Ai Ooto is finally at the cusp of unraveling the mystery behind her best friend's suicide. After stepping into the strange dreamlike world of the Wonder Egg and sparing people from their adversities, she reaches her end goal of resurrecting her friend from death. Yet, now with her friend alive, Ai is confused and hurt after realizing that she does not remember her anymore.
She is not the only one who has been alienated by the person she saved. In fact, the other girls caught up in the affairs also face the same repercussions for bringing someone back to life. As they try to grasp their new reality, the girls come to terms with the trauma from their "mission" and question whether they should dive back into the Wonder Egg to uncover the truth behind everything.
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SquiggleDragon
I'm writing this review to let out my frustrations just shortly after watching it. Sorry if I appear overly critical. There will be spoilers. Wonder Egg Priority is a show that I was never the biggest fan of. Its premise was interesting but its execution left much to be desired. After watching episode 12, I was incredibly confused and concerned as to how just one additional episode would be enough to wrap up everything that was introduced in a satisfying way. And of course, half of the special is a recap. I already thought it was pretty ridiculous for a 13 episode series to have justone recap, but two? I lacked faith that all of the plot points and conflicts introduced near the very end of the series could be concluded in the initially believed 40 minute runtime, and upon learning that the new content would be the length of a normal episode, my little hope was lost.
And I wasn't exactly incorrect. This episode didn't conclude the story. It didn't conclude anything. It instead left me with even more questions than I had previously, with a clear bait for a continuation that may or may not happen.
I'm not sure how to accurately describe it, but the entire episode almost felt like a fever dream. Things happened and scenes went by, and yet by the end it felt like hardly anything had happened at all. Very vague "explanations" for things were randomly thrown at the characters because hey, where else are you going to put them?
It introduces a new conflict over halfway through the episode and then doesn't do anything with it, and nor does it go anywhere with all the previous characters the show randomly threw in. The Accas and Frill are hardly even in the episode, to where I even forgot they existed.
The entirety of this episode just feels disconnected from not only the one before it, but the entire series. Rika's desire for revenge is quickly "resolved" and forgotten about. Momoe is apparently fine enough to be friendly toward the others again despite saying in episode 12 that she wishes that she hadn't gotten involved with Ai and the others. Neiru is gone for practically all of it, and Ai just randomly transfers schools at the very end. It crams in a flashback and her suddenly deciding to see Neiru again after an unnecessary timeskip.
I just didn't understand why any of this was happening. Momoe never appears again after the karaoke scene, and the last we see of Rika is her breaking down and showing many signs of contemplating suicide. Ai threw her phone when Neiru called her for no reason other than she didn't want to talk to her, and then she basically abandoned her friends. Rika had just vented about the loss of her friends, and then Ai leaves, too. Epic. By the very end, the status of all of the main cast except for Ai is unknown.
Whether this gets a continuation or not, this was a really unsatisfying and frustrating episode. It didn't answer much of anything, and still managed to disappoint me even when my expectations were extremely low. I understand the reasons for the delay in-between episode 12 and the special, but that doesn't make me feel any better with how un-worth it the wait for this feels like.
CosmonautDoge
MINOR SPOILER at the very end of my review. I loved the first 12 episodes of Wonder Egg Priority. Sure it got messy towards the end, sparring from horrible staff conditions and meeting deadlines, but I enjoyed basically everything about it. Hearing that they need time to get out a 13th (and potentially, final) episode out was not a huge deal. They can wrap up what they've done right? I ... I don't know man. I don't mind the recap. I know a ton of people will give them crap for it, but I enjoyed seeing all the girl's stories again, whatever. The rest though... I'll give them credit, they*really* went off the deep end, and said screw it what's better than a deep end? A DEEPER END!
It's hard to discuss what happened in this episode without basically spoiling the entire thing, but I'll try to wrap my opinions up nicely.
Going into this I thought we were going to get an hour long special wrapping up what eps 10-12 of WEP threw on us, and we'd get something fairly good. I wasn't expecting it to be the best thing ever, given the staff problems and everything.
