

It's really late and I just want to leave a "not too in depth review" as I am sleepy. If you're wondering whether you should watch it, you definitely should. That is if you could ignore certain aspects that would be considered as not reaching expectations. So if you're able to do so and is a music and arts enthusiast, then it's a must watch.
I was lucky enough to get to know about this early on, I can't really read Japanese but the art caught my attention. I quickly found out that there may be big things going on behind the scenes, but I haven't really gone in depth with it.
So take this review as something easy enough to understand for an average vieweramd from the eyes of one.
I didn't expect to be watching this really late, so I had no expectations. But as someone with connections with musical background, the music blew me away and pulled me closer as it catches my attention. Compared to most animes, it was completely refreshing and rejuvenating. The music is unique and distinct that I was looking forward to it the most throughout the movie. The art is amazing, and the CG or 3D that was mostly used for their virtual world was really great and smooth; really fitting.
The plot seems to build up around how this globally used virtual world is capable of letting you live another, "you." It's like a more advanced VRChat but seemingly more open world, and except people being... like people irl instead. You know? Like the usual bystander effect but in addition, these people have a negative and judgmental mindset. Quick to put down others' efforts. This virtual world has their cyber forces. Weirdly enough, there's a weapon that can dox people publicly online, being handled by a guy who is easily able to abuse his powers that is being sponsored by whatever variety of brands.
Although the story was interesting, it was lacking.
The heroine's mother scarificed herself trying to save a kid, and we mostly get shown hate messages. I'm very sure this is quite the opposite in reality, to an extent. Presently, the heroine has seemingly social issues, although it's not much. She tends to push others away too when asked if something is wrong or bothering her. It's like she wants to deal with it herself. In the virtual world, it's weird how she got obsessed with the dragon guy. Asking, "who are you?" quite repetitively. It's also odd how we get her in one scene with the lady saying, "she's in love," after her moments with the dragon guy in which she seems to be looking happier than usual in behaviour, but her crush is the childhood friend.
Now what's actually mostly concerning the ending. So the those kids' father went as far as to make the girl bleed but was then unable to do anything when the girl stares him down with her eyes of domination...courage. I mean courage Rendering those kids' father into a state of mental disorder in which he was only able to shout, fall over, and run away like a little biatch who may have even shit his pants. Then the end, she got back, with her friends, then look at a very beautifully rendered cloud or something.
More could have probably been done to the plot but anyways, my favourite parts were especially the music. Who was the singer? Cause damn especially that trembling in her voice when she was going to sing. The voice actors played their part well. Overall, really a good watch.
Please pardon my mistakes and lack of effort in this as I'm really sleepy. I have a broken keyboard and have not even went to read through what I wrote, nor am I even willing to so after this. There's probably some double sentences or words and grammatical errors now goodmornight
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