In my opinion, Ambience: A Fleet Symphony is like that long-running soap opera TV show with 20+ seasons and counting, where the scriptwriter has to manufacture scheming villains, cliff-hangers, character deaths for the sake of drama. The story suffers from a huge cast of (underdeveloped) characters, and Hieda no Akyuu has written several stories in this Ambience universe, that are somehow linked together (...). The stories within the Ambience universe *sometimes* contradict with each other, or don't make logical sense. But it has its merits and good points too. Proper grammar, long-winded condescending descriptions, etc. It is not as bad as people here have made it sound.
If I compare this story to Moebius: Platoon, Moebius: Platoon ended when the the main character's superiors thought the Abyssal threat ended. I feel that story ended before it could stagnate into a Schwartzchild plothole. That story was actually quite good (my opinion), so it's not like the author is terrible at what they do. And it's not like Ambience: A Fleet Symphony is the worst thing to come to fanfiction.
My point is, is that I'm not sure why people are acting like this is the worst thing to come to Kancolle fanfiction. The story might require you to suspend your disbelief for a short (*_*) while, but it *is* the most favourited and followed Kancolle story. I feel its actually pretty good considering the grand scale of the whole universe the author is constructing.
(However, I believe that Kancolle: Greatest Generation is the best Kancolle fanfiction I have read so far. And for something that was like ten chapters long - not including omakes/extras -before Sasahara dropped it, that universe felt more alive and epic than Ambience: A Fleet Symphony. And Greatest Generation had an
aircraft carrier as the main character. In a
Kancolle fic. In a fandom where most stories either have an Admiral or battleship starring as the main.
Why you heff to leave, Sasahara?)
Edit: If
Hieda no Akyuu doesn't have an account here, is that like insulting someone who has no representation? But if you do read this, just de-bloat your story a bit, Hieda.