Episodes: 12
How: Netflix {Stream}
Grade: C-
Summary: Shibuya, Japan, 2008. Takumi Nishijou, a high school student at the Private Suimei Academy, one day hears about the 'New Gen' murders that have been occurring around the city. Although dismissing the subject because it doesn't involve him, Takumi begins to experience strange mishaps around him, from a horrific picture he received while on his PC, to a mysterious Pink-Haired girl standing at a murder scene.
From there on Takumi struggles to cope with the events unfolding around him, and is soon unaware of what is real or a delusion. As his fate opens up before him, the perpetrator behind the 'New Gen' events attempts to find him, leading him into a world where nothing is as it seems.
Thoughts: This was a mix bag, that I'm glad I never bought all those times I saw the pretty limited edition box. It was rough getting through the first half of the series, save for the question of who was killing these people it was just.... boring.
Once peoples back stories started coming out and an explanation was given for all the crazy shit happening it was a nice, yet kind of out there series. I really actually liked the whole idea that some peoples imaginations could make things real. Their delusions...
I'd be wonderful at this, but the world would be a bit nutty if I booted up some of my delusions.
Who we have.....
Shogun/The General- He appears to be an old man in a wheelchair living in a hospital, but he's actually the real Takumi Nishijou. He's a very powerful Giglomaniac that made his illusion of the younger Takumi "real" to carry out what he could no longer do.
Apparently he suffers from an illness that causes his body to age faster then a normal human. His sister use to always come and visit him, but after making his second self he erased her memories of him and replaced himself with the illusion Takumi.
In the beginning of the series he'd talk to his younger self on an internet chat, he's the one who showed him things that had happened with the murders....
Takumi Nishijou- A bit of a shut in, avoiding as much "3D" interaction as possible he's actually figured out how many days of school he can miss and still graduate.He lives in a large, metal shipping unit/pod on top of a building and enjoys talking to an imaginary friend that is actually a character in his favorite Anime {Seira}.
Nanami Nishijou- Takumi's younger sister, she stops by his "house" on occasion to attempt to get him to go out with her. It's not until episode 9 that she plays much of a role in the show, she's kidnapped by NOAH and tortured in an attempt to make her Di-Sword appear.
The sword eventually does appear which proves that she too is a Giglomaniac. When the General finally makes himself known to the younger Takumi and herself, she finally starts to remember what he had taken from her. Quite upset that he'd erase her memories, saying she would have stayed with him she says she will accept the illusion Takumi as her new brother. Not to replace her actual brother though.
Yua Kusunoki- At first it seems that she is interested in Takumi, wanting him to help her order an Anime figure of Seira. Rather quickly it's shown that she's a nutball, that is investigating the mysterious deaths around and city and believes that Takumi is the killer.
Eventually she goes to the police with her "evidence", causing them to look even more closely at Takumi and yet never actually charging him with anything.
Very late in the show, around episode 10{?} it's shown that she too is a Giglomaniac. Her Di-Sword appears when the enemy is attempting to use her dead twin sister to cause her to commit suicide. Well, I guess it's the enemy. It could be her own mind causing her to go a little crazy at the time...
Ayase Kishimoto- By day she's a third year student, by night the lead singer for the popular band Phantasm. On stage she goes by "FES" and the lyrics to her songs seem to have some connection to all the strange murders, making her too a person of interest to the police.
Of course, it turns out that she too is a Giglomaniac. She's definitely an odd one too, she believes that all the Di-Sword users are some sort of knights and they are gathering to defeat the evil one for the Great Will. It was a little vague, but the great torture/stress she was put under to have her sword appear was actually being tied up and tortured... by someone. Probably NOZOMI
Sena Aoi- She always seems to have her sword or a blue popsicle in her hands. Her sword even sort of looks like the popsicle. Out of the entire show, she may have the most fucked up past.
Her father use to work for Nozomi and they used her mother and her baby sister as lab rats so to speak. I guess they were Giglomaniacs just like Sena and they were experimenting on the delusions that could be made or something...
Through the entire show Sena is looking for her father, to kill him. Turns out he's the homeless dude that is always sitting around with a sign through the show. When he finally does die, it's protecting Sena and she's none to happy about it.
Kozue Orihara- Kozzy! I love this girl. She speaks telepathically and hasn't spoken out loud in years, something about the kids when she was younger would always pick on her and that caused her not to speak. I actually forget, Oh well. By the end of the series she "speaks", finally breaking free of her tormented past.
Rimi Sakihata- This one may be the most complicated female in the show, she's working with the Shogun for the entire show and she is the girl that Takumi sees killing the guy with the crosses. It's something about his powers resonating with the other Giglomanics powers that are causing these strange occurrences.
Also, every time he uses his powers it makes the Shogun that much more weak. He's slowly killing his other self, Rimi wants to kill the illusion Takumi to help keep the Shogun alive longer but... the Shogun won't allow that.
Rimi was also a victim of Nozomi, she was captured and tortured till her Di-Sword appeared. Somehow she escaped and met the Shogun. Who helped her.
She's not actually in the first episode of the show as Takumi's friend, but soon she shows up at school as his childhood friend that he can't even remember. Others in his class remember her though which is a bit strange, all due to the Shogun's powers.
Norose Genichi- The evil dude, he too is a Giglomaniac, but he's attempting to make these powers go on a massive scale with a machine to control all of mankind. Or something like that.
He's the cause for everyone's woes and he dies, Takumi finally pulls out his Di-Sword and with the help of the girls they defeat him and... Everything goes back to normal?.
Well, the ending was just sort of weak.
The End: The good guys won? As I said before, this show is a bit of a mix.. started off slow, was nice in the middle till almost the end and the ending was just... weak. Kozzy starts to talk again, Sena gets her revenge, Rimi and Takumi end up "together" and the General/Shogun dies.
