Jan 10, 2012
This is actually an updated ver of my review after watching the twelve ep of the series (already ended at that point, I guess). I thought I need to update it since I got different feeling from the first impression I had, and watching this show till the end just reducing my points.
Story 9/10:
The story is one of the most intriguing idea I ever know, and it fits perfectly as the backbone of a horror. So, at first it's just incredible. However, the routine deaths in the sense of Final Destination bored me. I lost the most of the creepiness feeling on the second half
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of the series since the way it presents the horror moments is rather predictable and always repeating. The only surprising moment is just at the end episode when we got to know who the dead is (Thank god it is).
Art 9/10:
I simply love the art of this show (more than the manga). It really fits the atmosphere of the story.
Sound 10/10:
Still AWESOME!, especially when I knew that ALI Project sang the opening. Well, one word of advice, pay attention to the opening scene, there are some 'small' noticeable scene which surprised me, and I love it.
Character 7/10:
Again, I really regretted that the secret of Misaki Mei revealed in rather early episodes. This was necessary for the story development though, but I still regretted it. I mean, the only character gives me creepiness is no one but her, and I just feel a big loss when her identity revealed.
The character development is just as predictable as any other horror story : Everyone will go mad. It doesn't matter though, since the way it shows on ep 12 is amazing even some are questionable, like why the hell the inn owner goes mad like the students?.
Enjoyment 6/10:
Well, In this part I cannot avoid spoiler, since the ones bugged my enjoyment mostly are the last two episodes.
*SPOILER ALERT
I enjoy watching the show, even with all the predictability, however there are some questionable moments which disturb me. Firstly the death on the elevator. I just simply don't understand it since what I know is the elevator has a kind of automatic lock to prevent it from falling when an accident happen (it was what my science teacher told me).
The second is the most annoying part. On the last two episodes, there was fire set in a room inside the inn, and instead of running as quickly as possible, almost all characters (especially the mains) are just walking calmly as if nothing happened !. They even have chit-chat before evacuating ! (What the heck! a fire is under your feet !).
One more thing, this show ended rather calmly and very complete. It bugged me also, since what I always wish from this kind of show is a cliffhanger ending or an open ended one. This show gave me neither one.
Overall 7/10:
This show was promising at first, another new breath after the slice-horror/thriller show like Mirai Nikki, but the repeating horror moments just cut off my admiration, and the last two episodes are just nonsense. Thankfully there was tension built up and the one who is dead is out of my prediction.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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