Subete ga F ni Naru

Story (10/10): This mystery anime is a breath of fresh air. The story is unique, cutting, interesting and very deep. The ending was not something that you figure out by EP 4 and then think that all the characters are stupid. Art (9/10): The art for the OP and ED was excellent but the character design, although really good, it wasn't to the same level as the OP and ED. Sound (9/10): The OP was incredible (one of my favorites) and the ED was great as well. The voice acting was also great. Character (7/10): I liked all of the characters but there wasn't anything too special about them. Enjoyment (10/10): I loved the show a lot. Overall (10/10): This show is an excellent mystery anime with a great OP and ED and if you are thinking about watching it, I highly suggest doing so!

This anime is not for everyone, its philosophical anime, and to be honest for me its one of the best anime because i like realistic, with many questions but no right answers, im not gona review art, sound, character, i just want to say that story is very interesting, it force you to watch episode after episode because of mystery, who killed who, whats going on, how it is even possible and many other questions. I know everyone hates dialogue but in my opinion those dialogue's for me very entertaining, you need to understand and think about it, it is as i said realistic anime with realistic questions. Probably everyone used to with echi, harem, etc where dialogue is just simple, where 10years old kid can understand. Im the guy who likes philosophical and smart anime's. I love Death note, code geass, one outs, steins;gate. If you one of those fans and really like smart anime here it is. I rated 9 because i love smart, philosophical, mystery anime's and everyone knows, that of all in the world anime, there is only 1% anime where involves smart, mind-gaming things.

Short and simple: If you hate philosophy or "wannabe" philosophers, you might as well just drop it... The pace is quite slow, with many flashbacks, quite "illogical" reasonings with some weird futuristic machines. Be warned though, their dialog isn't "normal", even though these characters are from the architecture faculty and meets computer engineers/ programmers, they're more like a bunch of people ranting about random/ umpredictable things like: You can't smoke while underwater... Some people might be offended by this, while other people might like it and say "wow, that's philosophical!" But at the same time the locked room case isn't that bad... Don't get scared because of haters who give this show score 1 x) Though i have to say, this show is weird and not for those who want to watch "a (logical) grandiose intricate scheme" PS: I'd prefer Shinsekai yori if you are looking for dark schemes and Hyouka if you like light mood mystery anime! I guess my conclusion is that the show was so-so. I liked the author and the art was appeasing. The opening and ending was enjoyable so i guess this show was a "fair" one - 6

Subete ga F ni Naru was recommended to me by a friend. There were a lot of good things being said about this anime so I decided to watch it. The first episode wasn't anything special and it didn't really introduce the audience to the story. However, I don't judge an anime by its first episodes so I went along with it. Honestly, I didn't understand what people found so exciting about the first episode, I can only guess it was when Seikawa asked Nishinosono 'What are the 3 big questions of life' to which she replied 'Who am I? Why am I here? And where will I go?' Now, if you like anime with big psychological plots and questions, this might be the perfect anime for you. The story was different and for the most part kept you interested and involved although there were times where it felt like the story stopped in order for the characters to talk about the deepest of the deepest of stuff. Again, if you like deep and emotional(less) dialogues in anime, this will be perfect for you. As for the pace, the story does start slow and like it doesn't have much to offer but after about 3 or 4 episodes, it does start to get interesting. The art was dull and gloomy although this does add to the mystery and the eerie feel in the anime. It wasn't anything special so if you decide to watch Subete ga F ni Naru don't expect amazing art. Good News though! If you like funky openings with pretty colours and awesome music then you're going to like the one for Subete ga F ni Naru. It's one of the things that I enjoyed about the anime although when I first watched it I thought the anime was going to be about something completely different. There's not much to say about the sound. The music used for the opening and the ending was catchy and I have it in my playlist but there wasn't much sound or sound effects, not that I noticed anyway so if there was some music during the scenes, the producers didn't do a very good job at making me realise it therefore making it impossible to appreciate the beauty of music. The characters were interesting, I don't think there was one character in the anime that I didn't like. Each character looked different and I probably won't be seeing any other anime characters that look similar to the ones in Subete ga F ni Naru. This is another thing that I enjoyed about he anime, the individualistic characters and their simple yet unique design. Their personalities were also all so distinct and contrasting and not one character had the same personality as the other. Overall, the anime was pretty decent and quite enjoyable although it does start of slow and ordinary but does pick up the pace and keeps the audience wanting more. I wouldn't consider this anime to be a high priority to watch but it definitely deserves to be given a chance, this might one day become a classic. (Story= 7, Art= 6, Sound= 4, Character= 8, Enjoyment= 7, Overall=7)

