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4/10. (THIS REVIEW WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS FOR BOTH GAME/ANIME)

as a really big fan of the corpse party game, i was extremely excited to learn that there was an anime adaptation out. never been disappointed in my entire life.

lets look at the pros first though, the visuals are amazing - the gore in it does a fantastic job of leaving myself really disturbed by it and almost physically feeling the pain of the characters. the sounds are so eerie and so realistic also, as well as a good choice for voice casting for all of the characters. the op gives you an essence of whats ... to come, a good job at meaningful lyrics and visuals, once again. if you want a really short, gory horror anime that relies on psychological horror instead of jumpscares, this is the anime for you.

although, i let my attachment to the game get to the side of my overall score of this. the anime had SO much potential to live up to its manga and game counterpart, making me wish it ended in a different way. it would've been nice if they gave even just a tiny flashback story in the middle of episodes for each of the characters, because we barely get to know any of them before they get gruesomely killed off, this therefore doesn't leave any lasting effect on the viewer. even the "corpse party missing footage" OVA still didn't provide that much in depth intel and information into the characters. we don't learn of seiko's brother, the fact that morishige and mayu are apart of the drama club in which that is the reason they're both so close, how ayumi and yoshiki inevitably became friends in the first place, kizami's horrible past, and most importantly, yui shishido's cat.

i also wish the OVAS were extended to more than 4, as everything seemed so rushed, i understand they need to try and fit everything in 4 OVAs, but it leaves out a lot of the canon material and makes the viewer question what in the world is going on. a huge example of this is when yuka mochida and yuuya kizami meet for the first time, in a matter of minutes later kizami embraces his true side and stabs sakutoro morishige to death in front of yuka. the anime does a bad job at a buildup and rushed events like this makes me question "whats even the point if you're just gonna leave out things that are so crucial to the plot?"

for a very interesting storyline and really well developed characters like this, it deserves WAY more than 4 measly OVA episodes. its infuriating seeing all of your favourite characters being killed off when they weren't even in the first place, as a lot more people than two survived in the original.

i really wish that this anime will get some type of redemption and that it will turn into a full fledged anime with much more episodes, living up to the original game/manga. or, better yet, they can follow up from book of shadows making it an anime adaptation, in which the two survivors go back to heavenly host to save everyone like they did in the manga/game. but hey, a girl can dream, right?