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JOKER GAME ANIME REVIEW


JOKER GAME ANIME REVIEW
-KOJI YANAGI
(MARCH 13 2019)


Overall: 9

Plot: 8

The story revolves around eight Japanese people who successfully passed a very difficult exam for being a spy. As they say, only monsters, a human without a heart, could pass it. The setting of the series is way back during world war, where every country is lacking trust and wanted to get a hold on each other. Every episode shows different cases in different countries. How they manage to make themselves invisible while they gather the data they need. Though all the episodes are interesting and cool, it is kind of an episodic anime and has really no story to tell. It's just about nine brilliant people, their colonel included, and how they do the life of being a spy. 

Characters: 8

I love the character of Miyoshi. He is cool and his role show that he really knows what he is doing. And I think, he is also the only character who can be seen on the series for many times than the others. Honestly, I lost track of the characters. I don't know all of their names. Since the characters all look like one another, they have the same blend of hair, they have almost the same smile, it is really hard to distinguished them by name. But each characters have that assets they only have and you can just pinpoint who is who by their faces. 

Sound and Animation: 10

After I saw this series, I remember the anime 91 days, and Baccano!. Having the same era and looking like the creator is the same. There's really no characters that stand up in line with looks. I guess, spies need to look like normal citizens but that fact itself is amazing. They manage to show eight people who won't be regarded by their looks but by their personalities. Every expression of the characters are well shown, even if its the extras only. Additionally, I love every setting of the story where old establishments are being displayed. The opening and ending songs seem to have been picked very carefully as it really matches the theme of the anime. 

Enjoyment: 9

Military is not my genre, but I won't back down when it comes to historical anime. I don't remember laughing even once when watching this series, but the excitement on every characters movement can fill that gap. Not all story needs to have a comedy in it, right? The strategies shown is enough to captivate the attention of the viewer. 

Ending: 10

In anime like this one, ending is like an empty vessel thrown at the sea, without any destination. No happy ending to be made and they are all meant to do what they are doing until they die. It will all just be a different case after the other. The best part is the one quitting his work as a spy since he realize that he can't be inhuman like the others. I don't think there's a continuation on manga since it only consists of 10 chapters but I'm not really sure if there's a light novel of it.

 

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