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Nov 16, 2023
Re: Zero is an interesting show. It, at its core, is an isekai. Isekai anime are extremely common. Most of them are poorly written or derivative. It's very easy to take a loser in the real world, kill him, and put him in a world where he's super cool and powerful. It's a common fantasy and it sells well.
Re: Zero is not that. Subaru, our main character, is obnoxious. He's annoying, cringeworthy, pretty misogynistic, obsessed with anime figures, and arrogant. He's definitely one of the biggest losers in anime and you're not supposed to like him from the start. He is such a typical isekai
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protagonist that it hurts.
The show starts off strangely. Subaru doesn't die in a horrific accident like most of these shows. One day he's walking and bam, fantasy world. Okay, already changing things up. Now it's time for Subaru to gain some godly ability and take over the world, just as he's owed as an isekai protagonist. And he does - with an ironic twist.
See, Subaru has maybe the most powerful ability ever concocted. He's essentially invincible and he's able to time travel. That makes it sound pretty awesome, right?
Well, Subaru has to die to time travel. He can feel himself dying. He feels every stab wound, every broken bone, every poison. Subaru suffers greatly, and the show seems incredibly content in finding new and more painful ways for him to go. Even worse, though, is Subaru's psychological torture. You take a loser and throw him in a world where death lurks around every corner, and he's forced to adapt. Adapt after painful death after painful death. Subaru is tortured throughout Re: Zero, and he does learn from it. Throughout this, though, you can tell he starts to lose it a bit. Subaru's never going to be the same because of this "power," for better or for worse. Subaru's humbled, and yet there's no reward for being humbled.
Regardless of how many feel about this show, I think it's really great. Subaru is very dislikable from the gate, but you don't want him tortured. And yet, his new universe is filled with suffering, and he has to adapt. I like the show because of that. While I don't want to spoil anything here, I think the show really comes into its own with its second season, and I enjoy the implications that come with it.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Nov 16, 2023
I love this anime with all my heart. Although I have a few minor issues with it, they're outshined by the wonderful characters and heart-wrenching story. Do you want to see someone so innocent, so full of life, so optimistic, so focused on his own bubble taken down a notch? I mean crushed, beaten, abused, and turned so hopeless he's willing to give up on life itself? Rintaro Okabe, at your service! He spends his days with his two friends Daru and Mayuri. He frequently slips into his alter-ego, mad scientist Hououin Kyouma, deadset on taking over the world. He builds gadgets in his apartment
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while Daru and Mayuri hang out. While going to a conference covering time travel, Okabe stumbles upon the dead body of one of the speakers - shocked, he texts Daru, only to find that the researcher wasn't stabbed. Okabe correctly deduces that he's changed the current timeline and with the help of the researcher named Kurisu, works to experiment even more. Okabe's able to change more past events, finding himself the only one aware of the "previous" universe. He helps his friends, essentially granting them wishes. His one friend's long-dead father? Alive and well, and getting along great with his daughter. Another friend is (implied to be) trans and hates being biologically male? Through some sorcery, now she's biologically female. You're introduced to new characters and you're able to really get a feel on Okabe while laughing at the antics of these four and their friends. Kurisu and Okabe begin to develop feelings for each other. This part of the show is mostly whimsical and silly, courting you into a false sense of security until...
Mayuri's dead. Okabe's best friend, someone who's cared for him and who he's cared for, was killed because of his experiments. Okabe tries on something he and Kurisu were working on, and is able to travel back in time. Okabe desperately tries to prevent Mayuri from dying, but fails each time, becoming more and more desperate as he watches Mayuri die every single time. And every single time, the heart wrenching reality sets in more and more. Okabe realizes he has to undo his former alterations, changing the past back to what it was - and undoing all of the help he'd done before. What truly breaks Okabe is his realization that Mayuri will continue to die if he doesn't undo his very first alteration - saving Kurisu. Okabe falls in love with Kurisu and wins her back over and over again, as her memories of the previous realities disappear every time Okabe travels back in time. Kurisu encourages Okabe to sacrifice her and save Mayuri. Okabe is finally able to come to terms with losing her, and undoes his first alteration, saving Mayuri... but dooming the entire world.
As strange as that sounds, it makes sense in context. The ending of the show is bittersweet, as Okabe manages to save everyone - but erases Kurisu's memory of him. By chance, the two meet again...
