Bokurano

Bokurano

When writing the outline of this review I was always finding myself rewriting it because of the simple fact that it is so easy to spoil. This hidden gem made by Moshiro Kitoh is by far a 24 episode that everyone should experience. Since episode 1 you are plunge into the premise of the story of a summer vacation gone wrong. For the rest of the review I will say it has some spoiler, so if you hate spoilers stop right here and go watch it because I give this anime a must watch. For the one that do not mind please enjoy the review.

Contemplate this question if you knew you were going to die in a few days, what will you do? This is the whole premise of Bokurano. It starts with 15 kids entering a cave and quickly ask if they want to play a game. Already sounds like Saw, and lets say that is a fair comparison.

Bokurano touches on many disturbing topics. Some include depression, income gap, so viewer digression is advice. Not to mention that these kids already have their own unique issues at home, so as the show goes on you see how the mentality that they could die next begins to chisel at there mental stability. What this leads to is to a very unique roster of main characters.

Characters
This is a hard one because all the characters are technically have main roles

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, but because they die as soon as they pilot the robot it seems the ones that are killed of at first are not as important.

Yes, some of them leave more of impact than the others. So, I will go over some of the characters that had the most impact on myself personally.

Jun Ushiro:

By far one of the more complicated characters, and the one with the most character development. At first you think of him no more than an individual with a deep hatred towards his younger sister because

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he blames her for her "mother" death

. As the story progress you will see how one individual can change a horrible life of a person into a somewhat manageable state. His character hit me the most because it applies to everyone because we have our issues, but all it takes a special someone to help us get through our issues.

Koemushi:

The comedic relief to the show, and personally his corny jokes somehow give you a chuckle. With him causing all sort of trouble in their life is it encouraging them to commit some evil, and Yeeting people for talking back to him. Those facial expression make me wish he was a plushy.

Yoko Machi:

A girl with a dark past that manifest itself in regret itself. Even though she is stale as cardboard she somehow grows on you, or not depends on the perspective you take.

Masuro Kodaka:

By far the one I was rooting to die, why? Because he felt he was entitled because his father was wealthy, need I say more. Which turns him into a straight up garbage thinking that he can hurt other living thing for his amusement.

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Bokurano, is not your typical anime that you can sit and watch without questioning moral judgement. It gives and interesting perspective on the difficulties that someone can be facing such as: depression, family issues, relationship issues, etc. The animation has not age well and for anime that release in 2007, but it puts to shame some of the current anime to shame cough seven deadly sins.
Then Follow by the amazing intro “Unistall” by Chiaki Ishikawa that reminds me of the intro of Evengalion Fly Me to the Moon. You have a winner that I highly recommend to anyone that is looking for anime that will get you invested to at least one of the characters. Definitely a must watch for any anime connoisseur.

Have you seen it? If you have what do you think about it? Thank you for reading and liking!! See you on the next one.