Majoiga

I was looking forward to this show because the premise seemed very interesting and full of mystery, and the suggested drama promised great things. Well, in the end, it was all just empty promises! The pacing was so slow at the beginning that I wondered if it would take five episodes to get away from the village. Then suddenly, there was a second episode, and it went into some weird frenzy where the characters were already established, and some odd things were happening. There was a distinct absence of logic. It became very mysterious even though the biggest puzzle I had to solve was what SonGokussj wrote about in his review on FilmBooster. How is it that when they came to the village, it was dark and then a second later, without moving an inch, it was suddenly light? Was it magic? Was it aliens? Did God say: "Let there be light"? Seriously, everything else is not mysterious, and it certainly does not give you the chills because even if it wanted to build some atmosphere, all the weird dialogues and even weirder characters dilute it and stomp it into the ground. Too many characters have their own opinions and reasons for being there, and everyone has their own traumatic experience. So what was supposed to be puzzling and mysterious turns out to be a rather boring psychological storyline? DaweForeman perfectly summed it up for FilmBooster in his review - "this is some gibberish about how everyone has certain problems of their own and how they have to deal with them on their own." I was expecting it to take off, and it just did not go anywhere. All it left me with watching the last episode and its denouement was a slightly cocked eyebrow and a somewhat bored expression. It also left me with thoughts along the lines of "hmmm, ok" and the certainty that I am probably not going to remember The Lost Village in a few weeks. 3/10. (09.04.2016)