Review of Shiki
This one is underrated and needs a review. (there may be minor spoilers, I will try to make them as much little as I can) TL;DR Overall this a Gore (very Gory to be honest) Horror Thriller Mystery thought-provoking enjoyable story that's written too well unlike any other horror I watched, read or played. P.s. If you don't like Gore, there is no joking here and you should look for a different title The story: It's too well written. Unlike other horror series, movies and games that cook horror by adding two principles (fear of unknown + ton of gore content) to get a beautifully made horroras they think. and because of this recipe, People show different responses to the horror genre in general. Some people get scared, others laugh and others see its boring.
This series is different. It starts slow but get crazy later on.
why couldn't the writer just do as mentioned above? Why did he put a lot of meaning, hard work, twists, emotions, and thought-provoking dialogues?
by doing what he did, it gave us a good story which you can't react to as any other horror series out there, can't rest till you reach the end and can't stop thinking of it after you finish.
"SPOILERS AHEAD...SPOILERS AHEAD"
IF YOU HAVEN'T WATCHED IT YET JUST SKIP THIS PARAGRAPH AND GO TO THE NEXT SECTION
I disagree about two points in this story :
(you may agree with or against me it's a though-provoking series after all)
------1)The idea of co-existence with other kinds....
this story follow the General Japanese anime concept
the story is of two groups lets say A and B
when A tries to kill B, it isn't A's fault
but when B fights A back, B is a monster ?
Enough Japan stop spreading this idea. all over your works
(I think people who watched the show got my point)
--------2)Forsaken by God..God is always silent..etc
God has his own time and plans and I won't get much into this.
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Art:
Well, this was drawn beautifully. The pupils and how they change through series events are enough to get this one a high score.
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Sound:
I got into anime in general by anime music pieces I listened on youtube.
One of these anime which had a great soundtrack was Shiki. I even listened to the whole soundtrack many times for a long time before I watched it.
Made by Takanashi, Yasuharu the same guy that made Naruto Shippuden, borto and hell girl that was a masterpiece only the 1st op, end songs were terrible.
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Characters:
Here is where the writer Nailed it. there are many varieties ones disgusted me (Tatsumi comes to my mind, also migami), others felt sorry for and many many feelings (enough spoilers for now.) The writer as I mentioned above didn't write a shallow horror story but with those characters, he filled that usual hole in horror series, you can feel every grain of emoition in this series is well done. some episodes that was with much emotions that comes to my mind the 2 extra episodes 20.5 and 21.5 make sure to watch them especially 21.5 important to the story.
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Enjoyment: as I mentioned before. It starts slowly and boring but gets crazy later on.unlike any other anime I watched this one, 2 episodes at a time and the last time 8 episodes straight.
As I said before "..This one.. you can't react to as any other horror series out there, can't rest till you reach the end and can't stop thinking of it after you finish.."
Hope this was helpful.