A glasses fetish isn’t enough of a basis for comedy, and just makes him seem shallow. That’s disappointing, because I need to like the main characters to be invested in a show, and if I don’t like them they need to make me laugh. Despite having something akin to a split personality, Akihito is a decidedly one-sided main character, openly admitting to being a pervert.
Yes, there is a little more to it than that, but mainly on the side of Mirai. If I’m going to watch a soppy romance I want to see characters falling in love for some other reason than their looks. The romance element could have solved the problem, but it never really goes anywhere until right at the end, and is too reliant on Akihito’s glasses fetish. Too many episodes focus on a big, impressive battle, and I can’t deny that Kyoto Animation do this kind of thing with incredible style, but it’s just not enough for me. It’s absolutely hilarious and just the right amount of silly, and I loved it. It concerns the team trying to defeat a youmu that releases a flood of stinky liquid when it is under threat, and features repeated attempts to distract it, including an elaborate dance number. That’s why I absolutely loved the sixth episode of this series, and only the sixth episode. There has to be something more to it than that. Give me a sci-fi that exists to wow the audience with space battles and knobbly-headed aliens and I’m nodding off. Give me a sci-fi that’s also a great soppy romance, or a sci-fi that’s hilarious, or a sci-fi that has a brilliant cast of memorable characters, and I’m in. I’ve watched loads of the stuff, but I think that’s because both genres at their best are brilliant at examining the human condition, and that’s what fascinates me. This might sound odd, because I’m writing a blog that mainly covers sci-fi, fantasy and anime, but I wouldn’t describe myself as a sci-fi or fantasy fan. I’m probably not the target audience for this kind of thing. The other characters are mainly made up of other warriors who try to kill the youmu, and I won’t bother going into any detail about them because frankly none of them stood out particularly much to me. There’s not a lot of point in that, because he’s immortal, so it doesn’t matter how many times she stabs him.
#Beyond the boundary series
She is one of several characters in the series who go around trying to kill the youmu, and her main target is Akahito. That’s handy, because the other main character is Mirai, who wears glasses. He also has a thing for girls who wear glasses. There’s Akihito who is half-youmu and immortal. So let’s get to some of the main characters. Some of them co-exist peacefully, some don’t, and I think the idea is that they represent emotions and different sides of human nature, so that’s quite a thought-provoking idea. As is common with this sort of story, only certain people can see the spirit creatures, known as “youmu”. This is one of many anime series where spirit creatures co-exist with humans, something that taps into Japanese beliefs. Also, it’s one of those series where everything you think you know at the start turns out to be not quite right at the end, so I’ll stick to the basic premise. I’ll have a go at explaining this, although I’m not entirely sure I understood it all after watching the whole series.
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