Okabe's character arc is one of my favorite in any show. His soul is crushed. He's broken. But he still finds hope. He's a completely different person by the end, like a boy becoming a man. It's really something special.
This is just a wonderful show. It's sweet, funny, contemplative, and devastating. There is no "happy" ending here, just the least sad one, which Okabe is able to achieve. They eventually released a sequel where Okabe didn't manage to save Kurisu, and it is incredibly devastating just the same.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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Nov 16, 2023
This show is really cute and fun, but there's one problem really holding it back. The characters are well written, the art style is cute, bright, and bubbly, the characters are pretty well written and feel realistic. I read the manga a long time ago and quite liked the story, and I think they did a wonderful job transferring the characters to animation. This is a pretty normal genre in anime now, a nerdy boring quiet guy whose life is changed by the Japanese version of a manic pixie dream girl - only, in this show particularly, neither of the protagonists fit that genre. The
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love interest *isn't* just another vessel for the main character. Her story feels fleshed out and she has her own interest - and she's passionate about that interest. And the male lead has another artsy, interesting passion that he's dedicated to. Neither of these characters' interests feel hollow - I believe that they're passionate about their work, and that passion enables them to help each other. This set up is refreshing compared to some of the other shows and manga and I think the writers did a fantastic job making these characters feel deeper than the typical romantic comedy anime. I really like that they introduced these two because of their passions as well, instead of the typical "I sat next to you and now I'm in love with you" story this genre typically adopts. It feels natural, even if it moves a bit quick.
If that was my entire review, this show would be a solid 8/10. I'd consider it one of the better recent romance anime and I'd put it up there with Ore Monogatari, a cute show and manga that moves at a slightly quicker pace than this one.
However, there is one thing really holding this show back: The Fanservice. Sloppy and completely unnecessary, it takes a cute, funny show to a weird and creepy one. I should preface this by saying I don't enjoy fanservice in any anime - however, it feels even more egregious here because this show would be good, if not great, without the fanservice. The other problem I have with it being present here is that, while there was fanservice in the original manga, it was really only present for a few chapters before being abandoned - as it should've been here.
I don't dislike the show, but the fanservice is so over the top and uncomfortable that I can't in good faith recommend it without mentioning it. If you don't mind fanservice, this may be a great show for you. For me, it soured an otherwise cute and wholesome romance.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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Sep 30, 2021
I have finished the series and therefore am updating my original review.
This review will contain spoilers for both the original Higurashi anime and Higurashi Gou/Sotsu. If you haven't seen the original Higurashi anime, I highly recommend it if you like mysteries. It's very well written and it kept me on my toes. I can't, in good faith, recommend Gou or Sotsu.
Now that I've finished the show, I can safely say that while it didn't get markedly worse from episodes 1-13, it hasn't gotten any better, either.
There is so much reused animation that this entire show feels like a clipshow, and not a very good
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one. The pacing here is God awful, shocking because the original Higurashi had wonderful pacing and Gou, at the very least, had decent pacing. Everything moves incredibly slowly and we're shown scenes we've already seen throughout Gou. If I had to guess, I'd say an entire third of the animation in this show has been reused. That's to say nothing about the story, which is just "here's this event, but there's also a scene here that adds almost nothing." Want to see how Keiichi got to L5 in Gou? Too bad, here's a scene after where it ended showing the police tackle him - oh, and Satoko does more evil shit or something. Want to see how Mion is injected with the syringe? Go fuck yourself! It happened when she and Satoko went for a drink or something. Want to see how badly Satoko treated Rena? Oh wait, they actually did a pretty good job with that one - more on that later.
I've seen a lot of people respond to the complaint that there's a lot of reused animation with "well, the original Higurashi did the same thing." I disagree with this. Firstly, the original Higurashi was made on a tight budget, which is why it looks so rough around the edges. Secondly, the original Higurashi revealed genuinely important secrets throughout the second season. It wasn't obvious that Mion was actually Shion, or that Keiichi had hallucinated Mion and Rena trying to kill him.
Speaking of Shion, she's in this season for about 10 seconds. I'm not exaggerating, she's here for one scene. Forget about Satoshi. Oh wait, Satoshi makes a little appearance at the end, just to say fuck you for thinking that we'll do anything with his character.
