Toph Talks Anime - Phantom - Requiem for the phantom worth a watch? why and for whom - Spoiler free

hey guys it's tough today we're going to be talking about phantom requiem for the phantom and discussing why it is or isn't worth watching let's begin so phantom requiem for the phantom is about coalition of high-profile underground organizations known as inferno the kidnap a young japanese man forces him to be an assassin under Ein AKA infernos phantom the story details his new life as an as an assassin named Zwei as he develops the physical and emotional skills necessary to justify and carry out killing people in order to survive so essentially there through the organization is threatening to kill him if a dog he doesn't become an assassin to kill people for them the circumstances behind that I don't want to reveal right now because that's kind of spoiler territory that's essentially what it is so the show focuses on considering the value of human life self-preservation selfishness and the consequences of quote living by the sword in the end of force you to recognize that even though the mcs have non malicious intent in their killings they have still committed atrocities for the sake of their own survival the show makes you empathize with them while reminding you that in the end they are still murderers and broken human beings all round so the artwork and music they fit the dark themes and there's never any time where I you know okay this doesn't match the setting or the circumstances of what's happening but none of them I don't particularly remember any especially great moments of music or art work either it's just all suitable and fine none of it's bad and non of it is particularly good that I personally remember keep in mind that I don't really put a lot of stock into these two things i like i love good-looking artwork and music course but i'm not overly critical or overly accepting of any of it for the most part most animes have averaged artwork and music for me so this one not really an exception there might be points that other people would think are bad or good but for me it was just all pretty okay or good so the main cons in enter spoiler territory so I don't wanna focus on them too much but suffice to say the character motivation sometimes seem a bit stretched to fit the narrative of the plot it's not a huge issue but one of my favorite characters makes a transition and which the reason for her change seems a bit outlandish both from her perspective and actions or lack thereof from the main character that caused it's a huge issue but it bothered me a bit personally so what I recommend requiem for the phantom yes but conditionally this isn't a fun happy anime it will neither give you hope for mankind joy or any insight that anyone remotely fortunate in their lives could put the use it is however very intriguing and engenders philosophical contemplation of scenarios and ideas for those who enjoy considering human nature and their own psyche I found myself thinking on how i would justify the actions taken by the mcs only to find often they would use the very same lines of reasoning that I had considered so in the end I event I would essentially some phantom requiem for the phantom as an action pass action-packed psychological type of anime it's sort of its core in between there's lots of action lots of stuff that stuff happening within the plot itself but also it's very psychological a lot of it is about the thoughts behind the actions as opposed to just the actions themselves so I think if you enjoy that sort of thing and you think that sounds interesting the absolutely it's worth the watch I personally really enjoyed it it's very mature pretty dark but if you're just looking for like something that's just like pure awesomeness all the time or something is going to make you happy then I'm not sure I could recommend me i can still recommended just in general but if you look for that specific then this isn't for you anyways it's sort of a conditional yes but i still give it a decently strong yes in the description below i will leave links to several anime that I think are similar to requiem for the phantom and give brief examples on how I think they are similar and dissimilar and over all likelihood of the chances i think liking one will lead to liking the other I like to point out three anime specifically here in the discussion though the first being kara no kyoukai or the garden of sinners series which are covered before and think has a high correlation to recognize the Phantom I do believe that of the two kara no kyoukai is the better series but if you like one I think there's a good chance you will like the other the second sort of honorable mention that would have made a top spot in being similar if not for a few things the Grisaia no Kajitsu not sure if i pronouncing that right aka the fruit of Grisaia has several qualities that link it to requiem for the Phantom however it has much slower build up and has a lot of ecchi nonsense thrown into the mix if you think you can handle those two things though it's a pretty interesting anime to get into finally I think parasite is the best show to watch if you like recomment requiem for the phantom it has a super natural setting and as a bit slower pace but the core themes and vibes are very similar and i can recommend it to anyone regardless of whether or not you like requiem for the phantom anyways guys I hope you enjoyed this toph talks anime and i will talk to you guys in the next video