WinsomeHax

Wow... episode 5 goes wrong. Episodes 1-4 are pretty smartly written. They build the tension and intrigue - and have genuinely scary moments.

Episode 5 rams this into reverse, the episode bores you to death... and you suddenly have a flash of insight when the woke insert arrives. Who were the writers on this... well... 1-4 were written by men. Can you guess who wrote 5? Tip: it wasn't a man. It was a writer from the atrocious Cowboy Bebop adaptation.

Now to be fair, the middle part of seasons tend to be slower as they try to establish the characters more and save up money for a blow out at the end of the season... but even allowing for this, the episode is just childishly written and annoying.

I really hope the rest get back to 1-4 quality and they send the writer of 5 out to write greetings cards or something.

Great stuff. I went into this with few expectations. The first episode looked good and it just kept on getting better.

Beautifully shot, well acted (use the Japanese audio and English subtitles)... it keeps you guessing. The only criticism I can actually think of is occasionally overdoing the extreme emotional close up (esp the end of the first hearts game)... but this is minor and probably personal taste.

This is a great series and it seems it's been renewed too. Nice.

slog definition: 1. to work hard over a long period, especially doing work that is difficult or boring

and the show goes downhill from here.

God help me I was actually looking forward to this. But it's awful. I gave up after two episodes.