Going back to Mion, why don't we destroy one of the things that made her completely and utterly unique? We have an opportunity to give Satoko a roadblock, let's waste it! I'm sure you already know where this is going.
Mion was incredibly unique in the original series. She's the only one in the friend group who is immune to the deadly syndrome that plagued the original series. While the anime cut a lot of her character out, in the original visual novel, she served as the "rock" of the group, helping inspire Rika to keep pushing on along with Keiichi. Sotsu turned her into a yandere, almost exactly the same as Shion - just replace Satoshi with Keiichi. It changes almost the entire formula of the show. It took her a little bit longer, but she succumbed to the disease nonetheless, which has never happened in the Higurashi universe. I can't explain how disappointing this is.
Going back to Satoko, there is little to nothing stopping her. She is a God, or rather a demon. There's a scene where she finds out that Rika has to die before her or else it won't be the "same" Rika, but that does basically nothing.
...And they gave Satoko a way out. No no, you see, that wasn't the REAL Satoko, it's a demon/split personality that was created by this deity when the power was given to her. This makes little to no sense; the original Higurashi was about redemption, how people can grow and get better. On top of that, most of the actions in the original series, including Takano's, were due to the syndrome. This show explicitly states that Satoko was cured of Hinamizawa syndrome, along with the rest of the village - except for Satoshi, who's in a coma until the end of the series.
"Evil" Satoko has got to be one of the least likable villains in anime. Even Takano was somehow more likable. She's callous and cruel and comes off as horrifically abusive to Rika. Also, we get it, you don't need to show her eyes turning red every single time - she's evil.
Going back to the parts that I enjoyed, it was nice to see the first chapter from Rena's perspective. They did a really good job showing her descent into madness. Obviously, there was no twist, we saw Rena stab Keiichi - the clock meant nothing, as had originally been theorized by a lot of the fanbase. We also saw Satoko inject Rena with the disease and laugh when Rena started to go insane. It serves only to make me dislike Satoko even more, but apparently people like to see the "crazy" girl do evil things. I do love the scenes where Rena interacts with Rina, it's not as gory as Gou was and it felt a lot more like the original Higurashi. Rena's story also made sense and was believable, and the animation being recycled wasn't as obvious at this point.
If I had to rank the stories so far, it would be Rena's > Ooishi's > Mion's. Rena's story was great, Ooishi's story was kind of interesting, Mion's was horrible.
Just like Shion, Satoko's feelings towards Rika seem to have been put on the backburner. I wasn't a fan of this, the "psycho lover" story has been done to death and it feels incredibly harmful to make the only lesbian character a psychopathic killer and abuser. With all that being said, it comes off as queerbating in a medium that has more than enough of it.
There are some other good parts, including learning about Eua and seeing a bit more Hanyuu. However, it's not worth the obnoxious Satoko story and definitely not worth the reused footage. Also, this is an incredibly minor complaint, but Passione decided to add a weird fanservice scene involving Hanyuu - in one of the only dramatic moments that has been believable so far. It's also weird seeing it in Higurashi of all places, a show that has (thankfully) avoided fanservice thus far, aside from a widely disliked OVA.
Overall, while Sotsu is slightly more enjoyable than Gou, there is far too much reused footage, and the weaknesses from Gou are even more pronounced. I would not recommend watching this show unless you're desperate to finish Higurashi as a whole - though I'm slightly convinced that there's another season worth of reused footage in the works.
Sotsu feels like a bad fanfiction. The ending shows that very clearly. The original ending to Higurashi was, unfortunately, firmly stuck in the "friendship overpowers all!" dynamic; however, because the characters were so well written, it overcame the odds and concluded with a satisfying final episode. None of the characters in Sotsu matter at all aside from Rika, Satoko, Hanyuu (who's barely there) and Eua (who mostly laughs maniacally.) They tried to do the "friendship overpowers all" ending again... and ended up justifying abuse. Rika and Satoko decide "well, we don't need to be together all the time! Let's be friends." Friends, after being tortured, mentally and physically.
