Quitting anime right before finishing

[Roach]

I never drop an anime, I just stall it for a loooooong time.
I don't know why, maybe because I don't want it to end? -_-
 
Some examples (and where I stalled it):
Shingeki no Kyojin (Ep 17)
To Aru no Majutsu no Index (Ep 20)
LoveLive! S2 (Ep 10)
Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo (Ep 22)
 
I also do this for game. Who knows how many games I have played where I stopped right before the final boss.

[Stray Cat]

I have to say this almost sounds like the coitus interruptus of anime. 

[Scars Unseen]

I'll do it if an anime takes a turn I really dislike.  Most often this is due to rapid adaptation decay.  The most recent example I have of this is Akame ga Kill.  It followed the manga pretty faithfully until nearly the end, but then within 2 episodes it completely jumped the rails and went anime original.  I stopped watching after that.

[Zakamutt]

I have to say this almost sounds like the coitus interruptus of anime. 

[RinXD]

For me its generally because at that point in time the anime takes a left turn into wtf-ville so I just stop watching

[Stray Cat]

I'm not sure if this checks out given what coitus interruptus means, lol.

I did say almost. 

[Hypotrek]

One anime I dropped, or stalled I guess, for a while was Sakura Trick.  Not cause I have a problem with yuri, but because SO MUCH DAMN KISSING .  Honestly, I muted an entire episode and just read the subtitles just so I didn't have to hear the kissing.  I eventually got around to finishing it, but that was a chore.

 

[SoulJustIn]

hmmm,  quitting anime right before finishing?

....... it remind me one anime i dropped ,to tell the truth i forget anime title.......

..........

after searching awhile ,

"Aku no Hana" 

[Mr Poltroon]

One anime I dropped, or stalled I guess, for a while was Sakura Trick.  Not cause I have a problem with yuri, but because SO MUCH DAMN KISSING .  Honestly, I muted an entire episode and just read the subtitles just so I didn't have to hear the kissing.  I eventually got around to finishing it, but that was a chore.

Oh yes, that description of events describes my experience with it as well.

[Eclipsed]

I actually stopped Accel World at Episode 20 / 24 because I was sick of Noumi. 

Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru is also stuck on 9 / 12 cuz I'm currently hooked on Fuwanovel Anime Club's Shinsekai Yori (I can only watch one anime at a time)

[ExtraMana]

I've really wanted to make this thread for a while now, even if it is ridiculously specific and not so much about anime, so I don't care what forum this ends up with.

So, the thing is exactly as I said in the tittle. I've come to notice over time that I always get bored or stall or drop my anime right before I finish. If it's got 13 episodes I stop at 9 or 10. If it's got 24 I stop at 20 or 22, and similar shenanigans. This isn't always the case, obviously, but it does happen quite often.

Does this happen to anyone else?

I drop most anime within the first episode. The way I see it there are more series than I could ever watch so I may as well look for quality. I also have done this dropping anime near the end. I did it with the Hyperdimension Neptunia which although had plenty of meh scenes I really liked (as is obvious from my profile). I recently went back and re-watched the entire anime to the end.

I was watching Genshinken. I got to episode 13 of I suppose 25 or 26, the art style changed which isn't neccessary a deal breaker, I dropped it since I've got nothing to watch currently I might try it again.

I been looking for any anime that references 'otaku' culture directly and it's slim pickings. I digress but I rarely finish an anime.

I never drop an anime, I just stall it for a loooooong time.

I don't know why, maybe because I don't want it to end? -_-

Some examples (and where I stalled it):

Shingeki no Kyojin (Ep 17)

To Aru no Majutsu no Index (Ep 20)

LoveLive! S2 (Ep 10)

Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo (Ep 22)

I also do this for game. Who knows how many games I have played where I stopped right before the final boss.

I did this with mass effect 2, dropped over 25 hours into the game right before the final level I was like, nope done.

[Ceris]

There's like a threshold of how close to the ending where I won't drop an anime. If I finish 9 episodes of a a 1cour, I'll finish it, anything less is candidate for drop. 2cour is like 20 episodes, and I don't really watch anything beyond that in length. The thing is, I'm always ready to drop stuff, if I don't watch more than 3 episodes of an anime before I drop it, I won't even put it on my MAL, so there's only a small window where you'll find something on my dropped list.

[Nobuki]

Almost all of them are dropped around ep 9.

Kotoura-san - The story is getting pretty boring.

Elfen Lied - TOO MUCH BLOOD, and also when I see blood my body gets weak so yeah.

SAO 2 - Same as Kotoura-san.

Oda Nobuna na Yabou - Boring and I HATE HISTORICAL ANIME.

Hanamonogatari - Disappointed in all ways..

Kizumonogatari - SAME.