As an enormous Hatsune Miku fan, I was really excited when I initially saw christmas with miku in the Sent tab. Upon playing, I was a little bit disappointed to be honest. While I’m overjoyed by all the Miku art in the level, every other aspect of the level is unrelated to Miku. The Miku art is great, and I love the Snowman Miku and Miku plushie that pops out of the present especially. There’s some other Miku art as well, like the last background with art strikingly similar to the art of the artist CAST, although I wasn’t able to determine if this art was recreated or original. Either way, there isn’t really anything besides some of the backgrounds and the song related to Miku. Half of the backgrounds aren’t even Miku either.

Design wise, christmas with miku is a very standard and trope-filled modern level. While I think the start actually has some pretty nice blocks, the rest of the level is made with designs I feel like I’ve seen thousands of times. There’s a lot of tropes like the rotating squares at the beginning that bring that part down, and things like random food backgrounds in other parts for no reason. The gameplay is also very straightforward, but it doesn’t seem to sync very well and feels awkward as a result. The last part also 2feels buggy, as I died a few times without understanding why. Overall, christmas with miku doesn’t have much interest outside of the Miku art. I think that Hatarii should take a look at a level like MikuMikuMikuMiku by OddMod on how to make your decoration fit more with the theme/character used instead of only putting them in the background.