I'd rather kill myself then have this character try to save me.  If he decides to help me not only am I going to die but I'm going to have to die several times and at least when I quit reading they  never get saved.  After awhile it seemed to be rinse and repeat.  It seemed like it was a convenient way for the author to pad.  Fail to save, learns a little, goes back to the beginning of the poor side character and starts the arc over.  Basically telling me the same arc over and over again.