: A consistent complaint across almost all reviews is the lack of high-quality animation . Some viewers felt the fight and flashback visuals didn't flow as well in animated form as they did in the original manga .
“All those flashback visuals and narration didn't flow as well in animated form as they did in the manga, IMO... But they still hit all the emotional notes for me” Reddit · r/anime Hoshi no Samidare (Dub) Episode 23
: Seeing the story from Samidare's perspective is a major highlight . It explains her nihilistic origins due to her incurable disease and how her desire to "own" the Earth was actually a way to find happiness before her time ran out . : A consistent complaint across almost all reviews