Short rant:
So! Japan sinks 2020 wasn't short of a dreadful mess of a story that was awfully put together, where even in the first episode I was already quite sure how the rest of the anime would play out.
(But I somehow still managed to finish the show, which I will give them a bonus point for(JK not really)
From a weird cut in the first 10 minutes of the episode to not explaining anything about that what could have possibly happened until 7 or 8~ episodes later which was, let's be honest, really half-assed.
(The mother is apparently a really good swimmer that can avoid a tsunami but struggles to keep her breathe for more than 20 seconds in a later episode, and have the plot armor stronger than any of your typical Isekai MC's)
Story: 3
Here is why I somehow enjoyed it, I love this kind of genre, but this was extremely poorly executed. It just all felt so random, I couldn't feel a flow of what was going on with it, each episode was quite decently set up structure wise, but the story was just weird, random and somewhat confusing.
Art: 3
From CTRL C CTRL V trees in the 2nd episode to 3 framed blurry scenes and shaking effects to very off-putting CGI (I can usually tolerate a bit of CGI) it wasn't looking very good for the art part.
Though, I do quite enjoy the way it is drawn, from having certain scenes being quite stunning to a 7-8 score but then having other scenes being barely a 2 and more close to a 1, especially when it was the majority of the show. It did end up bringing the score down for me.
Sound: 5
I actually enjoyed the OP song quite a lot, melancholy feeling I guess, and the 2nd episodes ED was very well used. Though it was the only two memorable things with the sound for me.
Rest of voice acting it was quite fine, I can't really judge it too well though as I am not fluent in Japanese. And I think that most is to blame on the director for it either way.
Other than that I can't say that I am too impressed with the sound but not disappointed either.
Characters: 1
Here is the biggest flaw for me, AWFUL character development and design.
The characters are not short from being as unrealistic as possible, I couldn't relate to any of them.
The constant thrown in English was so painful to hear. I GET IT, KID! YOU ARE A GAMER! (The young brother is a HC Gamer)
The biggest issue I had with the show was the characters reaction to loss, I couldn't understand any of their reasoning or reactions at all. They are faced with absolutely terrifying things you'd expect to see in a extremely dark and tragic show (which catastrophic shows should have) this was actually quite extreme in my opinion, but not in a bad way honestly... IF IT WASN'T FOR HOW THE CHARACTERS JUST DIDN'T CARE.
Second episode in an we get to witness a main character to the family go game end, yet it is as if nothing happened. CMON! There is blood and gore even, yet it doesn't feel like we get to see any of their emotions from it.
Yes we all experience tragedy differently but this just for some reason seems like the most unrealistic take they could have used.
Enjoyment: 4
Yes, the show isn't good, and far from perfect.
BUT it did have it's moments, otherwise I wouldn't have finished it. As I said previously it is one of my favorite genres.
Overall: 3
It wasn't good, it was hard to enjoy it without sometimes even outright sigh at what I was watching.
I wouldn't even recommend this to someone if they did have time to watch something, but either way it just boils down to my opinion, I can already see that a lot of people enjoy this show quite a lot. So don't take my word for it and watch it if you really want to!
TL;DR:
It's bad, other shows have done this way better in my opinion, like Tokyo Magnitude 8.0, where I actually got really emotional compared to this where I feel like I should have been more affected because of the horrifying scenes they have in it, but in the end I wasn't.
Make up your own mind and watch it though if you really, (Like really really really) want to. Otherwise I'd pass this one!
