Ghost Concert: Missing Songs
Synopsis
In the year 2045, singing has been forbidden. Music is no longer created or performed by humans; instead, a music application called MiucS produces all songs on their behalf. One day, a girl named Seria Aiba hears a human singing voice while out with her friends—something that should no longer exist. Following the sound, she encounters a mysterious presence: a ghost. What appears before her is not an ordinary spirit, but a figure from beyond this world known as a Great Ghost. As Seria becomes drawn into encounters involving Great Ghosts, the psychic organization TERA, and a strange song known as the Possession Requiem, she finds herself stepping into a hidden side of a world that has erased human music. This is the story of how Seria's life begins to change—and the path that leads her toward becoming a ghost herself. (Source: MAL News)
Audience Consensus
Audience reception for Ghost Concert: Missing Songs is highly polarized due to its fundamentally flawed storytelling and confusing narrative structure. While many acknowledge its beautiful animation, excellent music, and unique thematic exploration of music's role in humanity, these positives are consistently overshadowed by the show's difficulty in cohering its numerous concepts and characters.
Strengths
- High-quality music and lyrics, comparable to Symphogear.
- Smooth and dedicated animation in battle scenes.
- Engaging dialogue-driven comedy.
- Core premise that music is essential to the human experience.
- Unique concept of music as catharsis for exorcising spirits.
Weaknesses
- Extremely confusing and viewer-unfriendly storytelling.
- Overwhelming introduction of concepts, proper nouns, and characters without adequate explanation.
- Emotional core is lost due to the incomprehensible basic situation.
- Great Ghosts feel underdeveloped and their involvement with the main story is pointless.
- Pacing issues, with both rushed character development and slow, pointless filler.
- Core questions about the world and characters are left unanswered for too long.