I was reading chapter 1 of chainsaw man again (Started 2 years ago) and it felt like I was reading it for the first time. Like I literally forgot that it was his father’s debt or that he sold his nut or even that it was the yakuza that tried to kill him. I know the very bare skeleton story, but I easily forget details in between.

Should I go to a doctor or am I overthinking it?

  • asudox@programming.dev
    16·
    2 months ago

    It’s called the serial-position effect and it’s nothing to worry about.

    You’ll mostly remember the start and the end of a story than the middle of the story (unless the middle of the story has something more memorable than the ending and the beginning of a story).

      • asudox@programming.dev
        3·
        2 months ago

        uhh. Then OP just forgot it probably because it wasn’t that exciting to OP or something. I’ve even forgotten everything about some mangas and animes after a few years of watching it because I watched/read alot of other things after it.

        • GarbageShootAlt2
          3·
          2 months ago

          Yeah, me too. I think it was just a lack of reinforcement of those earlier plot points because most of them are literally never mentioned after chapter 1.