Review of Amnesia
If you're expecting a comedic and happy atmosphere from this anime, I'd say you've come to the wrong place my friend. The idea of Amnesia originated from a H-game, where you set flags on routes and achieve a certain ending.This anime is target at young female viewers so if you're a guy, you might have a hard time following. Amnesia is told in a first-person view which, in other words, you basically have no clue what is happening throughout the story until the very end. I enjoyed watching this anime not because I love the mystery genre, but because of it's originality/plot. Firstly, lets talk aboutthe making of this anime. The reason why I started this anime was mainly for it's art. I was interested in how each individual character was drawn to be significant to the symbols of a card game such as hearts, diamonds, clover, etc. Other than the artwork, I was also impressed by the opening theme song of Amnesia, which I believe was sang by Yanagi Nagi. It helped prepared the right mood in the beginning of each episode mainly because its catchy, but thats my opinion after all.
Now that we're done with the artwork and sound production, lets move on to the creation of the characters. The main character of this story is the heroine, which was never given a name throughout the ENTIRE series. If I had to describe her character, it would be plain, weak, inferior, clueless, airhead, doesn't have much of a personality at all. But that's acceptable once you forget who you are. The fact that she's lucky to experience dating with four attractive dudes won't change. Throughout the story, the heroine is always clueless of her surroundings. The background given to the heroine was that she was childhood friends with two boys named Shin and Toma. As the story progresses, you'll notice quite a few changes with this heroine, well technically to be more specific, she's able to communicate more comfortably with her surroundings.
The very first arc of the anime begins with Shin. I'd say that Shin can be compared to an ice cream, because he gives out a cold impression and yet he's sweet and kind. He is mostly shown at the exposition of the story and seems to have a deep relationship with the heroine. Nearing the end of his arc, he becomes more forceful and impatient with the heroine. His symbol is the heart.
The second arc leads on to another male lead, Ikki. Ikki is more of the idealistic boyfriend and is perfect at everything, especially on the looks. The heroines first encounter with Ikki is when he helps her make some kinda ice cream thingy (iunno what its called). It is rumoured that every girl Ikki dates with always breaks up after 3-months because of the competition between fangirls. His symbol is the diamond.In my opinion, this was the most BORING part of the story, reason being it was dodgy and unreliable to the main concept of the story, as if it was there to take up three whole episodes for no reason.
After Ikki's arc is Kent's arc. Kent is definitely not the ideal boyfriend and shows no emotion/affection towards the heroine. Throughout the story, Kent becomes more 'open' to the heroine and is able to express his affection towards her. His symbol is the clover. I really liked this part of the story because I liked seeing the character development of Kent.
The next arc, which was my favourite, is Toma's arc. The reason why I loved this character is because he was the first yandere male lead I knew. The behaviour Toma takes whenever he's near to the heroine is quite over-protective. Throughout the story, Toma shows his affection towards heroine is by confining her in a cage to protect her from "antagonists". Nearing the end of the story, the heroine discovers her true feeling for Toma and eventually forgives his actions. This arc in particular was the start of the rising action of the story, holding up a tense feeling.
Lastly, the Ukyou arc, which is the climax of the story. Ukyou is first seen in the anime when he saves her from what could've been a car accident. What specifically interests me about Ukyou is that he has a split personality which is quite a mystery throughout the story. One that wants to kill the heroine, and one which wants to protect her at all costs. Ukyou seems to have some knowledge of why the heroine is passing through parallel worlds (spoiler). Ukyou is known to have interest in photography, but to be honest, I don't see what this has to do with the plot at all.
After watching this anime, I can tell that a lot of effort was put into making this anime. I was always looked forward to what would happen in the next episode. I really recommend trying out this anime because you don't know what you're missing out on!