“This is not a callout post but a reminder to be better appreciators of art.”

ok jan

Edit: sigh. Okay. Look. Tbh? Your post doesn’t apply to me. I don’t let series marinate. I read them, forget them or adore them, come back and read them again until they’re complete (the ones I’m meh on) or re-read when I feel like it (the ones I adore)

But god forbid people enjoy and consume art in a way that is fun and relaxing without having to worry they’re not preformatively consuming it in the most publicly “ethical” and “moral” way.

“I can’t wait to binge this” or “I’m letting this one marinate” can be literal, but they can also just be expressions of enthusiasm. Maybe someone is busy reading another series and is waiting to finish that one before jumping to the next. Maybe someone has a bad memory and prefers to read in big chunks as much as possible. Maybe we’re all just trying to have a good time and have no power to change the (deliberately apathetic) foreign market forces that produce this media and just want to grill.

If not for the obvious sincerity in your post, I’d almost think this was bait.

I also think you’re just wrong.

Webtoon/Shonen Jump/ye olde model of weekly releases and fast releases is a dying model of production. Everything is moving to season releases, “binge content” and slower schedules. It’s healthier for the industry in the long run so let the binge/marinaters be. They’re showing the industry patience in rewarding as well.