This image doubles as a useful 'shut up and take my money' image macro.
So, series for this season are ending and that means I have opinions about them and I write them here. This particular series is Kyoto Animation's offering for this season.
Unlike practically everything else Kyoto Animation has done in recent memory, it's a series with a lot of supernatural elements and a lot of action. The cute girl above is actually a demon exterminator who uses her blood as a weapon (thus the bandages on her hand), and several of the other characters are as well, in addition to a number of demon characters (the japanese word being used is 'youmu', which doesn't translate particularly well into english, they're creatures made from the negative emotions of humanity, though they don't seem to be intrinsically evil).
And not to spoil anything, but the male protagonist is an immortal half-demon. Kyoukai no Kanata (which translates as "Beyond the Boundary") earned points with me early on for, despite him being an immortal half-demon, he is demonstrably not a badass, he's pretty much just a dude with a thing for girls in glasses. Except it turns out there's a bit more to it than that and his circle of friends is a bit more messed up than that. And all in all, it's pretty good. The ending is competent and doesn't bother explaining itself, but whatever, it's at least an ending.
Also there's a random basically OVA-style heavy fan service episode in the middle of the series, but it doesn't ruin anything it's just kind of weird and acontextual.
Kyoukai no Kanata is beautifully animated, but its writing is merely competent. It's not genius, though it's is fun to watch. I don't have a lot bad to say about it other than that it's just not amazing. If you want some good supernatural romance comedy drama action, go ahead and watch Kyoukai no Kanata. Really, the only people I wouldn't recommend it to are people who dislike anime tropes, because they're pretty present, but if you don't like anime, why are you reading my opinions on it?
