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This series are quite possibly the shiniest hidden gem you will ever find. Let me be clear, these light novels are a MUST-READ. The anime most definitely did not do it justice.

Shakugan no Shana starts off with a boy named Yuji, somewhat Lelouch like, and his friend Ike are walking to school. After Ike leaves Yuji finds out that a cheery girl named Hirai likes him. Hirai quickly runs off and Yuji watches. what adventures will they have? What mysteries does Hirai hide? All will be answered in this romanti...

Suddenly, the whole sky turns crimson red, Yuji sees the girl and everyone else frozen in ... time as a monster comes to the scene, it begins to suck the very existence of these humans out of them. Yuji though, is not frozen, forced to watch their hideous death. He then sees, out of nowhere a girl with crimson in her hair, and flames in her eyes. He begs her to help him, and she replies to her gem "How do I get it to shut up". The monster attacks and is fought off by this red girl, landing next to Yuji. The hideous thing suddenly turns into a beautiful lady, crying as she is about to die. Yuji then jumps in front of the red girl, risking his life to save an innocent. Only to have his arm slashed off by the red haired girl, left for dead. The lady smugly smiles before escaping the flame eyed girl. Yuji begs the girl to help him, for he doesn't want to die. But if he continues to bleed ou… he then notices there is no blood. The crimson haired girl simply puts his arm back on. Time turns back to normal, except now everyone around him, and Hirai, seem to lack the energy they once had. Yuji asks the flame eyed girl what happened, how he was alive? "It won't go away" the girl said to her gem. "Explain everything, then it will leave" the gem named Alastor said back. So the girl says to Yuji "You are a torch, and they are torches. You are a thing, not human. His existence was taken from that monster a while back, and was replaced by you, the thing called a torch. It helps make your lack of existing not come too quickly, instead you are there to more slowly let Yuji's existence fade away, until no one remembers you, and you never existed."

The very first YTP ever created:

Shakugan no Shana Specials. Except before YouTube and made by the actual creators of the anime. It is literally the studio creators of the anime messing with scenes and making sex jokes, I am completely serious. I wouldn't be surprised if the first YTP was made because someone watched this. If you have seen any Shakugan no Shana at all liked or disliked it, and are over 18 or pretending to be this is a must see, along with the second season.







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If you liked the first 2 seasons slow pace and enjoyed the romance most, this season will come as a major disappointment. However, If you can keep up with the fast pace or just enjoy smart writing more than anything, this might be the greatest anime you've ever seen.

The characters and intelligence is some of the best I've ever seen throughout all 3 seasons, and the music and art of this season specifically is also some of the greatest and a huge improvement from the last 2 seasons.

I don't want to say much about the story so I don't spoil anything (Remember when you ... spoiled Undertale for yourself), but I guarantee you'll be surprised, no matter how good your predicting ability is.

The anime sneaks in some atheist hot takes. The main villain is called the God of creation, and the main hero (Shana) bares a striking resemblance to Lucifer. The show will point out the fallacies of this God's and other ideologies and gives you it's own, smarter takes on life. You'll enjoy Shakugan a lot more if you look for them

I've heard alot of people say Shakugan's ending is their All-Time favorite but to me it just flies bye, better than most anime but disappointing for what you expect from Shakugan.

The major problem with this anime is that the type who would like it aren't the type to like the first 2 season, and vice versa. However,if one thing is for certain, this anime doesn't get nearly the attention it deserves.