The first three episodes were great! And then everything went downhill from there.
I never read the book this is based on but as the story went on I’m not quite sure what the writers were going for.
The strange middle arc at the “temple” suddenly throwing supernatural elements into what was a disaster story didn’t make any sense. I can see what they were trying to do and the person who had scientific data on what was going on was somehow located there so it was necessary to visit that place but... everything else didn’t make sense. I thought there was a Midsommar scenario going on the way it was progressing.
Then this final arc of trying to get off land and onto a boat and then finally drifting at sea once separated from everyone wasn’t realistic. The situation was somewhat real but the reactions by the characters were not. Let’s just have a boat with your mom flip over and then you’re stuck on a raft but you have no reaction to that at all??? I would be crying that my mom died or something. She’s not dead yet but I don’t know that. At that point I was so disassociated from the characters due to their reactions (or lack thereof) that the rest of the series fell flat. I couldn’t take anything else seriously.
One bonus was this random rap battle which was the only enjoyable thing in the last 3-4 episodes.
But between random supernatural shrines, a girl that lets a cut on her leg go untreated for the entire series to the point of amputation, and a random secret underground cavern with some mysterious data that merely says Japan will rise again one day... I’m done.
Watched the whole thing and the first 3 episodes hooked me. Unfortunately, nothing good came after that.
The most unforgiving thing is the characters. The first 3 episodes had decent character development and then afterwards everything else just went unexplained.
Lastly, half way through I thought the animation company switched with another. From episode 6 on it was like a completely different company. Proportions and facial expressions were all out of whack.
This series could have been great but because of some serious flaws, pacing issues, and lack of character development this series is meh. It’s okay but I could’ve spent that time watching something more enjoyable.
