Audience reviews
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DARKGMM
Wanted to give this anime an 9 but they included an highly unnecessary modern trope that ruins everything it touches. Yes, exactly as you thought. I can't mention it here bc the review will get banned probably, but it rhimes with 'bans' or 'cans' and has a t as the fort letter. Yes only in one episode but enough pushed to feel unnatural and does not belong in the anime at all.
There is also an episode (8th) that is purely recap, and in am 12 (13 with the recap) episode anime this is unforgivable. Then the 13th episode that's supposed to finish the anime and should be 46in long, has a +/- 20min recap as well...
That that, the story, art and general feel of this anime is very interesting and the premise just makes you want to watch more. Sometimes beautiful and brutal at the same time, Wo…
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Feels weird to mark this as "Mixed Feelings" when I gave this an 7.5/10, but I think people who have watched this can understand why I did this.
Watching an anime original is kinda like eating one of those jelly beans that is either chocolate flavor or poop flavor. In Wonder Egg Priority's case, it kinda felt like eating chocolate flavor poop. I genuinely do think this show was overall really good, tackling some of the darkest themes like sexual assault, bullying, suicide, gender insecurity, etc., all in a very unique and terrifying way. The 4 main characters bounced off of each other really well, I enjoyed their personality a lot, and I think they all go through their own unique character arcs. Also the colors, the animation, and even the OST were all really good at setting the atmospher…
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I have never been so disappointed to an anime until after I finished this one. First few episodes were great. Succeeding ones until episode 10 was okay. Episode 11 is peak, episode 12 is just utter trash. I hate to say it and leave a review like this but I felt so bad that I can't take back those 4 hours spent watching this anime.
At first, Ai has a goal, which is to find out why Koito died. Great, we have something to look forward to. She stopped going to school but still got new friends. Great, it was a fun ride with all of them. Episode 11 dropped, holy molly it was peak. Then I expected episode 12 to explain everything that's been unanswered so far but what did I get? I got smacked by anything the authors want even though it doesn't make sense. It felt like hundreds of dots in the sk…
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I will never make anything as effortlessly surreal as Wonder Egg Priority. The script crams so many bizarre and captivating things in at every moment that it's a miracle it makes sense at all. But it not only is it coherent, it flows with a weird intuitive logic. It makes a ton of sense, believe it or not. I feel a lot of people see surrealism and feel like someone is trying to outsmart them. They see surrealism as a challenge, the creators telling the audience "this is deep, and if you disagree you are a stupid person". I don't think adding unreal elements to your story makes it deep, and I absolutely don't think it needs to be justified. Girls who killed themselves hatch from eggs bought with pocket change. Thats stupid? Okay mr writer in his big boy writer pants, where should the suicid…
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HOW DO YOU FUMBLE THE BAG SO HARD???
This anime had one of the most captivating first episodes and I honestly felt like they truly caught lightning. After watching that episode I was sure that this would be one of my favorite shows that would explore deep topics and hit you with heart wrenching and human themes.
But after that brief moment of hope, it immediately all went downhill. the characters were shallow and the story went all over the place without any true purpose. I'm all for confusing and complicated plots but this isn't it, it's just bad writing. and don't even get me started that Sword Art Online bullshit direction that the story went on. I just can't.
Don't bother with this one, it's not worth the time
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Wonder Egg Priority is a self-defacing, indecisive, insensitive, and genuinely insulting car wreck of a story seemingly only able to commit to the author’s insistence that young women definitely always kill themselves because they want to fuck older men. While often stated to be an example of a “strong start, weak ending,” this always feels highly disingenuous. While the opening act is carried by the mesmerizing forward momentum of the flash-and-fire a talented director and hardworking animation team brought to it, their devotion could only carry a horrific script so far. Beneath the facade of a sophisticated art anime lies a blatant continuation of Nojima’s trauma-porn fueled daytime tv drama roots. The portrayal of young women’s suffering is at best blunt, on average voyeuristic, and at…
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I'm tired man,
I'm tired of using 14 year old girls as an excuse to make light of serious topics such as depression, sexual assault and suicide. You just want your edgy anime to be as deep as can be without actually putting any of the work and sensitivity needed to handle these themes.
