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Jul 4, 2020
Usually I watch a minimum of 3 episodes before I decide if I should drop a show or not. However, Mirai Nikki has something magical to it, something indescribable, I just couldn't stop watching as if I was in a masochist trance. Maybe I wanted to know how much artistic pain I could endure.

I've watched bad animes, still, I would dare to say that there's really no adjectives known to Men that could truly describe how appalling Mirai Nikki is. This is by far the worst written show I ever watched in my entire life, and I include everything I ever watched, and just so I'm perfectly clear, I mean literally EVERYTHING.

The artwork is good, the action scenes are enjoyable, sometimes even clever, the sound is good. But, even if all this was absolute 10 out of 10 it wouldn't matter. To me a show isn't an average of its components. A show can be at best slightly better than its weakest links. Mirai Nikki is amazing in the way that it makes sure that its impossible to be lenient, it has two components that are just 0/10. Plot and Characters.

Plot/Story:
Like I said before, there's just no adjectives in any language known to Men that can describe how nonsensically bad it is. Not sure what else I can say about it, its pure platinum standard nonsense. No really, I can't explain it, its just beyond explanation.

Characters:
Secondary characters are okish... but the main characters... let's start with Yuno. She is fine at first, a completely psycho nutjob, she is a cutie in her own way, one learns to like her, but episodes go on and on and she is always the same character, doesn't learn anything, doesn't change anything, becomes a predictable murderous dull doll. And that's it, that's all one can say about her, nothing else. But Yuki, oh... Yuki is on another level! I mean, I never seen such an unbearably obnoxiously pathetic useless wuss character in my life. Yuki is just mind boggling insufferable. I never had such hate for a fictional character, I can't describe the feelings I have just by thinking about him. I found impossible to have any empathy for him.

In my opinion this show is a classic, I truly recommend watching it. I'm not being ironic or sarcastic here, this is a case study, its the reverse of a magnus opus. If you are a creator you should watch it, first because it will boost your self-estime and your confidence, second because you have a good guide on what not to do. If you are a casual viewer, every show after this will become better. If you like unique experiences, this show is also for you, in fact, I think I will never forget the worst moments of this show, they are literally, and I mean LITERALLY jaw dropping, I often found myself with my mouth open in incredulity at what I was watching.


SPOILERS:
Ok so I will give you an example of the level of nonsense this show reaches. Yuki (main character) is in a building, his own father is trying to clear his debt by destroying his son's cellphone on behalf of a bad guy, sure he doesn't know his son will die, but guess what, it wouldn't matter anyway, because? Well Yuki is with his girlfriend Yuno on top of a high-rise which is about to collapse, the bad guys have one parachute, Yuki has another, so his father steals his son's parachute, says he is sorry but he isn't ready to die, so he truly understands he is about to have his own son killed, then jumps out. Yuki with his superpower of plot armor manages to get the last parachute from the bad guys, jumps with Yuno, and in that moment of pure adrenaline Yuki is worried about one thing, that Yuno helps him bring his father and mother together again. Oh yeah, this is for real, without a shred of irony or sarcasm. He tells Yuno to help his father, who just left them both to die, to reconnect with his mother.

Oh did you think this is over?? No no no, I meant it when I said "platinum standard nonsense". Ok so when Yuki's father lands in a plaza in the middle of the city, not even one bystander is there, not one single person is watching the crazy dude parachuting out of a high-rise being destroyed by bombs... but somehow, Yuki's mother sees him and runs to the plaza, yet, not a single cop that is with her rushes there as well, its not like the cops would want to ask questions to a person jumping out of a high-rise being destroyed by terrorists... Anyway, she faces him, and for some reason that truly escapes any reasoning, Yuki's father draws a knife and kills Yuki's mother! Yeah that's right, this just happened.

But we are not done yet! Next day or so, everyone knows already it was Yuki's father that murdered Yuki's mother. So Yuki manages to find his father, and he reconnects with him!! Yeah that's right! They become pals! But then the bad guys kill his father, and this is the turning point for Yuki, this is when he finally stops being a complete wuss and decides he must become a man to avenge his father! Yeah that's right, after seeing hundreds of school colleagues murdered, his beloved mother murdered, etc... its when his father dies, the same guy that the day before left him and his girlfriend to die, then proceeded to kill Yuki's beloved mother, that Yuki grows a pair.

This is just 10/10 in the incredulity scale.

P.S.
There were times that I honestly thought this show could only be an anime parody, my mind couldn't believe it not to, and I went to google and tried to find out. Its not.
Reviewer’s Rating: 1
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