Anonymous
6/17/2025, 1:44:26 AM
No.527697746
>>527696702
The overarching themes are conveyed pretty well. Amphoreus is a planet about memories so they explore some cool stuff with that as a theme such as Castorice's arc about "endings", the looping mechanism, the Hyacine/Cipher duo of how a dirty past got redefined into something beautiful, Aglaea's stuff about slowly losing your grip on who you once were, Tribbie's mini arc about hope. It's all good stuff conceptually.
A lot of the twists were predictable with foreshadowing. but others came as genuine surprises. There's a healthy dose of foreshadowing to make speculation interesting. and make big reveals cathartic.
Phainon's character arc is cool on paper, he's someone who feels the need to be a hero but really doesn't want to and is kind of a failure anyways. The execution of that plot is piss poor though.
The Trailblazer is playing a very active role in the story unlike China. Shit's happening explicitly because they're there and they serve a narrative role as someone who is recording these stories in their splendor and tragedy. Dan gets a little bit of this too but only really with Hyacine.
The fact that the flamechase journey is half done helps convey a sense of dread but also showcases how the AE showing up is changing the course of history in a big way.
The pacing is whack, the production value is shit, a lot of the lore is tucked away behind Mem's book, the execution of a lot of things leaves much to be desired, I could go on.
But for all it's faults, there's some really cool shit hiding behind the grime that I find enjoyable. It helps that I'm easily pleased by something that I like.
The overarching themes are conveyed pretty well. Amphoreus is a planet about memories so they explore some cool stuff with that as a theme such as Castorice's arc about "endings", the looping mechanism, the Hyacine/Cipher duo of how a dirty past got redefined into something beautiful, Aglaea's stuff about slowly losing your grip on who you once were, Tribbie's mini arc about hope. It's all good stuff conceptually.
A lot of the twists were predictable with foreshadowing. but others came as genuine surprises. There's a healthy dose of foreshadowing to make speculation interesting. and make big reveals cathartic.
Phainon's character arc is cool on paper, he's someone who feels the need to be a hero but really doesn't want to and is kind of a failure anyways. The execution of that plot is piss poor though.
The Trailblazer is playing a very active role in the story unlike China. Shit's happening explicitly because they're there and they serve a narrative role as someone who is recording these stories in their splendor and tragedy. Dan gets a little bit of this too but only really with Hyacine.
The fact that the flamechase journey is half done helps convey a sense of dread but also showcases how the AE showing up is changing the course of history in a big way.
The pacing is whack, the production value is shit, a lot of the lore is tucked away behind Mem's book, the execution of a lot of things leaves much to be desired, I could go on.
But for all it's faults, there's some really cool shit hiding behind the grime that I find enjoyable. It helps that I'm easily pleased by something that I like.