Review of Wonder Egg Priority: My Priority

The only way to make sense of this 'special', I think, is to consider 2 possibilities going forward. 1] There is a 2nd season that just hasn't been announced, and the whole matter of this being the 'conclusion' should be interpreted as 'it's the conclusion for the 1st season'. (Basically, everyone in the audience has misunderstood what 'conclusion' here refers to.) 2] This is, in fact, the conclusion for the story as a whole. If we're talking option 1, then my personal opinion is the special is a 7/10. The plot progresses a step, new revelations are added, so the stakes are now higher... Perfect for kickstartinga season 2. We finally understand what happens with the 'resurrected' suicide victims, and what it means for the girls.

However, an abundance of loose threads, half the episode spent in recap, a conspicuously unclear idea of what to expect from season 2, coupled with the vague communications from the creators regarding whether there will even be one... all together, the best I can give this special is 7/10.

Now, if we're talking option 2...

Incomplete character arcs, new plot developments without any conclusion, the antagonist being entirely sidelined in this special which markets itself as a 'conclusion'... Honestly, the rational part of me is screaming that this isn't the conclusion of the story, it must definitely be the conclusion for season 1 alone.

I've seen discussions where it's suggested that the ending is left open-ended, and time and budgetary constraints forced the creators to prematurely end the series, but really, this can't even qualify as an end, open or otherwise. My argument in favour of this is the incomplete character arcs for every girl except Ai, and the lack of any development regarding the antagonists.

But if it is, in fact, the end of the story, then, well... It's even more awkward than the ending of Darling in the Franxx. Even generously giving it a 3/10 (for the art and sound) is difficult with how meh I feel about it.