Oh my gosh, it’s like going back in time. This shoujo aesthetic is circa 2005 or so and it feels weird to see in 1080p. Not that that’s my only complaint, or anything, it’s just the first thing most people will notice about this show. Anyway.

After the first episode, I feel like I know less about the show than I did when I read the synopsis on MAL three months ago before the season started. There’s such a ridiculous amount of information missing here, and not in any way that seems intentional, since I know for a fact that the source material is not this withholding. It reminds me a little of Celestial Method, where I feel like I’d be waiting the whole season just to find out stuff I should have known from the first episode, but at least Celestial Method wasn’t incredibly narmy. The frequent “la-la” singing and nonsensical music are cringy as heck and difficult to listen to without laughing.

They were clearly trying for a serious dramatic story here based on music, but you can’t really have that when the songs are silly la-la tunes and really crappy, unintelligible j-punk, and the lead character seems to think she’s on Love Live! Sunshine or something because she’s terribly overdramatic and constantly thinks about “will my songs reach that person” and such. 

Basically, it’s a mess. Dropped after one episode, 4/10, go read the manga.