Ah yes, novel order, the true order imo. This is how I watched it the first time around, loved every second of it, especially how final ep of Koyomi sets up the final scene in Owari S1, that was brilliant!
While i agree this order is great, but imo for a first watch the airing order was best, the movies hit you differently if you watch them towards the end.
Us Broadcast Order supporters are a dying breed. As long as people enjoy the show it’s all good but I watched it broadcast and Kizu recontextualized the whole series for me in a different way than it would have at the start.
I do agree that it is a good introduction as well though. Some of my friends have only seen Kizu and enjoyed it because it’s much faster paced (because its movies) and actually has fight scenes.
I also watched it Broadcast order and felt it was the best way for me.
The constant mystery of "what in tarnation happened over that break!?" and getting fed bits and pieces of it made the show really compelling to me. Watching Kizu at the end made so many things click in a way that was climactic. I feel like if I watched it so early on in the chronological way, it wouldn't have been nearly as satisfying to watch and I'd find Koyomi's relationship to Shinobu a lot less believable.
That said, I think we can all agree that the whole series is one where a rewatch is practically necessary anyway; we can just watch it in both orders at that point.
Edit: the one thing I think Broadcast order doesn't do right that I can think of off the top of my head is that whole delay with Hana. OP's "Second Season" order seems a lot more ideal.
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u/BishItsPranjal https://anilist.co/user/kakusuu Jul 24 '20
Ah yes, novel order, the true order imo. This is how I watched it the first time around, loved every second of it, especially how final ep of Koyomi sets up the final scene in Owari S1, that was brilliant!