>>73468248>>73507099De facto, the longer chapters are better for pacing than shorter chapters. If only because by nature of length more gets done in the space of a single 'read'.
Though I do have to agree, structurally the fact that this arc is inherently built around a bunch of OCs the readers struggle to really care about really fucks it over. The first five chapters had a good thing going from the protagonist/shiori duo and it kind of feels like the two of them have been in the backseat for this entire arc.
I know some part of that is intentional since they are (reduced to) kids in a (made up) world that's bigger than them but well... that aspect is kind of what's making this arc feel so, for lack of a better phrase, 'lacking in agency'. It's like they know they're stuck in a game but they're just letting stuff play out in front of them instead of rattling the cage and seeing if there's a way ahead. Especially since they're kind of being 'railroaded' by the adults in their lives instead of trying to proactively prod at everything to fish out name fragments.
I'm honestly not sure how this can get fixed, I can see what's going wrong but with the nature of how this arc is getting presented I don't really see how it can get fixed without redacted and Shiori just deciding to fuck around and not immerse themselves in the town of their memories... which would make this a different kind of arc altogether.
Like I'm still interested in this story but man, every fucking chapter is just me waiting for these OCs to die and for the murders to kick in.
