I first got into reading comics picking random issues from the Death and Return of Superman storyline, and the first episode of Buffy I watched was This Year's Girl. The allusions to continuity I didn't understand didn't make me go "I'm so confused I can't follow all this stuff" they made me curious about the continuity and want to know more.
And I know I'm not alone, I've seen people express similar memories for how they got into DC Comics, and I know from the Sailor Business podcast that someone once got into Sailor Moon from Crystal Clear Destiny being the first episode she watched.
This is why I have no hesitation in suggesting the Detective Conan episodes currently on Netflix can be a great entry point for new fans. Yes there are allusions to events from episodes not on there, but nothing that actually difficult to follow. Any one of these cases could make a perfectly adequate jumping on point.
My own Detective Conan experience has been largely jumping around and not even trying to watch them in order.
What I said in June still stands, I do wish TMS however limited they're going to be in what they Dub would at least get absolutely everything Subbed somewhere.
But either way, I continue to recommend absolutely everyone watch the episodes on Netflix. Or even start with the 3rd one on Netflix since the first two episodes have some early instalment weirdness to them (and the first has some Fanservice I promise the rest of the show doesn't do).
Update: Here is a recent Bluesky post with a similar sentiment.
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