i wouldnt call them pointless i personally enjoyed them especially with the voice effects. mind you i just started a couple days ago with this VN but ive dealt with worse like ones without animations crashing. the only thing i dont like so far is that i cant really go back and change a choice or save before a choice but thats just me i guess. also im getting it for free so who knows maybe theyll get better maybe not we will just have to see but i think its more understandable that this issue happens at the initial switch than later on. but i cant understand your frustrations and hope you have a good one.