This short film tells us the story of 9, a ragdoll-ish, stitchpunk- ish... thing, 9, who leaves in an aftertheend-ish, apocalyptic-ish world... and is all alone because all of his friends have died. On his own, he sets on a quest to murder the beast who slayed them - and even though he gets the soul-draining talisman, they still DON'T get revived. Kind of justified, the cat beast rips their bodies off. Like, he has a cloak made of their skins, which actually is pretty terrifying. No dialogue in this one. After all, most of the time, 9 is all alone and has no one to speak to. Speaking to himself isn't an option, this short isn't about psychopathy. Though we get a glimpse of original!5, who would get split up in 2 and 5 in the feature film.
Although this short is in a way, sadder than the film (in here, all of them but 9 are posthumous characters, and in the end, 9 is left alone, whereas in the film, he has company), but for some reason the ending seemed to be... lighter. Perhaps because in the movie, he had actually met all the deceased stitchpunks, and had grown to care for them, when here, he only knew 5 (for like, one minute) and there's no indication he knew any of the other stitchpunks. Still, an entertaining short film I enjoyed.
Although this short is in a way, sadder than the film (in here, all of them but 9 are posthumous characters, and in the end, 9 is left alone, whereas in the film, he has company), but for some reason the ending seemed to be... lighter. Perhaps because in the movie, he had actually met all the deceased stitchpunks, and had grown to care for them, when here, he only knew 5 (for like, one minute) and there's no indication he knew any of the other stitchpunks. Still, an entertaining short film I enjoyed.