Fifty years ago, horrific creatures dubbed as the "enemies of humanity" suddenly appeared around the world. To combat these threats, teenagers gifted with supernatural abilities called "Talents"—such as pyrokinesis and time travel—hone their powers at an academy on a secluded island.
Nanao Nakajima, however, is quite different from the others on the island: he has no Talent. With many "Talented" teenagers around him, Nanao is often a target for bullying, but even so, he still strives to complete his training. Soon after, two transfer students, the mysterious Kyouya Onodera and the mind-reading Nana Hiiragi, join the class. But just as everyone starts blending as comrades-in-arms, mysterious disappearances begin to threaten the class's entire foundation.
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KANLen09
“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.” ― Albert Einstein / a.k.a I don't quite understand the hate for this show. Why? Because you're plain stupid/dumb to understand, that's mean. What defines humanity as a whole? It's the age-old argument of stupidity. From psychology to physiology, all humans are ironically wired to have a level of stupidity, whether by a congenital lack of capacity for reasoning or temporary slow-mindedness. Don't attempt to go and defend yourself by remitting the "ignorance is bliss" adage, because while it doesn't equal stupidity, "'tis folly to be wise." Don't get mewrong, the paradigm of "We're All Stupid" applies to everyone, regardless of your ability of perceive conceptualized notions. But rather than setting yourself up for failure, taking up irrational, emotional-filled oversimplifications of a mental state will be the moment to overcome stupidity and achieve true rationality. And that's what Talentless Nana aims to achieve here: over-complicated "No shit, Sherlock" acts of playing the "stupidity" game, down to the last culprit call to pursue and claim their reasonings, even to the satirical extremes of logic and twist the game even further down the rabbit hole.
So strap in for the school-themed spatial ride, and prepare to be Crewmates, because: "There are multiple impostors Among Us!"
If there is one quote to sum Talentless Nana as a whole, it'd be this quote by Dorkly: “Blessed are the ignorant fools of the world, for they know not the unspeakable horrors that await us all.” Nevertheless, who would've expected an unknown mangaka like Looseboy to precede a formula, that is now all the rage with Innersloth's Among Us, by 2 years no less? Yes, the show starts off as a generic My HeroAca rip-off of sorts, par with the Hero and Villain factions of the "Enemies of Humanity": siding into both Talented and Talentless (you can put two and two together and make five of who and what they are, it's all filled out for you). And no, in the sense that by the end of the first episode, it takes all that and tugs it all out of the cliff in one fell swoop, just like the Talentless Nanao Nakajima. That's how you make a convincing first impression that this is more than just your generic Shounen superpower-fest show, and yessiree, it's full of SUS. This show doesn't try to sell on its world-building and unrealistic qualities of shock factors, because it really does not need one, as predictable as it can be.
This show only reinforces that pink-haired yanderes full of psychological thriller-esque characters are here to stay, and they certainly aren't dumb, and that's the case of female MC Nana Hiiragi. Being sent from the human side to a Hogwarts-esque concealed island filled with generic typical My HeroAca setting of "Talented" people for assassination purposes, you might think that she is just dumb to plainly follow orders from the higher-ups, but over the course of the show, there is some semblance to that and then some that's not quite so.
First off, her role as the assassin against the egoistic "Talented" kids: she's pretty much given a smartphone that dictates all Talented and their kill-counts, but overtime, it also makes you question if covering all your tracks is worth the hassle of not being found as a psychopathic secret impostor for killing strategies, by hook or by crook. And none better at that to exert her extroverted and convincing personality of persuasion as the class leader to buy people into her segue. Secondly, her backstory covered in the 2nd half of the anime shows us the true picture of Nana as a whole: Talented or Talentless, she's just as victimized as some of the characters, and for that reason, an anthropology of how she's dealt with the knives of death and revenge growing up. And that I believe is what sells on her character aesthetic: being an annoying and hideous girl that's full of sus, but also having an imperfect heart, regardless of reasoning. A Moriarty that's unlike one if I can infer at best.
And that brings me to the next "No shit, Sherlock" MC character: the "Talented" immortal Kyouya Onodera (and I can already hear you say: "BOO, another dumb character!"). Again, I implore you to hold your horses. Yes, a stereotypical introverted and observant Sherlock Holmes character he IS one, and no, his thought processes are really exquisite to follow and figure out in the same-old Holmes' fashion of "How does a deranged assassin's mind work? And how does he/she go around committing the crime with little to no evidence strewn from the start?", so much so that without question you're immediately sunk into the crux of the conflict and figuring out who might be the potential culprit. You tell me: "Kyouya is yet another dumbfounded character to not believe that Nana is behind it all.", but the truth of the matter is: "If Nana is found out as the main culprit, why would this story and setting exist in the first place? There's always gotta be something beneath the surface that no one could ever predict." And you'd be right on saying this, because it only keeps getting better.
But, if there one character I can single out "playing dumb", it's Michiru Inukai. At first, she seems like most other characters that likes to play the similar archetype game at first, but like Nana, where you get to understand her better, lies in her traumatic past of being a loyal dog (er, I mean, friend). The "Talented" girl that was shunned for just about everything in her life, from the ire of normal human beings to largely being oppressed for the fact that she is a Talent. At the very core of Michiru, lies 2 different beings: one of a descent of hidden motives (that gives a headache to Nana), and the other, what you see in the anime: a kind-hearted girl that genuinely cares for the people around her, akin to a puppy licking people's wounds but with the inability to cure illnesses, and what's detrimental is that for the Talent she has, it reduces her life expectancy. So, a divisive character that can be attuned to both sides of the story, that is what makes her character special.
Otherwise, I have no words to defend the "Talented" students, because yes, they're all just plain dumb: infused for B-roll comedy (a.k.a fatso Moguo Iijima and his 3 henchmen) and plot devices to transcend both Nana and Kyouya into deep rabbit hole territory. I know, I know, there's the shapeshifting "Enemy of Humanity" human-feline Jin Tachibana with his love for animals with a psychotic-but-smart mindset, only appearing at critical times for Nana's sake in the 2nd half, but as problematic as he is, his role is better played out in future proceedings of the manga.
