I'd first like to say I am kinda surprised no one has written a review for this, I am also surprised that of all things that brought me here, it was MAL auto-recs. Maybe this is just a hidden gem in a hidden gem, even though this garnered 240M+ views on YT... First thing's first, the MV, in itself, is incredible. It utilises the correct aesthetic and design for the coherence of its intended message. You will see characters that look a little distorted but are very much humans that would directly present them undergoing internal distress. In other words, it's not moe x psychological, it'sreality x psychological. There are some other features of the visual representation—like the splashes of pink on eyes and hands—I could not quite make out for myself, but if I had to hazard a guess, it'd be due to mental misperception of reality or something like that. I am not entirely sure myself.

Now, the selling point for this MV (and why I think it is 8.25+ as of this review), is probably the underlying message. I will keep this part short because analysing something as such should be a little irrelevant for an MV (you can find the analysis on the episode discussion). It is basically suicide and the people you are connected to, it's a very dark story once you look into it and for this MV, it does a great deal even though most probably won't understand it. I'd look into it if I were you, after watching this a first time, then rewatch and see if it hits differently.

Overall, I won't lie, this isn't the most enjoyable thing in the world. Whilst there is a bit of a theme going on for this MV, I've seen quite a bit where this isn't something I'd call special. Sure, using other MVs to say that this loses value is absurd, but you also need to understand that Racing Into The Night simply has a theme and tells the tale rather than embellishes it to a degree that becomes sophisticated enough for me to like it on a greater scale, but that's just me.

Watch it once with ignorance, another with full understanding, and it will probably be a ridiculously good MV for most. It's an interesting piece of media to stumble across. Should get more attention with the level of detail behind its works.

8/10.