I'm not a big fan of Beserk for similar reasons and I know that's borderline heresy in the manga community since, to me, it does things for similar reasons. I'm never a fan of killing off characters for edginess, or "just to be different from the popular thing's" sake. I'm old enough to know that reality isn't perfect, people die, and well read enough that death in stories doesn't wow! me. I'll put it that way. So when I found out what happens to the first group of characters the MC meets and then what happens to the girl he knew in high school and how that influences the fairy girl, I decided to leave the story alone. If you like it, cool. That's why I said I didn't want to spoil it for others. It's just not my thing and no, I'm not totally against a dark story.