What we got was more plot points. More loose ends. More... everything. Some things were.. resolved? It's hard to say honestly. I get what they did, but it's weird how they did it. I liked most of what they introduced. I think what's going to leave everyone sour is that they did this in something people presumed as the finale (and it might just be).
If this is how Wonder Egg Priority ends, I will be disappointed. I love the girls, I love the world, but my heart will ache for a worthy conclusion.
Given how it *did* end, however, I'm hopeful (copium) that we'll get something to wrap this up nicely. Who knows. I could totally see me changing my opinions on this special if they did.
CorsairFrosty
*Spoiler warning!* Story/Plot 6/10 - Where do I even begin? The pacing was honestly way too fast, and if they didn't put that almost 30-minute re-cap in the pacing would've been way steadier. The plot gave us more questions than answered them, the "parallel worlds" thing was super confusing, and we honestly didn't really learn that much. Don't get me wrong, finding out Neiru was an AI was cool and all but besides that, the only other thing I can remember us getting was "closure" for Koito's death. (Which wasn't really closure at all considering it made her entire death seem pointless, and also kind ofmade her seem like a down-right terrible person.) Overall, the plot seemed really rushed and it honestly just was a huge letdown.
Art/Animation 10/10 - Same as the regular series, and spectacular as ever. Same with the animation.
Sound 6/10 - Same as the usual series.
Characters/Personalities 8/10 - Now, I don't usually change the rating for personalities, but certain characters just acted off. For example, Ai made some decisions, which while I understand them I feel like she wouldn't regularly do. And yes, I do get the circumstances but I still feel like her reactions to certain things just weren't... Usual. The other 2 (Rika and Momo) acted pretty normally, but I feel like when Rika found out Neiru was an AI she would've still tried to help her and wouldn't have blown off the idea immedietly. (Ik after that we had the scene where she started crying and stuff but I'm just talking about her initial reaction.) (Neiru was also pretty normal.) Idk, I didn't go deep into their feelings like the usual series, and that kind of bothered me because that was one of the great things about the original series! (Again, they were still great characters but I feel like certain key things weren't focused on enough when it came to their personalities and emotions.)
Enjoyment/Overall 6/10 - I don't have much to say about this. It was a letdown on many parts, I still enjoyed it for the most part because it's "Wonder Egg Priority" but I was also super bothered by the plot and the other stuff I mentioned. :)
Arkae
Okay... I'm gonna try to be sincere. As a Finale, I like it. It's an open one, but it's cool. What is the problem that got many people mad? The fact that we got to wait 3 months for just 20 minutes of recap and 20 minutes of a new episode. I myself was just mad too by this. But, letting that aside, it a great end for the show that makes you want a Second Season. I really think if they just didn't make us wait 3 months for this, everyone would have liked it. The revelations in this chapter were pretty nice andthey resolve some things in the plot, but the things like fightint Frill or becoming and Eros Warrior aren't touched at all. And it's because of that that I think it should have a second season. So, please, if you watch it, try turning aside the fact that you have to wait 3 months and be more critical, because it isn't that bad. And if you didn't watched Wonder Egg Priority, watch it, it's very good.
CodeBlazeFate
*spoilers for Wonder Egg Priority and this dumpster fire of a finale special* After its production troubles came to light around the time the show had to shove a recap episode into its 12 episode slot, fans privy to these troubles became concerned. As new pieces of information came to light, both within the show, and behind the scenes, everyone wondered just how the show could possibly wrap itself up. There were just too many loose-ends for one special to handle, but there wasn’t enough to truly justify a continuation. Alas, CloverWorks announced a special episode titled “My Priority”, which would seemingly conclude the series. 3 monthswent by and the most common reaction seems to be something along the lines of “what the hell is this?!”
Contextually speaking, there is a mild sense of guilt in calling this finale vile, pathetic, and a complete invalidation of the series it was seemingly made to conclude. After all, such a statement ignores all of the passion and misery that went into the show’s notoriously troubled production and the months the staff at CloverWorks spent on this last episode following the TV run’s conclusion. However, it honestly must be said. This finale should have never come to pass. If this was what they originally planned before it got delayed, one really must ask “why”?
