I have the same feelings as you do on the package managment. It’s not always so great and it was one of the reasons why I have’t i stalled void on my laptop (instead opting for artix). One more thing I’d like to add is the installer, for some reason I was always confused a bit by partitioning in installers. But manual partitioning like on arch is not really a great solution as well, because for people who have never done it before it is even more confusing.
I don’t think the anime gets the feel of Rudeuses emotions quite right, I want to say the ln was more impactful, but it was a while since I read it so I might just be misremembering.