Remove the filler and To Sleep still had more actual story than Fractal Noise.
I think Fractal Noise has a consistent throughline and goal that works in its favor, while in To Sleep, the story changes from Kira travelling with the Wallfish and watching a war between Jellies and humans to Kira getting a pointless artifact, to Kira working with some Jellies and Tschetter to stop the boss, which leads to a climax fight, and then a more ridiculous climax fight with an absolutely bonkers ending. With Fractal Noise, the conclusion is led up to and feels connected to the rest of the story.
Not going to argue about Greg, because I agree. Alec's depression wasn't great, but it was more realistic and less harmful to people with actual mental illness than Greg.
I was REALLY upset about Greg, as you could probably see from the spork I did.
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Date: 2024-03-17 04:25 pm (UTC)Remove the filler and To Sleep still had more actual story than Fractal Noise.
I think Fractal Noise has a consistent throughline and goal that works in its favor, while in To Sleep, the story changes from Kira travelling with the Wallfish and watching a war between Jellies and humans to Kira getting a pointless artifact, to Kira working with some Jellies and Tschetter to stop the boss, which leads to a climax fight, and then a more ridiculous climax fight with an absolutely bonkers ending. With Fractal Noise, the conclusion is led up to and feels connected to the rest of the story.
Not going to argue about Greg, because I agree. Alec's depression wasn't great, but it was more realistic and less harmful to people with actual mental illness than Greg.
I was REALLY upset about Greg, as you could probably see from the spork I did.