Bokurano

This is probably the most depressing anime ever. Most of the sad anime listed are there cos most of the anime are happy till something happens (death) but this one is sad from the start with tweens dealing with certain death, abuse and loneliness the whole way with the fate of universe on the line. Its Evangelion if every fight was your last. Oh and the opening song is amazing

Every main character's backstory is interesting in its own way and they give us a window into some of the darkest aspects of being a child/adolescent. Specially, if you look at those stories through a Japanese mindset filter. Every decision they take when encountering unsurmountable odds have a big emotional impact that will hit you hard. Unfortunately, the plot suffers from a somewhat messy ending as most animes. In any case, each individual backstory is enough to keep you wondering about your own childhood and what could have been for a while.

I dropped the anime in middle of the 8th episode, so this is a partial review.

Pros: Interesting idea. Meh: Graphics, Music Cons: Inconsistency Reactions are not realistic Character background is sappy Character progression is ridiculous Basic questions are not asked or answered

The story is about kids who got into something without realizing what it was. When they begin to realize, for the most part, the story demands that they do not react normally or that they wait before they do. Cause/effect reactions are inconsistent and happen at a time convenient to the plot. Further, the amount of time things take to happen are tied to the sub-plot instead of "reality".

The drawing is not that great; most of the characters look ugly. The music is nothing of note. The only thing that kept me watching was waiting for a big reveal or at least answer some basic questions. By the sixth episode i was getting bored, by the eight, i dropped it. What a waste of time.

The idea is interesting though. Just poor execution.

An anime that feels very old, where human drama comes to the forefront in sequences against the clock, forced by a spectacular circumstance.

Neither the animation nor the action have aged well, there is hardly anything exciting in them, you just want them to go by fast; but the anime, after a soporific first half, is able to touch the heartstrings and awaken honest emotions in each of the different lives it presents to us. You will not leave this series indifferent to its message and story and you will remembered it despite it's many flaws in all those categories that we all like to quote: pace (slow), music (repetitive and poor), animation (boring), writing, characters, etcetera.

Bokurano is a mecha tragedy, Where a normal mecha anime, it's about the journey to Adulthood, here It's the journey to death.

One of the things Bokurano does so will, Is it takes 15 Random kid Who are not fully adults yet, and forces them to tackle death.

And we see how every kid tackle it differently, some go into despair, other goes into nihilism, other just think about the people around them, They will leave behind.

Bokurano story wise is really willing to pull some emotional stomach punches, and some amazing plot turns, that makes it so interesting to watch because you cannot predict it.

The animation is not really anything special, but the robot designs are so creepy, look so pointy and weird and not humanoid. The character design is very normal, It looks like normal people, instead of the over the top anime designs with rainbow coloured hair and giant boobies.

They go for normal people designed to get the story to sting more.

You can't decide what fate you get, but you can decide what you're gonna fight for.

If you like emotional stomach punches, then Bokurano is for you.