Sep 02, 2022
Dang, an intense finish for sure.
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At risk of repeating my disatorous review of Circular, here we go again😅😂;
Upfront as I hope my comments along the way showed - I loved what's here and now being familiar with your style allowed me to sit back and enjoy it all the more😊 - However I guess you'd rather I was blunt and so for all I loved whats here and while end-cards may lampshade it well - Nothing can change that this released iradicaly and is openly cut short.
And that does kinda suck a little - Now to be clear, I know the feeling, I'm currently struggling alot to keep up my own output and I didn't even have contest pressure to worry about😅😭 - In fact you 100% have my admiration for finishing at the 11th hour😄 - But I try to be as objective as I can and as such if I were in a judge's place(don't envy them lol, 800 books to read is alot😅) I probably would have to mark down the random releases.
Further the structure is odd - It ramps up to be a 'student of the week' - A new focus each week, with repeat intro, running jokes etc - Biggest issue is, the weekly stuff ends so abruptly that honestly, I thought the riflemen invading was just another normal day of school - Which I guess round here it is, But point being this two part finale feels very sudden and it can take a minute to even release it's happening😶.
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I don't actually have much to say on story and characters - If there is super deep stuff here again like last time with circular, than Momentie's gonna have to go rub his 3 brain cells together real hard to try and figure out a workable interiptation😅😅 - And like last time I got nothing with codes😂 - Does 'O1999' refer to October '99, is that when the chapters set or when hirushi sister went missing!? See I'm no good at those lol😂😂.
But surface story is, as I've said, so much fun - The characters are immediately endearing (a hard thing to pull off) the imagery is effective and sometimes all out vivid - The end cards hilarious - Really no complaints other then it's short.
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So ya, subjectively I really enjoyed this alot and look foward to seeing the gang of E17 again sooner rather than later hopefully(please😭😭) - But objectively I do think the structure, pacing and release are a bit buggered - I complete understand why but it is what it is.
But seriously, congrats on finishing two contests in a row (not many I've seen pulled that off) and best of luck - Cya in the next one😎👍.
-Momentie.
