Traumatic Animes!!

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In article, we will write about  traumatic japanese Animes!

We call them 鬱アニメ（Utsu-anime）

WHAT IS 鬱アニメ？

鬱アニメ is characterized by "death of characters", "heavy story", "grotesque", "bat end", etc, and the more you watch it, the more you feel the worst. Some of the works have a depressing development at the beginning.

１．Puella Magi Madoka Magica

Pulla magi Madoka M agica official PV

SYNOPSIS

Magica has a loving family and a best friend, sometimes she laughs, and sometimes she crys.

Madoka Kaname, an ordinary second-year junior high school student who attends Mitakihara Junior High School, is one of those people who lives in such a daily life.

One day, she has a strange encounter.

She doesn't know yet whether this meeting was a coincidence or inevitable.

An encounter that would change her destiny...

That is the beginning of a new magical girl story――

[original sentence]

大好きな家族がいて、親友がいて、時には笑い、時には泣く、そんなどこにでもある日常。
市立見滝原中学校に通う、普通の中学二年生・鹿目まどかも、そんな日常の中で暮らす一人。
ある日、彼女に不思議な出会いが訪れる。
この出会いは偶然なのか、必然なのか、彼女はまだ知らない。
それは、彼女の運命を変えてしまうような出会い――
それは、新たなる魔法少女物語の始まり――                        

引用：公式ホームページhttps://www.madoka-magica.com/tv/story/intro.html

２．BOKURANO

    BOKURANO（僕らの）means "ours". You can understand after watching it.

BOKURANO amazon link

SYNOPSIS

Summer vacation - 15 boys and girls who came to nature school.

There, 14 first-year junior high school students, excluding elementary school student Kana Ujiro, suddenly make a contract with a mysterious person who calls himself Kokopelli. The contract is that if the battle is lost or the game is unsuccessful for 48 hours, the earth will perish, and not only all human beings but also all living things on the earth will be extinguished.

[original sentence]

夏休み――自然学校にやってきた15人の少年少女。そこで、小学生の宇白可奈を除く14人の中学1年生は、ココペリと名乗る謎の人物と突然、契約を結ぶ。その契約は・戦いに負けたり、勝負がつかず４８時間経過すると、地球は滅亡し、全人類のみならず地上の全生物が消滅する。　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　引用：dアニメストア

A giant robot appears in the story, but it is not a robot work. I think that it is just a stage setting and the essence is in the human drama. These days, the world is full of works that disrespect life, but this story depicts a “real death”.

The anguish and conflicts of how children in extreme conditions think and act, and even though they are fictional, you can feel the weight of real life. For example, if we take the Gundam series as an example, we will think about "how to survive" on the battlefield next to death, but this work makes us think about the ultimate question "how to die".

3．Higurashi when they cry(ひぐらしのなく頃に）

Higurashi when they cry official PV

Higurashi when they cry has many series. So, this time, I will summarize the synopsis from "chapter-Onikakushi".

SYNOPSIS(Onikakushi-cahpter)

The time is 1983. Keiichi Maebara has just moved to Hinamizawa, a depopulated rural village surrounded by nature. Keiichi goes to Hinamizawa Branch School, the only school in the village, and spends noisy but fun days as a member of the club belonging to Rena Ryugu, who lives next door, and Mion Sonozaki, a fellow student at the branch school. rice field. 

One day in June, Keiichi meets a disturbing story from a photographer, Tomitake, at the site of a dam construction site.

It is a story that loops Hinamizawa in June many times in order to avoid the tragedy that occurs in Hinamizawa.

So, at the festival, they succeed in avoiding the tragedy that occurs in Hinamizawa and seize a happy future.

What the auther trying to convey is "the importance of friends", "bonds", "the best thing to do when you're in trouble is to talk to a trusted friend", and "murder and violent solutions will only produce tragedy." etc.

４.Shadow Star(なるたる)

Shadow Star non-official PV

　

SYNOPSIS

Shiina, a 6th grade elementary school student, finds a mysterious creature called "Hoshimaru" in the shape of a star. After meeting Hoshimaru, Shiina ends up fighting a faction that wants to reset the world.

Also,the gap between the opening and the content of the main story is too big! "Narutaru(Shadow Star)" has become a hot topic, but not only is the development dark, but there are many grotesque scenes, and the content is quite cruel. You will be shocked by the behavior of Shiina's best friend, who was troubled by insidious bullying.

5.School Days

From the title "School Days", you might think it's a common school story, but the content is full of melancholy developments.

SYNOPSIS

Makoto Ito tries out a charm using his mobile phone to wait for photos of people he cares about. He shouldn't have let other people know about it, but the next day, the world in the same class would see it. The world feels sorry for ruining Makoto's charm, and supports Makoto's love... At first glance, the content is like a warm coming-of-age story.

What stands out in this work anyway is the main character's crap. The indecisive main character is frustrating to watch, but there is something about it that makes me want to watch it to the end. Most of the main characters are also sick, and the shocking ending will be traumatic...!

Summarize

In this article, we wrote about traumatic animes.

We plan to write a continuation in the future, so please be sure to check it out！！