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Okay fuck. I've heard about this Anime, all I knew at first was that its suppose to be a tear-jerker or something and that's it. So after several days of refraining from watching Anime (Its like a cleansed you know) I decided to check it out.
• First Impression: 9
I didn't do any background check before seeing KNK so I don't know what genre this is, or the synopsis or what studio produced this, but upon seeing it I was like "Yep. Yep, its KyoAni." The first episode gave me simultaneous WTF reactions because of the refreshing twists even up to the end. And then you start to hear the bubbling sound of the ED theme "Daisy" by Stereo Dive Foundation which totally set my soul on fire. I am a fan of aesthetic, out-of-this-world visuals and the ED theme was like a cherry on top so I had high hopes after the first ep.
• Art: 10
There's no arguing that KyoAni really nails it when it comes to these elements. There's nothing for me to say. Its always whimsical.
• Characters: 9
Characters are lovely. KNK gives a refreshing mix of various characters, albeit the fact that some of them are stereotypical. I love the two perverts, especially Hiromi. MCs and SCs have their own struggles and interesting back stories, some surprises tend to unfold as the story progresses so when I got acquainted with everything about these said characters, its a lot easier to convince myself to keep on watching.
• Story: 3
I think the Creator? Writer? Director?— whoever the fuck is in charge of the story has perfectly established what "flow" he wants the viewers to go with. But then there's a lot of mysteries and questions that were left unanswered. There were also inconsistencies in minor details such as the relatively of the flashbacks to the present scenarios. So many things happened in the story that just suddenly came out of the blue without any given reason or explanation. That's what ruined this for me. I was like "What is happening? Is it the Anime or did I just become slow in picking up the story. Am I getting dumb because I took a break or what?". In the end, it wasn't me. (Thank God) It really was just the messed up plot.
• Overall: 5
It was half good and half bad. Sound is superb by the way. I like the SFX especially on scenes that look like some kind of horror film. And "Daisy" is really, really beautiful.
You should still watch it tho. I completely discourage the idea of not wanting to see the Anime after seeing other people's bad ratings. I hope this helped.
