There is utopian world– which is really dystopian- where it gives a system calls Sibyl. Sibyl controls what the person will do and measures if this person is dangerous to humanity or a normal citizen. It seems like it’s an average plot but it is more philosophical. If we look at the philosophical side of the anime, the main concept is a person’s ability to think and what makes a person, human. If a person can’t think or act like what the person wants then can we say that that person has any different than a farm animal? If there is a system which thinks for you, then people will accept it but then does it make you a human? Isn’t the ability to think makes a human, human? And the fact that they don’t know what the system based on, how it measures you is basically unknown but the people thrust it anyway because they think that the system is something superior, a high power that knows everything and can do anything (but in the end it is not). And it is really easy to control people who don’t think or obey you for any cause because they don’t know better. So you can control everyone and bring order. But is it worth to bring order, in order to make people unthinkable creatures that will obey only? And I really enjoy thinking and trying to answer my questions and relate to the characters and what will I do, if I were them.
The pacing of the anime was slow. You can’t finish 21 episodes in one go. I mean, you can but then you will be bored and feel like your mind is exploding. This anime has a really heavy concept and because of it really heavy pace. But I really enjoy watching this anime at the end. Just don’t binge watch this anime.
About the characters, there are two characters that developed really well. Kougami and Makishima. Their ways of thinking and the belief they had etc. was really good developed. They really make you think and question Sibyl and not only Sibyl, the real life also. At least they got me thinking about more philosophical things in my life. Kind of eye opener to me. Akane was OK I guess. At the beginning she couldn’t think of herself because of the Sibyl and everything but in the end, she started to question and she started to have thought on her own so I guess she developed really well too. At least that was the producer’s intention. But Kougami and Makishima were in the spotlight. The other characters were just there to be there. The producers made them a little bit unimportant and disposable characters. I wish I saw them a little bit more or at least the relationship between them or their past and the way they think. I mean two of the gang died but it was like “Well they died/disappeared… Anyway, where were we?” And I really wish that they had a little bit more caring than this.
But overall, it was a good anime if you want to think about the anime afterward and just want to experience heavy subject, you can watch this anime.
