What series have you give up on lately and why?

[Aura-Redwood]

So what series TV, comic, movie, book, video game or what ever have you given up lately and why?

For example

I lately gave up on the tv series, 'The Mist'. I finally got to the episode of the great reveal which I had realized at the first episode. The reveal was terrible and in the same episode they ruined the only character I still liked. On top of it all the series was all about how humans suck and I can accept that but... come on there's got to be something more. So in the end the reason I gave up on the series was it was boring, no good characters, obvious reveal and was dark for no reason other than it was dark.

[Mocha]

This isn't exactly recent (dropping a series is pretty rare for me since I'm pretty good at finding series that I like from beginning to end), but about two years ago I dropped attack on titan. I liked it at first, but after a while the manga just got really repetitive with killing off characters so quickly that it wasn't even shocking anymore, and over the top ridiculous plot twists that were way too frequent and just seemed like total ass-pulls. The author even seemed to completely forget about important plot points and goals that were established early on in the series and even forgot about some of the characters. Also the artwork was improving pretty well for a while, then it just sort of peaked and the art quality went backwards like the author's art had never improved in the first place. Basically it started out being interesting and then it turned into such a mess that I couldn't even find a reason to continue with the series. It's basically turned into a mindless cash cow now.

[Testaccount]

I have to agree with you about Attack on Titan. I also used to love the show and manga, so much that I wrote various fanfictions about it. After a while, the story got so, so bad. I don't even bother reading the manga anymore, and I didn't even care about season 2.

Recently, I haven't dropped any TV, manga or book series. I'm very selective of what stories I follow now, so I haven't been disappointed.

[Tanisha]

@Mocha Totally agree with everything you said. I thought it had so much potential when it started because it was so different, but it honestly got predictable to me. Friends told me it would get better further on, but I've checked since then and it hasn't. ;/

I've given up on Life is Strange by dontnod/decknine? Seriously, I'd cry forever if I ever acted like any of these characters. Max was annoying to play as, Chloe is unbearable, and I was rooting for the stupid storm to wipe them all out. I just honestly can't understand how anyone can take it seriously. So now that the new game Before the storm came out, my boyfriend got it just to idk bother me cuz he knows I hate it. It's equally if not as more horrible than the last. People are saying how much they've improved but they haven't! I was excited about the first game because of the time travel but near the end of the game they just make you keep going into pictures, changing the past, and now the choices I made before mean nothing. Idk, it's so dumb. Each episode I kept telling myself "it will get better" but honestly it must not be that good of a game if I have to tell myself that in the first place xDD

[Rai]

I've given up on the Game of Thrones books ever being finished tbqh. I love everything about the series itself and the television show is... questionable at times (especially after they ran out of book material), but I'll take whatever it throws at me over waiting forever for books that may or may not come in the next twenty or so years.

[Pandastrophic]

@Mocha I dropped it because of pacing issues that the manga had, there was a specific scene with a huge reveal and I've never seen a scene treated so poorly. No shock, just confusion.

@Tanisha Omg couldn't agree more with LIS!! I kinda enjoyed the start of the game because I love choice and story games and even considered replaying it after I'm done with the first play through because I thought there were multiple endings.... but not only there wasn't... it felt like everything I accomplished, all the choices I made and the relationships I built meant nothing why put so much emphasis on choices when in the end nothing matters? I was just really disappointed and I probably wouldn't play any of the sequels/prequels. I saw a movie critic stream before the storm and the dialog was so bad but the critic made things funny.

To be honest I dropped way too many things to list in here but the general reason is usually that I feel like it's not really going anywhere, repeatitive scenes, lose in character motivation, lack of development in both story and characters.

[UzukiCheverie]

This is partially the reason why I stopped reading One Piece. I made it about 400 chapters in (yeah) and eventually, it became pretty clear to me that it was gonna be the same routine of New Island > Conflict involving big baddy > Character introductions that are important to that one island > flashback sequences to explain the new character's backstories > Luffy and co. find some way to beat the big baddy of the island.

I know there's still an underlying plot beyond just the island explorations, but ... I dunno, that recipe just got tiring, and made it hard to care about the main plot. I'd like to get back into it some day, but after binge reading 400 chapters straight of it, I definitely needed a break for my own personal sanity lol

[69Michi]

Eh, latest? Probably Kado: The right answer. The anime started out great and intriguing. But then it derailed so badly toward the end that I just didn't want to torture myself watching it anymore. It's just so bad, To not go into spoiler, all I can say is that romance was uncalled for. Even if they added romance element they should have executed it better.

[eleoza]

Arrow. At season 5
I don't even know where to start. I loved it so much but it got weird :<

Game of Thrones. At season 2
Just too cruel for me.

[joe_galindez]

I gave up on El Goonish Shive when the artist dialed down the action and it evolved into a talking-heads comic.

I haven't given up on Calvin & Hobbes, but my feelings are definitely mixed. Calvin's dad hates the modern world and there's nothing he can do about it. Calvin himself is a misfit, and there's nothing he can do about it. The strip keeps pointing out what's wrong with the world, but it never offers hope that it could be better.

I gave up on Invincible around the time it showcased the alien blender-toilet. That was when the comic jumped the shark, but it was already swimming in that direction around the time the main character started agreeing with the genocidal superintelligent t-rex. With superhero comics, the main moral question is what to do with all this power that you're given, and Invincible stumbles by assuming you can fix the world with simple, sweeping solutions.

