Story: 7
Explaining a synopsis of the story would spoil the whole film, because it's, unfortunately, incredibly easy to guess what will happen, mainly because this isn't an entirely new concept. One would think that a story that is so simple to understand is simple in itself, but it does try to be complicated. It uses the whole concept of telling a story based on vital information that is not known to the viewer, which can be interesting. In this case, though, it just makes the first 15 minutes of the movie generally boring.
Despite this I don't dislike the story, I have a bit of a biased love for these kinds of meta-things and so it is still quite enjoyable. Sure, it's got a deus ex machina that is just so out of place, and it feels like the only reason it exists is to make the characters say the movie title, but it's possible to ignore it and still enjoy the film.
Art: 9
I don't have much to say here. It looks very modern, but it's got a twist that makes it memorable. It's no Jojo or Samurai Champloo when it comes to recognisable originality but it's not bad because of that.
Sound: 6
(I watched this in japanese, there's no point watching it in english and the swedish dub is voiced by some weeb pop star who sings kinda awfully so I don't want to watch it at all)
Here is where a lot of people will probably disagree with me...
The shoujo-like opening/montage is out of place and made me pull up my phone to surf twitter due to being boring, and the background music is literally just background music, no originality or recognisability to it whatsoever. I didn't remember any of the music when the movie was over.
The voice actors aren't bad, but it's very obvious that, especially the main characters, aren't voiced by people with a lot of experience. This is nitpicking and if this was a western animation I wouldn't complain. I also understand there's not as much money invested in movies as there are in anime-series, but this just annoys me slightly throughout the movie.
Character: 5
I don't care about the characters in this story at all. No effort is made for me to want to care about their lives because there's so much effort made in trying to confuse me with the story, there's just no place for giving the characters personality and development. Unfortunately, the story is built so that towards the end of the movie I'm supposed to care about the main characters, and that just makes the lack of character development all too clear.
Enjoyment: 8
I find it on par with other things I've rated 8, and I do rate based on how much I enjoyed watching the animation. I liked it, I didn't have an urge to shut the movie down despite the low res, and you know, it still has its moments. It's overrated but it isn't bad. The art is definitely part of why I liked it, but the story is still engaging despite its predictability.
Overall: 8
Yeah, it's not bad. For a movie, where there's so little time to develop both story and characters it didn't do bad, although it could've definitely prioritised differently. I rate sound an 8, but the music is still fitting to the story and pulls you in, it's your very normal background music and it fits very well.
