Okay, gimme mystery plus a really good story to go with like in perfect blue and I’m hooked. But gimme a horror mystery with not much of a story… This happens. Yea the story had its interesting parts. Like how it criticizes Japanese culture in a satirical way. But I’m not watching this for a life lesson damn it. I want entertainment.
Not gonna lie. I enjoyed the first couple of episodes. I did notice the minute hints the show gave about its nature. I chose to ignore them. Thinking they were just the delusions of our characters. As if they were imaging it. While the show was trying to show what was going on inside the character’s psyche.
I even enjoyed the detectives. They were a fun bunch to watch. The show started off with their perspective first so that was r eally helpful to understand the full picture. Or at least, what I thought was the full picture. It was only after the kid who tried to copy shounen bat was murdered, everything went downhill.
My suspicions were proven correct. This was a freaking supernatural show. Not a goddamn detective story. Not only was I taken aback. I was also disappointed. The show tried going all fantasy even without a cast for me to care about. I’m the type of guy who loves his character development and world building. Seeing the world of paranoia agent tho. I wasn’t impressed. I was just confused. I just didn’t know what to think about the show. I simply didn’t care.