@008AgentRamirez I'm sorry, but can you please tell me what is LN, WN, WNT?

  • @kingschapter
    @kingschapter Рік тому +1

    1:26 sao was my awakening too
    My second was no game no life
    My third was knights and magic

  • @odothedoll2738
    @odothedoll2738 2 роки тому +1

    2:05 oh my god this is the reason I’m a Trekkie. I just love every show so much that I have to watch the next one because I get so sad whenever it’s over. When I finished DS9 I was broken.

  • @veyy8631
    @veyy8631 4 роки тому +299

    Why the hell did I watch this and realize it’s my life

    • @PixelatedChicken33
      @PixelatedChicken33 4 роки тому +1

      Yeah, I'm like in the first or second stage.

    • @-_byo_-4269
      @-_byo_-4269 4 роки тому +4

      @@PixelatedChicken33 I'm in the stage when I'm consuming so much anime

    • @beetheweeb1714
      @beetheweeb1714 4 роки тому +1

      I’m at the final stage. I’ve been watching anime for 10 years...

    • @justseffstuff3308
      @justseffstuff3308 4 роки тому

      Yep, I’m currently stopped just before the merchandise phase because not having any money though

    • @veyy8631
      @veyy8631 4 роки тому

      Seff Plays same

  • @judelucero1035
    @judelucero1035 4 роки тому +254

    It’s funny because literally all of these are so true except they’re present at different levels for all people

  • @theallroundnerd2366
    @theallroundnerd2366 Рік тому

    The fact that Gigguk uses Tool Musicvideo footage makes me so happy

  • @supremeleaderfrancisco9062
    @supremeleaderfrancisco9062 Рік тому

    one of the best videos if not the best video gigglekick has ever made

  • @carloscastro1192
    @carloscastro1192 5 років тому +185

    Life cycle? What LIFE

    • @neonishh2363
      @neonishh2363 5 років тому +2

      RadzYt exactly 😅😂

    • @djaz1453
      @djaz1453 5 років тому

      I dunno why im laughing.

  • @lowiq5655
    @lowiq5655 5 років тому +662

    I'm in a stage when I wish I could remove my memory so I can watch the same anime again

    • @officerpoopnugget9989
      @officerpoopnugget9989 5 років тому +13

      Fuck I'm in the same stage lol

    • @westonblanchard5404
      @westonblanchard5404 5 років тому +9

      In on this stage for life

    • @genostellar
      @genostellar 5 років тому +31

      That's the stage where you watch reaction videos to the anime you like and see it through their eyes.

    • @story1014
      @story1014 5 років тому

      Me too I wanna watch uq holders without knowing anything

    • @Dudebrotheguy
      @Dudebrotheguy 5 років тому +3

      Ah, the early months of "I watched all of the amazing stuff out here"
      After that comes " I know what *I* like"
      Witch is followed by "everything is shit because no one has taste or frame of reference"

  • @thebrasswarrior5473
    @thebrasswarrior5473 2 роки тому +3

    Then there’s me. I started on acceptance. I watched “Chuunibyio” and then “Toradora” and after that I realized. There’s nothing like watching those 2 as your first 2 animes as they give you a sample of the romance genre and boy they are a real ride.

  • @obiwankenobi8271
    @obiwankenobi8271 3 місяці тому

    I saw this video when i watched my first anime, and wondered how accurate it could be.
    So far it hasn't been wrong even slightly. 10/10 video.