Pondering series I watched very long ago and perhaps didn't understand really, I re-watched _Boogiepop Phantom_. I had a pretty hard time getting a watchable copy: the old fansub is quite old, and the filters and muddy image effects that BP was originally produced with have not aged well *at all*. Rewatching it was interesting since I first watched it a long time ago, I think somewhere around 2003 or 2004. I found it incomprehensible back then, but watching it now, I understand better the overlapping storylines and flashbacks & forwards as they construct the overall story. Payoffs are spaced out curiously, and I find myself questioning the timing: wouldn't it have been much better to combine the really creepy red balloon plot with the Manticore plot, so as to not put too much spotlight on either and dilute the creepiness? But regardless, it's one of the better horror-ish anime out there, even if I'm not sure I'd call it better than _Another_, the other horror anime I watched recently.
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