So, The Amazing Digital Circus! To those who haven’t heard of it, it’s an ongoing show about six unlucky protagonists being trapped in the titular circus, and they don’t know why. They wake up in bodies that aren’t theirs, barely remembering who they were before, and trying to find how they escape while being entertained/tortured by a sentient AI who sincerely seems to want to make them happy.

If this plot summary seems interesting to you, I’d recommend checking it out, all the episodes are on both netflix and youtube.

Also, because I’m gonna start ripping into it a little.

The latest episode dropped today, and the final episode is set to drop on june, so I feel like at this point I have a fairly strong read on the quality of the show as a whole. And my verdict is: It’s fine.

It’s cute, the animation is very good, the first few episodes are entertaining and fun, the show on its own doesn’t have any glaring issues. However, the reason I am making this post is because when I go online and see other people talking about the show I feel insane. Maybe not insane, actually, that’s a strong word. I feel like I’ve walked into a group of people watching their first ever show.

People are hailing this show as being peak, posting how they are FLOORED at the twists and reveals at the end of every episode, and like - they’re alright? They’re really not that exceptional. There’s plot holes and rushed development moments littered all throughout, which aren’t a cardinal sin but would make the show not be “OHHHH MY GOOOODDDDD”-level warranted. I won’t go into them too much here incase you didn’t watch the show, but like… the latest episode has many moments where someone acts in a way that isn’t quite out of character, but is not at all how they were acting the rest of the episode, because if they kept acting normally the plot would be resolved. Again - not a cardinal sin, but not oscar-worthy writing.

One thing I’ve been told is “lucio, the fans are mostly teens. teens are like this”, which I can dismiss some of the more wild takes I’ve seen (someone saying this show brought “I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream” to the mainstream. Yknow, one of the most well known pieces of sci-fi literature). On the other hand, I know plenty of adults that treat this show as the second coming. I really don’t get it.

Is it just me? Am I missing something?

Probably.

But I feel like people are really making it out to be more than it is.