Delving into the psychology of middle school girls isn't a bad topic in of itself. We have seen it time and time again, it's a place where a lot of mental stability can unleash, how innocence can be broken, coming of age and whatnot, I completely understand its appeal. But when three of these 14 year old girls want to have sex with men much older than them, it just falls flat.
We went from a story told from the perspective of young women, to wish fullfilment fantasies narrated by a guy who really wants a…
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Wonder Egg Priority attracted attention during its airing by having three things that always create traction: beautiful animation, mysterybait and queerbait. Those are enough to hook a lot of people early on, but keeping them invested by the time a show finishes is a whole different story. The pretty colors don’t mean anything if there is nothing going on, the mysterybait becomes hollow if it’s just there for speculating stuff without ever getting rewarding answers, and the queerbaiting ends up being virtue signaling if it’s just representation for representation’s sake. Well, guess what went wrong.
There is nothing going on in this show. The initial hook is the characters that are defined by some tragic thing that happened to them and their friends. It’s enough to get you invested in the…
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So it took me a few days to get my thoughts in order but I think I'm finally ready to write a review about this anime. This review will however be a bit different. I felt that I wouldn’t be able to properly convey my thoughts if I was to split everything up into neat categories so I’m just going to discuss the things I liked and disliked about this anime starting with the things I liked.
SPOILERS
Things I liked:
The art was pretty good all around and the sound design wasn’t terrible. The concept was interesting at first and the main themes the show deals with are important ones (in theory).
That’s all.
Things I did not like:
So where to begin? This anime is kind of a mess and I don’t quite understand the hype it is getting. Just because it covers a darker, more mature concept than ot…
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Wonder egg is a show that started out as a really good one. It brought as a unique world with unique characters in unique situation..... And then it all goes bad. The show starts going all over the place not solving anything and starts being so inconsistent and bad that it almost made me drop the show. The last episode gives us more questions than it gives answers and to say it was a disappointment is a underestimate. The ending is some of the worst i have ever seen and i cant really write anything about it so i wont spoil it.
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Overall: 4/10
Oh WEP, what have you become. What started out as a highly promising original anime ended as a jumbled mess as it quickly blew itself up in the last 3-4 ish episodes. It had everything going for it at the start: movie-like animation and sound design, mature and deep themes/messages to explore, and an intriguing cast of 4 young heroines tackling their own set of problems.
And all of a sudden, like the girls they save from the Wonder Killers, everything vanished. Poof. It was all smoke and mirrors.
Story: 3/10
TLDR: lots of potential, just like a top 100 MLB draft prospect, but just like most MLB prospects, things didn't work out and the story ended up as quite the bust.
Initially, I was very happy about WEP's story. The themes they touched were something I, and many others…
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When I first heard about this original anime of the season. I decide to watch it and discover the wonders of the anime. And I really love how gorgeous the visualisation in the anime. But expect some things you'll see behind this awesome animation.
The story starts with Ai Ohto carrying a mysterious egg. And then, this is where the supernatural begins. She now found herself in a very eerie school and was convinced to break the egg by a mysterious person. The egg hatches and a person appears from the egg. Now this is where the thrill begins.
Yes! A group of small minions with knifes known as "Seeno Evils" emerge and chase down to kill any person that comes out from this egg. And not just that, there's also a huge creepy looking monster known as "Wonder Killer". So yeah, expect some more s…
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This review mentions sexual assault, self-harm, and suicide.
I have rewatched Wonder Egg Priority multiple times in an effort to organize my conflicting feelings towards it. On one hand, it has beautiful visuals, an intriguing aura, and a great first couple episodes. On the other hand, it has shallow concepts, a messy narrative, a lack in direction, problematic messages, poor character development, exploitation of sensitive themes, and a failed execution of ideas. Yeah, the cons definitely outweigh the pros with this one.
Wonder Egg markets itself as an odd yet beautiful dream of self-acceptance full of imagery and symbolism. The first scene of the anime introduces us to our protagonist, Ai, in the middle of the street when a strange voice taking form of a firefly brings her to an underg…
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So, Wonder Egg Priority.
Interesting show to say the least, it's up to interpretation either this show is good or a complete garbage.
Well I will explain to you why this is an outstanding show, the best of winter season 2021.
Story:
Story is pretty simple and you could get it from the premise, but basically it's a bunch of teens fighting against depression and suicidal thoughts in human form.
