![]() All in all, this premiere is surprisingly cheerful, not just because it's so well-directed and produced, but because its characters are so immediately likable. It's the care put into the little things that make this series look so appealing.īut those comforts, both technically and narratively, as like a Venus fly trap, luring in the characters and the audience for the ending, when it's made very clear why the world outside the walls is hell. ![]() The animation looks delectable whether it's the action or just characters walking around and performing simple actions. When people think of Production I.G., they sometimes think of more "realistic" kinds of sci-fi and fantasy, and part of that has to do with their reputation for detailed character designs and bursts of expressive character acting. Kiruko has a gun and compensates for its low capacity with her clever thinking and wit, while Maru, on the other hand, is quite the hand-to-hand fighter. ![]() Threats still arise, but they are both plenty capable on their own. They have great chemistry whether they're bickering or getting excited about the smallest necessities they find on the road. Kiruko is hired as a bodyguard for Maru, who is in search of a place called "Heaven" for as-yet unknown reasons. It's far less dire than one would expect, and while there is still dark imagery (corpses within abandoned homes), seeing it through the eyes of young people who have grown up in this world changes how it comes across to the viewer. What's refreshing about this take on post-apocalyptic adventuring is the tone and the chemistry between the protagonists. The second duo of protagonists, Kiruko and Maru, travel through a run-down Japan, raiding abandoned houses for supplies and fending off scavengers. Whereas many stories of a similar premise would sequester themselves into this heaven and slowly deconstruct it, the audience is immediately given the answer to this question. Tokio is a young boy who seems to go through his day-to-day like normal until a strange message plants a question inside his mind: "what is outside the outside?" His clever and perceptive friend Mimihime only spurs his curiosity, seemingly having deduced that and other things not to be known. The first of Delusion's two stories centers around the children raised within a futuristic nursery of sorts, closed off from the outside world, but with an "outside" that resembles a forest.
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