Anime 55016 Idol Reviews Filter Check 2

It was mid, But also as with everything its subjective.

I went into this expecting a good anime op, and for the the visuals is really did a great job meeting that. Though i don't really think it differ much from other yoasobi tracks it doesn't really matter. In the end the animations, visuals and pacing is good.

The same could not be said for the song itself though. The writing, in my opinion is fine. The lyric has multiple reference to the anime story, mentioning the character names, calling out how they act according to anime n stuff. Overall this fits pretty well with the visuals.
However ... the reason i don't really like this track as the anime's opening is the melody. The chorus is fine, typical j-pop imo. But i don't really like rap-trap ish of the intro and verses, It just feels out of place for this anime and even for the song itself. It gives me conflicting feeling and not in a good way like yoasobi's other tracks.

To recap, lyric is fine, visual is fine, Hated the trap-rap of the verses. Still did put it in my playlist but I'm not gonna put it on repeat like Tsuyu or yorushika though.

This review will be short. But I got nothing to say much since this is a ~4 minute music video.

The entire song is catchy, but overall, the lyrics and themes are boring and generic. Like come on, can you get more creative than saying that being an idol is nothing more than lies or the fans are being fake with you? So many other previous songs have already been created about these themes and this song only gotten popular because it got played in the anime's first episode and being its OP.

There are plenty more better songs than this.

A nice AMV, but nothing to listen to on repeat for 13 hours a day.

The visuals are top-notch, and every scene seems animated with love and affection. On top of that, many of them show some hidden meaning and convey the soul of the story pretty well, so there is not much to discuss there.
Now, it is the music what brings me conflicted feelings. In its base is a mixture of jpop with some rap-ish segments which do the job of not making it feel repetitive and hype up the chorus part; however, if you are a strong rap detractor like me, these kill the ... vibes of the whole song and make it harder to relisten to. Other than that, the song has a (very) catchy chorus and well-done high vocals (sasuga Yoasobi) so you should definitely give it a try.

In the end, as with most things anime, it depends on your taste.