Another World

Another World, a spin-off to the movie Hello World, give the necessary character development the movie couldn't show. As far as storytelling goes I liked this more than the movie. The spin-off dealt the story-telling in 3 different episodes each starring Naomi as he gets to where he is in the movie. Before moving on to the story and the characters, I'd like to highlight areas in which the spin-off was better than the movie. A major drawback of CGI anime movies is the movement of individual characters on screen. Sometimes the character models can feel a bit too unnatural than they already are when placed ina scenario that requires rapid movements or vivid expressions. Due to being a 10 min short for every 3 episodes, a major blunder was avoided. Since there were no need for.. (i forgot the word will edit if I remember) large animations? yea, the frames looked good. The backdrops were all beautifully animated, tho CGI models did ask more to be desired. Moving on to narration. Now, this is a rather subjective topic as much I may want to objectify it. People like different styles of narration and that's understandable. The 3 episode shorts each asked for different narration styles. If I would differentiate it, it would be as follows: 1)Despair 2)Desperation 3)Hope I know it may sound weird but hear me out. Oh yes, SPOILERS AHEAD. Episode 1 deals with Naomi's coming to terms with his weakness and relying on books to help someone he knew he couldn't himself. After finally seeing her smile once, his world gets shattered by some random ass thunderbolt in a matter of seconds. The slow score at the starting of the episode along with Naomi's narration helps set the scene for the backstory. Now here's where it gets weird. IDK WHY THE fuCK they used a dubstep right after that. BUT FINE. The slow-paced scores throughout the second ost help set for an awkward meeting between two people. And a high-low set for when they're happy. Episode 2: From the start of the episode to the end, all we hear is tirednss in Naomi's voice. From his way of living to the backdrop, with everything blacked out, it sets the scene for his desperation to shy away from reality. From him rejecting outings to protecting his solidarity, everything points him towards rejecting the reality that befell him as he tries desperately to change it. Episode 3: This one starts off with the tone the last one left it with not changing immediately. Well, I guess that's a norm in the media but still it's appreciable. Naomi's silence throughout the episode signifies the despair that he's sunk deep into. Being unable to help the only person he cares about and seeing all his efforts wasted, Naomi's at his breaking point. Tho with quite a few comedic reliefs throughout the episode, Naomi's underlying depression slowly eats him. His anguish hits hard when he questions himself before Ruri. The narration of the episode follows the theme hope, cause despite being head deep in despair, he tries to find happiness in the little things his lab head and assistant do and finally renews his yearning for the day Ruri wakes up in the past that he's unable to accept. Not a light-hearted romance, his love for one person acts as both a curse and a blessing for Naomi. God that was long. Now I was gonna go into characters but if you've read until this point, you probably have already watched Hello World and don't need to know that. And it would make this review needlessly long. I thoroughly liked the history given to Naomi that justified his desperation. I'd say I enjoyed this more than the movie as it gave Naomi the character development he needed and since I watched the movie beforehand, it put a smile on my face to know he succeeded.

IF YOU HAPPEN TO SEE THIS BEFORE THE MOVIE WATCH THIS BEFORE THE MOVIE ❗❗❗ The order you watch both this OVA and Movie will change your perspective on the 2 Main Characters. I am so glad that I listend to a random youtuber's advice to watch the OVA before the movie and it might've been the wrong intentions of the author but you will understand everything about the movie more clearly without massive spoilers and because the movie will be a great end to this watch order because of the good ending while if you watch this OVA last, you will only see his depressing struggles withno reward. Depending on which order you watch first, you will side to either the younger or the older MC, since this OVA focuses on the older MC you will understand his actions more and how much he has gone through, but if you watch the movie first, you will side with the younger MC and only see the older MC as just a villian which is absolutely misplaced anger. FINAL CONVINCING : Its only 3 episodes 20 minutes each and even available on Youtube. I hope im not too late and you already watched the movie, but if you ever decided to rewatch the movie, follow this amazing order.

I'm caught between two thoughts that are conflicting right now, so I'll just take you through both. These three shorts weren't entirely necessary? As far as the content of the shorts themselves, I feel like we got the gist of it from the main film. It does show the stuff that fills the time between when we meet Naomi in the recorded world and when his older self appears, but a lot of it was just extra stuff and not really anything that added to the story. That's my first thought. My second thought is WHY WASN'T THIS PUT IN THE ACTUAL MOVIE?! Yes, the contentwasn't entirely necessary, but the content isn't what I got out of these shorts-- it was the emotion. The emotional motives that I understood logically and only got a taste of sensationally were all right here! Why provide a weaker product in the film when the material to make it better is available? Obviously, the way these shorts were told as a sort of memory bank of the older Naomi wouldn't have worked in the context of the film, but why the hell not rework it to get all the feeling into the final product? Having to go to a seperate place to see development that should've been present in the original work is so disappointing. Should you watch these as a prequel, should you watch them at all, I don't know. I more or less think the only one that adds anything substantial is the final one, but then again, the first two could've provided a foundation for that one to stand on. Who can say? What I can say is that it would've been a way better decision to add it into Hello World rather than do it this way. However, putting that aside, I enjoyed seeing what I did of the older Naomi. Being able to connect with him, even if only a little bit more, made me feel like Hello World had a depth to it that I didn't see initially. If you felt like Hello World seemed unfinished, watch these. It won't entirely amend it, but it will give you a bit more to work with.

Another world. Using Katagaki's adult version of time in an effort to rebuild Ruri's lost consciousness since a major incident in the past of young Katagaki happen in the movie. All video rewind every event happen while Katagaki trying hard to enter the ALLTALE system. Maybe some people judge that this ONA had less impact served to the main one. Yet, it is revealed that this can be attached as a prequel one, not just a side story. Yeah, the event take the same like the young one do to take Ruri heart in the movie. While accident happen, all just get recorded to ALLTALE,and Katagaki trying hard to retake it from them. At some moment, the feeling just real. Its attached well to the storyline. However, since this episode only served a little, its not enough with some perfectionist people out there. To me, its enough to describe what happen in the adult one. Yeah, its all his mistake, do a selfish thing only to saved Ruri, then end with a big failure in the movie. Albeit, with this little show, its show Katagaki motives, his desire, the struggle, high fighting spirit, even if he got labeled as a fool who has no fun. He accepted it and tried hard to realize his dream: returning Ruri's smile. Its simplicity make me decides to give this show a big respect. A touchable moment really get its place. Even if get a less impact far for its main movie. This show prove me enough the reason to give the high scores in 9 for all of its elements. Yeah, thats it. The prequel element were real. Almost crying hard when watching that little show. A great sign must be the right decision to me to show my respect for the series. Story 9 Art and sounds 10 Character 9 Enjoyment 10 Overall, slightly gone to 9.5

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