Was this all some cruel joke? Were we meant to be taken along for a ride only to be met with the most mean-spirited, unsatisfying wet fart of a conclusion possible? Was this meant to challenge, even punish the audience in some way before the delay made the eventual tragedy all the more maddening and demoralizing? Why else would the writer, series director, and other staff members make some of the decisions they did?
Why else would 25 out of the 46 minutes this finale special takes up, be nothing but recap after episode 8 was already turned into one? Why else would they have a ton of new, interesting music, including a nice insert song, and place almost all of it during the recap? Why else would they go so far to provide the most asinine, mean-spirited, series-invalidating reveals while largely sidestepping the main plot for the sake of a bait & switch plus an embarrassing sequel hook? It’s genuinely so difficult to comprehend why any of this was done in the 3 months since the TV broadcast concluded or how much of this was the plan all along because it’s so legitimately fucked that it’s easy to make up accusatory conspiracies on the matter.
Speaking of so legitimately fucked, let's discuss the truth about Koito, Ai's friend who seemingly committed suicide. In the series, they did show snippets of the two in weird and uncomfortable situations regarding the enigmatic Koito getting bullied, as well as a moment where she’s crying in AI’s teacher's arms. At some point, Ai’s friends throw around the possibility that she wasn't a true friend. The series kinda sorta confirms this with Koito being weirded out that Ai would act so close when she doesn’t consider them friends, now that she’s been revived. There’s an explanation for this later that we will get to, but we have more pressing matters on our hands because after AI is distraught and she runs away, we learn what truly happened. Brace yourself because frankly, this is all kinds of revolting.
It turns out that Koito was a serial suicide baiter that actually got a teacher, a father with kids, to kill himself. She attempted to do the same to Ai’s teacher, except it didn’t work and she lashed out upon a romance rejection that led to this, saying several things, up to and including a false rape accusation. At some point, when no one was looking, she slipped and fell to her doom.
Just like that, the entire series has been invalidated and it’s now important that you avoid Wonder Egg Priority at all costs!
As if the 25 minutes of recap wasn’t bad enough, this one singular moment automatically dismantles any goodwill left towards this series. The ultimate mystery of WEP, why Koito killed herself, got the worst resolution possible that invalidates why we’re even following Ai to begin with. First off, why is Koito so hell-bent on making people kill themselves? No one knows, unless spurned teacher love is all it takes, which...what the fuck? How much does it sting knowing that the only reason AI didn’t kill herself was because the existence of a being as vile and insipid as this came into her life, and that she spent so long trying to see what her thought process behind committing self-death was? On a scale of 1 to 10, 13. Does the show do A SINGLE GODDAMN THING WITH THIS REVELATION?!
NO! ARE YOU STUPID?! THIS IS WONDER EGG FUCKING PRIORITY! WE DON’T DO ANYTHING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OR ADVANCE CONCEPTS AND THEMES HERE!
Not once does Ai ruminate on this or have it affect her. Not once does the show moralize about how sometimes shitty people can end up saving you or whatever, because this isn’t even important to the episode moving forward. Keep in mind that at this point, neither parallel universe Ai’s suicide nor Koito’s were caused by the extreme bullying they received. Sure, this breaks the rules for how the suicide statue people work, but at this point, there’s no merit going over the plotholes and inconsistencies. We move on from this mean-spirited dumpster fire that feels like it’s gaslighting both the audience and Ai, before she learns that apparently Neiru doesn’t know her either, except that’s her revived sister who looks similar.
The truth is, just because you save them doesn’t mean they’ll necessarily remember you, let alone what happened. Reality shifts for some reason, probably to avoid the revived people from having to come to terms with having died and coming back because fuck doing anything interesting. This is meant to be of some relief to Ai when Momoe and Rika tell her this, which she’s gonna need for when Neiru’s secretary --who is now good again and no longer evil like the end of episode 9 suggested-- reveals that Neiru managed to create something that records her dreams. The girls learn that in it, she revived her sister and was visited by one of the insect-head goons, and said lackey offers her a chance to join Frill, for Neiru, too, is an Ai.
