Tries to say something about gender dysphoria and escapism, but it feels like it goes nowhere because it ends way too soon after only a few scenes. The fake anime opening was cool to see and felt realistic, but it takes up a whole 2 minutes of a 7-minute short, which contributes to the feeling that the film is really shallow. There is a lot of camera shake and random movement, which just personally annoys me. I noticed there was a Minky Momo poster on the wall, so this is clearly a personal project by someone who genuinely enjoys the medium and the magical girl genre. Everything in the production felt like a lot of effort had gone into it, especially with all the fake merch; it's a shame there just wasn't enough story to accompany it.
Tries to say something about gender dysphoria and escapism, but it feels like it goes nowhere because it ends way too soon after only a few scenes. The fake anime opening was cool to see and felt realistic, but it takes up a whole 2 minutes of a 7-minute short, which contributes to the feeling that the film is really shallow. There is a lot of camera shake and random movement, which just personally annoys me. I noticed there was a Minky Momo poster on the wall, so this is clearly a personal project by someone who genuinely enjoys the medium and the magical girl genre. Everything in the production felt like a lot of effort had gone into it, especially with all the fake merch; it's a shame there just wasn't enough story to accompany it.
