Listen. I am so weak for psychological and heavy stuff portrayed through animal characters. This shit made me want to rewatch and finish Beastars. (Check out Amberville by Tim Davys. Seriously.)

In this particular show, they tackle a lot more than just a mystery and love. Conspiracies, gangs, corrupted police, revenge... Badass characters, assholes, and mind twists... This show is such a carousel from the start...

Things are said, things are hidden, there are symbols and they use the setting of 21st century to the fullest, to give us a story that might be actually happening out there right now.
It is so crazy, but so believable...

Our main character Odokawa is in his 40ties, seeing a doctor for his issue of not being able to sleep at night. He lives with a caretaker, that was assigned to him when his parents left him, and it seems like someone is living in his tiny room.
He becomes a part of a missing person's case, when it's revealed that she drove in his taxi.
Odokawa suddenly finds himself "working for the bad guys" as a spy, trying to solve the mystery on his own, while trying not to get himself killed as well.

Apart from a beautiful nurse that grew to like him, he has a best friend Eiji, who leads a pathetic life. Together, they adopted a simply strategy of life "I've given up on love and happiness". But we all know, only those who hope say that stuff.
On a dating app, he meets a wonderful 18 year old girl, Shiho. But Shiho is not who she says she is either...

And please please let me mention Yano. This... Hystrix or whatever RAPS the whole time, and I live. I am so here for it. Seriously, he is everything to me.

There is so much more to be said, and analyzed. But for once... I just quietly enjoyed the show. I don't care for an analysis. I care for the art style (that is simple yet so... detailed where it matters), the characters (that can be psychoanalyzed and fit perfectly in many archetypes), music (the opening is SUCH A BOP) and the story (that seemed simply and turned to be much more difficult).

The little details of objects that seemingly carry no value are my favorites. I mean... when this scene came on, I fully gasped-

Spoiler, click to view

And there are more scenes like these. Practically every issue gets resolved, every secrets spills out. Even those we didn't know were important, or those cases that seemed to be already finished and closed.

One thing has to be said: I knew it. The big reveal, I knew. The moment Odokawa said it in the doctor's office, I KNEW. Because, let's face it, creating something that is completely original when you want to have a big twist is close to impossible.
Still, still I loved it, still I gasped and still I LOVED AND ATE IT ALL UP.

The main series gets an amazing score of 9/10.