We all agree when someone says that "Another" is one of the most classic out there. We must admit that, like horror movies, we see this kind of thing because deep inside us we are morbid and we want to see blood and you know what type-of-things I mean.
Making us believe that Misaki Mei is actually a ghost and everyone is dying because of some curse is incredible engaging but it end with the same storyline of those "battle royale". It's a cliché that everyone at end turn against the protagonist and his ideals, or in this case, againts his friendship with Misaki which is meaningless. We all know that thing with japanese narrative with friendship but it doesn't work here.
Everyone who dies and the only reason we like some characters is the way they look. They are all brainless and they are because when they start talking to Mei she discovers that they do not die (that is the reason why we believe she is a ghost).
The story doesn't make us feel something about their teacher who is the one who has the curse. That's the plot-twist. It has no effect on the viewer. Then Mei says she "remembers" seeing her die but doesn't say anything throughout the school year. It's stupid. The whole anime is nonsense because it does not understand how to make a good story, because the only thing it has and is "engaging" is the darkness, the deaths of the students, the umbrella and being one of the first anime that caught many people when they still did not know how to differentiate between a bad anime and something worth watching.
4/10 for the umbrella scene.
Making us believe that Misaki Mei is actually a ghost and everyone is dying because of some curse is incredible engaging but it end with the same storyline of those "battle royale". It's a cliché that everyone at end turn against the protagonist and his ideals, or in this case, againts his friendship with Misaki which is meaningless. We all know that thing with japanese narrative with friendship but it doesn't work here.
Everyone who dies and the only reason we like some characters is the way they look. They are all brainless and they are because when they start talking to Mei she discovers that they do not die (that is the reason why we believe she is a ghost).
The story doesn't make us feel something about their teacher who is the one who has the curse. That's the plot-twist. It has no effect on the viewer. Then Mei says she "remembers" seeing her die but doesn't say anything throughout the school year. It's stupid. The whole anime is nonsense because it does not understand how to make a good story, because the only thing it has and is "engaging" is the darkness, the deaths of the students, the umbrella and being one of the first anime that caught many people when they still did not know how to differentiate between a bad anime and something worth watching.
4/10 for the umbrella scene.