(Non-Spoiler Review) #Intro Boogiepop and Others (2019), is MADHOUSE's second attempt at the adaptation of Boogiepop light novel series by Kouhei Kadono. While to some it might be awful or flawed, too others such as myself it was quite excellent.

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#Story & Pacing - 7.5/10
The story is told through the perspective of several characters, which helps provide context to the story arc/event happening around them, then out pop Boogiepop or as she says "I am automatic". As for the story possessing any mature, depressing or dark kind of atmosphere, I felt nothing of that what so ever but it had something that pulls you in. The screenplay and dialogues doesn't get bog down by unnecessary exposition and speech, it strikes the right balance between dialogue & action. This story does however suffer from poor pacing which is why it is so disliked.

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#Characters - 7/10
While Boogiepop and Nagi Kirima are memorable, particularly their backstories, the other characters just fade away, they have nothing for you to really like about them or remember them by, which is why a lot of people get confused as to who these characters are. (Similar faces doesn't help either)

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#Audio and Soundtrack - 9.5/10
Every single one of the audio effects were quite good, I really like the O.S.T done by Kensuke Ushio, as It helped convey the scenes well, I will only dock half a point for it's repetitive nature. The opening by MYTH & ROID is amazing as always they never seem to disappoint.

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#Art and Animation - 8/10
The updated visuals look great but the production team would often cut corners by having faceless people in the background and characters with similar faces & hairstyles which I found quite distracting. The animation was great especially in the fight scenes which were fluid and well choreographed.

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#Conclusion
While it was airing I continuously put off watching this series because I have the attention span of a fly and considering that this was a mystery & psychological anime, I knew I wouldn't return to it or would end up hating it because I thought it would dragging on and on with countless amounts of dialogue.
What ended up being a great idea was to watch it 3 episodes at a time and I couldn't get enough and ended up watching the 4th episode and being completely confused because I didn't know that every 3 to 4 episodes was a story arc in it's own.

So the key to enjoying this series is to binge watch it.

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Overall Scores (other things I didn't cover)
Overall Story: 9/10
Story Pacing: 6/10
Story Climax: 8/10
Characters: 7/10
Art & Animation: 8/10
Enjoyment: 9/10
Audio (SFX): 9/10
Audio (O.S.T): 9.5/10
Screenplay and Dialogues: 10/10
Voice Acting (Dub & Sub): 9.5/10

#Overall: 8.5/10