We did learn that Neiru was born through artificial insemination, but that’s not quite the same as this out of nowhere thing that doesn’t explain her direct and logic-based outlook anymore than what we already got in the show. We didn't need this. It’s just there to explain why she gave her pet to Ai to look after and why she was gonna disappear from the show afterwards outside of one phone call that Ai ignores and immediately regrets.
There is one decent scene where Ai and Rika discuss the fear of death, but in the sea of nonsensical, mean-spirited horseshit, gaslighting, backpedaling, and stupid reveals that largely ignore the main plot, it means naught. The girls all drift apart, Ai goes to another school, then she comes back in the hopes of becoming a Warrior of Eros and getting the gang back together to defeat Frill, presumably in a season 2 that will largely never happen because this ending was a dumpster fire everyone waited 3 months for after the show ended on an already terrible note following a nightmarish production.
What a dire, insipid wet fart of an ending, this was. Imagine waiting 3 months for this, thinking that the show might find a way to conclude in 46 minutes. Even the visuals are far less polished compared to the rest of the series. There’s little in the way of decent animation and there’s only one or two remotely noteworthy shots. The backgrounds and character models are less polished, and very little of the new music introduced gets put in the actual new scenes for this special. Barring the passable audiovisuals, this was a miserable, demoralizing finale. Foresight wasn’t even a factor regarding this anime, was it?
It hurts to be this venomous towards a show knowing how much better it once was and how notoriously awful the production side of things became. One can only hope that Shin Wakabayashi and his team at CloverWorks are able to get some semblance of rest. Still, the worst thing an ending can do is be so vile and useless that it poisons the very essence of the series. It’s not fun feeling contempt and resentment towards a show you were enjoying in its early stages. Now, if this somehow gets that continuation it desperately craves, there won’t be that same goodwill that was had going into the show.
If there was ever a reason to avoid Wonder Egg Priority, this finale special might be the most damning one of all.
RebelPanda
As a fan of the first half of Wonder Egg Priority, I eagerly anticipated the special episode that was supposed to shed light on the confusing and incomplete ending of the original show. However, upon watching it, I was disappointed and perplexed. The special episode, spanning 46 minutes, failed to provide a satisfying resolution or explanation for the unresolved plotlines and character arcs from the original series. The first 23 minutes of the special episode recap the entire show. This felt redundant and repetitive for people who had already seen the original episodes. While it could have been a helpful refresher for those who may nothave watched the show before (you will be very lost if you start here), it added no new insights or clarifications to the confusing ending. Instead, the final 23 minutes of the special episode introduced more confusion and raised further questions, leaving me scratching my head.
The main characters spent the whole show trying to resurrect dead girls, fighting metaphorical monsters in their dreams. After they defeated the final boss, the dead girls never returned to life. In this special, they were resurrected in an alternate universe—none of that was explained, we have to assume that’s what happened. The dead girls who were resurrected lost all of their memories and the timeline reformed around the heroines never meeting them. Does this imply all of the main characters caused the deaths of the resurrected girls? We were left to assume that this is what happened, as no details or context were provided.
Moreover, the resurrected girls lost all of their memories, and the timeline reformed around the heroines never meeting them. This raised questions about the implications of the main characters' actions in causing the deaths of the resurrected girls, but no clear answers were provided. The lack of explanation and ambiguity surrounding this plot point is both frustrating and weirdly bewildering. Another unresolved plotline was the protagonist Ai Oto's relationship with her teacher, Mr. Sawaki. In the original series, Mr. Sawaki was implied to be a pedophile. In the final episode of the special, he was shown to be responsible for Ai's suicide in an alternate reality. However, the nature of Ai's feelings towards Mr. Sawaki and his actions in the special ending timeline remained unclear and unexplored. The show failed to address pedophilia and its consequences, leaving discomfort and unease.
