start watching a series

> start watching a series
> get a few episodes into it
> enjoying it
> lose motivation to keep watching

do you often have trouble finishing things?

Happens everytime I get into SoL or a slow starting series

I have to have visible progress or I start to question why I even want to watch it

Ever since like 2015 or so I've been this way, it's pretty fucking shitty.

>get to episode 9 or so
>start something else

I don't even watch anime anymore. Lurking and shitposting here is enough for me to know the plots, characters and events in most anime anyway.
Still read manga though

Same. I'm just impatient, I guess. I like Aria, but it's just too slow, but I'm powering through.
I don't have this problem with some good slow manga, though. But others, I do. Like Kirino. I could never get far into it, even though I love imoutos.

That's alright user, you're not the only one with ADHD or OCD.

If I make it past episode three I usually can't stop until I've seen it all.

maybe you're just afraid of a show actually ending.

Used to be like this, then something snapped and I started to marathon shows one after another.

Story of my life. I just can't get myself to finish Demi-chan for example or to watch anime. But I already downloaded the ongoing seasonal episodes.

What?

I only drop things I'm not particularly enoying. Or things that are ok but are better for a different mood. For example I loved Thunderbolt Fantasy's first episode but don't feel like continuing right now.

If I like something I finish it.

Casuals

Same OP

Sounds like you have no attention span at all.

Without a weekly release and a 4chin shitposting thread, I have no motivation to finish a series

That's sad.

Happens if the series I'm watching is too slow or just had a bad episode.
Also happens when the series is good and I don't want it to end.
Problem is sometimes I put it off for so long I forget what happens and that makes continuing harder since I have to recap first.

Haha same except instead of a few episodes it was 467 :^)

>Problem is sometimes I put it off for so long I forget what happens and that makes continuing harder since I have to recap first.
This is what happened with me and Katanagatari

Happened to me with LWA. Last episode I saw was the one with Sucy's dream. It was fun, but I somehow don't care enough to continue watching. Very weird.

How to improve attention span?

Yes. Help, senpai.

Focus all attention at a wall for as long as you can several times a day
Each time try to stay longer than the last without getting bored or distracted

The longest show I ever watched was literally 1/10th of that.
Taiho Shichauzo 1996, 47 episodes (51 if you count the original four OVA's from 1994)

> start watching a series> fap to it once > immediately stop watching it

>Watch and enjoy series.
>Get near the end.
>Don't want to finish because you'll never experience the same show for the first time again.