I have stumbled across a fantastic anime. This one, in my opinion rivals Death Note and similar shows. The scope and imagination is breathtaking, but the plot is easy to follow if you try, and the humor is the sort that makes the drama all the more astonishing.
Ok, first of all, this is one of what my friend calls “intellectual” anime. It the sort that brain-iak nerd like me revel in. However, I’ve noticed there is very little art devoted to it here, and it seems widely unknown, even for a show as modern as it is. So, I’m going to see if I can draw a little attention to it.
The first couple of episodes are fascinating, making you interested from the beginning. Ironically, this fully Japanese show begins set in America. A young tourist girl runs into a naked man with no memories of who he is, and they end up friends. He follows her back to Japan, only to realize that he was a terrorist, playing a dangerous game. He decides that he will become a “messiah” and try to change the world, but not like he first did.
Meanwhile, he’s falling in love with the plain Jane who first helped him. She wants to help him find his identity, but at the same time, she sees him as a savior from her difficult and mundane home life.
It seems he more the boy tries to fix things, the more people become involved, and bigger the conspiracies get, and the harder he must work to set things in order… all while trying to figure out protect and save his new friends and those close to her.
While the story centers around these two, there really isn’t a whole lot of romance. There is a lot of conflicting philosophies, dramatic action, and so forth. There are also a lot of eccentrics. For instance, at one point they must face a serial killer who kills men by chopping of their penises, known as the “Johny Taker”. She believes she is making the world better, by enforcing justice, even if she must forfeit her life.
This is a show that will make you ask questions, but it also has a lot of adorable moments and more than enough laughs to go around. The occasional fan-service moment keeps up the momentum. And each episode leaves you wondering what will happen next.
While the art style is pretty standard for this type of drama, the voices are done far better than in others I’ve seen, and I really appreciate the character variety that keeps things from getting stale.
This gets a nine stars out of ten from me. I really hope you’ll look it up. :D
