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'Mieruko-Chan is the best anime' - Sun Tzu

Jokes aside, Mieruko-Chan is an emotional masterpiece. The story revolves around a young girl, Miko, who has the ability to see spirits and how she lives her daily life around them. Mieruko-Chan is not just another Horror anime, but an anime that seamlessly incorporates many different genres into one. For those going into this thinking that 'Hey, another Horror anime!' I hate to break it to you but Mieruko-Chan is not as Horror-Centered as you think. But still, give this anime a try! Why not try something new for a chance.

Story, Character and Enjoyment ... 10/10
The story in itself is a heartwrenching tearjerker. It manages to capture the hearts of viewers by making them sympathize with the on screen characters. Although she can see spirits, mostly of which are evil, there also comes good spirits. Each spirit has it's own unique story similar to the ones that you could see in Demon Slayer (This is a bad example), it managers to make you sympathize with the spirits. About almost every episode, I'd have a box of tissues beside me. Why you may ask? Well, it's not my fault that this anime is crafted to perfectly. It comes with a package of tears and goosebumps as each episode in itself is an emotional rollercoaster. The anime starts slow but really begins to pick off around episode 3 where every episode can leave you in a pool of your own tears.

Miko-Chan, the MC, eventually learns that 'Not every book should be judged by its color' from confronting many spirits. Seeing wholesome moment upfront or barely escaping alive, Miko-Chan herself symphathizes with each spirit. She can see them all, yet she does nothing but observe from afar.

Art, Sound 10/10
Fluidity in both Art and Sound. The anime manages to blend both aspects to work perfectly well with each other. There is never a moment where you would say 'Hey why is this being played here' or a time where you can spot a unfinessed frame. It really goes to show how much effort the studio put in when making the anime.

Overall 10/10
This is something you should definitely give a try! Do not judge from the first few episodes as the anime really kicks off after episode 3 (or 4). Some may say 'Hey, this anime isn't good' But the anime needs time to slowly build up the plot. Each episode after episode 5 leaves me waiting in agony for next weeks' episode. It wholesomeness is comparable to some of my favourite anime like My Dad's Secret Ambition

With this review, Please watch it! You won't regret it!

‘A psychological warfare constantly waged by the two opposing sides in her head”

This review contains spoilers

Story - 10/10

At first impressions the anime doesn’t strike as much through the trailer or in the first episode. A dull boring simple-minded show about a young boy’s school life. And then.... it hit you. Murdered in cold blood.

Talentless Nana tells a story of a young girl who second guesses herself. Nana lost her relatives at a relatively young age and was raised by a ‘government body’ to do their bidding,

In this case, her job was to kill students that contain ‘special powers’ as the government body deemed them ... as humanity’s future threats - causing the lives of hundreds of thousands to perish. She was given a device to estimate the future kill counts each individual would achieve in the near future.


If I were to describe Talentless Nana in a sentence, it would be something along the lines of “ An Among Us and My Hero Academia crossbred anime”


Art - 8/10

There is no reason to complain about the art for the anime. The anime did justice for the manga by sticking to the original designs for each and every character in the manga. If anything, it’d come down to personal preferences and if I do say so myself, the manga had a good pallete when it came to choosing character designs.

Sound - 8/10

When push comes to shove, the anime brings in music that fits perfectly with scenes. However, there are times where the anime just feels ‘boring’ as though stagnant when progressing through certain scenes. I’m sure that with enough touching up, the scenes would perform better with the addition of more sounds.

The voice acting was great. You could hear the fear during the deaths of each character, the shock when finding a body, the dreadfullness of not being able to find the killer. These little things make the anime much less ‘empty’ with a good set of emotions.

Character - 10/10

Everything Nana was told to do was all a lie. The death counters for everyone were faked so that the government could give Nana a reason to “kill off kids” with special powers. So everyone in reality, was actually innocent. They were wrongly killed and by the time she realised this, she had already killed of many students.

“What have I done.... Was there really a need to kill them?”

She constantly ponders whether Michiru would have caused multiple deaths. Whether a kind guy like Nanao could end up killing a million. Although some are good, there are also slightly bad characters like the photo foresight dood and the necromancer lady. So with these “bad apples” she stopped doubting each time she killed another. Michiru...... changed her completely

Everyone has a sweet spot for someone, and for Nana it was Michiru. Michiru opened up to Nana wholeheartedly, never doubting her in any situation, truly a Friend you would treasure most definitely.

Through each episode, we see character development in Nana. A journey of self-realisation.

Not just Nana, but every other character had their own unique traits and personality.

Enjoyment 8/10

Sure the anime is good to binge watch. But after a while, it doesn’t stick to your head making you think ‘Ah, I just want more of this’. It doesn’t give you the drive of emotion to continue to push for a season 2, but it does give you the push to recommend it to your friends to watch.

Overall 9/10
A genuine hidden gem from this season. It neeeds a bit of touching up to score a 10 but it’s a worthwhile experience for anyone who wants to begin/ watch anime.