Jun 23, 2023
The anime is just as honest about what it's really about as the truthfulness of the lies surrounding the media. Which is to say, not at all. The anime completely deceives us since it's not a drama but a cringe slice of life in media setting.
The so-called "drama" is supposed to be built in two parts. For starters what the anime tries to sell us is to show what it's like to see things from the perspective of performers in the entertainment industry and the problems they have to deal with, which affect their lives, physical and mental health—a consequence of the media industry. However,
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an average person as a consumer cannot fully grasp it. The problem is that the story lacks any dramaturgy. In essence, the presentation of "drama" is nothing more than someone reading Wikipedia articles in a PowerPoint presentation, and once that's done, it just devolves into cringe ship wars or equally cringe "haha it's supposed to be funny" moments. The writer clearly hasn't heard the basic rule of "show, don't tell" in storytelling, which is ironic because it's the most fundamental rule of storytelling. The negative effects of the media have no lasting impact on the characters until the script decides to throw in some forced conflict into the story, which has no influence on the subsequent events or the characters' circumstances. In concrete terms, the story illustrates only momentary problems, rather than intense, lasting and permanent problems, which are no more apparent than if we were talking about any other profession. The story likes to go on about how the media is built on lies and how it basically puts a lot of pressure on the performers to keep up the charade, but these only come up when the story is trying to be very philosophical, while the characters have up to this point not only shown no sign of having any difficulty with this in the first place, but have even played on it from a personal rather than professional point of view, making the message completely inconsistent.
If you stub your toe, it has a greater impact on your life than any harmful effect of the media shown here. The highlight of the series was the 6th episode because it finally showed what was expected, only to have the problem resolved instantly and forgotten by everyone.
The second half of the drama is based on an edgelord revenge story that so slow it goes nowhere, and its foundation is literally based on a "maybe" theory. The male lead has concretely created a theory, which he treats as if it were fact and as if it were proof of anything. A ridiculous motive for the character's actions. The story also expects the viewer to treat it as fact when there is 0 evidence for it and from this point of view you know that the story will actually play out to this outcome, as it does not even give room for the slightest sliver of questioning. Instead of treating a theory as fact, shouldn't it be proven by something first? What a joke.
The story is terribly boring, dragging, and uninteresting. If you expect any depth from it, don't bother. Those who just want to simp for cute girls can settle for it. This is also the only positive aspect, aside from the awesome opening and ending songs.
It's not the worst thing in the world, but the popularity of the series is due specifically to the weakness of the spring season and the shock value of the prologue, which was so terribly, or rather ridiculously, embarrassing that only the pigeon-hearted could take it to heart. People forgot that less is more?
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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