Kiri Haimura is a seemingly ordinary boy with one slight problem: he is obsessed with cutting other people's hair. One day he meets Iwai Mushanokōji, the "Hair Queen" who cannot cut her hair because of an inherited curse. Kiri finds out that his scissor, "Dansai Bunri no Crime Edge" is the only thing that can cut them. But little did he know that their meeting sparked the start of an old murder game to kill the "Hair Queen" using the cursed killing tools, the "Killing Goods"
This show feels alot like a mix between shakugan no shana, fate stay night, and mirai nikki but adds in its own twist with its obsession with "hair." Yes the hair is everything in this anime, the main character has an obsession with cutting "hair", the female protag is a shy loli with uncuttable "hair" however the male protag is able to cut this hair with scissors which he also uses to kill his enemies.... UNSANITARY
story(5) its really nothing new after the rise of the hunger games it seems like i've been seeing alot more death match styled animes for some reason from mirai nikki to higashi no eden, to fate Zero. There is a fundamental difference however to this style of "death Match" as everyone wants to kill "THE HAIR QUEEN" or in other words there is a focal point which makes this anime more like a good versus bad since the main protagonist is the "protector" while everyone else is an "aggressor."
Art (6) Decent artwork is done here buy studio Gokumi which isn't really well known for any other anime other than A-channel.... This is defintily a step up but there are very obvious cuts that are made such as the moments when there is about to be a fight scene the screen fades to a grey meaning there is no other color except for this gray hue that fills the screen which gets very annoying, its a very direct way of saying "HEY A FIGHT SCENE LOOK HERE"
Sound (7) soundtrack is probably the best thing about this anime as it has a very well done opening and ending as well as some good soundtracks sprinkled here and there. Nothing however was groundbreaking or blew me away. The voice acting is... okay feels like im watching an old shounen anime, something along the lines of inuyasha with devious character lines and laughter with the main character spending alot of time yelling, screaming, or screeching for more power.
characters (3) -sigh- A miss for me the characters are plastic and have no life to me, they feel like they've been taken out of other notable anime and simply injected into the storyline to fit there needs. Male protag is as generic as generic goes, hes one of those hero types who acts super normal and super bland but then action scenes start, snip snapadoodle he's a cutting machine able to take down legions of fellows just for the sake of being awesome. Main female protag (notice how im not using any names in this review) is simply a loli that plays the princess peach role I swear half of the seyuu's role is to cry out the male protags name 'KIRI-KUN" and sound like she's crying, she cries during every fight scene, looks at the stars like a good little girl, super wishful and kinda strong willed when the male protag gets hurt saying things like "YOU HURT KIRI-KUN I WILL NEVER FORGIVE YOU.)
Enjoyment(5) this shows is trying on to many different masks and doesn't know which one suits it the best as it goes for death match, romance, slice of life, comedy, with horror, fantasy, and mysterious elements. Its just trying to balance way to many things for a relatively new studio like Studio Gokumi to handle. Most of the enjoyable moments for me was when the girl's hair is being cut as i know that at this very second there are people watching this using it as masturbation material as the scenes which the girls hair is getting cut is highly sexualized and romanticized like to the point where you think the characters are about to bust a load if Kiri-kun takes one more snip of hair.
Overall (5) this is what i feel is a BAD anime that just tries on to many different things all at the same time without having an objective of what it wants to be.
This anime is nothing special and ultimately was destined to fail even prior to the release of its 3rd episode as it was imminent that the staff couldn't focus on a goal for this show.