Mind you, Rika grew up, originally. She made new friends. She got slightly more distant from Satoko. She became an average high schooler. And Satoko responded by trying to mentally torture her "friend" so that she would stay in a village that Satoko knew Rika would hate. This "friendship" ending is such bullshit because Satoko, at this point, does not deserve the kinship of any of the people she's continuously tortured. There wasn't even a redemption arc trying to justify her, it's just "well, both sides were bad, so Rika deserved to be tortured I guess." Even with Teppei, his "redemption arc" comes down to "Satoko killed him and made him think it's a dream, so it's okay now." Gou and Sotsu seem to have a real problem showing that abusers are wrong in their actions, something the original Higurashi didn't struggle with.
Also, remember all the queer undertones from Gou? How a lot of the fanbase insisted that it wasn't queerbating, and that Satoko's romantic love for Rika would play a role in the story? Nope, they're just really really good friends. Satoko just doesn't want to lose her friend. How much clearer can we make it that they're just FRIENDS? Never mind all the implications that we've thrown out there from the beginning, Satoko harbors no romantic feelings towards Rika and vice versa. Satoko went on a killing spree because she didn't want to lose her totally platonic friend.
Overall, this show has been incredibly disappointing, and every criticism I've had has always been met with "No, Higurashi wouldn't do that, there's gonna be an episode where they explain it/it's a fake out." (aside from Satoko's character being drastically different, which I supposedly imagined and somehow was unable to see the "clear signs" that didn't exist.) And yet, we're at the end. They haven't fixed anything, and the story is just as unsatisfying at it has been from the beginning.
I would rate this a 3 out of 10. That score is for Gou as well as Sotsu. They're basically the same trainwreck.
Reviewer’s Rating: 3
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Sep 19, 2021
This review contains spoilers for the original Higurashi anime - Gou is a sequel, not a remake as was originally thought. This also contains spoilers for Gou, so if you still feel like watching it, you've been warned.
I wanted to like this show. I really did. The first half is interesting and sets up a nice mystery - if you can get over the "wow, Rika's eyes are different, let's show that for the 50th time" and the fact that a large portion of it is just redrawn footage from the far superior older anime. Side note: Higurashi is one of my favorite shows of
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all time. I love it. It's my number 2 anime after Steins;gate. I also really enjoyed the VNs and Umineko, which is a "sequel" VN to the Higurashi (the anime for Umineko is not good.) With that being said, I had very high hopes for this show.
That was a mistake. Gou takes a very satisfying conclusion and flips it on its head; Rika has been forced back into Hinamizawa after escaping the equivalent of 100 years of suffering. On its surface, while it "ruins" the original show's happy ending, the ending left a few unanswered questions - mainly, Satoshi was still comatose. There was still no cure for the mysterious syndrome that plagued the village. There was definitely room for a sequel, and Rika having to loop again was an interesting idea. Flipping things on their head seems to be a theme for the first half of Gou, and it's very interesting to see.
However, once the show completes flipping the original higurashi on its head, the show falls apart. The villain is revealed to be none other than Rika's "best friend," Satoko. Satoko, who has been mostly silent throughout Gou. Satoko, who Rika took care of and helped in the original series through multiple loops. Satoko, who lived with Rika after both their parents died. Satoko, who suffered from Hinamizawa syndrome in the original series and knows firsthand how horrible it can be. Satoko, who is almost certainly now in love with Rika.
So, what is Satoko's motivation for putting Rika through more and more torture, making Rika doubt her own sanity, ending Rika's only shot at happiness?
Rika didn't pay enough attention her. There's a little bit more to it, but Satoko's motivations are shaky at best, and her character is almost completely different from the original series. Most of the characters are similar to the original series, however Rika seems to have lost most of the intelligence she showed throughout the original show, and obviously Satoko is very different.
Rika's dreamt of going to St. Lucia academy, something clearly shown in the original series. She invites Satoko to go with her - she's a bit pushy, but not in a manipulative way. Satoko agrees to go.
Rika makes new friends at the academy. Satoko refuses to even talk to Rika's new friends. Satoko struggles at the school. Rika offers to help. Satoko ignores her.
The pair go back to the village. Meeting a mysterious new Deity similar to Hanyuu in the original series, Satoko is given powers similar to Rika from the original series - if she dies, she can "loop" through time. Mind you, Rika is forced to go with her. Now, remember this as well - Satoko is fully aware of what Rika has gone through. She's seen Rika's one hundred year horror story. She knows what Rika has done to help her.
