Towa no Yuugure: Asa wo Kokoro ni, Ichi, Ni to Kazoe yo

You know, for a prelude of the whole series, this is a pretty weak episode. I'm writing this with the assumption that most of you have read the synopsis of what Towa no Yuugure is going to be, so there might be some minor spoilers for those trying to watch this prelude before the actual beginning of the original anime. If you want it regardless, just let me put this out of context. The whole prelude is like Futurama. As P.A Works' next original work, a trademark of their own, this Episode 0 is a weak setup as to what the anime wants to be. Asa Romance set in a Sci-Fi world, the exposition is extremely lacking because it was more interested in explaining how the 'main character' got into this position rather than making a substantial effort to create a more engaging world. It wants you to acknowledge it as a futuristic world when all it did was show a couple of dialogues about A.I assistants or use TV as a form of news showing its conflict being "A.I bad, conservative good." and leave it at that. Which feels superficial because those cheap tricks do nothing to give us more insight into the world they live in. The romance is also weak because the prelude, again, was too focused on creating a reasonable backstory as to how the main character got into this position, which results in a lot of weak and undeserved 'progression' scenes that the anime shoves at you just so you have to care about the main character. The anime only puts in the necessary time to introduce the main character without making him interesting enough; his whole driving force is trying to get into a romantic relationship with his step-sister, Towasa Oumagi. Because the prelude haphazardly put all these scenes together with little to no connection between them, it ends up like a dull introduction to what the anime wants to explore, how romance in the future would look like. You can still take the time to watch this, but think of it as a fodder introduction to what Towa no Yuugure wants to explore in the upcoming episodes. See you later. Thank you for reading.