Aug 3, 2018
Caligula's story line is dense and has an underlying issue with a static sense in mind. The question of "happiness" is referring to psychology the whole entirety of the anime. Yes, it has interesting perspectives but if you've never been associated with a psychology class in your life, you better get ready for some research. This is a detrimental part of the storytelling, for instance in the first episode they bring up Sigmund Freud and his school of thought and their explanation feels absurd and irrelevant until the very end of the show. However with this sense of story telling, it seamlessly envelopes you with
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questions about not only your life but others as well. This anime is supposed to bend your perception on reality aiming towards ideals you experience in your everyday life. I cannot admit to this being a terrible or bad anime, because it is not. It's not the best I've watch but is undoubtedly good, simply because it is relevant to our current era of not only thinking but technology. Everyone wants to escape from how they live, hence the large amount of people that read and watch to somehow escape from external stimuli only for a limited amount of time. The Caligula Effect offers an escape that seems boundless, however machines will never be able to comprehend what happiness truly is because happiness varies person to person. That's the most beautiful part of the anime only shown by a lengthy explanation.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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