Speaking of the manga, it wouldn't be a one-trick pony to go off the rails with filler/original content (well, except the last episode's final moments anyways), this is one of the few manga-to-anime adaptations that has extremely close levels of concise pacing. Small nitpicks aside, not one level of detail is left from the manga, and everything depicted in the anime is an entirely 1-for-1 screenplay of shots. So for manga readers (and any hopefuls wanting to pick up the manga), what you see and read in the manga, the anime does a heck of a plentiful and focused job adapting Looseboy's source material, and props to series composer Fumihiko Shimo for paying attention and re-enacting to the precise T.
ANN's Steve Jones commented this: "Talentless Nana is the Heybot! of Death Note." And I have to say that he is absolutely right, because director Shinji Ishihira directed both shows (save for the old-school "Shr(i)ek" that was Fairy Tail and the radiance of Log Horizon), and his directorial duty shines even brighter now with Talentless Nana at studio Bridge. Capturing the intricate details of the manga for such a low budget studio is no easy task, and combining the easy-going Heybot! setting with the psychological-thriller suspense of a screenplay, it's as the cool kids say: it's (consistently) Poggers.
In addition, the music and voice-acting is the extra layer to top to what is (IMO) already a pretty good show, even further. Miyu Tomita's OP "Broken Sky" is a great opening to get you invested into the nuances of the by-parallels of the various scene-shots (that kinda spoils the entire show in general, but not by much). What's even better is Chiai Fujikawa's ED, having performed for Shield Hero's EDs and the 1st ED of Digimon Adventure (2020), her musical class only keeps going up and higher. That's a few roles to take in for such a young 25-year-old music artist, but another masterful composition of a song that only raises her popularity even more. Not forgetting some notable veteran VAs that excel this show to new heights: Nana's VA Rumi Ookubo (to which Nana is a +1 to her well-played pink-haired repertoire), Kyouya's VA Yuuichi Nakamura (the king of SoL male MC) and Michiru's VA Mai Nakahara (part-total psychopath of Higurashi's Rena, part-sweet mother of Clannad's Nagisa). Honestly, a terrific job well done.
Overall, I'm not here to judge your tastes whether you consider Talentless Nana a boon or bane, it's either that you love the hell or hate the unrealistic ways of the show. Regardless of the insane amounts of "forced" plot twists and cliffhangers that left you wanting for more, I'm here to give an alternate view of why I think this show is "beneficial" to the current times, and only picking up after Among Us got famous overnight. Yeah sure, you can process it as a "marketing ploy", anything goes.
If you like it, then hey, fancy a mystery thriller? If not, I'll foreword with the cliché of "there is better shows out there that'd pique your interest more."
Johan__Liebert_
[ There are going to be some massive spoilers in this review as it’s impossible to criticize this show without giving away massive plot points] Talentless Nana is a wasted potential if I ever saw one. It builds up everything in its favour in the first episode, only to discard it in the subsequent ones. Although the concept works, the execution and the characters, especially the characters, don’t. The show is a murder mystery, but not for us. We already know “whodunnit” in the first episode, but the characters don’t. It’s set in a world where some children manifest superhuman abilities, and are sent to aremote island to train their powers to perfection in order to defeat the ‘Enemies of Humanity’; but little they know, they are the very force they’re training to fight against.
Yes, that’s right, the “heroes” are the “enemies”, and an assassin is sent to the island, by some government officials, to kill them off before they become aware of this fact; but little did the officials know that developing superpowers makes you dumb as fuck and all of the children would probably perish via the process of natural selection. The characters are literally dumber than kindergarteners. It’s like they left their brains at home before coming to this island.
Nana, the main character and an assassin, is talentless, i.e has no superpowers and has to convince everyone that she has one using her superb deductive skills. She masquerades as a person who can read minds. The premise is interesting, really interesting, but what drags this show down is undeniably the mentally challenged characters. They just don’t care. They don’t give two shits if someone dies, or if someone goes missing. One bullshit explanation from Nana is all it takes for them to channel their inner simp and believe her instantly.
Think I’m exaggerating? Consider the following scenario.
A transfer student arrives at your high school. She starts hanging around a guy. The next day the guy is absent. And the day after that, and the day after that too. Turns out he’s dead. Also, in the meantime another guy dies and he was also seen hanging around the transfer student. Another one dies, and this time the transfer student is literally caught with the dead body.
Now, using just 1% of your brain, who do you think is the most sus? The transfer student, right? WRONG! She couldn’t do it. Because how could she? She’s so cute and also the class leader.
I just described the first 5 episodes of the show and except one guy no one even suspects her. The only guy who does suspect her, Kyoya, is my favourite character and my hero. He managed to defeat his inner simp and bonk away his horniness for justice.
I kid but I really do feel like Kyoya is the only good character in the series. Nana is simply annoying at times and I’m not going to reiterate what I already said about the majority of the cast.
The mysteries themselves are pretty good. I could see that the author was especially inspired by Detective Conan as the show makes many references to DC. What bothered me most about the series, besides the idiot characters, is the show’s reliance on coincidence. Nana is saved countless times by sheer luck, or should I call it plot?
She accidentally leaves an incriminating picture of hers in a room, but Kyoya doesn’t find that very picture when he searches that room. Kyoya has been portrayed as a methodical and scrupulous person, but turns out when plot calls characterisation can just jump off a cliff.
Michiru, the dumbest bitch to ever exist, literally sees Nana in a picture killing a guy, but does absolutely nothing about it. Some stupid explanation from Nana about “how the picture is not true” is all it takes for her to believe Nana.
Seriously, when I say the characters believe in Nana, it's almost similar to how religious people believe in their God. Countless times in the series she’s not able to read minds, and even though it’s her supposed power, and no one bats an eye. She can pull some random stuff out of her ass about how “her power comes and goes” and no one thinks anything of it. Remember, this is a girl who’s been allegedly involved in 4 murders while having no alibi for any of them.
As I stated above, even though the braindead characters reduce some enjoyability, the actual mystery is really good at times. I especially like the whole arc when Nana kills the necromancer girl and how she would get out the events following that. The whole event was well planned out and didn’t feel forced. I was genuinely intrigued during the resolution of that case. This show could’ve done so much more if it had some better characters and the characters had better judgement.
We get some backstory for Nana, and it felt like the author wanted to make her story really tragic, but it backfired as the whole thing is narrated by Nana which felt more like the author’s attempt at fulfilling his obligation towards us instead of creating a compelling case for his character. Same thing goes for the exposition we get about Michiru’s life before she arrived at the island.
The animation and music are nothing special. The music was tone deaf at times.
Tl;dr
As I said earlier the concept is really good, but bad execution, dumb cast, weak character work really hurt this show in the worst way possible.
