

And about the characters, let's talk about Fushi first. Nothing would have changed if this was a historical story with supernatural elements rather than a story that sets in a world completely different from ours. The show constantly gives new informations about its world but does absolutely nothing with them. Fumetsu no Anata e is a character-driven story in a fantasy world, but none of these arcs add anything notable to worldbuilding or brings decent character writings to the table. They wouldn't be fun to watch even with low episode counts since they have badly-written stories though. Their worth is 3 episodes at best, and because of that every arc overstays its welcome and causes boring viewing experiences. The problem is these arcs don't have plots that can fill 4-6 episodes. This 20-episode season has three different story arcs along with a prologue and an epilogue. After the first episode, I thought it will be an episodic show, but that's not the case. This show doesn't know what it wants to be. It turned out that the "please cry!!!!!!" episode was actually the best episode of the show, and I watched all the other 19 episodes with empty hopes.įumetsu no Anata e has a lot of problems, but let's start with the story. I wanted to believe it will separate itself from other mediocre adventure shows with its next story arcs. Is just another generic shounen-adventure show. Right after that cheesy first episode, I realized Fumetsu Anata e I was expecting a great adventure with excellent character development. We will learn about this fantasy world which has lots of amazing stories for us, right?Īfter all the hype from the manga readers and the fact this story has been written by the Koe no Katachi's author, my expectations were high. It sounds exciting, right? I bet we will witness this immortal's amazing adventures while it grows as a person step by step. However, with a heavily injured body and no sight of his elder comrades, what will become of the boy?įumetsu no Anata e illustrates the story of an immortal being experiencing humanity, meeting all types of people in many places throughout time.Ī medieval fantasy show that revolves around a newborn immortal's adventures. The boy wants to explore new surroundings and decides to abandon his home with It to find the paradise using the traces his tribe left behind. Although the boy is lonely, he still hopes those whom he holds dear in his memories have not forgotten him and that he will reunite with them one day. Soon, It comes across the wolf's master-a young boy waiting for his tribe to return from a paradise abundant with fish and fruit in the south. When It takes the animal's form, It attains awareness of its consciousness and starts to wander with an unclear destination in mind. It does not move until one snowy day, a wolf at death's door barely crosses by. Capable of changing forms from beings whose reflections It captures, It first becomes a rock and then, due to the rising temperature, moss.

An Orb, known only as It, is cast to Earth to be observed from afar.
