N no Tame ni

We follow the story of several characters, and we know from the beginning that something terrible is going to happen. But we don't know how it happened or why it happened. As time goes on, we slowly uncover the history of all the "N"s that appear here. It's well portioned and presented properly to the viewer, so that you still want to know what happened but there’s no risk you will get annoyed by having only questions without getting any answers. We're looking not just at the story of how young innocent souls were drawn into a crime, but also a story of great friendship and great tragic love. Certainly a very interesting series where I was surprised by Eikura Nana's performance (I’d never considered her a particularly good actress before, but here it appears that the baton of a capable director can squeeze a good performance out of her) and Koide Keisuke along with Kubota Masataka just proved that they really understand their craft. A weaker 4 stars. (2015.12.06)