This is a spoilerfree review. Do you like solving mysteries and puzzles? Debating with people? Stories told unusually? Japanese music? Then look no further youre in the right place. Check MILGRAM out. https://c.tenor.com/fZdaau4nFZQAAAAC/milgrames.gif Ill write a summary. MILGRAM is an interactive multimedia project which in this case at the time Im writing this review kinda like a recommendation as well means the story is told through Music Videos MV Voice Dramas VD short animations and a novel and we the viewers affect the way the story progresses. The premise is: project MILGRAM consists in a prison with 10 inmates a guard and a jackalope. Each prisoner was accused of murder rather I should say they certainly did what MILGRAM sees as murder be it direct or indirect may you agree or disagree. We assume the role of the guard and conduct 3 trials. Each prisoners crime is presented to us through a MV where we dive in their subconsciousness as they sing their sins. After deciding on a verdict we actually vote thats why its interactive whether a said prisoner is innocent or guilty its more a case of forgive and not forgive. The results affect the way the story unfolds. This is better explained through an animation on MILGRAMs YouTube Channel. The Voice Dramas are interrogations and they are on Spotify plus you can find the translations online. https://c.tenor.com/qQu2WL6YFoAAAAd/milgrames.gif Alright now to the actual review. Im by no means a music expert but I do think the music is great. They dont stick to a single genre so I think the chances of you liking at least a few of the songs is pretty high. I like them all some A LOT some less but I dont dislike a single one. The songs fit each prisoner quite well in multiple ways as expected after all its THEM singing and they do tell the story not only from the lyrics but as a whole. DECO27 is one of the sound producers a popular vocaloid producer you mightve heard of him. I have no complaints on this matter. Some of these songs I listen on repeat they are that good. https://c.tenor.com/VXtD7XvOLKkAAAAC/milgrammu.gif Now that I have talked a bit about the music let me say a thing or two about the visuals/animation. The storyboard is amazing as it HAS to be. HOW the crime is exposed to us is of utmost importance. And it succeeds. There are a lot of metaphors hidden clues and different styles. Youll find something new or may think with a new perspective with each rewatch there is a lot to unpack in some MVs. While I may not personally like thaaaat much one or two of them I cant say its a failure because the MVs are a product of their subconscious and the productions choice makes sense. For example theres an MV where they choose design over animation: there are a lot of static frames they are photos in the MV but they are detailed and welldrawn and it makes a lot of sense for the character though Ill refrain from saying why and let you find for yourself if you decide to check it out please do. But dont fear though throughout the first trial each MV visually shines in at least one or two characteristics be it animation storyboard character design style color palette or something else. https://c.tenor.com/BH3I8ECBzcsAAAAC/milgramkusunokimu.gif Alright alright. You might be thinking okay but what about the characters? Are they any good? Well written? Developed? and let me answer you in topics. Yes I think they are good characters. Theres more about them than what you may think at first sight. Their morals and personalities are well presented through the MVs and the VDs and thats the biggest quality in my opinion. The 1st trial lays a solid foundation and understanding of some characters if you search hard enough. Heck Ive seen people find a way to defend even the sickest bastard of them no shots fired. The VD is important to make them exist out of the morals field. Also there are short interactions and comic strips that help. Thus Id say they are well written in a sense especially because they bring fuel to debates about a lot of themes through each MV/character. Ill say some of these themes in spoiler if you want to check. Some of these are pretty sensitive topics but its quite welcome and for good that the project itself doesnt try to draw verdicts. Its about making us think debate and TEST US which is something I wanna talk about to conclude this review however let me say one last thing before that. About character development its too soon to tell by the time I write this review. There will be though fear not. As I said before our verdicts change the way the story unfolds. Well see changes MAJOR even in the second trial which hasnt been released at this point. Theyve been hinted at. https://c.tenor.com/ltPEikydBWsAAAAC/milgramyuzurihakotoko.gif Now... about the whole testing us thing... Some of you may be familiar with the experiment that served as inspiration for the title of this project the MILGRAM experiment. If you arent I advise you to google how the project works its interesting. Ill say the projects objective though: is to test the limits of a person to follow orders despite having to do cruel things which actually puts things into perspective here implying that were the ones being tested. When I wrote Mystery in the title of this review I didnt mean only the play detective find what is their crime. What is MILGRAM? What is its purpose? Who is the jackalope? What is the identity of the amnesic guard? What will happen in the third trial and after? Join us to find out and help shape this story. https://c.tenor.com/IVslxw6r8KMAAAAd/shidoumilgram.gif