All in all, this was a lot of fun to read. There's plenty of WAFF but never enough that it becomes suffocating, the darker material is handled smartly, and Kaoru's presence never hurts the story or feels out of place, although there were aspects of the story involving him that weren't explained to my satisfaction. I especially liked how Shinji's experience of Instrumentality was handled. The omakes, for the most part, are very funny.
Willbyr's review
All in all, this was a lot of fun to read. There's plenty of WAFF but never enough that it becomes suffocating, the darker material is handled smartly, and Kaoru's presence never hurts the story or feels out of place, although there were aspects of the story involving him that weren't explained to my satisfaction. I especially liked how Shinji's experience of Instrumentality was handled. The omakes, for the most part, are very funny.