Why Do We Feel Sad After Finishing An Anime? (Post Anime Depression Syndrome) 

When the anime is super long and great, it just feels like you grow with them everyday you watch one of the episode. So when you spent time so much time watching the characters grow and improve, it feels like you are apart of their journey, thus growing more attached to it. However when the day finally comes, the realisation that the anime is coming to an end soon hits you, you feel empty and lonely. It feels like a part of you is gonna leave you.

It honestly feels like leaving your best friend that you’ve known since childhood,

For me it's because it opens and fills a void in my heart, but when I finish it, it becomes empty again. (But this low-key feels like the people who say "it's more than just a cartoon, it's life"."

Here after finishing Aot... Literally the best anime to exist and it will always hold a special spot in my heart ❤️

Just finished watching bunny girl senpai and im feeling like im at my lowest low ever. Watching anime is a great and beautiful way to escape from reality, but the consequences are heavy.

can i say a sad thing, when i finish an anime, i feel empty for weeks i try to cover it up by watching another anime but after i do, i just feel more empty and in the end i forget it and its just so sad. I imagine heaven would be a place where everything wrong is right and this includes it. :(

I'm currently going to the worst case of Post Anime Depression I ever experienced and it just consumes me... Funnily enough, it's a manga that I finished reading for the first time over 10 years ago. The name of the manga is "Anatolia Story" (or "Red River" in some countries) and the physical paper volumes have sat untouched on my bookshelf for several years after I first read through them. For some reason, I recently decided to reread the manga. I still had a vague memory of the story and characters, but much of it was just a blur. I never expected that this manga, years after its initial purchase, could shatter me so emotionally. I was probably too young at the time (I was about 14 when the manga was completed) to really understand the story and characters, and to be fully emotionally invested in this world. Reading the last chapter really caused me physical heartache and by the time I reached the last page, tears were rolling down my cheeks. It was as if I had found old familiar friends and a familiar world and lost them just as quickly. I spent endless hours looking for more material on this manga (funnily enough, it was made into a musical in Japan about three years ago), but the emptiness inside me is still painfully present. Knowing that these characters never really existed in this form almost tears my heart out at times. Although I am immensely grateful to my 10 year old self for originally discovering the manga quite by accident in a bookstore, I have also thought that I could have avoided this pain simply by never touching the volumes again. In any case, I sincerely hope that these feelings will soon pass and I can look back on this fantastic story with positive feelings.

Here after Attack on titan finale 😢😢

Just finished "This Art Club Has A Problem", just randomly clicked on it and I got attachted to it. It's a very underrated and short anime. Finished all episodes in 2 days and I feel empty inside after I finish. I felt sad.. that I can't experience what the characters did after the ending, I miss their smiles, cries, voices and happiness. I felt sad.. and it's more sad that the characters I liked were never real in the beginning.

It’s definitely an escape. And it sure feels like I’m scrambling to find something new to fill it with. It sucks because you wish you could run away to a place that you might be accepted and be loved. When you live your life alone in your own head with no friends or even family at times you do anything to try and find some glimpse of relief. I just feel like it’s been getting harder to find any. I think animes portray what you wish your life could be like with everyone helping everyone with their problems. I’m sorry nobody really gonna read this long ass thing but if you do thanks! It just sucks being alone but it’s not alone like missing being in a relationship. It’s just like I have no one 0 zilch. But I’m there for anyone and everyone that I can. I give all of my friends 100% of my effort when they’re having a hard time. But I’m always the adhd kid that’s never sad. It just hurts to be extroverted with no friends that’s all folks thanks for coming to my Ted talk

Really sad when shrek ended 😭😭 the best anime 😭😭😭

Attack on Titan hit the absolute hardest

just watched oregairu all 3 seasons and am fellin this darkness .Really a masterpiece

I just finished aot, and I'm crying over eren's death, and the way mikasa got scared after killing eren

I just finished Solo Leveling an hour ago and I’ve gone and cried. I wished for a world like this so much because it was just so cool. I looked at the side stories and saw the world built in it and how it’s a parallel to the world I want to have. That’s why I’m experiencing my own Post Anime Depression.

