They story has style and a fresh urban vibe. The characters are funny and have their own signature persona, each try to cope with the situation using their own views as well as mixing some views derived from their friends. Kiznaiver is like old wine in a new bottle – which is rather good… the ideology of feeling for others and understanding pain of others has been potrayed in a very technical way… instead of emphasizing on melodrama, heavy emotions to control the storyline … the anime established the essence of friendship in a very technically sound and urbanized way.
In fact the protagonist, Katsuhira Agata, around whom the message of friendship and compassion spirals, is ironically a guy who cannot feel pain (physically or mentally) or for that matter cannot fully comprehend any human emotions properly. His perception of pain is almost nil for which he is easily targeted by bullies. It is rather interesting how such a boy with emotional apathy slowly adapts to and explains the emotional wavelengths of his friends. Katsuhira’s gradual evolution is interesting as he struggles to understand the emotions by logically mapping them or quantifying those unperceived emotions by deriving a new approach to the old ideology of connecting with people. The story skilfully guides the audience to this new approach through Katsuhira’s struggle. Noriko Sonozaki, the other lead of this story is also ironically another character devoid of emotional perceptions. It is rather funny how these two emotionally and perceptionally apathetic characters bring out the essence of unity, love, compassion, friendship and pain in full bloom as their friends struggleand help each other out.
The story is worth a watch. It’s essentially the remix of an old song . Although the story is slightly predictable (well… its not a mystrery genre), I think you wont be too disappointed. I personally liked it. The comedy is an extra perk. The story has a neon and a lightweight appearance that will catch your eyes.
My Rate: 7.5/10
