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This show is devastatingly disappointing. I want nothing more than to sing its praises, but unfortunately that is not possible with what is delivered. The first episode is incredible, perfect presentation. The music is on point, the animation is gorgeous, the world is intriguing, and the characters are interesting. It provides the perfect setup to a somewhat fresh and unique mystery about the main character. Episode 2 continues the mystery and starts putting up roadblocks our MC will have to surpass to get there. Episode 3 continues to delve into those blocks and teach the audience about this micro society full of rules and tradition ... that gets in the protagonists way. Episode 4 has the MC start to engage more with this strange society. By Episode 5 she barely seems to care about getting out of this place and starts a wierd romance with some creep. Episode 6... wait, aren't there only 10 episodes? Why have we still not gotten past this intro BS and into the thing the inciting incident set up. Why am I now being expected to care about tree politics? Wasn't this whole stop in the wierd civilization just to essentially get a passport and leave?

And there, reader, is the problem with this show. It sets a very high bar and then proceeds to drop into into the center of the earth. They wrote an amazing introduction to a story they didn't care to tell. After the fakeout, all that is left is a few hours of pointless drama amongst characters you've been conditioned to assume are minor and temporary. The end of the short 10 Episode season doesn't even have the grace to show a glimpse of that mystery they set up in Episode 1. Instead, it ends with an implication that we're getting another entire season of the same boring politics and cult BS.

Just stay away from this show, it's worse than a bad show because it gives you a glimmer of hope, but just leads you on all the way to absolutely nothing.