Marinate1016
By now you’ve probably heard Munou na Nana described as the “among us” anime. While this doesn’t completely sum up the series, it’s a pretty good introduction to the world. I’ll preface by saying Munou na Nana is one of the only manga I actively enjoy reading these days. So when I found out that it was getting an anime adaptation I had pretty high expectations for the series. I believe those expectations were met and came away with this in my top four shows of the season. What makes this series so special for me is that Nana is a morally grey character. A lotof times we tend to see the world as right and wrong, black and white, etc., when in reality it’s usually grey. Everyone is evil from someone’s point of view, and this anime and manga really test your ability to accept other perspectives. If you judge Nana from the perspective of her classmates, you will find her to be an evil character. If you put yourself in her shoes, you see that things are not quite that simple.
On top of the moral ambiguity, the arc that the anime covers is really a battle of wits. It’s Nana vs Kyoya as she races to complete her task of eliminating the students, while he gradually closes in on her. I think the tension between the two throughout the season is amazing. The internal monologues that detail the characters’ strategies that allow you to gain an insight and understand their actions really well. There’s no leaps in logic because everything is explained to you piece by piece. I’ve never seen it, but I’ve been told there’s a lot of similarities between Nana and Death Note in this regard, so if you liked that, you’d probably like this.
Art and animation are solid enough. This isn’t a battle shonen, so I don’t expect super fluid animation, but when needed it’s more than adequate. I thought the OP performed by Tomita MIyu was one of the best of the season and the ED is my pick for ED of the season. I thought the OST in general was well put together.
In the end, the mental and tactical warfare between Nana and Kyoya provided 12 weeks of consistent entertainment. On more than one occasional you’ll be forced to reconsider whose side you’re on and what’s right and wrong. adapdation wise, I have no issues with the anime, so based on my love of the manga, Munou na Nana gets 10 watches out of 10.
QueenDilettante
Talentless Nana is a really enjoyable show from start to finish that's unfortunately kneecapped by overly repetitive episode structures and the story being left on an indefinite cliffhanger. (This review is spoiler free with only minor allusions to events of the first episode throughout) Let's start with the good first! Talentless Nana has an incredibly compelling premise, as revealed in episode 1. I can't speak to the details without spoiling things, but rest assured that the gears get turning very quickly and keep you hooked. The plot is rather breakneck in speed by most single season anime standards, and it's honestly a nice refresher from the all-too-commonslogs.
The show also quite easily delivers on its promise of suspense. The stakes continually seem to rise and only sometimes read as contrived. Momentum too from episode to episode is preserved really well and it made binging the show in a couple of days a really enjoyable way to consume it.
There is a lot more to praise Talentless Nana for, but I fear I'd be overselling what is ultimately an unfinished and unsatisfying experience.
As I alluded to above, the show only sometimes reads as contrived; the problem is when that begins and how it persists. After a few mini arcs, the audience learns very quickly the kind of formula that's being utilized to make this show tick. It's not that it gets worse at executing that formula; I actually think the show hits its themes and goals better as it goes on. It's just that by the time it hits its stride, the magic is already gone. The structure of an episode will already have become formulaic enough to be predicted by a viewer early - sometimes even as early as during the cold open. By the time the climax of the show is coming to a head, every plot point seems to just happen because the story needs it to, not because the characters are behaving like rational, reacting beings.
Everything just feels too convenient after a while.
The characters themselves are mostly whatever. The two leads are easily the most compelling, with the majority of the others being mostly flat, static background noise with varying amounts of screen time.
Talentless Nana's biggest weakness, and why these problems are ultimately unforgivable, though, is the way it ends:
It doesn't.
Like far too many shows that come each season, Talentless Nana is an incomplete adaptation of a manga that has long since moved on and has no indication of a season 2. Any promise the show made has been left undelivered and the show suffers in posterity for it. I'm so tired of anime that serve as little more than extended previews of a manga or light novel series that will never be adapted in its entirety.
The show is fun and it's really easy to binge, but it amounts to nothing. If I ever want to see the conclusion to this story, I'm going to have to read the manga, and that's just exhausting. This is a series that had the potential to go out with a triumphant bang and is instead an unfinished, sputtering whimper.
RebelPanda
Talentless Nana is an ugly show about a class of braindead kids with superpowers; one by one, they get murdered by the titular psychopath. It's a reverse murder mystery, meaning you have to figure out how Nana will plan a murder without being caught—rather than identifying the killer. The premise is interesting, but the execution is disappointing. Nana's plans to murder each student rely on their stupidity to succeed. Unfortunately, the show also lacks the gore or humor to be mindless entertainment—and it's too dull to be worth watching. You barely get to see anything of the killings, except for a few dead bodies. Lame. Atfirst, I didn't like it because of the abundance of plot conveniences. Around the middle, I became used to it and enjoyed seeing dumb people get killed. By the end, I was tired of the same formula. It overused cliffhangers until I stopped caring about what would happen next week. In the end, it attempted a last-ditch effort to be profound and memorable. It was so forced and melodramatic—yet not even bad enough to be ironically funny. In a nutshell, this is a decent time-waster but ultimately disappointing.
The story takes place in the far future. A small percentage of humans are born with superpowers known as the "Talented," and without them are the "Talentless." For five years, a war was waged between the Talented and the Talentless. Cities were bombed to ashes in an attempt to genocide superpowered people. The Talented fought against the government because they didn't want to be the country's lab rats. They were stigmatized because some of them had dangerous and uncontrollable powers. Decades later, the Talented were accepted, but they're isolated from normal humans.
You've probably heard of this premise before in great stories like X-Men and Watchmen. In Talentless Nana, the superpowered high school students get sent to "training academies" on secluded islands. Once there, the government sends an assassin to the academy to murder every student. One of those assassins is Nana.
The plot that ensues is a cat and mouse game between Nana, a pink-haired serial killer, and Kyouya, one of her superpowered classmates. In the same vein as Death Note, she is the villain-protagonist in a battle of wits against a cold and apathetic detective. They play mind games with each other like Light and L, but it's dumbed down for a teenage audience. Nana's thoughts are tinted blood-red hue, and Kyouya's are blue. So red is bad, blue is good—very simplistic symbolism, of course. We wouldn't want the children to get confused about who's the ruthless murder or the detective.
