Alors, art first: wonderful colours, movement, lighting and details. That's undoubtly a very strong characteristic of this series. The same goes for the music. Everything fits perfectly highlighting what's needed in particular scenes. The music alone is touching, not to mention its role in building atmosphere.
The main character is so young and raised in a village that you can't really expect much from her. She gets to speak out some noble, kind of cliche words, trying to say she relates to others' problems in a way. On the other hand you don't anticipate anything else but this. Not that bad. Still, she becomes quite annoying at times. It appears that freshly met people reveal thoughts or ideas she would never come up with. It's quite naive.
The idea for the series is interesting and captivating. It twists the rules of living and dying, aand of course raises a few questions how such reality can carry on. The disappearance of God is drawn as main theme but... it quickly gets lost, somehow.
Basically, we get to watch four short arcs. The first one is gorgeous, quite original, introduces the bizarre reality and of course the main character. Then it plays on emotions so much that I doubt anyone would stay untouched. I remember I was slightly worried it happened to be a short arc because things seemed quite rushed and it looked as if the case was closed for good.
The second arc was good although not as great as the beginning. The idea seemed interesting but was executed worse.
The middle of the show was the worst. Everything was quite boring, cliche, even senseless. I could see a lot of "convinient" solutions that left too much unexplained. A lot of characters was tossed in, which was unnecessary and only annoyed.
The last arc was as beautiful as the first one, at least for me. I got engaged in the events and was nicely surprised with a plot twist. I'm glad the end appeared to be very good. I was afraid what to expect after the previous episodes.
The story has got many plot holes. It becomes notorious and can disturb in watching pretty much. Many things stayed untold, unfolded. It simply feels... lacking. Especially that there isn't really any main plot but separate small ones. I suppose they would appear definitely more enjoyable if this anime were longer. It's just not enough episodes to cover all of the ideas.
I love the opening episodes as well as the last events. This is why I feel a bit conflicted. I'm honestly disappointed how half of the show turned out. Aesthetics are on point, the story is far from that. However, I am glad I could see those great episodes, which I mentioned, because they were definitely worth it.
