Really, I'm not sure why Golden Animation has such a low score. Probably people came into it expecting to enjoy it standalone... but then again, objectively, it works just fine as a standalone, OR as a continuation of the first Persona 4 anime. My only real issue with it is the animation could be very nice in spots, and very lackluster in others. Everything else was fine; not the greatest anime I've ever seen but it had a sweet story, focused on Marie (mostly because she was absent from the original P4a so it makes sense she would be the focus of this one). Perhapsmore viewers were expecting a total revamp of P4a? Who knows? Either way, I enjoyed it equally, viewing it as a piece of the whole.