What does Satoko do? She tries to force Rika to stay in the village. To stay in the place that Rika is haunted by. She actively tries to sabotage Rika's studying multiple times, but Rika is determined. Rika invites Satoko. Satoko seemingly tries to say "no," but only if Rika stays. Satoko decides to go back to school. Of course, this doesn't end well, and Satoko kills herself and Rika in an overly gory scene. (That's another complaint I have - the original Higurashi had gore, but it wasn't the focus of the show. This show makes gore the main focus.)
The entire story is chalked up to Satoko trying to give Rika Stockholm syndrome. Satoko, the person who Rika helped multiple times throughout the original show.
Satoko is so incredibly out of character here that it's almost a different show. Now, she's the main problem I have with this show, but there are a bunch of other more minor issues. Satoko is sent to a "prison" when she fails. Apparently, this was a miscommunication between the series creator and the studio, but it's incredibly out of place and silly. Shion and Satoshi have disappeared, both being shown for about 5 minutes total. Rena, Keiichi, and Mion have an extremely reduced amount of screen time compared to the original show, especially during the second half. I don't hate the art style, in fact I think the show looks nice, but it does feel a bit soulless compared to the original shows. The music is great, but nowhere near as iconic as the original show. The story has taken an extreme nose dive.
On top of that, the show retains a lot of flaws from the original show. I understand that there are cultural differences, but Dr. Irie is incredibly creepy - just as he was in the old Higurashi anime.
There are things I like about the show - it's fun to see Satoko "reform" her uncle, to have Takano give up her life of evil, seeing Rena, Mion, and Keiichi go to college, and a few other things, but they're few and far between.
Overall, I can't recommend this show unless you absolutely want to see the characters you enjoyed from the original show.
Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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Jul 29, 2021
This anime had a decent amount of potential. The story is very similar to ReLIFE, in that the main protagonist is at a bad point in his life. In fact, it's almost a direct rip off of ReLIFE. He's lost a career he didn't particularly enjoy and is filled with regret that he didn't pick the art school he got into instead of going into business. He's somehow (it's not explained at this point) able to travel back in time to choose the art school. Honestly, I thought the idea was intriguing, even if I dislike the "If I just did one think differently, my
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life would be perfect with no roadblocks!" trope.
The problems start almost as soon as he travels back. This show is filled with cliche after cliche. The MC has three roommates; one guy and two girls. The guy is almost immediately built up as a somewhat difficult but passionate writer. The girls? One of them is just a "tsundere" that wants to be an actress and the other is... an artist that the MC was obsessed with before he travelled back in time with little to no personality other than "oh, she's sleepy."
Then, the MC sees yet another girl who he knew from his past life - his former boss, going to the same school as he is. Again, she's given little to no personality other than that she's a director.
The female characters are almost exclusively used for fanservice that feels incredibly cliche and out of place or for "comedy" (which usually amounts to one of the male characters getting hit.) None of this fits the dramatic setup the show seemed to start with.
I mentioned that the male characters are built up while the female characters are essentially just... there, but what's even more unbelievable is that they're somehow all dependent on the male MC. Even in the first 4 episodes, the other male character accidentally grabs a camera that can only take pictures instead of a video camera. The other three are about to give up while the MC has an idea that's portrayed as absolutely incredible and out of the box. I'm not going to spoil what it is because it's already too obvious and you can probably figure it out for yourself. This is only one example.
Nothing about this anime clicks to me, no matter how hard it tries to be "deep" or when it tries to be "funny." I think the show is trying to go for a comedy-drama, but it's obviously not doing a very good job.
If you like obvious cliches, derivative stories, and a world that seems to bend over backwards for the main character, this show's definitely for you. If not, you'll find yourself disappointed in another boring fanservice slice of life anime that tries to be "deep."
Reviewer’s Rating: 3
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Jul 1, 2021
If I had to choose one word to describe this special, it would be "Disappointing."
Let's start with the good: I enjoyed the first season of Wonder Egg, and more of it was exactly what I'd wanted for the past few weeks. We find out a bit of information: the people saved do actually come back, though their memories of the person who saved them are wiped. Reality acts as though the girl has never met the one they saved. Another good thing is that Ai has a bit more development, as does Neiru (kind of?)
