>>91579029That's all well and good hooman, but I feel like some of the complaints come from this point:
>the [story] was kind of weird and hard to fathom because it was presented purely by dance and song.I could come to a similar conclusion to you after thinking about it a bit, but you must realize that traditionally the songs are also used as a customized vehicle tailored to the narrative
I would personally classify "The Broken Promise" as a jukebox musical: All the songs were not designed around the story, but instead were pre-fabbed to "match" the theme of the story. This (in combination with the understandable-but jumbled mix of japanese songs with english acting) only led to the narrative being muddled and hard to understand, which made it not the ideal watch.
To give an example, the Kronii bit seems to match up originally with the song picked out for her section "Venomania-kou no Kyouki". The "harem-matching" However, that particular song was built for a completely separate storyline (that particular mothy song has a rich narrative behind it already). The Duke's "wants" completely contradict that of kronii's character revealed originally in the segment before the song. In the song, the Duke rants about the world, revealing his insecurity of his face, as well as his contract with the Demon of Lust to be an "attack" on the rest of the world for scorning and mocking him (not to mention the tension between him and his childhood friend Gumina):
>The old portraits I burned,>My abandoned past self>I want to forget that face>That everyone scornfully laughed atHowever, in "A Broken Promise", Kora does not share this same "want". Kronii is seen already being "self absorbed" and vain, with no wording on any sort of conflict with the world. There is no motivation or deeper origin for her desires quoted in the musical, leading to a disconnect in song and narrative that muddles the message.
In a typical musical, I'd argue that a more properly- written "I want song" that clarified kronii's character's desire to get laid in a better way. And I'm not even getting into how the songs don't connect into each other like a traditional musical would...
Of course, this opinion all hinges on the fact that you/other anons inherently think jukebox musicals are "not as good" as regular musicals and do not convey the narrative as intended.
