chief-clockmanMany publications highlighted a viral tweet in which user @AnimeSerbia called the series Generation Alpha's Slender Man.[8][7] Insider claimed the series exemplified the start of a new generation gaining prominence, using the relationship between millennials and Gen Z as an example,[28] a stance that Indy100 repeated, who commented that [Gen Z] will be facing the same mocking and ridicule they dished out to Millennials.[10] News.com.au opined [the series] is a timely reminder that Gen Alpha are on the horizon.[29]