When you read manga, you can go at your own reading pace and fly through a story. So, a plot point that drags on and on doesn’t feel as painful (the exception is if it stupidly drags on past the point of plausibility…looking at you Rent a GF). However, the anime format makes you sit through the whole thing, warts and all.
Your point about flashbacks I have found to be less of a problem in recent seasonal stuff. Flashbacks are pervasive in shows that are continuously airing during their run (Pokémon, One Piece, Naruto, etc). Usually, the flashbacks are a way to take up time and save animation budget. However, shows that just run for 12-24 episodes and wrap up do this a lot less.
If you want to see a show that does flashbacks the right way, I would point to Frieren, where flashbacks add new things to the story.
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When you read manga, you can go at your own reading pace and fly through a story. So, a plot point that drags on and on doesn’t feel as painful (the exception is if it stupidly drags on past the point of plausibility…looking at you Rent a GF). However, the anime format makes you sit through the whole thing, warts and all.
Your point about flashbacks I have found to be less of a problem in recent seasonal stuff. Flashbacks are pervasive in shows that are continuously airing during their run (Pokémon, One Piece, Naruto, etc). Usually, the flashbacks are a way to take up time and save animation budget. However, shows that just run for 12-24 episodes and wrap up do this a lot less.
If you want to see a show that does flashbacks the right way, I would point to Frieren, where flashbacks add new things to the story.