Anime: Darker Than Black
Genre: Science Fiction

Initial Thoughts:

The title alone already struck a chord with me on this one. For a show to have such a bold statement of a title means it’s going to be badass. And I wasn’t wrong. There’s some crazy stuff going on in this show. First we have this city, who has built a fake sky to seal off remnants of the past. Then we have these people with powers called Contractors. They have specialized powers, such as being able to control gravity, super strength, flight, etc. The price for these powers are all different. After a power is used, the contractor must do a specific thing or is subject to a consequence. In the opening episode, one contractor can control gravity, and his price are having his fingers all fucked up. The main character seems to also be a contractor with a bulletproof jacket and some wires that he uses as his weaponry to kill other contractors.

So far, it’s not explained what motives the main character has, but he hates contractors. That’s all I know so far. But from what I can tell, the story is going to involve whatever is being covered up by the fake wall and all these different parties will probably want the same thing. It’s just a matter of who gets to it first.

So what do I think?

It has yet to disappoint me. I saw a beating heart get teleported out of someone’s body in the second episode. That’s craziness. Plenty of action, lots of explaining to do, and not a very clear understanding of how things came to be, all means that this will be a very long series. I hope. But pick this one up. Chances are it’s going to be a popular series.