Hand Shakers

Those who receive the Revelation of Babel must overcome many battles and trials. By grasping the hand of their special partner, these "Hand Shakers" transport themselves to the realm of Ziggurat, an alternate dimension where time no longer exists. Each pair of Hand Shakers must battle it out for the right to meet with God, who will reward them by granting them a single wish.

Tazuna Takatsuki, a high school student with a penchant for fixing things, is one of these Hand Shakers. After receiving a request for repairs from Professor Makihara of a nearby university, Tazuna stumbles upon Koyori Akutagawa, a bedridden girl that reminds him of his deceased sister Musubu. Remembering her dying wish to never let go of her hand, Tazuna grasps Koyori's hand and awakens his power as a Hand Shaker. However, Koyori's life is directly tied to her status as a Hand Shaker, meaning if Tazuna was to ever let go of her hand she would die. With meeting God being their only hope for saving her, the duo must find a way to make their unique powers mesh together, overcome the opposing Hand Shakers, and make their wish come true.

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Adaptation:	Hand Shakers
Prequel:	Hand Shakers: Go ago Go
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Akutagawa, Koyori

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Morohoshi, Sumire
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Takatsuki, Tazuna

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Saitou, Souma
Japanese

Houjou, Riri

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Kayano, Ai
Japanese

Houjou, Masaru

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Murase, Ayumu
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Awaza, Kodama

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Komatsu, Mikako
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Mitsudera, Chizuru

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Uesaka, Sumire
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Makihara, Nagamasa

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Morikubo, Shoutarou
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Moriyama, Hibiki

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Sugita, Tomokazu
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Azuma, Hayate

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Ishikawa, Kaito
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Fukuyama, Jun
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Cook, Justin

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Kananiwa, Kozue

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Ogata, Mitsuhiro

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Kawamoto, Sachi

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"One Hand Message" by OxT (Masayoshi Oishi x Tom-H@ck)

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"Yume Miru Ame (ユメミル雨)" by Akino Arai

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Aug 22, 2021

HiMaNGa_K_BaRUaH

Recommended

Look at the beauty of this anime. And I mean it! (NOT sarcasm) The animation might be fairly okay, with the story and plot progression being...meh. BUT BUT BUT! Again, just look at the beauty of the art! I dunno 'bout others but the fluid animation is sooo relaxing and refreshing...I actually found it tough to make out a reason for such low scores. I mean, seriously. Why does this piece of beauty has such low scores?! I can understand if the reasons are the plot and story, but the art compensates it all!

So, being straight, I would recommend this anime to people who don't ...

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Dec 27, 2020

Blake-sama

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Hand Shakers, the perfect "Mediocre" anime.

For starters, the "Story" receives a five for simple reasons. It's pretty damn basic. There's a story, but it's not a good one. There is development in the story, but they're not interesting. There are twists, but they come abruptly and awkwardly. I can truly describe this anime's plot in such a heartbeat, it's almost sad. "Wattpad Middle-schooler fan-fic." Doesn't ring a bell? Good for you. Essentially, I'm suggesting that the setting of the story, the plot elements, the key details, the premise of the show, etc. are all near immature, and bland, lacking in originality and creativity. The most ... "unique" aspect of the story is the fact that Hand Shakers ... must hold hands.

Art and Sound. Both receive five for similar reasons. The one thing that both aspects have in common would be the fact that, for at the minimum, half the show is arguably a 1-3 rating. There's a lot of clunky animation, awkward sound effects, weird art choices, elevator music, etc. Yet that isn't the worst of it. One of the more popular complaints I've heard of is the overwhelming cluster of sound effects and special effects. The first episode is guaranteed to give you a headache, and while the sound effects seem alright at first, they tend to be constant and overwhelming at times.
So why the five? Well, I personally believe there a few, while minimal, there are few scenes and soundtrack choices that deserve a higher rating. There are rather nice-looking backgrounds, not every song sounds like royalty-free music, sometimes the sound effects help the immersion unlike the special effects, and occasionally the animation is rather impressive. It's these sparks of effort that make a lower score feel criminal.

The character rating being a five is a little tough to settle on. I want to like the characters, but there's not even a chance as any potential in these characters is absolutely ruined by the poor dialogue. Scenes that are supposed to be comedic sometimes feel forced or "cringe" and half the time, the dialogue just feels so robotic and off-setting. One of my personal complaints has to do with a specific character that I will not name for spoiler protection, becoming rather talkative, which is fine, but this influenced and changed how I viewed them as a character, how they interacted with the other characters, and overall just made the character different. I didn't like the change. There are some decent side characters, usually coming in as duos since y'know, Hand Shakers are paired. I specifically enjoyed the business-related characters (you'll understand if you watch) but I do understand the common complaint that all the characters are boring, cliched, and lack creativity, a common trend in all aspects of this show.

Lastly, I've said enough to explain why I rated "Enjoyment" as five. In all due respect, I didn't hate it, I just didn't find it to be good. I watched it, said "yeah that works I guess" and moved on with my day. There is a sequel, perhaps I'll get to it, but for now, I don't feel like wasting the effort on a show I know isn't worth it.

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Not worth the headache, nor the disappointment. If you like trash anime, by all means, take Hand Shakers for a spin but, if you expect an anime similar to Assassin's Pride (absolutely awful but I loved it) you will not receive it.

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Nov 15, 2020

Wxku_shi

Not Recommended

Hand Shakers or as I call it, "Aw Gawd My Eyes", is perhaps one of the worst produced and directed anime I've ever seen. From the ever moving 'chains' and 'dub-wub' noises, just makes me go, "which boomer thought it would be cool to do this shit?"

...Anyway, I will admit it's been a few years since I've seen Hand Shaker, but what I remember is:

1) The story? What's it even about? Or is it about anything? ...You know, maybe if it's my brain refusing to intake any information from this hellish shit-show of an anime, so it doesn't lead to a comatose Wxku_shi...!?

2) Oh ...

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