Angst Aversion: While widely praised for being one of the most well technically well written and well plotted stories written within the fandom, there is also a sizable fraction that nonetheless avoid the story because of how it's essentially an exploration of a future where the main characters never learned to overcome their inner demons and pulls no punches with it's portrayal such that many within the fandom describe the story as the "Bad End" of the series. It really says something about the overall tone of the story when the fanfic's own author has gone on record expressing relief that the actual light novel series the fanfic was based on ended on a much brighter and hopeful note.
that the actual light novel series the fanfic was based on ended on a much brighter and hopeful note.