Nana and Kyouya's inner monologues are meant to be taken very seriously, but they're so cheesy it's hard not to laugh. When Nana's red filter covers the screen, she switches to her Evil Voice, and we get a close-up of her crazed face, wearing a comically evil grin. Whenever a monologue happens, the pace grinds to a halt. Still, we need them. If you removed every monologue, all we'd have is a poorly animated high school murder mystery with lots of awkward pauses and angsty teens. Studio Bridge struggled to adapt the inner monologues. The entire scene freezes in place, like a PowerPoint presentation. The director awkwardly framed all of these shots; you can see where the text box would be. It felt like I was watching actors read pages from the manga rather than an actual anime.
While watching Talentless Nana, it's obvious the writer expects us to be idiots. He used heavy-handed monologues to describe things we could figure out through simple observations. We're not babbling babies. Don't spoon-feed us obvious information. Over explaining simple things doesn't make them intelligent. Nana's plans to murder her classmates are so logically flawed; it seems like the author assumed we wouldn't notice his lazy writing. There's no fear that Nana is in danger because the writer made sure everything would work in her favor. If she's attacked and pushed onto the ground, she'll find a weapon on the floor. Her plans rely entirely on her classmates' mental deficiencies. Everything could fall apart if just one of them had a brain cell rattling around in their empty heads.
I want to be clear, don't expect this to be anything like Death Note. That would be like hoping for a beef sirloin only to get a stick of bubble gum. Although this anime has some exciting twists, the plot is directionless, and it's ridiculously unbelievable how Nana gets away with murder. It happens time after time—a new student gets introduced, Nana plots to kill them, then she attempts her murder. Her victims range from smooth brained kids one through ten. They're bullies, creeps, idiots, and unlucky schmucks who had it coming anyway. It's hard to tell if the show wants us to feel bad for the victims because all of them are unlikeable. Inevitably their superpowers become their entire personality. Many of them were just blank-faced nobodies, wandering around the school looking like ghosts.
None of the students deserve to die. They're just stupid kids, not terrorists like Nana seems to think they are. Nana is far more dangerous than any superpowered student because she hides behind her false identity as a mind reader. After the first kill, you begin to wonder, "Huh, how has no one realized that everyone who gets close to Nana dies?" They're that dumb. I lost my mind when a student discovered a photo of Nana murdering someone, then proceeded not to tell a single person.
I can't stand "thrillers" where all kinds of horrible things happen because all the characters are either too stupid to catch on or too cowardly to do anything about it. The whole "manipulative sociopath" premise only works when the surrounding characters are of believable intelligence. There's not one brain cell between the entire student body. Check out Kyouya in particular. This moron plays the detective role in the show. He has overwhelming evidence that she's evil, but he doesn't stop her. At this point, a reasonable person would take matters into their own hands, yet he chooses not to. His excuse is, "No one will believe me because she's more popular." For some reason, he never realizes he could simply use his superpower to stop her with force.
The anime's saving grace is Nana, who balances charm, mischievousness, and psychotic undercurrents. Her sociopathic "All these kids are devils" persona is cringe-inducing, but it's fun to laugh at her. Towards the end, her black heart softens, making the only emotional scenes in the show. It's fun to see her maniacally outsmart Kyouya, but there's not much to her. I wish she had some development before the final minute of episode 13. Her backstory is super predictable, but at least it explains her motivations. Still, Nana's decision are unbelievably convoluted. She was sent to the island by an anonymous government bureau to kill students who have done nothing wrong.
We've made it this far, but I still want to know one thing. What exactly does Talentless Nana wish to be? A satire of superhero shounen anime? A black comedy? A cheesy slasher? Death Note for babies? It seems like all of these ideas inspired the writer, yet he couldn't settle on one. As a result, it can't choose which target to aim for, so it hits none.
The commentary on superheroes boils down to a straightforward question, as Nana said, "Anyone who attains superpowers without any efforts will always become arrogant… If we let immature humans with immature psyches have superpowers, would the world survive?" It's a thought-provoking idea, but not in this anime.
Talentless Nana doesn't have the campy slasher thrills I was hoping for, mostly because it'd rather waste time pretending to be profound. In attempting to tell a complex, morally gray story of an ice-cold spy and her ethical compromises, the anime became an awfully complicated story about forgiving a killer who doesn't deserve anyone's sympathy. The people who will say this is well-written have cut the writer a LOT of slack, or simply don't care about its flaws. The cringe levels here are unlimited, and the art quality is almost as bad as the plot. If you want to watch this, do so as a drinking game. Every time you cringe, take a shot. You'll be shit-faced by the end.
Synchrohayba
Sadly the anime didn't conclude at the part i was hoping it would do , but the final episode was quite impactful . Story 9/10 Without getting too much into spoilers , it starts as a cheap rip off of my hero , then it evolves into this among us narrative with mind games and psychological thriller elements in the mix.Unfortunately it suffers from a huge amount of plot contrivances and even plot contradictions especially at the first couple episodes .I dare say this the anime i watched with the most plot problems ever . A small detail which the studio added that wasn't present in themanga is that important characters were shown early before their main arc began .
Art and Animation 8/10
They changed the art style used in the manga , which looked off in some of the characters , animation was obviously limited , but the amount of artistic touches from the part of the direction is what carried the show , like the added visuals or when the color pallets changes in character's inner monologues.
Sound 8/10
There is mainly 2 or 3 osts that are worth noting , opening was cool but it didn't stand out that much in comparison to the epic opening we got thus year . The ending song on the other hand was so touching for me as a manga reader since i understood the symbolism , its definitely ending of the year for me . Also let not forget about the voice actors and especially nana's , she did very well it exceeded my expectations .
Characters 8/10
And now we reach the most controversial part of the anime , its characters. Nana is a solid protagonist a magnificent bastard type of character similar to light yagami , but contrary to him she got a backstory and a lot of characterization which made a lot of viewers sympathies with her , kyoya is a cool rival/deutaragonist with his mysterious ability and high IQ . But sadly other characters are presented as these stupid naive kids which was disappointing and annoying for a lot of anime/manga readers alike . But this dynamic changes with the introduction of some couple of characters later on .