You can a apply a version of the popular maxim “the journey is more important than the destination” to many works of storytelling, in order to justify the fact that you love it despite a disappointing ending. My most recent such application was the epic manga Kozure Ookami. The one genre that you can not apply this maxim is the murder mystery. Subete ga F ni Naru had a poor ending of such magnitude that I cannot recommend it to anyone, and this review should end right here. Somebody might ask “yes, but what about the journey?” So for reasons of thoroughness and fairness, I shall continue. The anime immediately shows typical noitaminA stylization with a great OP (the ED is also good), although when the actual episode begins we are served with mediocre animation. It's probably a matter of taste, but I really don't like poorly rendered 3d CGI objects festering the scenes. The other major issue is the characters. The main “detective duo” is pretty cool, we have the genius ojou-sama and the “genuis-er” professor, but throughout the 11 episodes we learn nothing more of substance about them and no development occurs. But our duo is not the main problem, the main problem about the characters is the supporting cast: there are characters that have the potential of becoming interesting and we wait to discover how they will factor in the story etc, but nothing happens, they just disappear in the background. Magata's sister is the prime example. This anime looked pretty interesting in the first three episodes, but then simply blew over. Magata's character is pretty complex and interesting, but again: the poor ending ruins everything. Magata's character brings us to the only strength of the anime: It offers some philosophical thoughts worth contemplating (mainly using Magata as the transmission vessel). Also the lab structure as a self-sustaining micro-society of intellectuals is a beautiful contraption. So around Magata, the writes manages to create a beautiful setting, which I imagine is the sole reason for his success with this work. I will not spoil anything about the end, I'll just say that it has major timing issues and that it demands that we accept actions and motives based on their aesthetic value, completely disregarding logic or offering a valid explanation. You get a “wow” moment in episode 9 but that's it. Oh, and the “F reveal” is pretty dumb. The murder mystery portion of the anime ends in episode 10, the final episode is a few pretentious dialog and a hormone overflowing Nishinosono. The fact that they gave up on the cyberpunk charm of the earlier episodes annoyed me; instead they chose to do the lazy “people talking on changing backgrounds”. As I already said this anime fails as a murder mystery, but I imagine the near-future-cyberpunk aesthetics may make some people happy. The whole manga/anime industry seems to fail hard at the crime mystery genre (if someone thinks I'm wrong about this point, I would love to hear suggestions), so for the genre's lovers I would recommend the first season of Broadchurch and the Murder on orient express (1974). For this one... 3.5/10.

Subete no F ni Naru is so a mystery show that had a really weak start but had an interesting ending that was able to string together the elements presented throughout the mystery part. So the first few episodes, alone, I would rate poorly. Most of it was just philophaster nonsense that was presented in an inappropriate way. It was also in no way philosophical. It was almost on the level of Jayden Smith's tweets. The first few episodes seem to try to show the relationship between Moe and Saikawa except the first episode already establishes their relationship and the following episodes do nothing to expand that; all they do is continue with the philsophaster nonsense. However, around midway, this is when the show becomes interesting, as this is when the mystery really begins. The elements and clues presented throughout the episodes thenceforth were directly related to the story and you don't feel like something random that was not presented earlier, just shows up. Also, as a computer scientist, I love how they implemented hexadecimal into the story. This all relates back to "Subete ga F Ni Naru". So how was it overall? I'd say it okay. You could probably watch the first episode, then skip the next few and you wouldn't miss a thing. This is definitely the better mystery this season than, say, Sakurako-san

