It started out more as trying to find something cheesy and shoujo-ish to watch on one of the random anime streaming sites. Have been so out of touch with most things anime that I didn't know what was good and what wasn't anymore. The last anime I watched had something to do with soccer. I think it was called Knight of the Area. Not too sure if it's finished already and wasn't really in the mood for that. I don't recall how I ended up clicking on this or if it was something that was recommended for me when I clicked on random.
The first episode had me hooked. The combination of horror, intrigue, terror and a vague familiarity to some of the themes and concepts were probably what had me in all the way to the sinker.
The graphics aren't pretty or typical of the anime I watch. It is after all shonen, meaning that it caters more to the boys. There's not so much lovey romantic notions, sometimes the girls are outrageously heavy on the top and the boys are rarely so. There's a lot of fighting and... well fighting and maybe the occasional hot almost-pornographic-female in the show.
I'll try not to spoiler it much. This show is dark. It's generally dark, the themes that is. I've been so used to the idea of population decimation caused by zombie/viral outbreaks in the real world that I forget something that might be a little less complicated and straightforward would provide equal enough terror. And that was basically what this anime did. The enemies are not something that is unseen. In fact, it can be seen a LOT. The devastation that they wreak is immense. Vast. And the impact of it emotionally, well let's just say that even for an anime, it can make the viewer feel that at times the point of humanity and existence is weak.
Oh wow. I just finished episode 9 and I am MINDBLOWN!
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