Enjoyment 9/10
Easily my favorite anime of this year , and a overall a better experience than the manga
Overall 9/10
This show has it fair share of problems , but i found myself invested and hyped with story and its many twists and turns in the narrative , i highly recommend it
ArgyG
Ah, you know - if you want your show to bank on such compelling elements such as crime-solving and cat-and-mouse clashes of two genius characters then, how about proving to the viewer, at least within the context of the story itself, that these characters are intellectual heavyweights? Because they're not. Just with a brief revision of the entire story people with the most basic mental faculties intact can surmise that both "geniuses" are actually colossal idiots. Now that might come off as offensive to people who suspended their disbelief in favor of having another "awesome show" to brag about but no, I won't even acceptpeople who would dare call it a "guilty pleasure". This story has plot chasms, not holes.
Just to prove my case, this passage will contain some spoilers: why kill Nanao as your first victim? The most naive out of all. The most harmless to Nana herself, since he dispels powers that she does not possess. Actually the most useful to her since, you know, she, later on, whines about being at an impasse because of that invincible dude and so on? Now I don't claim to be a genius but maybe you could have used Nanao there? Oh, what are you screeching there? He comes back? How convenient. Maybe let Nana use her genius the first time around and prove to us that she is what she preaches? How about finding out all the abilities first before starting the spree in case someone has a clairvoyant ability so that you don't jeopardize the entire mission? Ah, wait, there actually was somebody. Good thing plot convenience struck again and made that guy a nutjob. Geez, it's almost like the characters are forced into their "genius" roles by the clearly visible hand of the author instead of showing us their intellectual prowess themselves...
Now I'll stop there and make this short: I was just as psyched to enjoy this show, but unfortunately, the author was not as enthusiastic whilst planning out the plot to make sure his characters could function at their maximum capacity within the context of the story. The immersion is thus broken, and the viewer is left with the unengaging smithereens.
ArchangelEST
MHA meets Death Note with a dash of "The Boys". A supernatural psychological detective thriller which takes a bit of a dive into morality and what it would mean for people to have superpowers. Animation / Art / General Visuals - 8/10 ----------------------------------------------- It looks quite nice. There's isn't particularly much animating as a lot of the show is carried by dialogue rather than action. But the overall aesthetic is nice and clean and fits the theme. The scenery looks good.Sound / Music / Voice Acting - 8/10
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I'd say pretty good quality across the board.
Story - 7/10
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There are people with superpowers in the world, and there also so called "enemies of humanity". A group of teenagers with superpowers are sent to a private island for training to one day fight said enemies. But before long, mysterious deaths start occurring, and it's up to the kids to figure out what's going on.
The story isn't particularly complex, and is mostly focused on a cat and mouse dynamic between killers and those trying to figure them out. One can talk about mystery, but in truth the mystery aspect is shelved fairly early and the show quickly evolves into a detective/killer show-off. A sort of Sherlock Holmes vs Moriarty dynamic which has been explored in the past with other shows such as Death Note. Though it is arguably a lot more simplistic. Plot armour is used perhaps a tad much to resolve some situations, and there are behaviour plot holes if you start paying too much attention.
The show does takes a somewhat interesting dive into human morality and manipulation, and explores the psyche of what it means to kill, to lie, to deceive. What is justified in the name of the greater good, and so on.
Characters - 7/10
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The show features many characters, though only a handful get any real focus. The MC is the heavy focal point, while the "villain" acts as a solid counterweight, while a few additional secondary characters muddy the waters with both their actions and their overall morality.
The MC starts out very one dimensional, but as the story progresses we understand more and more of their psyche and how their actions start to affect them over time. While their counterpoint starts off as a more mysterious individual, who eventually becomes an obsessive deterrent to their actions, while also developing a friend and ally relation, which is a rather unique dynamic.
One can say that a lot of the characters, especially secondary ones are rather "dumb" and clueless of what is going on. But in all honesty, it fits the premise of the show. Teenagers are best portrayed dumb, because they are. There ain't a single adult that thinks they were smart as a teen.
On the other hand, stupidity and cluelessness aside, there is a lack of reaction and proper engagement in many situations.
One can assume that giving every single character the appropriate behaviour and reactions would lead to the entire runtime taken up by the event of the first few episodes alone. So I'll give the show leeway to sweep some stuff under the rug, in order to play out more of the story.
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Total - 8/10
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Talentless Nana is quite a fun show for anyone into the supernatural, psychological thrillers, detective shows, and teenage interactions. As long as you don't expect too much. Death Note level of depth there is not.
Also, fair warning - the show is not complete. The show doesn't end exactly on a cliff-hanger, but it's safe to say it ends in the middle of whatever story is being told. Unless there's a sequel in the works, you must be prepared to search out the source material to know how everything resolves.
michhoffman
There are a lot of negative reviews for Talentless Nana out there, but I urge you not to take them to heart and to try it out for yourself. If you don't like it, you don't like it, but if it does click for you, you'll love it like I did and want to jump right into the source material. People may call Talentless Nana a blend of My Hero Academia, Death Note, Promised Neverland and Among Us, but in reality it's its own unique story that differentiates itself from the others. Yes, its setting is a school for kids with super powers, yesit involves a showdown of 2 intellectuals as one of its sub-plots and yes there is a deeper truth hidden below the surface, but this season was really just a prologue. It was a wildly entertaining prologue but still just a prologue. I expect the story to differentiate itself from the others quite a bit in future seasons if we are lucky enough to get them.
My one complaint about Nana is that its first 8 episodes got a little repetitive. I'm not going to say much more than that as its first episode has a Promised Neverland like reveal in it.
But my main point remains that Talentless Nana is 100% worth trying.
HenriqueNeves
Munou na Nana tells the story of Nana Hiiragi, a murderer disguised as a student at a school where students have peculiar skills, and where she has a mission to kill one by one of the students. I find it very interesting how some information from the first episode does not seem to have a very important or important value in a way, the anime just started, and it subverts the meaning of this information during the anime. In the first episode, the anime appears to be the same generic school work as always. The character design, the initial “protagonist”, the way they express themselves, thescenarios etc. We are guided in this logic of a more common and less innovative anime until the end of the episode when the anime reverses this logic. The character of Nana Hiiragi kills the first of her victims (Nanao Nakajima), who until then was the protagonist who would guide the story, and from that moment on, the character takes on this role.
It's a twist that may sound a little forced in a way, there are few animes that manage to do this type of thing and sound natural, but the anime (in its form) makes it clear that something is not correct during the course of the first episode itself, and this will be the Artistic System that will define the way everything will be staged in a large part of the work.
