This anime in my perspective as a writer, in my perspective is a masterpiece.
now now!, dont listen to the two persons in this review section who described this anime as "pure garbage", or "worst anime" clearly those two has no knowledge what the anime is trying to send or what the message of the anime is.
the characters are two 12 year old kids who journey their way to the abyss. the negative reviews below saying that these kids doesnt know where they are going is just pure ignorance, the story is in fact very progressive the caharacter knows exactly where to go and that is below the abyss, why they go there... reg(the boy) wants to know his past , he lost his memories, riko(the girl) received a message from her mom so she made her way there to know if her mother is still alive, they both know that when they enter the abyss there is no turning back and the accepted their fate, yes in some occasions that the girl was dumb we get it shes a kid and still learning, even though she knows what danger she will encounter she embarked on that journey to experience the place her self, this shows the bonding of the character on how they rely on each other, reg for hunting, transport, protections and comfort, riko is navigation, knowledge, food, basically survival... moving on... i do hate the fact that people judge this based on its art style, yes it looks childish in some aspects but the reason to that is to counter most anime that does nothing but sexualize kids, this anime is trying to prevent that, the scene in ep 13 (SPOILER ALERT) where riko asked reg about his penis is nothing to sexualize about.. it shows pure innocence she doesnt know that if a boy sees a girl naked they get an erection, but shes not embarrassed at all since she only sees reg as a relic and not a human thats a mixture of innocence and ignorance yes they know amputation to stop the poison from spreading and killing and mercy killing, but it is the lack of discovery to sexuality that makes them innocent, theyre kids and nothing more, the scene in the first episode showing that riko was strung up naked, only shows that the orphanage is not easy on kids and it is punishment, the part isn't even like a "fan service" in some anime, it is there to show the viewers that she describes it as traumatizing, not because it is to sexualize it.
again moving on damn my review is long but please bear with me, the anime is teaching us sacrifice, to move for ward, we must leave the things that weigh us down to move forward even if it is our limbs, or our friend in order to achieve what we need, the thing the those 2 negative reviews FAILED to understand this anime shows us the worst and darkest reality of how humans can be, this shows makes you think in the situations you can never imagine or some people describe it as "INTENSE" "DRAMATIC" "LOSS OF HOPE" "FINDING HOPE" that is why this is a masterpiece because of its unique story telling, scenery, and plot that is almost very uncommon.
the characters are two 12 year old kids who journey their way to the abyss. the negative reviews below saying that these kids doesnt know where they are going is just pure ignorance, the story is in fact very progressive the caharacter knows exactly where to go and that is below the abyss, why they go there... reg(the boy) wants to know his past , he lost his memories, riko(the girl) received a message from her mom so she made her way there to know if her mother is still alive, they both know that when they enter the abyss there is no turning back and the accepted their fate, yes in some occasions that the girl was dumb we get it shes a kid and still learning, even though she knows what danger she will encounter she embarked on that journey to experience the place her self, this shows the bonding of the character on how they rely on each other, reg for hunting, transport, protections and comfort, riko is navigation, knowledge, food, basically survival... moving on... i do hate the fact that people judge this based on its art style, yes it looks childish in some aspects but the reason to that is to counter most anime that does nothing but sexualize kids, this anime is trying to prevent that, the scene in ep 13 (SPOILER ALERT) where riko asked reg about his penis is nothing to sexualize about.. it shows pure innocence she doesnt know that if a boy sees a girl naked they get an erection, but shes not embarrassed at all since she only sees reg as a relic and not a human thats a mixture of innocence and ignorance yes they know amputation to stop the poison from spreading and killing and mercy killing, but it is the lack of discovery to sexuality that makes them innocent, theyre kids and nothing more, the scene in the first episode showing that riko was strung up naked, only shows that the orphanage is not easy on kids and it is punishment, the part isn't even like a "fan service" in some anime, it is there to show the viewers that she describes it as traumatizing, not because it is to sexualize it.
again moving on damn my review is long but please bear with me, the anime is teaching us sacrifice, to move for ward, we must leave the things that weigh us down to move forward even if it is our limbs, or our friend in order to achieve what we need, the thing the those 2 negative reviews FAILED to understand this anime shows us the worst and darkest reality of how humans can be, this shows makes you think in the situations you can never imagine or some people describe it as "INTENSE" "DRAMATIC" "LOSS OF HOPE" "FINDING HOPE" that is why this is a masterpiece because of its unique story telling, scenery, and plot that is almost very uncommon.