I started reading this due to my love for the Apothecary Diaries and this truly doesn't disappoint.
It's a story filled with premonition, fighting against the grain for long term social change and romance. The themes of medicine and intelligent, outspoken female leads with a nobleman chasing after them is very reminiscent of TAD and I highly recommend it to anyone looking for something similar.
The thing I love most about the series is how it balances the drama and happy moments for the characters. It's got great pacing between conflict arcs to introduce hope and success, but repeats the cycle really effectively so it doesn't
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Sep 13, 2022
Wonder Egg Priority
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This show had a great premise, foundation, music and art direction only to throw it away in the last two episodes.
I'm a huge fan of magical girl psychological horror and was looking for the next Madoka, as one does. Wonder Egg is a show that hugs the viewer in a warm embrace of representation of mental illness and social anxiety, and most of it is done tactfully, but not all. For Japan, I recognise the show's attention to Ai's social anxiety is progressive, but the whole arc is so fucking lame lol like sorry but Ai is not just 'curious' about her best friend dying, she's ... |