The anime makes use of general plans where normally, there is some element closer to the viewer and another element further away. Usually, what stays away from the viewer on the plane has some very strong value to the plot, whether that is some contained personality, feeling, information etc. This works very well for me, it seems that we are never close to information, anime always seems to keep some details away from the viewer, or, what is far is more important than what we see close by.
The anime also makes good use of some Dutch Angle that feel unsteady, as if something is not right. The more distorted this angle is, the more instability it goes through the scene. There are some moments when he moves from an unstable angle to this Dutch Angle, which reinforces the moments even more.
I think that in most of the anime, director Shinji Ishihira managed to balance the sense of the plot very well in the way he stages everything. At least, most of the time I was able to feel inside this idea of never being able to know what is really going on.
One thing that bothered me a little during my experience, was how at times the anime exaggerates with a voice-over in the nude to keep connected with the more sadistic side of Nana's character. When the character enters the “Mind Game” mode and goes on formulating strategies and providing information there is no problem, but the anime exaggerates in wanting to expose this side of the character too much, which in my view could have been more contained. If we didn't remember so much that the character is actually a murderer, we would be more connected to that idea, because everything would seem more natural if they didn't have these constant breaks.
I also didn't enjoy the more melodramatic side of the ending so much. I don't think it came so forcefully, even because the anime tries to develop this more human side of the main character a few episodes before finishing the work, but still it is not developed in such a surgical way. The anime even manages to create a great relationship between the characters of Nana and Michiru Inukai, and unlike the director's more enigmatic look at hiding information and feelings, here he is more sober, he balances very well what is on the scene. As if in those moments he had nothing to really hide from the public.
The objective was to try to confront this idea of the character in relation to those individuals who have powers with a more human side. Perhaps the Inukai character was really created for this purpose. But, the big reason why I feel that this dramatization was not so perfect, is that our eyes are never interested in wanting to dramatize anything. As I said during a good part of this review, the director's choices guide our senses to other feelings, feelings that are more ardent, ambiguous and even tense. I don't think it was a horrible ending, but he was unable to perfectly assimilate these two systems.
Concluding. I loved Munou na Nana. I have to admit that, like in other anime, I already stepped foot behind the design, the story and everything, but the well-articulated twists both in the story and even more because of the way it was very well directed and staged by Shinji Ishihira helped to make sense of all those choices.
Luubie
"Death Note + My Hero Academia = Anything except Munou na Nana" When we see an anime, we expect it to fulfill the main role: that of being functional and fulfilling its initial proposal. And for this to be done, the anime must be competent, both in offering something that brings interest to the public, and in not deceiving it in the future, creating a story that totally breaks with what the show created from the beginning. Munou na Nana is another one of the countless examples of anime that gets lost in the middle of the road, because it stumbled on so many flaws, thatcurrently I can't even define what this season really was.
First of all, it is extremely important to say that Munou na Nana MUST NOT be defined as "A combo of Death Note and My Hero Academia", as that would be an extreme offense to two of the most famous anime franchises.
Munou na Nana brought elements that really resemble the two aforementioned shows, but it should not be confused that his role as an anime is neither to focus on a school of heroes, nor to be totally intellectual. The anime has more predominant and own elements, which worked in a different way from what is expected in anime and manga in general, however Munou na Nana already faces a problem in this topic. The show tries to be different, working much more on the situations that Nana faces, than really developing a good group of characters. With the exception of Michiru, Kyouya and Tachibana, the rest of the group is either irrelevant or not well presented. This also points to another problem with anime. But before talking about them, it is necessary to introduce each one of them, to introduce the show better.
The first is Kyouya, the smart guy. He is responsible for unraveling Nana's strategies, although Nana is not fully punished or accused for actions, as she always does something that deceives Kyouya's brilliant mind. Michiru is probably the most wronged character in the anime, as she has a need for friendship with a Naná. Let's say she is a dog embedded in a human being. I don't see it as a problem, it just bothers me to see how such a sweet and friendly character has a sad future waiting for her. The third is Tachibana. It may seem strange, but Tachibana can become a key piece to show in a likely sequence. This is due to the ability to copy powers of other "Talented", in addition to having relationships with the island's past, which can change Nana's thoughts about her future actions. All of them, together, create a unique relationship with Nana and the show clearly shows this, almost assuming that they will be the most important for the whole show. The age of nana with them always being cautious and never acting unconsciously. As much as she has some difficulties, she knows that the 3 characters will also be the most important to her.
Nana managed to kill 7 (or something similar) characters, which already shows that, although she is a "Talentless", she has an incredible ability to persuade students in order to always save themselves from situations. However, when we see an immense number of deaths being presented, it is expected that some emotion will be returned to the public, which does not happen. The show tries to add drama or forced scenes to convince us that Nana is a badass and that the rest of the class is totally inferior (except for the 3 characters developed), but the anime was not even able to convey the dangers and situations wisely. where Nana was spotted. From the moment Tsunekichi dies, I have given up on believing that Nana would be caught in any way, as the show had numerous loopholes and makes all characters limited in convincing when it comes to accusing the your own leader.
And it's not just that ... Munou na Nana also fails in the construction of the scenes, so that it is embarrassing to see them. The fit of scenes in which Nana presents a duality between mind and natural state is misplaced, strange and increasingly winding up the anime. This does not mean that this type of technique does not work in anime. Death Note, for example, knows how to hold the audience for longer than this show, which pretends to be something, but does not mean anything.
Furthermore, Munou na Nana's own world has a ridiculous, or poorly explained, construction. It is understood that the threat to humanity is "Talented" themselves, but what about parents? How do powers work? Is it just these kids who have these powers or is it something that has spread wildly around the world? And perhaps most importantly: do you need to kill these children? Honestly, none of these questions convinced me that the show would be productive. It is not really functional when it comes to exploring the outside and focuses entirely on an island, where what happens there seems to define the destiny of humanity. I understand the anime's ability to put that aside and focus on that in the future (the end of the anime shows that this could be the future of the show), but seeing a season full of death and uninteresting attacks is much more tiring than knowing a little most of all. You don't need to use the protagonist to convey this, just showing the government organization explaining the actions would be enough.
