Kiznaiver

This was a weird anime to say the least. It had tons glamour but nothing more. I feel like it was shooting for a story much bigger than itself and ended up looking like a plot made by children...whose lives revolved around making friends and sense of the concept of true friends.

I am wholly convinced you could shortened this series down to only 4 episodes and it would have come out better. It just seemed to drag on and a few episodes felt like deja vu. It's concept was explored within the first few episodes and until midway through the series it had my interest. Many episodes just hammered in the same idea, that yes they were becoming friends. Likewise every episode asked the exact same question, Is it because of Kiznaiver or not? I feel like they could have removed the "friends" narrative and replaced it with a stronger love one. This would probably would have made for a solid romance anime.

Nonetheless I still continued to watch, but i think that was due to its great animation and some feel good moments. I really like the relationship the characters but thats really about it. It was somewhat enjoyable for the first few episodes despite its muddled narrative. Even though it was inevitable that they would all be happy in the end, i still watched on. I would also like to add that spring season was really lack luster which was probably why i watched this in the first place.

I can understand for some that they could completely dislike it outright, furthermore i would also understand someone who would fall in love with this anime. But i think my view stands within the consensus. Most definitely this was just a filler anime for me. What was a real insult to injury for me though was the fact that Sonozaki and Katsuhira could have had a much better resolution. The only tangible plot was between those two characters and there resolution only lasted 5 minutes of screen time.

TL:DR: Kiznaiver is an extraordinarily average anime whose concepts exceeds its reality. Understandably to some it appeals to them, to some it doesn't. However to everyone else its damn well clear how average it is.

~6/10