Skipping filler messed me up with Naruto years ago. I followed a guide and jumped around so much I lost track of the main story's mood. It felt like reading a book but tearing out random chapters, so the emotional flow was just gone. My advice now is to just watch it all, even the slow parts, because the pacing is part of the full experience. Boring filler is better than a broken connection to the plot.

Man, that's rough. So the crack ran along the weld itself, not the base metal? Makes you wonder about the original heat treatment on that old steel. What kind of pressure were you guys working under when it let go?

Wait, what's the flat cut trick @shah.evan, my corners are a mess?

Lol, classic memory hog moment.

That shared memory trigger idea is interesting, but I don't buy it. It feels too neat. More likely it's just random chance that gets noticed because our brains love patterns. We ignore all the times our old stuff sits quietly for years, but the one time a few people mention it, we think it's a wave. It's just coincidence.