Review of Land of the Lustrous

Houseki no Kuni: If I had to give a one word review.... "Unique" And I mean this as one of the strongest compliments i can give any form of creative expression. True creativity is extrodinarily rare boarding on non-existent. Some people I accredit uniqueness to being H.P.Lovecraft, and J.R.R Tolkien. This show gives a truly special feeling. I can't think of any show that approaches the telling of it's own "story" in quite the same way or has a setting or casts of characters that are quite like this shows. Story: Story is probably the trickiest one of the aspects of this show to rate as italmost feels like it doesn't have one. What is there is simply the... observation, of the main character and the people she interacts with. In one sense very little changes and it is very artistically shown to be self-aware in this regard. But in another sense everything changes as you learn and grow with the MC. Incredibly well knit together overall.

Art: Just really bloody gorgeous to watch. Nothing else to say. Oh and if you 'just hate any CGI and it ruins anime' get off your bloody high horse and appreciate beauty in more forms than the one that you've gotten used to, you boring F***.

Sound: I loved the sound. OST isn't exactly what I'd put on a playlist but it FIT. just nailed many of the scenes, whether humorous or sad, it was the icing on the cake of an already beautiful show.

Character: There was such a large cast of characters that criticizing it for any lack of character development in some of them would be ridiculous and require a 50 episode series during which time you'd forget about half of them anyway. In fact I was sincerely impressed with how much I enjoyed each and every character as they appeared and often reappeared. Their interactions felt naturally timed as their appearances always made sense in the context of the story. and they each had a quirk which not only made them unique (and fit in with the world setting) but also lovable. MC's character development was sudden, drastic, and completely appropriate. Which are three things that almost never go together in a sentence.

Enjoyment: Simply put. I LOVED this show. It didn't make me obsessively binge. It didn't make me bored. It was just like "HELLO ANIME BIATCHES! IM HERE. IM HERE, AND IM UNIQUE! TAKE ME OR LEAVE ME!" And boy oh boy did people take it. I know i'm just a voice in the choir singing its praises to the heavens!