I'm writing this review to voice my complaints about how people view this series.

This is a superficial story. Don't get me wrong, it is very good at everything it sets out to accomplish, and it's really unique, but it exchanges subtlety for a slightly self aware comedy, and I hate that people mistake that for storytelling prowess. There are certain elements in writing that make for effective storytelling. But they don't include depicting bullying as it is or writing in slightly quirky jokes that make normal people feel like they've been on the internet for too long. Do you people just visit your local highschool when you want to see good storytelling? I do consider this work superficial, but I think that was the intention, and due to how unique it is, I'd consider it a must read. Nothing does the same thing and accomplishes it to the same extent.

It really fucking bothers me when people call it a very well written story. A very well imagined artistic project, yes, a very well told story, no. It is an insult to actually good stories when you compare this to them. The chapters on their own have little sense of subtlety, restraint or balance. It's a fucking comedy. What makes it impressive is not the slightly deranged jokes. The characters also aren't as well written as people think they are. They are fun and unique, but superficial. This apparently takes people 50 hours to play, and there are 20-25 movies I can count off the top of my head that have a better story than this.

Though people who think this is some fetish non-sense, or people who think this is an immoral game are probably stupid in a much more damaging way.