A good but frustrating experience

Few things to correct you on first...

1. He is not a PI, he's just a blackmailer/photographer.
2. He DOES actually bring them up as points, the whole "You're going to hell forever" thing.


Before I get too deep into this, what episode are you? I don't want to spoil anything for you if you have not finished it yet.

@ErogakiPatches I just finished the first season, I guess I meant investigator in the more general sense. I know that's not his technical job but it's basically what he's doing. And no he almost never brings up the going to hell fact when he is trying to convince people not to do it. Maybe he brought it up once but most of the time he didn't.

@redpanda_42 I never said he always brings it up, but he does at times. I think I've seen this anime over 30 times, so I remember a good portion of it even now.

I do agree that the show is very shallow at times (Which is why I cannot score it above 6) and this brings the show down a lot. If they had episodes where people didn't go through with it, it would be so much better, but they didn't and I disliked this part of it SO much. There are some fantastic episodes and some not-so-amazing ones. From Beyond the Twilight (GREAT first episode), The Possessed Girl, The Woman in The Tall Tower, Early Afternoon Window, Cracked Mask, Silent Friendship (Mainly cause it introduces Hajime and Tsugumi), Purgatory Girl, Island Woman, A Night Among Traveling Entertainers, and the last 5 episodes are all great and I wouldn't change much about it. The rest had a LOT of problems and they should have had a lot of these characters not pull the string at all. It would have made it so much better. Bound Girl was okay but, again, she should have not pulled the string, same with Friends. The ones I mentioned as being good all had VERY good motive for pulling the string, though Island Woman was just sad and I wished it ended differently. The final episodes with Ai's backstory are the best out of the first season and probably the whole series, though I cannot say for certain.

@ErogakiPatches Yeah even so I'm really enjoying it, it's so rare to find a show like this that has time to breathe. Although I can't say I'm enjoying the second season as much so far. Trading the dad and his daughter for a creepy psycho midget feels like a downgrade. I thought they would continue the investigation from the first season but I guess they just said fuck it and somehow the girl lost her connection because reasons? Hope we get the backstory for the other characters at least.