This is also my first so hopefully it is not too shocking >.>
Paranoia agent is epic simply because of the way the story is told, instead of drip feeding and making you want more like most anime, paranoia agent throws you random parts of the meal and its not until the end of the last episode that you feel truly satisfied. It is at this point that you finally appreciate paranoia agent.
When I first saw that paranoia agent was only 13 episodes long I wondered, what kind of storyline can you fit into 13 episodes, but now with hindsight I realise that any more episodes would have actually degraded the quality of the anime.
Paranoia agent is the story of a string of seemingly unrelated crimes, their victims and the detectives put on the case.Simple enough.
Paranoia agent's format is really what sets it apart from the rest. With an episode being dedicated to each victim/detective and portraying their feelings and experiences on the events occurring. The thing that makes this amazing is you end up seeing the story from *everyones* points of view while never detracting from the actual storyline. Paranoia agent manages to be both off topic and interesting, and when it comes to a close you realise that it was never off topic to begin with and that every single second of the anime was required and has its own little place in the whole.
I have to note that Paranoia agent is probably the hardest anime to give a rating to with the number system, the story is very epic but at sometimes slow, but rightfully so. The end of the series is absolutely amazing, and quite sudden, which only amplifies the level of quality prevalent within the anime.
I give paranoia agent an 8 overall simply because some points didn't really feel interesting, but they are given out of necessity which I later appreciated. Paranoia isn't perfect, but it is definitely very interesting to watch, I would say its more of an experience than a series. If you want to watch an anime that is in its own category entirely, then paranoia agent is the right one for you.
