In the first half of Fall 2024, several anime have started to stand out on MyAnimeList, although not always for positive reasons. Some series, despite accumulating high viewership numbers, also saw significant drops on the platform as users decided whether to continue watching each title this season.
This is understandable, as most fans follow the famous “four-episode rule,” a practice that suggests waiting until the fourth episode to make a final decision on whether to continue or abandon a show.
The “four-episode rule” has become an unofficial guideline within the anime community, particularly on tracking platforms like MyAnimeList. The logic behind this rule is simple: generally, an anime introduces its premise, initial plot developments, and main characters within the first four episodes. At this point, many fans feel they have enough information to determine whether a series will continue to hold their interest or whether they should move on to another show.
This practice, consistently observed with each new season of anime, has a significant impact on the declining statistics of popular titles.
In simpler terms, if viewers watch the first four episodes of an anime but find them unengaging enough to continue, that’s when the term “drop” comes into play.
Here is the ranking of the most dropped anime of Autumn 2024:
- Seirei Gensouki: Chronicles of the Spirits Season 2 – 971 drops
- Positive negative fisherman – 989 drops
- Mecha-Ude: Mechanical weapons – 1,043 drops
- Nina the starry bride – 1,045 drops
- A terrified teacher at Ghoul School! – 1,214 drops
- If my wife becomes an elementary school student – 1,296 drops
- I will become a villain who will go down in history – 1,377 drops
- Goodbye, Dragon Life – 1,395 drops
- The most famous “talker” runs the largest clan in the world – 1,410 drops
- Demon Lord, try again! R – 1,414 drops
- Yakuza Boyfriend: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii – 1,420 drops
- Tying the knot with an Amagami sister – 1,431 drops
- The healer who was banished from his group is, in fact, the strongest – 1,432 drops
- 365 days until marriage – 1,434 drops
- Let this grieving soul retreat – 1,503 drops
- Taste – 1,584 drops
- Lonely life in another world – 1,972 drops
- You are Mrs Serva – 2,050 drops
- Blue block Season 2 – 2,272 rewards
- Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror – 6,333 drops
On a positive note, an abandoned anime doesn’t always have a negative connotation. It also offers viewers the opportunity to seek out and discover new works that may better align with their current tastes.