This happens mainly in slice of life and romance genre since we can really relate to it. It just hits really hard when u realise that cannot watch them progress, having fun in their life ....

finishing a romance anime hits diff man, i want to continue spending my days emerged in the anime

I just really wish there's an infinite episodes

After watching toradora i felt empty when ever I remembered the series or saw it on a anime website or a recommendation I felt empty and heart broken

Just finished watching Quintessential Quintuplets in the cinemas. Been a fan since the start and to see the anime series is done is giving me happiness but depression as well. Welp time to deal with PADS again by searching fan made endings and finfics.

I just finished Kaguya-sama and god i feel empty . This show was such a trip... I first thought "meh" and after have finished the anime and the manga, i can say Kaguya-sama is one of the best work of fiction ive seen. Sometimes it hurts and it contibutes to make me feel really empty, but the moments that hits the most is when all these amazing characters have a good time together. We are living the story with them, are nostalgic with them about the funny moments that happened and can feel what they feel. I think Kaguya-sama Love is war is really a masterpiece that goes well beyond just a comedic romcom anime. I dont even know why this show impacted me that much. Not like Cyberpunk Edgerunners (which has hit alot too) , because the event that make you feel that empty is obvious. To this date I just dont know how Kaguya sama impacted me, but I know it did pretty hard. If you read that, im sorry for the bad english :(

I think you hit the nail on the head. It's a realization that you don't have any close connections like what they show in the story. The people around us are so... disappointing.

I just finished watching "Horimiya" and it made me feel so depressed but also made me realize that you should always cherish the moments you have with your friends (if you didn't know, I'll be a Junior in high school). I also love how the community shares about their "PADS" and it makes me feel relieved that I'm not alone. After this, I'm going to start spending more time with my friends and family. Thank you all!

It's 2024 and I just finished "That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Smile" it's truly good anime and alot of fun as well as action also it's like a gem for a anime lovers but I guess you will never reply me 😢

Watch anime > get addicted to it > get depressed after watching it > PADS > find new one or continue it > Repeat again

Terror in resosnace ending really hit different, the twist in the last part of the last episode was a big surprise turning from a happy calm ending into a depressing ending.

Such an underated video. Finished assassination classroom and I haven't felt this kind of depression for a while. You wouldn't think that such a show would impact you this much. I remember watching half of the show a few years ago and stopping because I thought it was bad. Man was in wrong. So recently I decided to give it a try again. And this time I finished it and realized how incredible it really was. Guess it shows how I've grown a person because now that I've watched it again, I can appreciate all the things it had that I didn't before. Anyways I love that show and it will always have a special place in my heart. Keep up the videos!

That why I wish 2nd season should never come

When ever i reach the last ep of the anime i just dont even watch the episode and just leave it there so I dont know how things end

dude I've been feeling this "emptiness" since I watched "your name" 4 days ago and I find this video very therapeutic thank you so much for the video and keep going!

Finishing a romance anime Quintessential quintuplets season 1 and 2. Quintessential quintuplets movie which is the final of the story which is not in any thing Which makes me feel depressed 😔

I need someone... Just a few days ago, I finished watching Tonikaku Kawaii, and all that left me was loneliness, and I couldn't find my reason for life. Please can someone help me please

there are only 2 animes iv cried to toradora and anahona

I am on the middle of Naruto shippuden but i am feeling sad that naruto has only 200 ep left so what i do

I tend to feel like this too when a character leaves the anime, even is its temporary, it still hurts. For example when Eris left in jobless reincarnation, that hurt..😢

Just watched konosuba and I am feeling so depressed

I’m here after reading the demon slayer manga 😢😢

I watched and completed fullmetal alchemist brotherhood in like 2 days and my brain is rotting as im drawing transmutation circles now💀

I kinda just need closure so imma comment. I know its not an anime and kinda childish but i had the nostalgic urge to watch a show i watched in my childhood. So i watched adventure time and now that im older, i can really say that it was a great show and im truly sad that it ended

I watched both parts of Mushoku Tensei Season 1 today(02 december 2022), and now i have depression because i need to wait till 2023 to the Season 2

I just finished SpyXFamily... I think that this void I feel is this. After watching it it made me know... Know that I am not going to ever live a happy life. I think I might give up on life... There's just no happiness... Everything, is just... Sadness. To anyone reading... Don't be like me, never give up.

