Unless it's an anime I am really interested in, I usually make it a rule of thumb to avoid the first episode of any given series. As silly that sounds, they usually don't do well on the first few episodes of any cartoon (unless it was that awesome, which is rare to me). Seeing the better art/story/development on a later episode is worth the cost of being a bit lost, which is easily remedied. That makes no sense to me at all. I basically skip half of the first season of an animated show on purpose because I know it will suck compared to the remaining part of it. I might get lost a bit, but I can simply catch up the bits quickly and get on track. Still confusing? Yes. I see no point in doing that. Don't you want to actually see how it all began, and how each character is introduced and everything?