Wonder Egg Priority follows 4 girls with distinct back stories battling monsters in another realm in order to revive somebody in the real world. The people they are trying to revive died in a way where they personally feel responsible for their deaths in the real world. Inside this fantasy realm they take on monsters that are manifestation of traumas and abusers that deceased victims in the real world faced. Every monster these girl kills gets them one step closer to reviving the person that they desire in the real world.

The fantasy setting is accommodated perfectly with an amazing aesthetic. There is a consistent colorful contrast throughout the series that persist that I feel really sell this abstract fantasy setting that is meant to be more of a thematic-driven experience rather than a plot-driven experience. The music honestly do not really stand out but there is solid soundtracks and sound effects during the many action scenes. But again nothing too special. The same goes for the voice actors, they all performed well as expected of the standard high quality of Japanese voice actors. Really good but nothing really outstanding.

For the character designs I really think there is a lot of heart and detail put into them. The four main leads are distinct in every way from their clothing to their physical features. In addition they are frequently depicted in various different hairstyles and fashions but are still easily recognizable.

Wonder Egg Priority stands out to me in the heavy thematic-driven story but still manage to write consistent and well developed characters. There is quite a number of heavy subject matter that the series explores and critiques by following the battles and adventures of our four girls but the most prominent one that comes to mind for me is definitely suicide. The nuances regarding the rationale and morality of one person resorting to suicide and how it impacts their immediate selves, their family and friends is at times frighteningly morbid to really think about. These uncomfortable ruminations about this heavy subject matter bleeds out of the TV screen and from real personal experience that I have. There are several other heavy subject matters that this series tackles that also really resonate with me but the subject of suicide was what stuck with me most.

The series starts really strong but does not really hit the mark handling its ending. There seems to be an attempt to make sense of the abstract fantasy events happening which really disturbed my suspension of disbelief because at times I get confused on whether I should experience this as a traditional story with a 3 arc structure plot or an abstract experience that speaks on a more psychological level. On both approaches the direction towards the conclusion does not really leave me with a satisfying departure from the show up towards the special episode.

One thing I find annoying is recap episodes, if you are the same with me, skip episode 8 and skip 20 minutes of the special episode.

Wonder Egg Priority is a series that I enjoyed watching but did not leave me satisfied. This is somewhat the feeling of watching a series with a solid season of 12 episodes but get discontinued like No Game No Life or a butchered ending like The Promised Neverland. But nonetheless excels really well at tackling heavy subject matters creatively via its aesthetically pleasing, abstract and fun story telling.

personally the 8/10 score is for the 12 episode series. The special episode ending is probably a 3/10 at most.