Furthermore, Ai's friend's suicide, which was Ai's initial motivation for fighting the monsters and resurrecting the dead girls, was never addressed or explained in the special episode. This significant aspect of the story was brushed aside, and the show offered no meaningful insights or commentary on teenage suicide and mental illness. Instead, mental illness was reduced to a simplistic and dismissive explanation that "teenage girls just get depressed sometimes," which was both insensitive and inadequate. Two men literally say girls kill themselves because of emotion and men because of logic. Fuck off!
Additionally, the supporting characters in the special episode were barely addressed, with minimal development or progression. Neiru's revelation as a robot, Momoe's brief singing scene, and Rika's continued depression were mentioned briefly but left unexplored. Ai's decision to abandon her friends by symbolically throwing away her phone also lacked proper justification or explanation. This lack of depth and development for the supporting characters was disappointing and left their story arcs unresolved.
The special episode of Wonder Egg Priority failed to resolve or clarify the confusing and incomplete ending of the original series. The recap of the original episodes added no new insights, and the additional content in the special episode only raised more questions without answers. Pedophilia, teenage suicide, and mental illness were not adequately addressed in the show. The lack of explanation, unresolved plotlines, and ambiguous character arcs left me frustrated and disappointed.
ashK18
I am in very great pain. The first 7-8 episodes were absolutely fantastic. 10/10. But after the tonal whiplash they did and went over-ambitious during the final stretch of the show, it all went downhill. This special was only 21 minutes. The other 25 was a recap. Was the 21 minutes good? Hell no. Characters did not get a resolution. Mysteries (a lot) left unsolved. Janky animations in some cuts. Story? What story? It was twist after twist, reveal after reveal, and nothing happened. To clarify, we spent the first few minutes totally confused at what's happening, until clarified later. Then, through a series of awkward encounterswith oddly awkward dialogue between the characters, we continue to cut the cast down to...eventually...have another lackluster encounter. The intense emotions that Ai goes through doesn't feel natural at all. Don't get me wrong, the character acting is great here, and some shots were genuinely great, but overall the net is negative.
Everyone is sad, but we don't have time to process the events that led them here. No time to process what happened at the end of the last episode. No time to give anyone a proper end to their arc.
Worst of all, the leave us off on a hopeful note, wow, Ai is back baby, let's go, cut to the ending song, how cute, ends with a beautiful shot of the girls together, smiling, as they say in unison, "The end!", what a happy ending! PISS OFF, NOTHING WAS ANSWERED, EVERYTHING WAS CONFUSING, AND I AM IN PAIN.
-10/10 I now will pretend that the show ended halfway through the main show thanks
ag_
Edit: I blame CW and Aniplex for their dreadful production. If anyone who may see this considers blaming the staff, it isn't their fault, blame the directors and cash hungry producers for this. I am so pissed off and offended with this horrendous joke of an ending to what could have been a fantastic anime. I really wish CloverWorks put as much thought and care into making this part of the show as they did for the rest of the anime. The first 12 episodes were absolutely stunning in direction and art, with fantastic music and the characters were really relatable with a story (up to episode10) that people could relate to. Now, 3 months later, we have the final episode. To say it was good would be a lie, because while it was nice to see the cast again, that was as far as my enjoyment went with this.
The story literally got ruined, and I don't know how they did it to this extent. The main plot line got completely dropped in favour of adding something else that made zero sense. It felt like they skipped like 6 essential episodes that could have made so much more sense. The pacing was way too fast, random things just happened, and their cheap excuses of explanations went absolutely nowhere.
The characters as well. I'm going to be very vague here because part of the reason the story was ruined was because the new plot line is related to them. But in general, they were so inconsistent, and it was so frustrating and annoying to watch them be so different. All the characters were completely different for no reason, one even literally got erased, again, for no reason.
There won't be a S2. Nothing in this will be explained, and it's so frustrating. I wanted to see a good conclusion, something like Madoka but with a lot more impact. All I got was a cash grab that left more questions than answers.
