No.814
I remember when /a/ would do story time whenver a new manga chapter was released. Those were fun and interesting threads. I feel like editor-kun was able to keep the author's autism in check when the series wasn't as popular as it is now. And as a consequence, the whole story suffers from it. The organization using the orphanage system to raise child soldiers and then deploying them as cannon fodder was always in the background of this setting, but hinting darkness and outright showing abuse and gore are completely different hings. I think the anime has too much shock that it becomes less shocking. Shocking things are more impactful when you are wrapped up in the mc's naivety and positive attitude. You could forget the bad stuff while reading the manga, because chapters were months apart. But that isnt how anime releases work, so you just get bombarded with negative imagery with little chance to cooldown or recover.