I've seen a lot of strong short cartoons, and I can safely say this one doesn't apply to them. A strong cartoon hits the feelings, it is impossible to intuitively know the viewer what will happen next. And here - the authors conceive 5-10 minutes of content for the sake of one final twist, which is obvious after the first minute and you have to pretend that you did not solve it. The first and only viewing of this cartoon left me with the impression that I was reviewing it, I knew everything about it. If there is a single character, then he will not be alone, and if there is a homeless dog, then he will pick it up, if they show that he kind of kills her, then he does not kill her, because this is a children's cartoon and death does not happen in him. Every scene was obvious. The authors scored on dramaturgy, on ideas, on novelty and just pressed on pity – and it worked, most viewers flow around, and the reviews show it.
Among other things, this is a vivid example of fiction without fiction – it seems to show that all characters are robots, and why? There's no way to beat it. It could just as well have been humans or penguins, and nothing would have changed. It’s kind of like the subject of a character with obsessive-compulsive disorder, but who should empathize with it if the audience suffering from it is significantly less than the authors?
For example, Kodoku is a powerful cartoon. The cube house is a strong cartoon. Father and daughter are strong. Space Alone. Selva (clip). Second breath. Paths of hate. These are masterpieces, and the Illuminator left me feeling like an infantile passerby.