User blog comment:Ultraprime2/Fairy Tail Wiki - Anime vol. 3: Spring 2016/@comment-2214433-20160710215243/@comment-4829046-20160711072712

Lol no, I don't consider it a masterpiece. I just praise the directing.

I actually do see an overarching plot, but the irritating thing is that the world is structured so that the said plot is 'just there' and the characters themselves are just doing their own thing. If Subaru were a bit more like Okabe from Steins;Gate, then he'd have guessed something much sooner but he very much is the live-in-the-moment kind of guy and that is likely why the witch power chose him. The evil entity knows that Subaru's spontaneous motivation will only be spurred by wanting to save the women in his life and by doing so, makes the best possible scenario for the witch's plans. I think the problem you and I have is the same in that regard. There is a villain and a plot, but we don't actually see it so we just have to wait till Subaru is put into a situation where those things matter(which does happen later on obviously)