Anime Review: Beyond The Boundary

Guess who decided to pop in again with yet another anime review? I know anime reviews are all I've been doing lately, but with my cosplay progress slowed in the midst of working on Mirabelle, I need something to post about.

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Today I'm bringing you a review of Beyond The Boundary, or Kyoukai No Kanata. From my understanding it's not extremely popular, but it's known. You might recognize the main character.

Link most animes I end up watching, I started this on whim this morning... Mainly because I liked the main character's character design...

I'm a sucker for good character design... :')

-Information-

High school student Akihito decides to be a good person and convince a girl at his school not to jump of the ledge of a building and end her life. In return, she stabs him with a sword. The odd pair end up becoming close friends, and soon they're eating at a Mexican restaurant together. Turns out there's a lot of .,~*supernatural*~,. stuff involved in both parties, and shit goes down. I really can't say much else without spoiling stuff.

Genere: Humor turns into Drama, with some Supernatural elements sprinkled in.

Episodes: 12 (You can find all of the subbed episodes on YouTube as of 8/30/15)

Slay! Literally

-Ratings-

Plot/Concept: 7/10

The plot was very confusing towards the middle. Maybe it's just me, but I barely knew the main character's name by the end. I had to go back and wikipedia it. So if you're a person who's looking for an anime you can half-watch while you sew a cosplay (like my sister sometimes does), then save this one for later. The concept was interesting, but confusing, as I said before. I feel like the ending was a little rushed. Overall, it gave me a weird vibe towards the end... something like "why am I feeling nothing by this point, shouldn't I be having a feels attack?"

Character Development, Design, & Relations: 8/10

The character design for the female main character is great. It was creative, original, and refreshing. And that was also delivered in her personality. She's cute but tough, emotional but strong, and I felt I could relate to her a lot. She's not just a badass character- she's a badass character with a cute exterior and emotions that show through. The male lead had some pretty good character design too, not as original, but still refreshing enough. He's witty, kind, and fairly... normal. I think the design of those two really complemented each other and let themselves shine. Their emotions both developed with the plot to an extent, but towards the end I felt their reactions were more reserved. If that's a creative decision, I don't know. Character development could've been taken a lot farther in the second half of the series. The other characters were great too, but I feel they were underdeveloped and their design less original.

Music/Art: 9/10

Can I just say that I love the ending theme? Both the music and animation were amazing and heartfelt. The opening was okay, it grew on me but I still don't love it. The background music was very nicely done, so props for that. The animation was especially great toward the beginning, but I probably feel that way because the beginning was more cheerful. All in all, the animation wasn't anything suoer unique like the labyrinths in Madoka Magica, but it was well done and pleasant to look at.

There's a little Mirai in all of us

-Overall: 8/10-

Bottom Line: Looking back on it, the series seemed to get worse as it went on. But is it still worth watching? Defiantly. The characters are a breath of fresh air, and all in all, this anime warmed my heart.

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Well I gotta hurry off to bed if I want some decent sleep for tomorrow, so cya everyone!~

Let me know what blog posts you'd like to see next! I'll try my best to update more~ ;v;

-Gaby ♥