What a bland but beautiful show.

Don't get me wrong, it's just that up until the 19th episode I was able to predict what was about to happen. Fight scenes, morals, world views, balance, everything that defines this work is simply bland to me. And that's what makes it beautiful. A story need not a caring hero, nor a powerful hero, nor a righteous hero. What it actually needs is a moment of truth where everything fall to pieces with no filter whatsoever. It's an accurate depiction of what it feels like to create a story, to create a life. You would not regret watching this show or reading it. It gives you something that precisely only a story could give you, the feeling of satisfaction and how not to cling to that feeling.

Personally, I would give this story a million points. Just the fact that they are able to weave this kind of story is already enough for me to give it millions of points. "A story to surpass all stories", I'm sure there are already plenty of creators out there who are inspired by this piece and are trying to make something that is definitely influenced, if not largely, by this work. However, as a critique I am not satisfied with the way the characters are developed. But I can't do anything about it. There are plenty kinds of stories out there after all, just like in Re:CREATORS. There are stories who bloom, there are those that dies fast and washed away by the flow of time. there are those that continue to live on even after decades, and lastly there are those that are passed on to many generations with various twists to them. This is exactly one of those things.

This kind of concept isn't uncommon, there are plenty of creators that have tried to weave the same thing but ultimately failed. That's why pulling off something this grand yet so simple of a story is a sight to behold. This is undoubtedly one of the best works out there.

As for the negative parts of this work, it lacks texture and hook. It is nice that it can give you the feeling of something fleeting. However, my dissatisfaction lies with the fact that it didn't give the characters more time to develop much further. It also wasted its potential to continue weaving its story. A story of stories weaved together ending abruptly sounds ironic. It didn't give any proper foreshadowing nor able to keep all information as vague as possible. If I were the author I would give it another go and try to give the story more context and sink myself even further. I'd even go as far as including myself as an author in my own work. It has great potential to be something more than what most stories out there are.

With that said, it is one of my favorite stories. It portrayed human expression really well, how ugly us humans are and how we take this beautiful world for granted. A fleeting moment of satisfaction that ends with the bland taste like it's telling you, "This is just one chapter. There are plenty to come. So continue following and seeing it through."