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I played BA for a couple years but dropped it earlier this year. To me I think the draw is the story which was exceptionally good up to a certain point but the gameplay is quite honestly horrible so without the story it definitely wouldn't have survived this long, very similar to FGO. Aside from that I think it's the heavy pandering mixed with the gacha format. Every student is for (You), there are pandering short stories and messages that appeal to the gosling crowd, story in general is very muh seishun so it hits with a very wide audience, art is mostly good, character costumes are mostly reserved but can on occasion be quite revealing which is somewhat rare in the current environment, loli content and a massive cast that appeals to nearly every niche, etc. The gacha format also allows them to release new characters every other week which consistently revitalizes interest. Artists will always flock to the current big thing and the designs themselves are quite simple so it's very easy for artists to shit stuff out and be incentivized to draw more because they want to cash out on the popularity. I could go on and on but there's really nothing else currently out that has such well conjured wide appeal and popularity. Put as simple as possible, it's the second coming of FGO in many ways. As a former player I'm quite indifferent to it at this point and honestly just want something else to take its place, but I also don't think it's weird that it's in the position it is because it has such a convincingly large number of things going for it.