Another: Misaki Mei - Shizukani

It's become an addictive habit for me to write down a few paragraphs to sort of clear out all the thoughts I had clouding my head, so no matter how vague or short something is, it's still worth the analytic effort, and as it's been known since God knows how long, an image is worth a thousand words, and with animation, you get at least 24 images (frames) a second, that's a lot of words, add to that the vocals and you've got yourself a book to write. But should you really? That's part of why I'm doing this, so you don't have to. “Another: MisakiMei - Shizukani” is a short (4 minutes) music video that goes on a slide of cute chibi drawings of Mei accompanied with a soft and delicate angelic voice singing a lullaby that tingles your heart. We all know, the parent series ended with questionable sacrifices that left us with grieve at some point. But this one was totally different from the classic offering you'd get from a dark series such as Another. I could go on a lengthy essay on why I enjoyed this musical and why I think it has deep symbolism into it, but I really don't want to go all out for such a short animation and end up overdoing it. And let's keep it simple, nobody would want to read a full scroll on why you should or shouldn't watch a 4 minutes music video. - Sound (8.5/10): The song was really good, something differently worthy of making it into my Otaku music collection, it's so relaxing and sweet it had me click the replay button right off the bat, and that's something very obscure to me I could have nearly googled how to replay the video (r/thathappened), not really, I just was trying to put in perspective how good the song really is. - Art (8.5/10): You're not getting something phenomenal here, it's all about the music really. The best there is are still images of Chibi Mei doing quite poses layered on top of various background indicating a sequential order of episodes? (There were a class and a beach!). Again, I'm not really complaining, at least it's not some stupid CGI models screaming in pain (looking at you Overload 3 ~gaze~). - Enjoyment (9/10): It was really fun and wholesome, for me at least. I appreciate good music and vocal quality and I felt like home with “Another: Misaki Mei - Shizukani”. It seriously didn't take more than seconds in when I told myself, I could be in wonderland the next 4 minutes until it flew like a lightning bolt. Thank God the replay button is a thing. - Overall (8.5/10): In general, it doesn't have to be about the fans of the series that are queen on consuming anything related. All it takes is being a music enthusiast and you are in a great vocal ride for a few minutes.

Whelp, if you found yourself here, pat yourself on the back! You're a hardcore Another fan. I've been a fan for years, and finding this on MAL was odd for me because I really didn't know it existed. Considering how into Another I am, I was taken aback. Of course, I watched it immediately. The story was... alright. It seemed like a much more cutsier version of Mei's feelings, but I appreciated the light-heartedness in juxtaposition to the dark tone of the series. The art, while cute, was nothing impressive. I'm not a big fan of chibi (unless we're going full-on Gakuen Babysitters) so it'sprobably why I wasn't particularly entranced by it. The sound was amazing. The song was catchy and relaxing, and the singer did a great job with it While cheesy, the song still kinda stayed true to Mei's character, which was nice. Overall, I enjoyed this a lot! I would recommend this if you: liked Another, your fave character is Misaki Mei, you like soft music, you like chibis, you have an extra 4 minutes I would NOT recommend this if you: don't like light, happy things, you didn't like Another Have a great day everyone!

Duly note that is an AMW and without any doubt is for the fans of Another the main anime but you can also as one, who have not seen Another, still somewhat enjoy this one(to a lesser extent) becacue the music in this is sssssoooo good ^^ It is a really hearthwarming and relaxing video and song which are wellwritten og wellsung. The animation isnt really worth mentioning, it is just some chibipicture of Misaki Mei, but they are still quite cute. But yeah it is made for the fans ^^ and it is especially good to get reminded of the different scenes in the anotheranime