Review of Hand Shakers

Let me start off by saying, give this anime a chance. Please. I implore you to actually try this anime out, go for it with an open mind - that's the best way to enjoy anything. Same as all anime, three-episode rule here works very well, once you've watched three episodes you'll understand the gist of the plot and how the anime will play out so if you don't enjoy it at this point - drop it. Story: 8/10. The story here is actually quite cool, the premise being the desire to meet God is fairly similar to that of Undead Unluck without the promised wishand the fact that God isn't as evil. In this anime, there are people called "hand shakers" and they can enter a place called "Ziggurat" when they hold their designated "hand" partner, in the "Ziggurat" they have special powers that fit the person's personality.

Characters: 7/10: The main characters are a boy and a girl who are "Hand Shakers", the boy is forced into trying to secure a wish from God as if the girl were to spend to long without holding his hand, she'll die. The characters are fine, they do their job and to be honest there's not much to complain about or write about here.

Sound: 8/10: banger OP. Otherwise not much note-worthy things, pretty cool piano at times.

Animation: 6/10: here's where there are some clear issues... it's not that it's necessarily bad, it does it's job and it's definitely not unwatchable, however it's a very unique style that some people may not like having said this one should still give this a go and see if the animation grows on them.

Overall Enjoyment: 7/10: Banger opening, lovely piano, some light-hearted comedy and romance sprinkled in makes this a wonderful watch for when you just want to wind down. With action scenes as well there really isn't much wrong with this anime and it get's heavily hated on for not a lot of good reasons. Having said all this I will admit that it is flawed - what anime isn't? Seriously. Look at your favourite show and tell me you can't find a *single* thing wrong with it, whether that be an episode, a character, a scene, a design choice. So again to end off, try this anime out, it's not like you're losing anything by doing so and again, go in with an open mind, be open to the animation choice and accept that there are some flaws in the animation at times (specifically in the one particular fight).