I don't say that the show is a complete waste of time, he has really cool moments and I like Nana as a character. Mind games take on the role that the rest of the anime has sinned, making the show remembered for that. Nobody will say that he liked Munou na Nana because of the powers or the strategy of the government, but he will certainly have the conflict of Kyouya x Nana as the main factor that makes the work special. Still, the show is not completely saved. Again, the single deaths and the cringing scenes destroyed much of what the anime could be. It was nothing less than an anime with an incredible proposal, but it fell into a limbo of errors and became another famous show that will be forgotten in the following seasons. I'm not surprised, since after seeing Gleipnir, any other edgylord anime or being an adult doesn't give me any hope. Really, the second half of 2010 was a golden age for anime ... I wanted more anime at the level of Code Geass and Death Note today. For now, we have to appreciate this "masterpiece" of modernity.
Finally, Munou na Nana was one of the most difficult shows to end that I found recently. I confess that I liked the work of Bridge studio and I think the show can improve. After the situation that the show ended, it looks like it will now have a promising sequence (if we have that sequence). It's not a totally horrible anime, but I can't seem to point out so many good aspects, which keep the show as a whole. The characters definitely need to improve, in addition to the show's need to better explain everything that is going on, so that we don't just follow an intriguing emotional battle without emotion. I really wanted to look at this show and give it a better evaluation, but the disappointment was great, the construction of almost everything was ridiculous and even the songs hindered the fluidity of the show. When I reviewed Gleipnir, I assumed that this show would be the one that has an inexplicably high fame for what the anime is. Munou na Nana went further, gained a surreal popularity and managed to be worse, displeasing the majority. I'm sorry to those who liked this, but I see no reason not to think the show was bad. Furthermore, anime needs to be more expressive and less indifferent, as this becomes a huge problem in shows known for not having enough time to sympathize with the characters and the story itself.
SpRayquaza11
short review:- WHY DO PEOPLE NOT UNDERSTAND THAT THE MAIN POINT OF WATCHING ANIME IS TO BE ENTERTAINED AND NOT BE A NITPICKY KEYBOARD WARRIOR. since this is a show which i have conflicting feelings about i will just ditch the review format and write my thought on it . the point of all anime is to leave you wanting for more after each episode reimburse its production cost by making as many as possible watch it till the end (secondary objective) and promote the manga (main objective). munou no nana does it perfectly the cases are intriguing and the back and forth betweenthe wannabe light yagami and wannabe L is intelligent and through without any faults. i get why most people think this is dumb since the killer is obviously you know who since the killings started right after this person showed up and she always happens to be on the scene . yes this could have been handled better by having multiple killers ,but i digress , it had me entertained for all of its 13 episodes and it will for you too .
to sum up :- want to be entertained? can allow small plot holes or plot armour (not significant amount like goku) this is your show
NO?
well bye then there is enough anime this season to watch anyway drop it without a thought.
He_Grenade
Despite social acceptance, and government endorsement, the self-reflective and/or self-aware mind will always have trouble coming to terms with their own morality. For those conditioned to dehumanize others, they may only reintegrate into society if at all, through a long and difficult path. A terrifying thing is that humans are so moved by the beauty of character growth, that we seek out evil; at rock bottom, we can only progress upwards. Monou no Nana elicits more explicitly, a question underlying Violet Evergarden. Why can personal loss, subsequent good deeds, changes of heart, character growth, and time, earn moral forgiveness for evil deeds? The viewer (they)feel immediately guilty and short-sighted (yet also catharsis) when they realize that they've been tricked into forgiving what the victims' friends/family would certainly (and rightfully) decry as murder.
Regardless, legally, there is no question. the characters' who kill have the full endorsement of the government and are in the "right".
Government sanctioned murder; war and/or assassination: Can you forgive a serial killer? What about a soldier who kills during war? What if these morally gray acts were rose tinted by the fact that it was a cute anime girl?
Why is it that pink haired girls are so evil and hot?
niflh
Initially I fell prey to the claims of plot holes and inconsistencies I'd heard echoed about this show. However, by the time the season wraps up, you start to understand that the "plot holes" are created by the subjective/limited viewpoint of the characters, and what we are really seeing is just their understanding/perspective, and not legitimate plot holes at all. It all starts to add up and give little bites and pieces of something deeper going on behind the scenes. In the end, I actually binged all 13 EPs in a single night. There were twists I suspected and others I genuinely didn't see coming,only recognizing the subtle set up in retrospect. It's not a next level genius story, but it is very enjoyable, and I highly look forward to a SE2.
Bonus point: cats continually saved from tragedy
Senpaika
Wow.. this show. I was so hooked up just after watching the first episode. //Please note that you really should watch at least the first episode before asking someone about this show. Everything is spoiler before you watch it.// In my opinion, I really like this anime heck maybe this is the best anime of this season. Everything from the first episode was so interesting. Ahhh it's a shame that I can't write anything more specific. But let's do the digging //BEAWARE MINOR SPOILERS AHEAD Story: You will be hooked up from the first moments of this show. The main character that seems gloomy about hisability. The mysterious girl with a mind-reading ability and the enemy of humanity.
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Art:
I really like this style of animation and character design. The fight scenes and all are just awesome.
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Sound:
Hmm, dunno. But Op and Ed weren't so bad.
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Character:
I like the mindset of the characters. "I want to save the world!" like some hero. So cool, until the second episode hits you in the face. Ah right spoilers duh. My favourite character from this story is Nana because I like her style and appearance.
That's all, I hope you enjoyed or will enjoy this anime as same as me.
Ire_-_
PLS READ IF WILLING TO WATCH THIS OR JUST TO CONSIDER MY RREVIEW!✓✓✓ This anime truly is jarring. It not only exceeded my expectations, but made me thoroughly impressed. Starting with EP 1, I surmised from entering and finishing EP 1, that it would be some sort of story, where the strong wited kills the weak minded. However, this evaluation was proven erroneous slightly. After EP 1 and 2, the atmosphere changed rapidly, where emotions such as doubt roamed the area and I experienced some death note vibes. This is due to two highly intellectual minds clashing against each other and this is the foundation ofsatisfaction I gained from this anime. I simply loved the deduction process where Kyouya would try to piece together evidence and information he gained to disclose the guilty killers. Each step he took, just results in a tense environment, which is maintained throughout the anime. This kept me engaged in his thought process, making it seem as if I were apart of his contemplation.
The characters introduced where interesting but many aren't really unraveled and given much time on screen, but some characters involved in the climax are present throughout and gives time for me to digest them, resulting in me understanding them bit by bit. For example, a character named Michiru, is what startled me the most at the end of the series. When firstly introduced, I didn't anticipate much from her except her undying kindness to everyone she meets, however by having her appear more and more, I realized as the audience that she isn't some sort of friend where she would just run away from a dire situation and stay innocent as a flower. The determination, ambition and resolve she mustered up is truly stunning and the decition she made at the ending is heart wrenching, but understandable. Thus making me realize that Michiru is someone I underestimated and that she had a much bigger role to play in the story than I imagined. Aside from her, only a few more characters were pleasurable.
