Caved on dad jokes last month, now I'm the one everyone groans at on purpose.

Honestly, that hit me hard because I did the same thing with Steins;Gate. First watch I was bored out of my mind for like six episodes, dropped it for months. Then I came back after a year and suddenly every little weird scene made sense, the payoff felt insane. And I get what you mean about slice of life too, I hated Clannad first time but the rewatch wrecked me emotionally in a good way. Some shows are just built for a second pass, they expect you to know what's coming so the small stuff lands. I think there's a real difference between a show being bad and being ahead of where you're at.

Honestly, a ring light in the kitchen is just unhinged behavior.