Kiznaiver

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Japanese: キズナイーバー
English: Kiznaiver
German: Kizunaiver
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Type: TV
Episodes: 12
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Apr 9, 2016 to Jun 25, 2016
Premiered: Spring 2016
Broadcast: Saturdays at 23:30 (JST)
Licensors: Aniplex of America
Studios: Trigger
Source: Original
Genres: DramaDrama, RomanceRomance, Sci-FiSci-Fi
Duration: 24 min. per ep.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 7.361 (scored by 376916376,916 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #26102
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #282
Members: 787,361
Favorites: 5,228

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Synopsis

Katsuhira Agata is a quiet and reserved teenage boy whose sense of pain has all but vanished. His friend, Chidori Takashiro, can only faintly remember the days before Katsuhira had undergone this profound change. Now, his muffled and complacent demeanor make Katsuhira a constant target for bullies, who exploit him for egregious sums of money. But their fists only just manage to make him blink, as even emotions are far from his grasp.

However, one day Katsuhira, Chidori, and four other teenagers are abducted and forced to join the Kizuna System as official "Kiznaivers." Those taking part are connected through pain: if one member is injured, the others will feel an equal amount of agony. These individuals must become the lab rats and scapegoats of an incomplete system designed with world peace in mind. With their fates literally intertwined, the Kiznaivers must expose their true selves to each other, or risk failing much more than just the Kizuna System.

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"LAY YOUR HANDS ON ME" by BOOM BOOM SATELLITES (eps 1-11)
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Sep 28, 2025
Kiznaiver is an anime that aims not for the heart, but directly for the tangled knot of nerves where our deepest emotions reside. It’s a bold, often messy, and visually stunning exploration of human relationships that dares to ask: if we could truly feel each other's pain and emotions, would it bring us closer together or tear us apart? While its ambitious narrative stumbles at times, earning it a 7/10 in my book, its unique perspective on romance, friendship, and the inherent ambiguity of our feelings makes it a profoundly thought-provoking watch.

The central premise is a group of teenagers forcibly linked through the "Kiznaiver" system ...
Jul 6, 2024
Mixed Feelings
Kiznaiver is a… upsetting story. It's a kind of drama with a small dose of sci-fi and “philosophical reflections”. Several interesting themes are mentioned throughout the plot, but practically none are discussed in depth. For all intents and purposes, they expect from the audience the conclusions that the anime should present.

Some gloomy things and many other morally questionable happen during the plot. Certain characters really get under the skin, and don't become better afterwards. The story progresses like this, without many relevant advances. Atrocities remain unpunished, sickly logics are basically romanticized and normalized, much suffering happens without any reparation. Character development also leaves much to ...
Jan 15, 2025
An insult to intelligence
The only good thing I can say about this anime is that it has a cast of very colorful characters that I regret that they belong to this nonsense. Bad script, bad character development, if you are going to use this anime as something to have in the background while you eat and not pay too much attention to it, it could work, but don't take it seriously.

The whole time I watched it I was reminded a lot of the Scot Pilgrim movie, a whole big narrative set up, with futuristic anime girls and technologically advanced companies to teach its protagonist how ...

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