Talentless Nana gave everything that 2020 was meant to be, a great psychological/thriller anime built with a fantastic plot that never disappointed, the story is about a trauma suffering kid who is manipulated to kill talented people who have specials abilities that defy the rules of reality in this review I will be giving my thoughts on the plot, characters, animation, sound and lastly enjoyment.

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Plot

Talentless Nana is a story about a young girl tasked to kill talented human being’s whist attending these specials school and not getting caught, kinda like among us except its 1v30 and the crewmates have special abilities. These talented human beings are gifted abilities that defy the rules of reality and are considered enemies of humanity by the humans (humans with no abilities), the talented and their families are conned to enrol their children into these special school which is placed on an island that is isolated by humanity. The main character Nana is perceived to be very skilled and very cunning which is fuelled by her desire to kill the talented humans, the story doesn’t disappoint in developing characters and showcasing the skills and kills that take place with every little detail explained with logical thinking behind it, one killing that truly fascinated me was the killing of Tsunekichi Hatadaira, Hatadarias ability is that he can print images up to and including 5 images that depict the future which cannot be changed, this fascinated me because Nana was able to manipulate the images that Hatadaira printed while he was asleep then replace them so that Hatadaira would believe that he had won which unfortunately led to his downfall as Hatadaira character and including most talented students is that they are unbelievably cocky and arrogant in their abilities. This is just one of the many masterclasses the story gave us in Talentless Nana.

Characters

Nana was written immaculately they way she dealt with accusation struggle and meticulously slide her way out of bad scenarios throughout the series was impeccable not only that but as the story went on we began to see glimpse after glimpse of Nana's back story which had not been mention at all, the way her character started to break down when she finally said her back story to Michiru truly showed another side to her, not once did she break down or lose control when killing her target nor once did she began to doubt her self if these killings were meaningful, but at that moment we began to see a slow but steady shift of Nana character from being this imposter like character to now being this neo crewmate it was truly amazing. On the other hand, the story did an amazing job of fueling her anger, every episode she would plan/kill one of her fellow students and the audience will be left in awe and confused to not knowing what her motives were but as the episodes and development went on it became clear who the catalyst for Nana was and the constant anger that she had.

Animation

Not much can be said about the animation it was not terrible but at the same time, it was not unique. This may be because this animation is not entirely relied upon cool battles and action but more dialogue and psychological aspects, however, the art and character styles do a great job of perceiving fear throughout the show, those large eyeballs and dead bodies do give an accurate representation of the fear and thriller genre that is trying to be expressed in this piece of work while also maintaining this lovely dovey type of aura some of the characters give, all in all, the characters may not look the best but when fear and shock is experience the art of the characters is a sight to be seen.

Sound

The opening gives us a sinister vibe while also trying to show fear and danger that is to be seen in the upcoming episode whereas the ending always gives the audience hope that the talented will find out the killer and always leaves Nana in a sticky situation, this amazed me because both openings and endings both are juxtapositions to each other they both counter each other spreading different messages at different parts of the episode.

Enjoyment

This show was truly an amazing show to watch, looking back at 2020 this anime does stand out with the rise of among us and the countless Talentless Nana references said while playing, it was truly great and worth picking up this series. The countless times I was left on my heels wanting to watch next weeks episode but couldn’t because I was watching it weekly truly hurt a lot, this alone is enough for me to know that I truly enjoyed this show.

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I would highly recommend people picking up this series as the thill, the dialogue and psychological warfare is immaculate. Talentless Nana truly showed what an anime adaptation of among us would look like and frankly it did not disappoint.

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