I wish it had never come to this.
NightShine17
I see many people complaining about the special and how it didn't wrap anything up but I think that was the goal. WEP was hugely successful so it would only make sense they would want you to want 2nd season, and the special did that. After the ending my interest in getting another season suddenly came back. The ending accomplished what it wanted and was never meant to be a final conclusion. I personally loved the 1st season and this special made me want a 2nd season and made me remember why I loved WEP, because of how over the top, dark, and complex itis.
rtil
It pains me to write this, but the finale of Wonder Egg Priority serves not as a satisfying conclusion to the story of the series, but rather the death knell of the production problems that plagued it and the industry in general. First off, the opening 25 minutes are recap and not worth discussing. The second half is clumsy in its execution at best - full of awkward pauses, editing errors, rushed compositing and stunted pacing, it's painfully obvious the staff still did not have enough time to put the kind of polish on this episode that was present in the beginning of the series andslowly deteriorated over time.
Story issues aside, I put no blame on the fate of WEP in the hands of the hard-working animation staff that spent years putting this together. Many of them are young and have shown incredible potential and dedication in what they accomplished on this series. They did the best they could with the time they had, and I wish them nothing but the best. Overambition may have factored in to this series tripping over itself, but what went wrong during WEP's production are symptoms of much larger problems that have afflicted the industry as a whole for many years. Only now are many coming to understand just how overworked and strained for time anime staff are, and for those interested in how it affected WEP I recommend reading Sakugablog's "TV Anime, A Deadly Landscape" and both "Wonder Egg Priority Production Notes" by kViN, which highlight the people behind the series and the struggles they faced.
As for the meat of the story behind this final episode, one has to wonder if this is the ending that was planned from the beginning. It seems unlikely given how unsatisfying the conclusion is, and how many loose threads were left untied. The wonderful friendship of the 4 main girls withers away with uninterest, empty platitudes and half-baked expository dialogue. At the end, we are left with an open-ended conclusion that one would normally assume to be a hint at a 2nd season - but the likelihood of that considering how we got here in the first place is next to nothing.
All I have left to say is that I am not angry, but disappointed. Disappointed that such a promising and stand-out series with an admirable amount of passion poured in to it ended up this way. Disappointed for the fans who were holding out, hoping it would stick the landing. Disappointed for the staffers, who worked so hard to push the boundaries of what is possible in the absolutely chaotic and unforgiving world of the anime industry. And disappointed that not only have things not gotten better for them, but continue to get worse.
This whole series has left a sour taste in my mouth. I take no pleasure in saying that I cannot recommend it, because all it does for me is build up to nothing of consequence. I hope things don't end here for WEP, but it seems that they do.
3/10 for the OVA, 6/10 for the series overall.
MisterK
To be honest, watching just the 12 episodes of the original "Wonder Egg Priority" wraps the series enough. "My Priority" feels like weird, over budgeted short saying "we know series was weird, psychological and psychedelic, but please, buy the merch and subscribe for more ". That's how I feel. It doesn't close any plot lines beyond what was already said or hinted, it is mostly a recap, and as stated in first sentence - it feel a bit unnecessary. Production value meets bar set by the series, all is good in the sound, art, acting... It is just pointless story wise. Watching this months after finishing the original 12 episodesfeels weird. Everything feels touched, turned and spoiled somehow.
Like prequel or sequel to already tired franchise, "My priority" made me feel as if watching the original series was a waste of time somehow. What was the point of living trough episodes, drama and so on... when it is wrapped like "I was sadge, but now am stronk!!".
I am just baffled - why was this made?
For that reason, and only that, it is 4... no, perhaps 3/10.
Now I understand why people were mad with this series, and why few others said to ONLY watch 12 episodes in the first place.
amandaandanime
All I can say is.... I am confused. *Spoiler warning* Making the storyline more complicated than it already kind of is, especially from the last few episodes of the season, I still don't really understand Frill, Aca and Ura-aca's motivations and goals at all. And now even more confused with what they did during this special. Maybe its just me who doesn't understand but it really seems like they are overcomplicating the plot. I do hope they release a season 2, but where it currently stands the story line is just gettung a bit too confusing and all over the place for me.
