My friends were all obsessed with this, so I tried watching it too because I wanted to know all the jokes they were telling each other and things. I barely made it through the first episode. It was absolutely awful and I really hated it, but about a month later I can back because of that insatiable urge to fit in. I made it through the first season (parts 1 and 2) and I was still a little bit disappointed. I decided to give it one more shot, and it payed off. Five episodes into season 2 (part 3) I was hooked and religiously watched and finished it that week. In some parts the pacing isn't that great but the characters and plot, plus all the bizarreness, make up for it. I read the manga recently because I just couldn't get enough.