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"Tasogare Otome x Amnesia or Dusk Maiden of Amenesia, is a anime to remember by when coming across the genre of horror, suspence, mystery and pure supernatural thrill ride."

This is what I said to a friend after I watched the series.


Here why:

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Tasorgare Otome x Amnesia starts off by presenting these mixtures of different characters which shows off straight away in what they are like and how they respond to their surroundings. We are first shown the 'Seikyou Academy' where we see Teiichi, Momoe, Kirie and later on a mysterious character known as Yuuko which endeavor to find out all the mysterories which are happening around the school and to find out the biggest mystery of them all. The whole group decided to make a group called 'Paranormal Investigations Club' which then leads on to the plot of the whole story.

(8) Art: I found in my opinion that the art style fitted the atompherse just right to give off a spooky yet horror feel to it with it's mixtures of colour art style and surroundings within the whole anime. What also got my attention was the amount of detail which was put into making it seem like the world that Takashi Sakamoto and Shin Oonuma created *Directors*, is realistic and believable to the extent where even for supernatural happening to start, would seem believable.

(8) Sound: In most animes it's easy to find out how bad the 'Sound Mixture' can be while watching an anime but in most cases it's very hard to find an anime which has good sound mixtures within it too. So in this case Tasogare Otome x Amnesia hits it right on the ball when it comes to freaking out the audience with it's pure horror sound mixtures in a lot of scenes in the anime which just makes the viewers say "...what on earth is going on...AHH!". The soundtrack for the whole series sets the tone right and makes atmosphere enjoyable when certain scenarios happen during the anime.

(7) Characters: Now when I watch an anime I want to endeavor into the mind and actions of the main character, so in this case it would be Teiichi Niiya who is set out to be the character which most veiwers can relate to. Sadly how this character is portrayed is very 'down to heart' kinda 'go with the flow' type of guy which in this type of anime is very annoying. As the viewer, you seem to put Teiichi Niiya down the catorgory as 'Romance Boy' which is totally fine, but seems most of the time he is very oblivious to certain circumstances to the point where you want to literally slap him in the face *or punch I dont mind* to say "LOOK! it's so obvious what's going on! THINK!".

So your probably saying "why give the catorgory 'Characters' a (7)?" well it's not Teiichi which makes the show, it's the other characters which make this show a one to remember. To begin with Kirie Kanoe who is voiced by the lovely Eri Kitamura does a excellent performance by believing that her character is part of this whole story which then moves on to developing this intriguing character.

Momoe Okonogi is the 'bright star' character who is just crazily hyper most of the time because she believes that every ghost is out to get her, but in the end she's just over thinking it all. I really enjoyed Momoe character as she brought to the table the 'comic relief' type of feel of the anime which in all scenes fit well. I would of liked to seen more of this character through out the series or even be more part of the main plot but unfortunately this did not happen.

(9) Enjoyment: The most enjoyable factor for me is the development of both Yuuko and Teiichi as two opposites can actually make a good team. A lot of the time I got frustrated about some of the characters and what actions they were making in certain scenarios, but to say that would mean that I would be the bravest person in the world if I was up against a supernatural being and had taken action. So having this in mind, when the characters actually had taken action, the enjoyment level went up pretty high due to the amount of heroism that's shown in these characters in those scenes which reflected on my overal thoughts about the enjoyment of the characters. *Except for Momoe who was running away most of the time* ;)

(8) Overall: I feel that this anime is probably one of those that will be in my thoughts when watching other animes, just purely based on how intriguing and innovative the whole series was and what it could expand into. For the sake of the fans I hope they do announce a season two of Tasogare Otome x Amnesia to give a comfort to the characters which were forgotten about during the series. Like *Momoe Okonogi and Kirie Kanoe*

I would of loved to seen more of a performance by Eri Kitamura *voice for Kirie Kanoe* because she has a wonderful voice, and a performance level which astounds me most of the time. Seems like she was kinda a wasted character to be honest.


Believe me when I say this:

"Watch the anime and while you watch it, appreciate what it's trying to show and how well they execute it."




Thanks for reading!