Here After jujutsu kaisen season 2 end 👇

Recently watched Violet Evergarden movie. Feeling Melancholy for the whole day. Who is with me 😁.

I haven't really watched anime but experienced this a lot with animation in general. A long time ago it took me months to recover from "How to Train Your Dragon" for some reason. There were a few others and now I'm going through it with "Avatar: The Last Airbender". I didn't really know what it was and only recently discovered PADS. Your video described everything I was feeling perfectly. I hoped it would get better with growing up but nope.

I am here after watching AOT. Eren-Misaka story deserved better ending

I just watched the Owl House 😢

I depressed watching darling in the franxx and oresuki

I just finished SAO and honestly I feel exactly this way and I didnt know why hence googling why and finding your video! You definitely hit it on the nail! I only dream for someone knowing something about season 5!? Please someone help me

I just finished The promised Neverland and i am so sad and want to leave alone 😢

Finshed two rom com animes for the past week. Though the first one "Oresuki" was good to the point I wish there were fan translations for the LN so I could read it more, finishing the second one "OreGairu" hit just like how my other really good series were. I encountered OreGairu before but dropped even when I didn't finish watching episode 1 it's cause it didn't fit my groove back then. After seeing it appear in tons different anime compilations, I decided to give it a go again. And after 3 seasons and 2 ova's, damn it was so good. I don't know why I feel so attached to them despite me not having encountered the exact same situations those three but maybe its those small things that I saw myself in the story. But you are right, Anime is a form where people consume to escape the harsh reality only to once face again that reality when a fantasy has ended. Oregairu wasn't the only anime or light novel/manga series that made me feel like this. I guess IMO, those series that make me feel this way are those who had complete adaptations of their source material since its that when I realise that there is no more leeway for a continuation to happen.

:( finished naruto bleach i watch read fast help please i am feeling like some body heals me and then rips off everything i have please i want to make a infinite anime series, that gives everyone anything

i started watching anime since the quarantine and i have seen alot of them, but the anime that hooked me with the whole anime overall is TQQ and last day i went to see the movie and it is perfect but why do i feel hallow inside my chest and rather than happy, i feel empty even tho i enjoy it very much but i cant bring myself after leaving the cinema, i guess maybe i realize that my favorite anime has finally ended.....ended forever.

Just went through and finished darling in the franxx and the ending just felt like I got hit by a train. I did feel very empty, I also think having a freind to talk about the shows would help with it.

Here after silent voice and josee

i just finished fruits basket and i relate to tohru sm and i feel like i really connect to her and i just love the beautiful plot and relationships and everything !! but , i am so upset i finished it when i can close to the last episode i hesitated sm if i should watch it because i really dreaded finishing it :(

Since the first real manga i’ve finished in the last 3 days i won’t ever engage in something like this again. It’s too much this depression

Here after one piece

This was how horimiya left me

After finishing Weathering with You i lowkey forgot my name for a second.

mushoku tensei ln left me flabbergasted it was amazing but now i dont feel like reading or watching any other series and i just wanna reread the ln and prolly the manga too

the problem is that RL is just too sh**

I'm here after attack on Titan.....

I'm here after attack on Titan.....

Black clover hit me different, it was the most joy an anime has ever causes me. I got hooked and watched the whole thing in 5 days. I cant stop thinking about it, it was truly a masterpiece. I tried curing it by reading the manga and watching other animes but it just didnt feel the same. Im just praying they start continuing it, and soon

I watched 4 seasons in 2 days💀It's finished...i saw them growing up and experiencing alot..and changing alot...i related alot to them they were my last 2 days😭😭😭💀💀💀🤓🤓🤓

I feel like why aren't these animes immortal? They should be endless so that I don't need to get sad at last. 😭 Feeling Sad for high school dxd.

Horimiya killed me

Demon slayer 🥲

Chuunibyou demo koi ga shitai ;_;

When you guys realizes that every anime watcher have addicted to depression and its destroys them slowly But.then their mentality just reset when they found a new anime *I guess we have ability to nullify depression huh* ...well not really if the anime have a sad ending..we probably never be cured again

here after finishing aot which I tried my best to delay yet I watched it and now just can't get over them. I am just stuck watching theories and stuff related to the ending and going through the debates on each controversy and most importantly getting onto those ice-breakers which many missed to notice. Hope, I'll start studying now...

