Review of Shiki

This anime has a very interesting story that latches onto you from the first few moments of the first episode to the final seconds of the last episode. The true purpose of the story is to make you think “what would I do if that were me”? The series looked at what most people would do, then at what a small portion would do and how they would be treated for thinking that way. The characters are all fighting a moral dilemma within their minds over what they should do. This may not be as good a vampire anime as Hellsing but I would saythat it takes the silver medal. The entire story (like most horror anime) takes place in a small village in the mountains that seems isolated from neighboring cities. The series follows Natsuno Yuuki, Seishin Muroi, and Toshio Ozaki, for the most part, as the main characters. The first episode does not show this much though as you are following Megumi Shimizu who introduces us to the main characters. We follow Megumi around for a few days as she talks about how everyone in town is “lame and unstylish” with the exception of Natsuno who came from a big town. She watches as a castle-like house is built and hopes that whoever lives there will look at how pitiful her life in the town is and would adopt her as their kid. When the new family arrives in the middle of the night it is the talk of the town. Megumi immediately goes to meet this family the first chance she gets. This is when strange health patterns start happening to people in town.
Make sure you watch this, or better yet, add it to your anime collection!