UltraReviewShow
The special episode starts with a recap, it ends at 25 minutes in. Some people say you shouldn't watch it, but if you want to know what happens with their friends, you really do have to watch it. They also don't cop out with the reason they were going to the other world, and the way it works makes sense, it's how I expected it to be anyway. The Jimmy Neutron shit makes more sense too, and goes along with what happened earlier in the show. It does end on a cliffhanger, but with everything revealed and a clear idea of what's gonna happen next. Itmight get another season, if it did I'd watch it. People say the special is depressing and you shouldn't watch it, I think it ends on a hopeful note, though it does kind of breeze past some things.
coolfish
I have literally never wrote a review for any form of media ever, but Jesus Christ I just have to talk about how horrible this was. This without a doubt feels like a scam. The anticipation for this was awaited by many people, including myself, only to be extremely let down. It honestly just feels like a huge insult, the show itself is GREAT, but towards the end everything fell apart. That leads me to say, what the absolute hell even happened? Nothing made sense, the story was in shambles and you had no idea what's going on. Not to mention what the FUCK wasthat 25 minute recap? Wasn't there already a recap 2 episodes prior?
Another let down was all the character development for everyone went right down the drain it felt like. No one got a good ending it seems, even the viewers lmao. Also, not too sure if there's supposed to be a second season because of how things ended (literally made zero sense whatsoever). Animation even seemed to plummet expeditiously. From my understanding multiple people were working on this because of time, but at that point.. was it really worth it if what came out was just.. horrible?
Overall, Wonder Egg Priority was an amazing show, but soon took a turn into being awful. Time was a big contributing factor as to why this happened, so I can definitely understand and put that into consideration. As one of the Holy Kings have stated, my disappointment is immeasurable, and my day is ruined.
Mem95
….yikes Now before I get into the details, I want to address that I do not blame the staff that worked on Wonder Egg Priority for the quality of this special. CloverWorks overworked their staff (some to the point of hospitalization), & thus they are truly at fault. At the time of writing this review they still have yet to event make a statement about the absurd working conditions. As for the content of the special itself…what a disappointment. Coming into this special, I was hoping to get answers. WEP ended with quite the twist in the last few episodes, and gave the viewer no resolution. Thisspecial was the chance to tie up those loose ends and provide an actual ending. Instead, what we got was approximately 30 minutes of recap and then an ending that only gave the viewers more questions.
While I am not necessarily opposed to the premise of recaps, the fact that half of this special is a recap for a 13 episode series (that already had a recap episode, mind you) is absurd. Had the recap been it’s own separate entity or had the special not been advertised as something new, I would not have had such an adverse opinion to this.
Approximately 25 minutes after starting this special, we finally get through the recap portion and reach what we have been waiting months for - some actual resolution. Or that’s what we’d get if this special made any sense. Nothing from before is answered, the characters act inconsistently with what you’d expect, and again we are left hanging and somehow more confused than previously.
Overall, the Wonder Egg Priority Special is just plain bad & I cannot in my right mind recommend this to anyone. Half is a recap, we AGAIN are left with more questions than answers, and - to my surprise - the plot fell apart even more. WEP started off with an interesting premise and beautiful art (which, granted, looks just as good in this special), but hopped on the crazy train in the last few episodes and kept going full-steam ahead for this special as well.
bela_lolxx
i don’t understand why people hate it so much. there was no point to the 40 minute runtime but i still enjoyed it. it answered a lot of my questions. I don’t understand why people are mad at it it’s setting up for a second season. there’s a cliffhanger for a reason. most people say it had loose ends but they clearly didn’t understand it if they say that. SPOILERS!!! I think ai had a great character Great character development. at the very start of the series she was kind of selfish but bye episode 12 she was selfless. having Ai have doubts about savingher friend that might not even remember her when she comes back was showing how a normal 14-year-old acts. people just hate on the series because it didn’t have a “ending” we don’t know if there’s a second confirmed season yet. but if you keep leaving bad reviews will never know the ending! so please stop rating it so low!
