End of story Depression.

[Spacewolf]

Having had sometime off for the past week I've been killing time by watch some romantic anime shows, and while they're on I always push through them quickly because I want to see the characters get a happy ending. However after finishing them I always feel abit down that it's over, this happens with books and games as well, probably because I get invested in characters pretty easily.

Anyway this topic was just to ask what other Escapists think of this, do you have the same post-story sadness or does it not bother you and if you do what do you do to get past it?

 

[Queen Michael]

The only time it happened to me was when I finished Lone Wolf & Cub. I thought "Well, that's the end of that," and then I got up to go out when I suddenly was overcome with tears.

 

[Laughing Man]

Yeah after several years of hating on Stargate Universe for not being Stargatey enough I finally relented and gave it a proper go. Watched the last episode today and yeah felt really sad, not just because of the unresolved story, not just because it was the last ever SGU episode but because it was the last Stargate anything ever. Of course it helps if something has a good ending as well, one that provokes emotion, be it sadness or joy and yeah watching Eli standing in the observation room watching Destiny in FTL, yeah it was sad.

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

Happened to me with Cowboy Bebop and to a lesser extent, Samurai Champloo. You breeze past 572 minutes or 9+ hours split in 26 chunks in just a few days, dammit. But I like the format. It's so tight you can build a dramatic arc just as tight. I missed the hell out of Bebop when it first ended, though.

 

[KiKiweaky]

Parts of the wire were a bit sad alright, what made me go the most was seeing a heroin addict reaching rock bottom, break down in tears and end up in a hospital as he became suicidal. Normally he was a pretty funny character so seeing him suffer so much just tugged at the heart strings a bit.

 

[BQE]

Having had sometime off for the past week I've been killing time by watch some romantic anime shows, and while they're on I always push through them quickly because I want to see the characters get a happy ending. However after finishing them I always feel abit down that it's over, this happens with books and games as well, probably because I get invested in characters pretty easily.

Anyway this topic was just to ask what other Escapists think of this, do you have the same post-story sadness or does it not bother you and if you do what do you do to get past it?

I was wondering when I would run into this. After finishing a few of what would be my all-time-favorite animes, I was sorely disappointed that I wouldn't be able to see more of them (Or in Darker than Black's case, just make a horrible second season).

Same goes for games too, I cleared Bioshock Infinite in a night, and Saint's Row IV in about three. It gets to be a bother when you wait so long for something and decimate the content in a brief amount of time.

 

[Tom_green_day]

Sometimes when a character's role is finished in a game I get a bit upset if I know the game continues without them, for example Amata in Fallout 3 or... Bonnie Mcfarlane, the woman from the first part of Red Dead Redemption.
But yeah in some games that are series, specifically Mass Effect 3, I got really sad when it was over (and citadel DLC specifically) as the characters' arcs were over and it was all finished.

 

[Fappy]

I get this all the time, even with stories that aren't particularly good. However, strangely it almost never happens with live action shows/movies, only anime, video games and books.

 

[Elfgore]

At least twelve or so anime have left me with this feeling. If I end up liking them, I always power watch them and they usually only have one or two seasons of twelve episodes. That's about a two-day watch at the longest.

Sadly no movie, video game, tv series, or book has left me feeling this.

 

[TheEvilCheese]

I get this all the time, even with stories that aren't particularly good. However, strangely it almost never happens with live action shows/movies, only anime, video games and books.

This for me, narrative games that I complete in a day or two hit the hardest, with books in close second. If I had had the mental fortitude to power through persona 4 golden in a few days (instead of 80 hours over the course of a few weeks) it would have probably hit me like a freight train.

 

[Miyenne]

Happens all the time to me too.

What do I do? I know I'll go back and re-read the books or replay the games that touched me so again.

Unless they were really upsetting, and then I can't bring myself to go back but they stick with me forever.

I dunno, loss just takes time to get over. I just mourn and move on.

 

[Vrach]

Yep, pretty much every time with any good book, game or a series that didn't have a shitty ending (usually from being dragged on too long, where I stop caring). But I really get that feeling of huge sadness, like something is gone, over and done with that I've enjoyed because I know I can never really go back and enjoy it again as much as I did the first time.

 

[Fappy]

I get this all the time, even with stories that aren't particularly good. However, strangely it almost never happens with live action shows/movies, only anime, video games and books.

This for me, narrative games that I complete in a day or two hit the hardest, with books in close second. If I had had the mental fortitude to power through persona 4 golden in a few days (instead of 80 hours over the course of a few weeks) it would have probably hit me like a freight train.

Yeah, Persona 3 and 4's endings turned me into an emotional wreck. Persona 4's ending isn't even really sad, but I was XD

 

[SKBPinkie]

This happened to me with Avatar:TLA.

And what sucks is that is that Korra is only making it worse.

 

[bigfatcarp93]

Well, Telltale's the Walking Dead. Sorry if that answer's a little too obvious.

Talk about an ending that leaves you feeling emotional, I spent DAYS feeling hopeful, hopeless, depressed, optimistic, so on and so forth.

 

[krazykidd]

Xenosaga series did this to me . I broke down into tear when i finished episode3. It was the only videogame to make me cry. And i cried like *****.

The series finale of the fresh prince of bel-air was sad as hell.

 

[5-Feet-Tall]

This for me, narrative games that I complete in a day or two hit the hardest, with books in close second. If I had had the mental fortitude to power through persona 4 golden in a few days (instead of 80 hours over the course of a few weeks) it would have probably hit me like a freight train.

Interestingly, it's the narrative-heavy games/TV shows that I play/watch for 50+ hours that get me the most but I think it's because to know that there's no more story for the characters I had invested so many hours into is kind of a bummer. If I'd try replaying them, I could never make it to the end cause I'd remember the emotions that I got the first time through.

 

[Easton Dark]

Only if the ending's sad. If it's a good and happy ending, I'll be the guy bothering you to watch it, and be glad I could experience it.

Like, I just finished Sword Art Online, and no I wasn't sad, fist pumps and fuck yeahs all around. Go watch it, everybody.

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This guy knows what's up.

 

[Fox12]

Yeah, I get this after anime and games a lot. I'm working through Berserk now, which I know isn't finished, but I can feel it on the horizon. I got it really bad after Neon Genesis.