Nov 25, 2019
I heard many great things about this anime without really spoiling it for myself. I read that it will mess you up, has great themes and is ab overall great horror..but man I was disappointed.
WARNING SPOILERS MAY BE MENTIONED I will try avoid anything ground breaking.
Story- 6
Here is where I was most disappointed. I can live without great art if the story is on point but I was promised the world and was left feeling flat. Having recently watched shinsekai yori I was looking at something similar something that would leave me cradling myself asking what just happened ?!
I think Shiki had
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a promising plot and tries to make the viewer understand both sides, but I feel this was left way too late and the overall plot didn't make me think deeply about morality, or the deeper themes, it felt kinda shallow to me despite what other reviews say.
There is a scene where a character has to do some awful things to his wife to prove a point let's say and it did captivate me but at the end it kinda felt like it was recorded for no reason really and instead goes the long way around to get the other villagers to understand him.
I just felt the story had a good potential and it does have its moment it isn't the worst thing ever don't get me wrong, I just think there was a lot of needless flapping about on the way, was kinda predictable and some of the actions felt pointless. Some scenes were pretty cool though just too few of the moments that left an impression for me.
Art 6
The art was decent , character design were either really simple or flamboyant as hell. Not much to say about it really I'll keep this section short.
Sound 7
I thought for the most part the osts were pretty good and the sounds used to build suspense was well done. Voice acting (watched subbed) was solid.
Character 6
So you follow a character for the most part then he kinda dips , there's not much development to the main characters. Natsuko is your moody teen he was ok though I just wanted a bit more, when you thought ok we will see some developments, zilch but he wasn't awful.
The doc had some badass moments and there are some flamboyant characters who on the surface have interesting looks and personalities but not much comes from it again, they don't expand on it. There is a bit nearer to the end where it shows how a certain character was but is cut short.
There are 2 maybe 3 characters who have some sort of good qualities and interest me then there are a bunch of characters who just waste space.
Enjoyment 6
Same thing really.. I expected a lot more maybe this review seems harsh but I was promised a lot more. I never thought deeply about anything , I carried on watching thinking this big thing will happen that will mess my head up but nope, it was slightly captivating and again I'm not saying that it is horrible. But no I will not be rewatching this again like others have.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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