Brynhildr in the Darkness (極黒のブリュンヒルデ) is a 13 episode fantasy action series based on
the manga of the same name by Lynn (Rin) Okamoto who also created Elfen
Lied. The series aired in Japan in the spring of 2014.
Murakami Ryota is a senior in high school who hopes to
work in the space industry. He is carrying on the love of astronomy help
by his deceased childhood friend, Kuroha Neko. 10 years earlier Neko had
died trying to save Ryota and the burden of her death has weighed heavily on
him since. When a transfer student who resembles her shows up he does
everything he can to make her remember him. The transfer student,
however, has no recollection of ever meeting Ryota. In the evening of her
arrival she visits the remote observation building where Ryota spends much of
his time to warn him of his pending death. Not wanting to believe her, he
breaks his word and heads home only to be caught in a rock slide. Moments
before his life ends, the transfer student appears and, using mysterious power’s,
obliterated the boulder about to crush them. She confides in Ryota that
she is a witch but to stay away from her if he wants to live. Not
satisfies, Ryota follows her home to discover a paraplegic girl and a lot of
blood. The transfer student shows up but Ryota is able to convince her to
let him help. They tell him they ran away from a secret project that is
transforming girls into witches via an implant in their neck. Their time
is running out as the medicine that keeps them alive is almost gone.
Feeling drawn to the girl who looks like his lost best friend and his inherent
nature to help others, Ryota decides he's going to help these girls stay alive
and protect them from this shadow corporation. Little does he know the
danger he is getting himself into.
It took a lot to actually watch all of this show, there
was a bit of fan service and a ton of cosplay characters. It was mildly a
harem story, but not really. What got me was the brutality and the mystery
surrounding the witches. But in the end, the mystery wasn't that good; in
fact the last 1 and a half episodes were pretty weak. All of a sudden
this whole other faction of Catholic people show up and start wrecking shop out
of nowhere and you get into weird proto-alien life and...yeah it got stupid
pretty fast during the climax. The anime was shoddy at best and really
not worth the time. There were a few moments of excitement and
intelligence, but overall, a shoddy follow up to the excellent Elfen
Lied. Something tells me the manga had more information and they decided
to pare it down with the anime but I don't care enough to read the manga to
find out. I should go watch Elfen Lied again...
The series was simulcast via Crunchyroll in North America;
I have no idea on any sort of disc release at the time. The manga is not
currently being published in North America.
2014-07-02
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