Wonder Egg Priority

Following the suicide of her best and only friend, Koito Nagase, Ai Ooto is left grappling with her new reality. With nothing left to live for, she follows the instructions of a mysterious entity and gets roped into purchasing an egg, or specifically, a Wonder Egg.

Upon breaking the egg in a world that materializes during her sleep, Ai is tasked with saving people from the adversities that come their way. In doing so, she believes that she has moved one step closer to saving her best friend. With this dangerous yet tempting opportunity in the palms of her hands, Ai enters a place where she must recognize the relationship between other people's demons and her own.

As past trauma, unforgettable regrets, and innate fears hatch in the bizarre world of Wonder Egg Priority, a young girl discovers the different inner struggles tormenting humankind and rescues them from their worst fears.

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Ooto, Ai Main

Aikawa, Kanata Japanese

Kawai, Rika Main

Saitou, Shuka Japanese

Sawaki, Momoe Main

Yano, Hinaki Japanese

Aonuma, Neiru Main

Kusunoki, Tomori Japanese

Kurita, Kaoru Supporting

Misawa, Sachika Japanese

Frill Supporting

Yamaguchi, Megumi Japanese

Awano, Kotobuki Supporting

Miyamoto, Yume Japanese

Ura-Acca Supporting

Takahashi, Hiroki Japanese

Nagase, Koito Supporting

Tadokoro, Azusa Japanese

Acca Supporting

Uchida, Yuuya Japanese

Cook, Justin Producer

Umehara, Shouta Producer

Herek, Samantha Assistant Producer

Wakabayashi, Shin Director

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Feb 22, 2024

degenburneracct

Recommended

I will never make anything as effortlessly surreal as Wonder Egg Priority. The script crams so many bizarre and captivating things in at every moment that it's a miracle it makes sense at all. But it not only is it coherent, it flows with a weird intuitive logic. It makes a ton of sense, believe it or not. I feel a lot of people see surrealism and feel like someone is trying to outsmart them. They see surrealism as a challenge, the creators telling the audience "this is deep, and if you disagree you are a stupid person". I don't think adding unreal elements to ... your story makes it deep, and I absolutely don't think it needs to be justified. Girls who killed themselves hatch from eggs bought with pocket change. Thats stupid? Okay mr writer in his big boy writer pants, where should the suicided dream girls come from? It's a cool premise, the steps to get there are flavor. What matters isn't the consistency of the dream logic, it's the consistency of the characters, it's the emotional truths running through the story.

You'd be forgiven for not realizing that the topics covered are even controversial, if you were like a space alien who didn't know anything about human culture. We never indulge in horror, save for a couple ill-conceived moments towards the end. It's the earnestness of wonder egg that allows it a lot more room to explore risky territory than it would otherwise. It nails the tightrope walk between flippant and exploitative, even as it just runs the gambit from self-harm to suicide to depression to gender dysphoria to body dysmorphia to etc to etc. And it does it all with a sort of looseness/honesty because why wouldn't it, what girl hasn't had to fight one or two or all of the above to stay alive?

We focus on the after, not the during (Rika's scars are barely mentioned; Koito has already died before the pilot; despite most characters committing suicide the act is rarely shown). I think the lack of weight given to any particular one trauma rings truer than any Very Special Episode could. It's not about lessons, it's about connecting. These aren't events or obstacles, they're just things that every character lives with (even the dead ones)

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Jul 22, 2024

DrownedAxolotl

Mixed Feelings

This was a really solid show in the beginning that got utterly destroyed by its ending.

I don't blame the creators, I blame Clover Works, after this and TPN I really don't know what they're thinking. The characters are likeable and their stories are intriguing, but the resolutions sucked. I really don't understand why they had to throw in a sci-fi element at the end. It really didn't add anything.

Animation was great. The style feels reminiscent of Sarazanmai, which is always a plus. OP and ED, as well as the rest of the OST were all amazing.

Should you watch this? Idk, if the premise seems interesting ... and you're willing to put up with a MAJOR case of Gainax ending, go for it.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Jan 15, 2024

NikoFool

Not Recommended

HOW DO YOU FUMBLE THE BAG SO HARD???

This anime had one of the most captivating first episodes and I honestly felt like they truly caught lightning. After watching that episode I was sure that this would be one of my favorite shows that would explore deep topics and hit you with heart wrenching and human themes.

But after that brief moment of hope, it immediately all went downhill. the characters were shallow and the story went all over the place without any true purpose. I'm all for confusing and complicated plots but this isn't it, it's just bad writing. and don't even get me started that ... Sword Art Online bullshit direction that the story went on. I just can't.

Don't bother with this one, it's not worth the time

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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