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A coming-of-age suspense set in an isolated utopian village of espers where some children mysteriously disappear. Featuring a lot of scary realism, strange culture, and goblin-like monsters. It's Houseki no Kuni , but with a far stronger anthropological approach. The setting is also slightly similar to Ergo Proxy . Also similar to: Madoka Magica . 25 episode conclusive adaptation of a novel. 10/10★ - Horror disguised as a child's play. Strengths: world-building, mystery, pragmatism. This anime is scary. It looks like fun: children, school, super-powers. But every shot has a dark tone on it that anticipates some monster jumping out and devouring everybody. It's frightening. The environment this anime creates makes your heart forget its beat. At first glance, it's just another school anime. Except it's a school for children that can do psychokinesis. It looks weird, exotic. But ultimately it's just a bunch of children living in a different, fictional...

An edgy story about "hope," "despair," a bunch of girls, an emotionless transfer student the main character saw once in a dream, and a creepy cat with contracts that grant one single wish like a lamp genie in exchange for you to become a magical girl and fight witches. Mix Persona 4 with Houseki no Kuni , replace the fun with long-winded bad sci-fi explanations from Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei , narrate it like Bakemonogatari , add some magical girls in it, then you have this anime. Also similar to: Shinsekai Yori . 12 episode anime original. 2/10★ - Too much talking and overly dramatic. Weaknesses: weird artwork makes fight scenes artsy but sub-par, whole cast is dumb as a rock, way too much exposition. Frustrating. Entirely based on little girls' feelings, rejects logic. Forcibly paced at a crawl, lots of explaining its magical girl system and characters avoiding saying important stuff. Just like in Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei , no matter how m...