User blog comment:Aijihi/When old animes haunt newer ones/@comment-25034020-20161018044059/@comment-27636373-20161019002712

"where Procure commit genocide is not dark enough"  Uh, I think any story with genocide is taking "overkill" to a very literal extreme. I don’t think you can get more messed up than that without going into some very messed up territory this site certainly doesn’t allow.

Honestly, if you feel your story is lacking something, making it “darker” won’t help it. If you’re going to watch those animes for ideas, watch them and study their story structure, characterization, how events play into one another, etc. Not for ideas on how to try and out edge them. Each story stands on its own merits, not how dark it is.