This show is the most interesting thing I watched in a while. While most episodes shown here are masterfully executed, it has some huge problems inside.
Story 6/10
The story builds upon itself every single episode. The plot is fairly "simple". Usually focusing on one of the main characters defending another person then defeating the villain which that person has some relation to. While it sounds like a show that is repetitive and boring, WEP isn't that. It also plants seeds of mystery around the world they are partaking. While it got me really hooked, especially Episode 9, it doesn't answer everything in its entire runtime. In fact, I think there are a ton of questions that went unanswered
Characters 7/10
Characters are in the same situation. All of them are well developed and distinct from start to middle but kind of falls apart at the very end because of unresolved problems. Only one of them was given closure in my opinion. You know there's something wrong when in the very last episode, and we're still introducing characters. The supposed main antagonists are just as important as the weekly ones which is very disappointing.
__Art 9/10
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Music 10/10
The art is stellar here. The animation shines the brightest in the action scenes though corners are obviously cut in the last episode. The music is very good too. It's very misleading particularly the ED.
Now, I mentioned the last episode a lot here, because excluding Episode 8 which is filler, that episode shows how much the animators are struggling to get that episode out in time for air. It explains the cut corners and the recap episode. I don't know if Sony or Cloverworks is to blame here but it's disgusting to see that shows are being made at the expense of the workers below.
Wonder Egg Priority is an amazing series that lacks an ending. The writing and characters are amazing but it left me with more questions than answers. The animation and music lifted the anime by a bit. If Cloverworks was given more time and resources, it may have been one of the best of the year which is the same thing I said to Horimiya, another Cloverworks production that ran almost in the exact same time.
Hopefully, the special will answer most of my questions when it goes live.
Update: No they didn't unfortunately. In fact it made me even more confused with it.
Overall: 8/10
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