Friday, 3 July 2015

Anime Review: Dusk Maiden of Amnesia

Alternative Titles: Tasogare Otome x Amnesia, Koukin Otome x Amnesia
Genre: Fantasy, mystery, romance, supernatural, comedy
Episodes: 13
Summary:
The story takes place in Seikyou Private School. A facility that consists of multiple buildings that connect together to accommodate both junior and senior high school students. Sixty years of ongoing renovations and expansions have meants most of the old inner structures have been sealed and abandoned. Classrooms turned into storage rooms, staircases no longer in use, hallways like dark alleys. With the existence of such a maze-like building, it is only natural that rumours of the paranormal would appear.
One day, first-year middle school student, Teiichi Niiya gets lost in this maze and by chance arrives at an old storage room. This is where he meets Yuuko Kanoe, a mysterious girl with raven black, long silky hair and a tall and slender figure, who introduces herself as the ghost of the old school building. For some unexplainable reason, Niiya is the only one who able to see this spirit and she herself does not have any recollection of the reasons or time of her death, nor any lingering feelings about life itself.
Curious about the circumstances of her death, the two create a paranormal investigation club and seek to find out the truth about it and the many other mysteries surrounding the school.
Opinion:
A dark, romantic anime. Such an amazing anime. Each characters express their unique characteristics really well. This is my all time favorite romantic and supernatural anime.
It's romantic, sad, funny, mysterious and simply fun to watch. But to be honest, I think ghost x human relationship won't last. I mean, how about the wedding? Family? Baby? You can't expect a ghost to be the bride when only Niiya can see her. But I still love this anime tho.
To me, it's not scary at all and I like the plot. There's many obstacles that tear their relationship apart, but they fight for their love. Love doctor is my part-time job. (I've never been into a relationship actually and I don't intend to be in one for the time being.)
The problems are, there's some inapropriate scenes (What do you expect? This is an anime) and kinda confusing at first but you'll probably understand afterwards.
Fave. Character: Kirie Kanoe (I honestly don't know why I like her... I just do. But I think I like her tough personality)
Fave. OTP: Teiichi x Yuuko (Obviously)
Rate: 4/5