I gave up on The X-Files because it seemed like they would never wrap up the story and the characters would never get enough development. Like, Scully would always be too skeptical, even after all the weird shit she's seen, and the Cigarette-Smoking Man would always be needlessly cryptic. The overarching plot felt like it should've led to a massive Independence Day-style invasion, but that never happened. And after a while the monster-of-the-week episodes got stale. I do miss Assistant Director Skinner.

[mpiradarada]

This surprises me because I'm really into Attack on Titan, right now.

The latest chapters recount the first events of the manga from the perspective of another character and ti me, the way it's executed really shows how much thinking the author put into his writing. Past interviews of the author indicate that the story has no ass-pulls and that the main plot was pretty much set from start. I admire it because it is the kind of story that I could never come up with on my own. Plus, the author is really humble and insecure about it so it makes it it all the more endearing to me.

I'm not trying to make you reconsider your current stance on it or anything. It's just that I'm liking it so much right now that I couldn't even imagine that others had lost interest. But it's always interesting to see others' opinions so I thought I'd try sharing mine too.

Okay, I'm done, now. Have a nice day!

[sarrowsmith10]

@Lucazu I also gave up on Arrow. It was whatever season Damien Darhk appeared. Which is kinda a shame because I really like Neal P. McDonough. I don't know though, Arrow just bugs me. It's dark and gritty but the storyline is just the same thing over and over again.

I gave up on Flash too. Barry stop going back and changing the freaking timeline you twit. I think it frustrates me, because you get attached to the characters and their problems, then at the end of each season, he goes back and changes things and then all the characters are different and you lose that connection with them.

I don't think I've ever unsubscribed from a webcomic tho. I suppose I might loose interest I guess, and I certainly don't read everything in my library. shrug

[NickRowler]

Maybe this is not so recent but I sort of given up on Adventure Time. I loved the earlier seasons for being so blissful and innocent. But the recent stuff tries to be all deep and emotional. I don't think the writing is as strong either. I found Finn's father to just be unpleasant and not in a "love to hate" sort of way like some of the other antagonists of the show. It hasn't ruined the show for me but I don't really want to watch the new stuff.

[Croik]

Yes, wow, I totally agree about Kado. Really interesting premise, but once they moved on from Wam to the next big thing, I started to feel it was about to go much more anime than necessary. I don't know if you made it to the final ep, but wow. Just wow. Absolutely terrible, hahaha.

I feel like it's a cautionary tale in itself about how not to plot twist.

Also seconding the above comments about Attack on Titan. I was really hoping season 2 of the anime would fix the problems I had with that arc of the manga, but nope. I don't think I'll return for season 3.

[69Michi]

AH DON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED ON THE PLOT TWIST. When it was revealed all I could do was roll my eyes and slap my knee "I KNEW IT." It was so predictable and the way they made it so obvious "ah yes here is the love interest, ah yes they are special" makes me so mad. I sadly did not have enough time to give the series that derailed off my expectation to make it till the end, but I heard about the ending from my friend and she was so pissed. I'm glad I didn't watch it till the end, truly would be a waste of time.

[LordVincent]

Not recent, but I gave up on AoT after the first episode because it just wasn't my thing. Too pessimistic and it just felt a lot like something a specific person I used to talk to but really hate would like.

I also enjoyed Black Butler (manga, not the anime) for a very long time, and was even fine with them adding zombies to it...
Until they just fucked off to the woods and pretended zombies never happened. Lost me there.

That being said, I don't really point the finger and go "that is a bad anime/manga" or "that's a bad writing choice", because I realize that it's just my personal preference and that someone else probably loved the thing I hated, or maybe even picked up the manga because of it.

[NiLukka]

I've unsubbed from a few Tapas comics during the last 2-3 months, mainly due to excessive guest art. I understand that it's nice to collab with other creators and share fanart, but not all the time..! Maybe max 1-2 episodes/year.

I don't know if this can be called "giving up" when I've only read the first book of the series, but... Senlin Ascends. It's been hyped so much, got insanely good reviews on Goodreads, but the book is so boring and the characters so flat I just can't bring myself to care. The worst thing is, I don't like the protagonist. But I guess that's enough, thanks for letting me rant. :')

[Mari]

I gave up on glee when Cory Monteith died. I hated like everything after season 2 anyway, but for whatever reason I still watched it. But noped straight out of it at that point.

Other than that there's not been any that I know of. I need to know how a series ends or it'll bother me to high heavens, so I end up watching / reading the most boring pieces of crap, unless I can deduce how it'll end straight away (like with fallout 3), in which case I won't bother and just wiki the ending and be like "k I was right".

In books I did give up on Barthimeous Chronicles after the second book for the exact same reason.

[PaulDevers]

Recently I've started to dip out on Steven Universe. It started out fine, but as of recently, the main characters goals and aspirations have been dialed back and boiled down into just the bare-bones minimum. Pearl doesn't really do anything other then lust after Rose, and Garnet hasn't had anything to say other then exposing the wonders of fusion.
That, and HUGE SPOILER

The recent turn with Rose not being the one to shatter Pink Diamond is such a bad turn to me. Stevens biggest problem was that he didn't know what to think about his mother, as he had one side saying she was a perfect angel, and another side saying that she was a murderous anarchist. But no, she was just a patsy for the real murder and Steven's opinion of her is hunky-dory.
I could talk a lot more about it, but I don't want to turn it into a rant. Love some episodes though, especially Monster Reunion. That's a great one.

[Nork_King]

I absolutely loved the premise of love and lies and even stuck around for a few more eps but I've dropped it, sadly. It felt like it wasn't delivering much on its premise, despite it being so interesting. The concept was great but it ended up just being generic romcom that if you took away the whole government assigning your marriage partner thing, it would just end up being the same.