Evvte
Wonder Egg had a lot of promise, the whole series had a nice lead in to a potential second season but they had to go ahead and fuck it up with "Wonder Egg Priority Special" This OVA which was supposed to be the ending only left me with more questions than it answered, it included 25 minutes of recap leaving only 20 minutes for original content which basically turns an OVA movie into a single length episode. The entirety of the OVA felt like its purpose was to promote a second season, if this was so, it wouldve been a solid 7 or an 8,but it's the sheer fact that this is supposed to be the "ending", the "wrap up", "the conclusion", whatever you want to call it, that makes this OVA such a joke. How do you have an ending feel like it is a lead in to a new season?
Overall, it was very unsatisfying, was not a resolution and more of a lead on and should basically have never been produced.
ngoomie
I'm really not normally one to write reviews -- the last time I wrote a review (and also first time, might I add) I only wrote to warn people with photosensitive epilepsy about extreme amounts of flashing in something I watched, while attempting to tack on somewhat of a proper review so it didn't feel pointless. I'm just not good at writing out my thoughts in this sort of formal, long form format, and thus I don't enjoy doing so. The WEP special though has me so blown away (in a bad way, obviously, based on my score) that I just have to write *something*. Iwasn't expecting some big explosive end to everything like some people seem to be thinking anyone giving this special a low score was, and I frankly didn't 100% mind the recap either. I was just expecting there to be something to tie up SOME loose ends and maybe introduce new ones since, after finishing episode 12 (and honestly even before) it was pretty obvious this wasn't going to be the end. This didn't really do either properly, only seemingly aimlessly introducing new loose ends. It felt like a metaphorical pitching machine on the fritz, constantly throwing plot softballs at your face without any rhyme or reason. You don't have proper time to process what's happening, all you know is that it IS happening. The things that happened felt poorly thought out, or like the way to actually fit them into this episode was the part that was poorly thought out since the events almost felt like something that needed to be stretched over maybe another episode. Everything felt incoherent.
I just don't even see a point for this episode's existence, 12 would've been a better end to the season, though abrupt, and I kinda feel like it'd be better to release the recap as it's own special online on YouTube or something sometime near when the next season begins (if it ever happens). As it stands now this is a really piss poor end to the season and would almost make me not want to bother with a season 2 were it to ever come out, had I not just watched a bunch of other episodes literally directly before watching this one.
ren0080
My first thoughts after finishing was... "Is that it?" Wonder Egg Priority. I rated the first season high (6/10, yes, 6 is high for me) because I saw some potential even though it had a lot of problem. And when I thought that this special would fix and solve a lot of those problems and plotholes, instead they threw a curveball and added more questions. They're like asking teachers how to answer the question they give, but instead they gave more questions on how to answer the first given questions. Like bruh. This is definitely one of those anime where it tackles more than it can handle. Thenit just stumbles on it's feet and stayed on the ground forever.
The story, like I said, just added more fuel to the fire. And to top it all off, the first 20 minutes of this special is a f*cking recap. Like, that's how much this anime wanna avoid answering the questions it started. Like, what are they gonna do now? Do a second season? I can see that happening. But if that's the case, then why make this special in the first place? Just make this part of season 2 and don't put the stupid recap at the beginning. Jesus Christ I wasted 40 minutes of my life.
The characters, tbh, are better in season 1. To be fair, they were more or so developing, so they were interesting to watch back then. But now that they are stagnant characters, they aren't really interesting or anything. In fact, I was more interested to the flashback if anything.
The animation is the same as usual, but I'll subtract some points as because, half of this special came from season 1's animation.
The music is also the same as season 1. Nothing much to say here that I didn't already said in season 1's review.
Overall, just a bad special that is suppose to wrap up this series. Just underwhelming.
