I like prequels when the main character is wildly different than they were in the original work. It makes the story about how they grow towards where we've seen them.

I've also never understood the "but I know they'll live" complaint. The MC will live in most media. That's how most genre's work.

If you just chopped it into parts I wouldn't like it. You'd need to structure each video to be able to stand on it's own. I need to learn something significant from each one.

My entire body hurt. I tried to block the painful light blasting her face, but my arm didn’t respond. I managed to force my eyelids open and saw a guy standing over me. He looked horrified.

Serves him right for hitting me with his truck, I thought.

Oh god, I was hit by a truck.