Mirai Nikki
Synopsis
This psychological thriller, based on the manga written and illustrated by Sakae Esuno, is about Yuki, a loner who's not very good with people. He prefers to write a diary on his cell phone and talk to his imaginary friend, Deus Ex Machina – The God of Time and Space. However, Yuki soon learns that Deus is more than a figment of his imagination when he makes Yuki participate in a battle royale with eleven others. The contestants are given special diaries that can predict the future, each diary possessing unique features that give it both advantages and disadvantages. Within the next 90 days, the contestants must try to survive until there is only one left standing. The winner will become the new God of Time and Space.(Source: FUNimation)
Genres:
Action, Mystery, Shounen, Supernatural, Psychological, Thriller
Mirai Nikki or simply Future Diary is an anime full of twist and unexpected events that will surprise and blow your mind. It starts off with our main character Amano Yukiteru or simply Yuki a 14-year old boy who thinks of himself as a bystander and has no social life. He always has a habit of recording the things that happens around him in his cellphone. On the other hand our main female lead Gasai Yuno or just Yuno is a psychotic female stalker who for whatever reason is hopelessly in love with our main guy.
First thing that I have noticed in this anime are those intense scenes and twisting plots that even you spend your day guessing what would happen next you might not guess it right. I enjoyed watching it from beginning till the final episode. This may not be the best anime but I consider it one of those special ones.
Story - 10/10 : Basically top notch, epic is epic. The story goes around mainly with our two main characters with their involvement in the game and with their own love story. Good storyline with a nice and balance progress between the love and the game. Twist are all over the place and you will not see them coming. The love story was awesome again it was unique and it was also very lovable as it is so heartfelt and emotional from time to time. The story with the game was so clever and is one of the reason why this anime becomes so epic. Compared to other love themed anime I have watched, this was intensifying all over the place with no episode leaving you bored. I give this a perfect ten because of the uniqueness and how it puts up with its mystery theme.
Sound - 9/10 : The opening and ending theme was not really so special. What makes it good is the soundtracks and sound effects inserted in each episode. The sounds were clear and fits perfectly in each situations that makes it more epic than it could be.
Art - 9/10 : The character designs were nice and unique. The only thing I have noticed is that there were some scenes where they look pretty awkward. The animation fits perfectly to the story and is well made. The environment was nice though not really special and stunning. Why I give this a score of 9 is because of how it fits with the story.
Characters - 10/10 : Characters were pretty unique if you will try to compare it to most anime. They were lovable especially Yuno's character. A perfect beauty with an intelligent mind but in truth is a crazy and psychotic stalker with a dark past. She is very likable and somehow soft in the eye but when it comes to Yukki she becomes an uncontrollable beast. The others were also good but still Yuno is the most stunning one.
Enjoyment - 10/10 : One of the anime I really enjoyed and yearned to watch from start till end. I enjoyed each of the fighting scenes while the love scenes were also sweet to me. Thing is if your not a gore fan then you might not enjoy some of it but if you can ignore them then I'm sure you will have a good time watching.
Overall - 10/10 : A great masterpiece with some minor flaws. I watched it as the time it airs so just one episode per week and each week becomes a long one as I wait for each episodes to come. I will always remember this anime as an epic but sweet one.
This is my first review so feel free to correct me if I'm grammatically wrong. Thank you I hope you appreciate it.