Every episode is a one week adventures, roughly connected with one another. An evil force is mostly metaphorical, rather than being a real thing, but as show goes on we uncover some stuff in reality also.
As a standalone episodes are really good with giving you an important message.
Art is movielike, fight scenes in this show are the best, very colourful and well drawn.
Each character has unique d…
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Beautifully animated, a profound story and bubbling friendship. Wonder Egg Priority is one of the bangers of the winter season 2021 and one of my favorites. It’s a story about losing something close, fragile and extremely precious. Its about gaining something precious. It tells a tale while beautifully expressing itself visually and with figurative speech.
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WEP is one of the anime which keeps me thinking about it after I’ve watched an episode. Form the get go it struck me that there was a lot of underlying messages and symbolism weaved through the beautiful animation. It’s main theme which is about suicide is the driving motive behind this trippy tale. Especially about suicide from young girls. It is a not so happy topic brought forth as something to discover a reas…
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An exemplary lesson of why brainstorming sessions shouldn't be translated 1:1 to a too metaphorical text.
What if Madoka Magica met Steins;Gate met Lain met Flip Flappers met Eve no Jikan met Ikuhara met Freudian psychology met Jungian psychology met ghost stories met Japanese insect symbolism met social issues met... met.
The above summary sounds promising, right? Unfortunately, it's indeed possible to have too many an idea and too short a time. Even yet, it's indeed possible to have too many an idea, too short a time, and too late a presentation. Still, it's indeed possible to have too many an idea, too short a time, too late a presentation, and too ambitious a writing. Ultimately, it's indeed possible to have Wonder Egg Priority be the product of overachieving painfully obvious meta…
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How would you describe "Wonder Egg Priority" in one word? "UNIQUE" would be my first thought. What is it all about? Let’s be honest, it's really hard to put it into words. Bully, hate, love, friendship etc. all these important aspects of our life play a major role. “Wonder Egg Priority” isn't just an anime, it's a life lesson.
Bullying is one of the worst things that can happen to someone. It takes away all your “joie de vivre”, often leading to suicide in the end. The pain is extremely deep when this person was very important to you. How far would you go to save and "relive" such a human being?
"Break open an egg to change yourself and your future."
Our wonder story begins with Ai Ohto, a kinda special girl compared to her other classmates. Because of her heterochromia (color difference…
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"Accept your mistakes, overcome the past and live the present"
Wonder Egg Priority is about a girl with heterochromia named Ai Ooto who buys an egg to be cracked in the dream world. When the egg (or "Wonder Egg") breaks, a girl appears whom she must protect from creatures called "Seeno Evils" and from a monster called "Wonder Killer" that represents the trauma of the wonder egg character.
However, Ai will not be the only girl with this task. She will also accompany other girls throughout the world of dreams. Among them is Neiru Aonuma, a taciturn girl; Rika Kawaii, a somewhat bully girl and quite sincere with what she thinks; and Momoe Sawaki, a girl with the appearance of a boy very popular among the girls of the school.
Now, let me extend my review to understand the concept of Wonder…
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Wonder Egg Priority is baby’s first anti-suicide propaganda. It’s just the next, trendiest puberty anime on the block, and the egg symbolizes bad writing. It’s a teen drama filled to the brim with metaphorical imagery and action which screams their exact meaning so loudly and with so little nuance, they’re nearly literal, and as a result of this, anyone with even the slightest modicum of emotional maturity or life experience will find themselves knowing everything this show is going to say as soon as its subject matter is made so clumsily clear. Minor spoilers ahead.
I once said about Nijigahara Holograph, a great thing about crushing your story under the weight of its own symbolism is that it becomes so interpretive, critics can’t even parse through enough to say it made no sense. Howeve…
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It has been a long time since an original anime truly pushed the bounds of the medium and really diverged from standard cookie cutter series. Wonder Egg Priority is not only original in that it has no source material, its original in that its concept has rarely been done before in any other anime series. If you have long been awaiting an anime with a dark magical girl atmosphere similar to that of Madoka or Flip Flappers, along with Mawaru Penguindrum style character designs and color pallets, with all the symbolism included of course, then this is a must check anime from the 2021 winter season. This review will delve into why Wonder Egg Priority stands out among anime originals and why it is a contender for anime of the season even among one of the most stacked anime seasons in years.
St…
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