I don't know what the others are saying, but I actually understood it (though not the very last bit). I see it is more of how the main character grows up. But it is not really reinforcing on the story you are going for.

Luckily, there's a lot of stuff you can just easily cut out and shorten the amount of scenes you need to animate. You can just begin the story at 1:38 with the main character looking like he's having a bad day and gets his incoming calls from his peers, making his day worse.

For the ending, I don't know how you will go about this. All I see is the devil comes up behind him, eats him up, and then goes into heaven? I kind of see it as a bad ending where he just wants to give up.

Maybe instead, for example, he embraces the devil (since he symbolizes 'stress') and deals with him. You can do whatever you want with it; fight it, absorb it, shout at it. You can play around with it.

Then he'll take a deep breath, and moves on like nothing bad affected him.

I honestly was lost half way through. I know what its like to be a student and have a great Idea in your head, Its like a magical journey in your mind. Maybe try a different story :S sorry to bare bad news.

For what it is, it's okay.
I have trouble scoring progress vids with more than 2 stars.
It's more annoying if the actual project never is completed.
Make sue I get to see a finished version!

Fear is a part of art, but once you don't give a fuck you can embrace your vision.
No matter how good anything is, people are going to like it and hate it.
except game of thrones....every body loves it.

so at the end of the day all that matters is that you can learn and grow from it and enjoy the time working on it. I always say that the reward is the finished project, not the accolades.

Now to the story/ storyboards..

Very western, very middle class story.
I think anyone who is not that, will have trouble being engrossed, having said that if it's your story, tell it.
It might be hard to look at the situations of this as stressful if you have spent your childhood sleeping on the street and scrounging for food, battling a terminal illness, etc, etc.

I didn't see any clear resolution of dealing with the stress, more just tolerating it.
But also to reiterate my point from above, is liking a girl stressful? Is being a toddler drawing on walls and playing with a ball in a house stressful?

As far as the ending goes again I'm lost. ,unless you are trying to leave the audience feeling empty and confused.

I am unsure of how interested the audience will be in a story where the main character has no real challenges in life, yet is freaking out over his naggy wife calling and his boss telling him hes not working well. Maybe we wan't to see him man up, and get a handle on shit, instead of freak out.

I get the vibe you are going for. You have some shit inside that you need to get out, or at least want to take the viewer on an emotional journey. In my opinion , it is a little too grounded in the mundane. So it never really struck a chord with me.

I think you should check out (although you already probably have)
- http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/652330
- http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/400974

They are the style i think you are going for. Both do it very well and you never lose the point of the story. It might help you tighten up some of it.

Finally, don't take this as fact, i am one dooshebag, get a bunch of opinions and then follow your instinct. If this is the story you want to tell tell it.

Looking forward to seeing the final animation!

Good! I will be waiting for the animation :)