Kiznaiver review 08-04-2017, 08:22 PM
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Kiznaiver is a super character-driven show that tackles many philosophical questions such as what defines a friend, what does it mean to "connect", what does it mean to "love", and what does it mean to be "hurting", and it does a magnificent job at it.
The story revolves around seven highly unique characters, with the most prominent being Katsuhira. He lacks many emotions and is unable to feel any physical pain. In the first episode six out of seven characters are in a lab and are told they are part of the Kiznaivers experiment, and are "connected by their wounds". To simplify, if one of these six characters feels any pain it gets distributed between all the others. The seventh character gets introduced at a later episode.
Each of the seven characters have their own flaws and can be associated with a new, updated version of " the seven deadly sins". We watch as these seven unique and flawed characters overcome their hardships together, feel each others pain, and become friends. It shows how even the most strange and exquisite people can create a connection if they open up to each other.
Sadly this show had to end at some point, and being the highly character-driven show it was, the plot was slightly lagged and having a good ending would be very difficult to achieve. Despite this I highly enjoyed the show and think that the character development was done so well that it makes up for the mentioned issues. Personally I would give it a 9/10, but by any standard rating it deserves a 7.5/10 due to the lagged plot and not the greatest ending.
If you're looking for something new I certainly recommend Kiznaiver, although it's certainly not for everyone.
Btw: the art may seem weird at first, but you get used to it quickly. Personally I didn't mind it at all, and kinda liked it.
The story revolves around seven highly unique characters, with the most prominent being Katsuhira. He lacks many emotions and is unable to feel any physical pain. In the first episode six out of seven characters are in a lab and are told they are part of the Kiznaivers experiment, and are "connected by their wounds". To simplify, if one of these six characters feels any pain it gets distributed between all the others. The seventh character gets introduced at a later episode.
Each of the seven characters have their own flaws and can be associated with a new, updated version of " the seven deadly sins". We watch as these seven unique and flawed characters overcome their hardships together, feel each others pain, and become friends. It shows how even the most strange and exquisite people can create a connection if they open up to each other.
Sadly this show had to end at some point, and being the highly character-driven show it was, the plot was slightly lagged and having a good ending would be very difficult to achieve. Despite this I highly enjoyed the show and think that the character development was done so well that it makes up for the mentioned issues. Personally I would give it a 9/10, but by any standard rating it deserves a 7.5/10 due to the lagged plot and not the greatest ending.
If you're looking for something new I certainly recommend Kiznaiver, although it's certainly not for everyone.
Btw: the art may seem weird at first, but you get used to it quickly. Personally I didn't mind it at all, and kinda liked it.
(This post was last modified: 08-04-2017, 08:38 PM by Shinoa.)
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