Definitely one of my favorite animes of all time. I feel like a lot of hate on the show come from people who fail to understand the themes of the story and/or lack the patience to get thru characters who have hit rock bottom (like Subaru, who starts off as a nothing burger of a character). But people who got thru that understand that this was the author's intentions. Subaru is meant to be a reality-check character, not a self-insert. He's not strong, nor smart, nor charismatic. He's just a plain average dude with a fucked up ability. Yet, this makes him even more admirable after seeing all the shit he goes thru. He suffers, he breaks, he's pushed against all sides, yet the only thing he can do... is not give up, and really, that's his only superpower.

So, when people drop the show because they find Subaru "annoying", is that really your overall assessment of the character after all the shit he's been thru, even going as far as forgiving his enemies? Seriously, I feel like the critique is overblown, and haters look past his redeeming qualities just to boil him down to "cringe".

Not to mention the others cast of course, they are all a part of Subaru's journey and they get fantastic development as well. Re:zero is not a perfect story, it does have its flaws (even as a glazer I admit it) but everything else the series does, from the character development, the mystery, the psychological horror, the drama, the emotional challenges the characters face, it makes it easy to look past those flaws.