Reviews

This just my opinion, but only watch the first few episodes. The first 4 episodes is amazing classic murder mystery horror, near peak as far as anime horror goes. The first 4 eps are definitely worth your time to watch, and I can't recommend them enough. But once you reach ep 5 that is the start of where the story massively changes and turns into something huge, drawn out, and overly convoluted to follow. The first 4 eps earned it a higher rating than I would give it based on the remaining episodes. Not saying that the remainder isn't good, it is just a lot to follow and overwhelmed me a bit. It twists people and events a lot and made me feel lost, conflicted, and confused at points. The driving concept from ep 5 onwards was cool, but in practice was not well received by me. It did have its select great moments throughout that make the rest of it still worthy of a watch if you have the time and patience. But if you like a tightly structured and to the point plot then this might not be the show for you. Because in my opinion the remaining 22 isn't worth the time investment. Note that this is my opinion and I am sure there are plenty who played the game and are experts on the various routes and lore, and those people probably had a much better time of watching than I did. So please don't let me dissuade you from watching all of it if you're genuinely interested in the show. Many of its characters show up only after ep 4 anyway.

Also it can be corny at times, though that is to be expected of 2000s anime, but be aware there is a spooky little girl who made me cringe most times she spoke.