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I’ve been watching Steins;Gate. Nearly half way through, and I’m going to drop it.
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The first thing that annoyed me was the protagonist’s chuunibyou personality. I was willing to tolerate it though.
After the first episode, the show was unbelievably boring - till one-third of the way in, when they finally made some progress with time travel. I was close to dropping it before then.
Unfortunately, just as it was getting exciting, the protagonist dropped the ball again by failing to communicate. The first time he did so, I forgave it because it seemed like he kept quiet out of consideration for Ruka.
The straw that broke the camel’s back was him receiving the threats and not informing the rest of his friends about them.
Quite disappointing for me, given the high rating. Probably giving it a 3 or 4 / 10
If you are not interested in it by the halfway point, I likely won’t be able to convince you otherwise, but with this being one of my all-time favorites, I feel you have made some unfair characterizations. I don’t want to spoil anything in case you decide to revisit it in the future or for anyone that hasn’t gotten to it, but without seeing the entire story, you aren’t getting the explanations for the things that are annoying you. The threads of the story that are dangling to keep you intrigued seem to be having the wrong effect on you.
I feel Steins;Gate is one of the classic the more you watch it, the more you love it things. There’s a good bit going on, from multiple POVs, and it’s coming to you out of order, especially on a first watch. So as it’s already annoyed you, I don’t think you should force yourself to watch it, but maybe start it over in a few months or something when you can give it more patience. I loved the story and all the characters, even before I got all the answers to everything, so it just may not be a thing for you, but I urge you to not cross this off your watch list for good.
This is a fair take. I remember watching it and being mostly confused until I got past the halfway point or so. That being said, if the first half’s plot threads that it waves at you aren’t piquing your interest, then the payoff when things get explained later probably isn’t going to be terribly satisfying.
I always think it’s like episodes 8 when things “get real” in the show, which would still be a long time, but I looked it up and it is ep 12. It definitely does not meet the 3 episode rule for watching.