Zettai Shounen
絶対少年
“Two isolated teens confront mysterious phenomena tied to their inner turmoil in rural and urban settings.”
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Synopsis
Two isolated teens confront mysterious phenomena tied to their inner turmoil in rural and urban settings.
Oftentimes, people are most vulnerable when they are lonely and unable to get along with those around them. Isolation is felt more keenly amongst a crowd, so some will try to find solace in the strangest of places, where the unknown lurks. Such people include Ayumu Aizawa, a former city boy now living in the countryside of Tana, and Kisa Tanigawa, a young girl who has a hard time relating to others. What these two share in common is a feeling that their life has gone astray. Zettai Shounen tells a story of strange phenomena affecting two different settings, with no explanations of their origin or sudden appearance. All that is known is that these phenomena seem to center on individuals with mixed emotions toward themselves and others.
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Community consensus
Derived from 7 sampled reviews
7.9/10
Score distribution
Agreement
SplitPolarized
σ 2.10 · split reception
The polarity gap
5.7 ptsRecommenders 8.7 · others 3.0
Score over time
0.14Verbosity
Snap verdicts · shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8/10 “I'm writing a review, yet again. The story is pretty simple really, people got involve with the spirits sprites in the Summer Arc (Ayumu), and the evil sprites in the Winter Arc (Kisa). If I got...”
- 9/10 “Surreal: beyond real. This is a surreal show, not in the sense that it is dreamlike, but because it portrays a humanity not confined by the limits of our reality. The characters and dialogue are...”
- 10/10 “Zettai Shonen is a masterpiece of storytelling that masterfully blends supernatural elements into a grounded, character-driven narrative that deeply reveres the human experience. While the pacing...”
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A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — Zettai Shounen begins and ends here.
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Reel · 01 Cat. №BS-0285
- Format
- 26 × 25′
- eps × min
- Total runtime
- 10h 50m
- all episodes
- Aired
- May 2005 – Nov 2005
- Spring 2005
- Source
- Tv
- media type
- Rated
- PG
- 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref.
- BS-0285
- catalog