Personal rules for watching

As an avid anime watcher I have come to the understanding that there are some rules that are apparent to identify a good or bad show, green flags red flags. With all the new shows I encounter it helps to weed out redundant crap very easily. Such as:

  • first episode shouldn't have an OP
  • pilot episode can be 2 episodes long
  • Poster for the show shouldn't have just one guy surrounded by numerous girls
  • Main character shouldn't have more than 2 love interests and one of them should actually look like it's going somewhere
  • Show titles shouldn't just be long plain sentences\questions

Of course some shows break all my rules and end up being good. But this helps me filter out alot. Let me know what rules you go by and if there's a show out there that's good and fits or even breaks my rules