The art design and animation were definetly on the better side and the voice actors are sufficiently good enough. The whole plot is average I guess, but what made the anime stand out is how it was put together and displayed to us really well. Each EP , questions that needed answering were flouting around, which peeked my interest and kept me occupied and not die of boredom.
Hopefully you've reached the ending of this subjective review, and thought carefully. As the reviewer I think I should added more details regarding this show, but then you'll be here reading forever. Pls, give this a go and remove any negative thoughts from your head. Have a great day.
ExaltedSenpai
Among us, the anime, Munou na Nana talks about a heartless killer Nana. In a school full of talented people, with their abilities being able to kill thousands and even millions of people, Nana is tasked to stop these people by killing them. Yet, the story twist as Nana's unable to understand why someone like Michiru is trying their earnest to help and save Nana. Nana thought that the Talented are all murderers, or have the potential to kill. Only in the last episode, that Nana felt that that wasn't true and her entire world view was changed by what happened with Michiru. I thinkthis anime truly is a very imaginative drama that makes you feel that Nana will get caught and the Talented will kill her. Yet, there are still so many layers of story building going on as she tries to kill the Talented. Nana is caught in a quagmire, as she tries to figure out her own feelings. Even though she is once suspected as a killer in the class, there is another imposter among us. Munou na Nana is indeed an interesting watch and it certainly piques my interest as I read the synopsis. I recommend it to those who the thrill of Nana getting caught yet not get it. Masochistic I guess? This is an 8/10 for me. Quite an interesting watch this season. It does truly get your heart racing and blood pumping.
DarkSpaceVRP
[NO SPOILERS] Review translated by Google translator, I am not responsible for grammatical errors. The anime of the beginning already implies that they would mix something comical, with something serious, several and several animes already tried to do that and failed miserably. Munou Na Nana is an exception. I will start by saying about the conscience of history, first I must say that this anime simply has its weaknesses, for example few talented people have a cognitive ability to understand what is in front of them, just some characters who manage to do the basics. The story itself develops over Hiragi Nana, the anime develops its story, and heremotional changes.
Over the course of the anime we see that, the anime is correct in passing the viewer the emotion that the anime develops over the main characters, the anime fails in some unnecessary arcs.
The sound work of the anime leaves nothing to be desired, but it could be better. I see many scenes where the sound work could be perfect in relation to the scene, the trace of the anime is completely unique, it has a personality that at times can make you disturbed and at others comfortable.
What is essential to me in an anime is how much the anime keeps the viewer entertained with what is going on.
Simply amazing, the anime in no time becomes massive, that was above my expectations, every end of episode you get instigated to see what will happen later on.
Overall, it's worth seeing, trust me.
Interesting fact: Kyouya Onodera has the same last name as me lol
10/10
Hot-Tea-Minh
Small review for a kinda small show but still enjoyable. Writing this mainly because it deserves to be defended, as I think there are really good aspects about this show that entirely redeem its weaker spots. I've finished it a couple hours ago. I should probably watch it a second time as it has replay value, given the multiple clues you can find in every episode. Okay I think there's no debate as to what is wrong with Munou na Nana : the goddamn low IQ canon fodder of a character ensemble. They flat out suck, their development is terrible, we are not given time toreally know them (they have very simplistic personalities anyway). There are a few lovers who can even die without us giving a sorry shit about it. It's near being unforgivable how weak character building is.
The crime mystery aspect of it, though being quite comprehensible and overall pretty solid technically, really suffers from the stupidity of the victims. They kinda ruin the smart stuff in this show and the author really tries hard to entertain us with some great chess-like mindgames (these get really A-grade in the manga btw). It would have been so great to have more insight in regard of all these characters who fall victim before the MC. Maybe the first episode format needed to be repeated more that once, meaning we would have been closer to every characters and their wits, before they finally checkmated by Nana-chan's. Anyway there is a major issue with the story-telling. We are emotionally tethered to people only but too late in the show. Even the first episode not being subtle enough and seeming really off from the get-go, because of the gimmicky false MC and Nana's really pushy behavior, fails to make us care about anybody. Nana's tragic past should have been introduced much sooner, maybe from the second episode, maybe only partially, bit by bit. She is the greater part of this show.
After the 13th episode, I think Nana has been successfully fleshed out, thanks to the insights we get on her flaws and her relationship with Michiru. Even with all the weak spots aforementioned Nana grows out to be a really likeable character. Following her thinking has been really interesting and the VA is doing an awesome job. Her schizogirl personality and her facial expressions helps a lot with us giving her attention and investing our emotions. Yes she starts off as being kinda deranged, but that being said, we understand quite quickly that she is maybe the sanest person on-board ; the main flaw of the story is once again the fact that the author fails quite miserably to depict the Talented as being essentially monstrous rather than retarded, Mirichu-chan being herself the exception who makes Nana's iron-will and certitudes crumble violently.
Technically you know there's not much money nor time invested in the show. It's by no mean ugly, it's simple and efficient, with details on critical scenes. Clearly the supporting characters lack a little bit of something, they have no charisma whatsoever. I think the visuals needed to be maybe darker, more mature. Concerning the sound, I feel like the music has been very discreet. Scenes with strong emotional value are accompanied with rather generic violin, so pretty forgettable. Now the ED, I've found it to be really cool and efficient, always coming in after a systematic cliffhanger. The strong aspect of the show is the voice acting, I've never felt anything was uncanny about it ; the actors did a great job in a show that is kind of an emotional roller-coaster at times, especially the MC's VA.
In the end the path from manga to anime should have been a stronger, more free adaptation, with more depth and a different storytelling. In a nutshell, more work, more characterization and whatnot's, but then I guess this would have needed a lot more episodes. I went in by curiosity, I stayed for the MC. Being a reader of the source material, I do believe there's some potential in it, things become really interesting at around chapter 50, but it's a really long way to go, as the story from the end on this first season up to there, gets kinda weird and awkward ; stuff that has low probabilities of making the cut in anime format, without an overhaul of the story-line. So I'll watch a second season sure, but I won't bet my savings on it!