The bad: Almost everything. More than half of the episode is
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taken up by a recap. This show was 12 episodes and aired less than 4 months ago. One of those 12 episodes was already a recap episode. There is absolutely no reason to have this much of a recap. The "special" was supposed to be an hour long; this is 45 minutes long, with about 25 minutes dedicated to the intro and the recap. This could've been episode 13 of the anime or replaced the other recap episode, and I'm assuming that doing that was the original plan.
The story is rushed. 2 or 3 anime episodes worth of poorly contrived "plot" shoved into a 20 minute segment does not translate to a well written story, especially because a good 10 minutes of it is just the characters conversing and debating whether they should go back to fighting with capsules.
Neiru's subplot could've been halfway interesting, but again, it was incredibly rushed, and I don't understand her motives. I don't think her motives were clearly explained and it was disappointing.
The art has suffered tremendously. There was a scene where Ai found out that Koito didn't remember her, and "ran away." It looked like Ai was running in place while the scene transitioned, and this was over 10 seconds. Immediately after, Ai ran through the rain to try and find Neiru - but instead of seeing Ai confront "Neiru," we're given a voiceover while she runs. It's very confusing and not well done at all.
There are a lot of twists thrown in, about one every two minutes or so, and I don't that they're terrible, but they feel very out of place in no small part due to the rushed feeling the special has.
Just as soon as the special seems to be picking up, it ends. It ends on a sort of cliffhanger and there's no confirmation of another special or second season. If this is all we see of Wonder Egg Priority, it'd be a hell of sour note to end on.
I genuinely feel like none of the mysteries of the past season were sufficiently answered and instead we were given a whole new bag of mysteries that will never be answered.
All in all, I would say you're not missing much by skipping this one. I liked Wonder Egg Priority a lot in spite of its flaws and had high hopes for this. It was, as I said before, more than a little bit disappointing.
Reviewer’s Rating: 3
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May 24, 2021
I'm honestly surprised by the people calling this "pretentious." Wonder Egg Priority is a lot of things, but I don't think pretentious is the correct term. It explores a lot of real world topics in a realistic way, including, but not limited to:
1. Sexual assault
2. Gender Identity and Sexuality
3. Parental abuse/neglect
4. Mental illness and suicide.
Mental illness and suicide is obviously the big one, and I think the story handles it well. Not perfectly, mind you, but much better than most shows (especially Anime) do. I will say that most of the "eggs" are very interesting and I wish we could spend more time with them
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- most notably in episode 10, when Moe encounters a transman named Kaoru, who even has a jacket with the colors of the trans flag on it. They fleshed out his character very well in the short time the show spent on him. Of note, this is the first anime I've seen where the character is canonically trans and they use the correct pronouns when referring to him.
The story and characters are relatively strong, but this show shines in its animation and sound. The animation is snappy and bright, the music wonderful, light and happy, both of them a stark contrast to the darker tone of the show itself.
Without spoiling too much, there is one particular character that makes my skin crawl, which I'm assuming is the intent. I think the show does a good job of making it clear while allowing you to draw your own conclusions.
I will say episode 8 was disappointing. A recap episode in the middle of a season is unnecessary, and I would've preferred they kept the episode number to 11 instead... at the same time, the last two episodes feel a bit rushed, like they wanted to use 8 to explain certain things and then were forced to do a recap episode instead.
Speaking of rushed, I think Wonder Egg Priority has a few issues with pacing. There are scenes that feel a bit slow (most notably in the beginning) before all of the answers to the many questions that have been asked throughout the show are quickly answered near the end - and even then, there are certain things that haven't been answered, apparently going to be answered with the premiere of a special episode. I can't imagine the special not feeling rushed, which, again, is a bit disappointing. I can only hope the special episode sets up a second season instead, though it's not looking too good at this point.
I can see how people would compare this to Madoka Magica and I think that's fair. Both are painfully depressing at times, but I like the characters of Wonder Egg just a little bit more. Madoka has better pacing, a better story arc, and a more interesting ending, while Wonder Egg, in my opinion, fleshes out the characters more.
Wonder Egg Priority is a show that has a lot of strong concepts, a good attitude towards mental health, and some very interesting characters. It also has a disappointing ending, one that feels as if the show was far too ambitious for just 11 episodes.
In spite of its imperfections, Wonder Egg Priority is thoroughly enjoyable and worth checking out. It's short enough and interesting enough to not feel like a chore to watch, even if it loses some of its charm towards the end.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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