I just finished watching toradora and man it hurts as hard as when I finished ddlc and God the music in toradora is very similar to ddlc which made me even more sad, I love it and hate it having this feeling.

god damn aot mikasa and eren

I just watched I Want to Eat Your pancreas. Guys Helpp

Do you know how many fanfictions I’ve read because of attack on titan?!!!

every time I finish an anime I feel empty and lonely I just finish your name and it was so sad at thee end :( like it also happened with every other anime like a silent voice and call of the night 🥺 I feel so voided and empty and I just want what happened in the movie to me does anybody else feel that way?

Not recovering from Plastic Memories..

Ive had this after the first season of Oregairu. Other than not caring and openly valiong love for grades I am so like Hačiman and so wish someone had helped me like he was helped.

Assassination Classroom.The final moments of Koro sensei really hit me hard😢.

I can relate to you and many others how I feel like I’m experiencing my own life, when I really want my life to go almost the exact same way as the main characters in the shows. Being emotionally attached to the characters in the show is truly a blessing, regardless if they’re real or fictional; it just feels amazing in a way. I also don’t rlly like anime at a younger age & yet now, being into it for just over a year now, I really wish that I was into it when I was young, being one of those people in the entire anime community. I also feel like I am dealing with Post Anime Depression, and yeah, I’m alright, although it keeps coming back to me, but thank you for this video 🥲❤️‍🩹🙌🏻

Today i finished watching "Prison School" after the show ended i felt sad because i know it wouldn't have a season 2 which means that the series has fully ended i could try reading the manga but i know the ending gonna be bad i feel sad and empty this always happens when i finish an anime that i truly liked.

just finished naruto shippuden...

It happened to me with aot but I've managed to move on now

I've finished a lot of school romance series, and it's really getting sad because some anime sometimes end with goodbyes and unclear endings

I watched erased, angels of death, violet evergarden, and a silent voice. I just wanted to see what happens after the ending of each anime. I especially liked violet evergarden since I was basically spectating her entire character development.

I just finished watching toradora Im in pain it's so good and has aged well

finished kaguya fr, both the anime and manga. now im sad fr

Currently watching some romance anime to feel miserable and lonely

I got depressed after watching the teaser master tagaki san And plz recommend me some good anime . But short not like one piece 😅

Currently watching Alya hides her feelings in Russian and Im already depressed before finishing it.

At least I'm not alone with that feeling after watching Cyberpunk Edgerunners

Here after finishing Grand blue😢

Here after eva

I get this every now and then from many anime. However I think from all of the post-anime depression I've experienced, I wont be ready for the day One Piece ends.

so i just finished my first anime ever (m/31)and i was struck with this deep emptiness that i couldn’t really describe. i’d felt something similar after watching certain films with heavier subject matter, but this feeling was different and MUCH more acute id never really given anime a chance, but something was calling me to watch Serial Experiments Lain after seeing a reel by bôa talking about how their song duvet had a resurgence in popularity thanks to this anime i couldn’t put it down, and finished all episodes in one day. when it was done, i had this panging in my chest - like something inside me had just been altered forever & there was no undoing it. i thought at first it was due to the nature of the show (and although i know that has to play SOME role) but i found myself violently searching for ANYTHING similar to Lain.. like i was trying to fill this hole that just got discovered and torn open. and this struck me in a kinda profound way, especially since anime was never something i had engaged with or thought could engage me in such a way. i guess all of this is to say thank you for making the video and helping this newcomer work through this unfamiliar feeling. i appreciate it & glad to know im not the only one who got affected in this way after watching an anime that seemed to hold me so closely

Nice content bro your voice is soo calm and relaxed that I'm better after listening to you . Thanks 👍 for making such a great video 😃

It just hit me with the quintessential quintuplets

I just finished bunny girl senpai and have never been more depressed

You should never watch uncomplicated anime story as your 1 anime because it never ends there is difference in emotional when you watch ending of bleach and small anime

Just finished Demon Slayer manga And now it feels odd .. Feels like 'Hope we get a second part of this anime ' but there is nothing we can do .😢😢😢😢