The story is about a boy of 14 Yukiteru (a bit background information: They all have god names. I am just telling this because I didn’t noticed it myself back then. The numbers they later get are based on the ranks of those gods, so Yukiteru symbolizes Jupiter or in greek Zeus (who is the boss of the gods). Thats why he is number one) that holds a diary (his cellphone). He has become an observer that take notes of everything he sees. Along with that he has an imaginary friend (or at least he thought he was imaginary) Deus Ex Maxima the god of time and space. On a day after a weird conversation with Deus Ex Maxima about an unknown power, he stands up and was planning to write something in his diary. But he discovers that it is already filled in. First he thought it is fake and that he did it in his sleep or something. But still decided to give it a test but without any expectation of Yuki everything happened exactly as it is written. From throwing a double bullseye to getting the answers of a test he had that day. After that all 12 discovered the power of the diary Deus Ex Maxima took them all together with their bodies hidden as a shadow for each other. Then he starts explaining them the rules. It basically is the last one who survives becomes the new god of time and space. They yet don’t knowing each other's names or faces. They start looking for each other with just one clue their mirai nikki. Already the second day Yuki was discovered by Yuno (number 2) that has a Yuki diary. But she asked to cooperate with him cause she sees everything what will happen to him while he sees what he will see in the future. So together they have a perfect view on his future. Just don’t forget that nobody can be trust in a game like this and just imagine that someone knows everything you do even before you do.
Guess you can start to understand now why I think it has so much potential. It isn’t just a survival game. It is way more original than that. Especially because that not two mirai nikkis are the same. The way this psychological thriller starts is insane. You know what will happen and only people with a mirai nikki can change that. However when the future is changed that much that you are going to die. The only thing the mirai nikki says is dead end, then you need to change the future as quick as possible. But the biggest problem is that you don’t know what you need the change. Another great thing is that it isn’t predictable at all. You simply never know who is going to die next.
Now this is said you probably have a good idea of the principles of the story. So now I can go further on the other elements. To be honest there is only one thing that really made me fell in love with this serie. That reason is Yuno. She is just the most insane character I ever saw. Her unbelievable love for Yuki, The way she does everything with passion especially killing is so great. She is just a real psychopath that isn’t one bit predicable. She can be the best girlfriend you could ever wish for while tomorrow it might be the baddest you ever had. Yuki wasn’t bad either he just needs time to blossom in a beautiful character while Yuno was that insane from the beginning. Unfortunately things can never be perfect. Because Yuno is such a wonderful well thought character the other characters are being placed at the background and not only that. Because of that they other characters aren’t also well developed and thought out. It is so unfortunate that the best part of the serie causes one of the baddest parts of the serie.
For the rest it has a bit or even plenty of everything. The emotions the serie creates cannot be expressed in words. It is full of despair that creates hope. They can let you feel like two persons. It was the first time I had experienced that I was sad and happy at the same time. It isn’t completely like that. It was actually more that something happened and that I didn’t know how I should’ve felt about it. Even though I didn’t knew what I felt, I knew for sure that the music only made it even ten times stronger. So however I was full of emotion I didn’t knew which one it was. They just mindfucked me so mutch that they literally made a autist of me. The voice acting and the Ost can really do a lot here under the right circumstances. The rest (drawings, excitement) where nothing special, they aren’t bad though.
So it is really unfortunate that the middle was full of boring and bad fillers where the creative level sinks for more than hundreds of meters. Otherwise this could’ve been the best anime ever in my opinion.
