The main reason for your “delay” is that the official JP disc release was less than a month ago, and the retail sale cycle for that isn’t finished yet. Releasing any kind of localized version now would cannibalize sales.

I saw the raw, and I enjoyed the story and voiceover performances. The most exciting scenes for me were the ones that mirrored specific scenes in the manga.

In terms of animation, you can tell where the budget went and where corners were cut, which was true of Eternal as well. Expect a lot of recycling and retconning (Love and Beauty Shock is back to being Rolling Heart Vibration because no one wants or knows how to animate a damn whip).

I’m kind of annoyed that they’re taking so long to get an official English sub released. I’m trying to be “good” and wait, but it’s frustrating.

Of course, I do realize I’ve waited a long time for other things, but given how horrendously slow they’ve been with this series from the start, it feels like ten times longer.

Without getting into too many spoiler-y details, would you say the story was at least done some justice, or not really? Did any of the new stuff they appeared to add (from the previews I’ve seen) improve on the manga, or no?