Subete ga F ni Naru

Subete ga F ni Naru is contemporary psychological mystery anime that invites you to think along, while never quite fully explaining itself. It touches on some rather sensitive and disturbing romance and sex themes, as well as exploring the workings of the human mind in a more philosophical sense.


Animation / Art / General Visuals - 8/10
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The setting of the show really doesn't leave much room for art or animation to shine, but for this type of show, it looks perfectly acceptable. The character designs and detail is solid, environments sufficiently detailed, and animations clear enough to get emotions across.


Sound / Music / Voice Acting - ... 9/10
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Some beautiful classical pieces and top notch voice acting make the show pleasing to the ears. It doesn't overdo with fancy music tracks of effects. Extra credit is given to the two VA's who portray a several minute long dialogue in English, despite being obvious Japanese natives. Their English is heavily accented but clear and easy to understand, and surprisingly adds another layer of complexity to the show's mystery plot.


Story - 8/10
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Subete ga F ni Naru has a peculiar story with no clear beginning nor end. The mystery the show revolves around is interesting, but it serves more of a plot device for the gathering of the main characters, and the exploration of their thoughts, feelings, and other philosophical contemplations.

The mystery itself isn't overly deep, though solving it fully as a viewer is quite difficult. Still, it's possible to figure out the gist of it well ahead of the eventual revelations.

The greater part of the story is in truth the relationships between the main characters. The main characters are extreme intellectuals who view the world very much differently from regular people, but also from each-other due to how their particular style of intellect functions. The notable age gap further complicates things, as does their attachment and interest in the mystery. There's an awkward, even sensitive or disturbing romance and sex theme, depending on how you look at it. If the topics of potential grooming and underage sex disturb you, then you might want to avoid the show as these themes have a central importance.

As a whole, the story is perfectly happy to leave us viewers in a state of contemplation as to what actually happened, who is right, and who is wrong. To some, this will be a big negative, to others, it will be an enjoyable mental exercise and a chance at some introspection.


Characters - 8/10
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Saikawa, Souhei is an extremely intelligent university professor who cannot help but to feel restrained by the world around him. Struggling to relate to most people around him, he spends his free time philosophising about various topics relating to the human mind and existence, while dreaming of meeting one of the greatest intellectual minds in the world.

Nishinosono, Moe is a young but extremely intelligent college student who is enamoured with professor Saikawa and spends much of her free time visiting him in his office, looking to grow closer to him and break through his peculiar barriers created by his unique type of intelligence.

Magata, Shiki is considered the greatest intellectual mind on the planet. Having apparently killed her parents at the age of 14, and then spent the next 15 years in an isolated island doing research, her motivations remain a mystery. Her character is hard to get a handle on, and delving somewhat deeper into her psyche through-out the show is a fun process.

There are also numerous secondary characters that help fill the screen time, but as a whole the story focuses on these three individuals and how their personalities and intellects interact.

It is fun, though at times confusing.


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Total - 8/10

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Subete ga F ni Naru is an interesting anime that doesn't really dazzle with anything up front, but does make you want to think along. The mystery is fun, but the character relations and deeper concepts of the human mind and the very human existence might be even more so.

At the same time, some of the romance and sex themes might be too much for some people to enjoy, though it does serve a purpose in the story, and further adds topics of discussion to think about.

As a whole it's a fun watch for those looking for something more cerebral than the average anime.

After passing it over at least half a dozen times while deciding which anime to watch, my wife and I finally gave The Perfect Insider a go and if nothing else it was certainly unique and didn't feel overly like any other anime we've seen. At just 11 episodes it's a fast, approachable program, though it somehow manages to feel like it doesn't truly even have enough content to fill that very short run time, and it certainly loses steam towards the end as well, leaving us with an overall mixed bag that I'll now discuss with a bit more detail.

From the very beginning the ... program treads the fine line of delving into philosophical territory and staying focused on the matter at hand. It repeatedly asks questions along the lines of "What is the meaning of true freedom?" and "What does it mean to be alive?", which isn't my cup of tea to begin with, but for most of the show it sprinkles this in just enough to where it isn't obnoxious. Towards the end, however, it starts laying it on a little thicker. Between the push towards the philosophical and the "multiple personalities" plot point, I suppose the anime this reminds me the most of, though they're still largely different entities, is The Garden of Sinners.

The core of the show, and the part that will keep the viewer engaged, is the murder mystery we're trying to solve. How satisfying a mystery program is really lives and dies by how good or not good its resolution is and in this case I'd say it's mediocre. This plot in its entirety relies on the all too common and all too convenient anime trope in which there is a character who is not only a genius, but in fact so, so, so much smarter than everyone else that they're able to meticulously plan things out years in advance, make zero mistakes in doing so, execute them perfectly and have no one around them catch on to any of it. The events of the show are technically possible, but they really, really stretch plausibility to the max.

While the viewer MAY be able to solve the "Who is the culprit?" part of the mystery, it's basically impossible to solve the code presented early on in the show. No one watching this is going to figure out what "Everything becomes F" means without looking it up. It gets into hexadecimals and is super esoteric and thus feels cheap in that we're presented with a mystery that we cannot realistically solve. I found the answer to this to be more of an eye roll than anything else because there was no chance in hell, even if I were given five years to do nothing but sit there and think about it, I'd be able to come up with the correct answer and I feel quite safe in assuming the same would be true for damn near every single other viewer.

Presentation wise, they nailed it. The anime looks good, sounds good and while this was never dubbed, the subtitles I watched on the blu ray release were seemingly perfect. I didn't notice a single mistake! My wife really liked both the opening and ending songs as well.

The overall pacing is fine. It's only 11 episodes so it's not going to have long stretches of nothingness, but we do still see a few flashback scenes repeatedly and they start to get old and the last episode in particular is a total snoozefest. The "real ending" is in episode 10. The 11th and final episode almost feels unnecessary, but it certainly isn't exciting at all one way or another. I am confident they could have cut this down to 10 episodes with a few small edits, really reinforcing that there isn't a whole lot of meat on the bone, even if what is there is reasonably good.

Overall I enjoyed The Perfect Insider enough to not regret watching it, though I definitely liked the first half more than the second, and there's little reason to ever watch this a second time once you know the resolution. At just 11 episodes it's a short enough ride to easily be binged in a day or two, so it wouldn't be a huge waste of anyone's time if you were to give it a go and ultimately didn't like it. Worth one watch? Maybe. Something you'd be "missing out" on if you passed over it? Nope. Do with what as you please.

OBJECTIVE RATING- 7-7.5
PERSONAL ENJOYMENT RATING- 7-7.5

How about just dont watch this anime for your own sake someone recommended this anime was like "Sakurako-san no Ashimoto ni wa Shitai ga Umatteiru" but boy were they wrong... the plot sucked so bad that i had to warn people not to watch. This anime will get ur head scratching wtf is going... The two protagonists are somehow shut in a closed room case you would think it would be full of suspense and action but instead u get them siting on coaches talking trash with each other for God knows what reason. The mystery of the case just unfolds by itself and in ... the end you as a viewer just get disturbed and confused whether the anime is confused or is it you, with no explanation what the hell was the purpose of it all. Then youd think the animation would be great with anime that has score of 6 but hell i have never seen such bad animation in mylife... My only regret is why did i watch it in the first place...