Review of A Place Further Than The Universe
This was the show Time magazine put on their list of the best shows of the year? This one?? I'm not generally a fan of CGDCT shows because they're never as heartwarming or as funny or as well written as they claim they are. The story is fairly straightforward, which is not a bad thing, but it does mean you can guess each plot beat before it happens. The comedy was bland at best (and mostly consisted of the already shrieky main cast being SURPRISED! AND! SCREAMING!), and the characters didn't ever amount to anything past their basic tropes. The plot bizarrely does nothing untilepisode 7, instead focussing on building characters relationships (and barely doing that either). Compared to the emotionally charged character growth in After the Rain, the lighthearted warmness of Hinamatsuri, or the emotional complexity in the relationships in Violet Evergarden, I think whoever named this the best of the year missed the actual best shows of 2018.