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Is it normal or is something wrong with me? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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?

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

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).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

But this is the very beginning, not the middle

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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.