The mystery genre is one of the most rewarding genres of any medium in my opinion. However, it is normally very hard to get it right, especially in anime. I can probably count on one hand, maybe two, the amount of generally well recieved mystery anime in the community. So, how does The Perfect Insider fare? The first thing that struck me right off the bat was it's pacing. For an 11 episode show to only introduce the core mystery at the end of episode 2 indicates just how slow this show is. Surprisingly though, nothing really feels rushed even with only 8 or so episodes to complete the mystery. The mystery is exceptionally well-realized, and the slow pace adds to the atmosphere that the mystery and the characters build from the ground up. The mystery itself is very effective. If you pay enough attention, you might just be able to figure out the mystery yourself. It's a mystery that is fairly logical, works well off the characters, and the answer isn't obvious. It creates one of the best things a mystery anime can do, which is keep you guessing to try and figure out the mystery for yourself. It's not perfect, as there are a couple things left to plot convenience and the reliance of the incredibly smart main characters, but those moments are thankfully few and far between. As for characters, the two leads work off each other very well. They have fairly unique character interactions with one another, good backstories, ideals, and the like. They were interesting leads to follow, and reacted to the core mystery in a way that makes sense while never breaking the tone of the show as a whole. And then we have Magata Shiki, undisputedly the best part of the show. Her take on human life alone makes her a worthwhile character. So many things, big and little alike, encompass this character to create a wholly 3-dimensional person. I'm not going to mention much more than that as she's a character better left experienced by the viewer rather than some random internet twat telling you about her. :) The biggest flaw in the show also resides in the character section, and that is the side characters. None of them were really that interesting at all, but when the main characters have as much depth as they do, it doesn't really take away to have lackluster side characters. The art is very well done as well. The character designs are top-tier, but the thing that really struck me the most was the amount of white that was used, both as light and in the colour palette. This again adds to the more surreal atmosphere this show emanates. Overall, a step up quality wise than what A-1 pictures normally puts out nowadays. The soundtrack has both a calming and eerie feel to it, which worked very effectively. I wasn't a big fan of the opening for a while, as it really doesn't fit in with the show at all. And while I stand by that statement, the song by itself is pretty damn catchy. As far as mystery anime goes, The Perfect Insider is certainly one of the better ones. The core mystery engages the viewer with it's simplistic premise, and keeps them engaged with it's more complicated innerworkings. However, it's the unique yet intriguing main characters and their interpretations on the main themes of The Perfect Insider that really hit it home for me. And I mean come on, Saikawa fucking moonwalks in an episode, so it's worth the watch just for that. Certainly one of the better shows to come out of 2015, and I'd say if you don't mind the slow pace, give it a try.

How about just dont watch this anime for your own sake someone recommended this anime was like "Sakurako-san no Ashimoto ni wa Shitai ga Umatteiru" but boy were they wrong... the plot sucked so bad that i had to warn people not to watch. This anime will get ur head scratching wtf is going... The two protagonists are somehow shut in a closed room case you would think it would be full of suspense and action but instead u get them siting on coaches talking trash with each other for God knows what reason. The mystery of the case just unfolds by itself and in the end you as a viewer just get disturbed and confused whether the anime is confused or is it you, with no explanation what the hell was the purpose of it all. Then youd think the animation would be great with anime that has score of 6 but hell i have never seen such bad animation in mylife... My only regret is why did i watch it in the first place...

It's hard to explain exactly why I gave this anime 3 stars without giving away spoilers, so this is going to be a pretty short review. The show starts quite promisingly. A professor and the orphaned daughter (who drives a GORGEOUS Alfa Romeo) of the former head of the university at which the aforementioned prof works travel to the lab of a legendary genius programmer, famous for having murdered her parents at age 15 and for having locked herself in a single room at the lab ever since. The murder mystery is introduced almost right away, in very dramatic fashion, and the protagonists spend the rest of the show trying to solve it. The biggest problem with the show is that I, a person of very average intelligence, was able to figure out who was behind the murder, if not exactly how the murder played out, very shortly after it happened, while it took the supposed Mensa IQ professor and rich girl ten more episodes. Ten more episodes full of nothing but Mensa IQ chainsmoking prof spouting reams of pseudoprofound bullshit and rich girl getting violently jealous every time another girl dares to exist within a 10-mile radius of him, while you are bombarded with hints the size of the moon as to who was behind the murder. Rather than coming to a climax, the show fizzles out around the middle of the tenth episode as the protagonists come to conclusions the viewer never could have reached because there were no hints leading up to them, and Magata and edgelord prof finally reach their personal Nirvana, where they can spout pseudointellectual bullshit at each other to their hearts' content. The art is unmemorable, the characters even less so, and the story - it could have and should have been told in an hour, tops. No-one goes anywhere or does anything of note aside from, as I said above, filling the air with philosophical-sounding word salad. If you think vaguely edgy, perpetually bored middle-aged chainsmokers with all the intuition of a concrete block droning on and on about how they're too smart for this world is deep and profound, this is the show for you. If not, you would probably be better off watching something else.

Warning ye who enter here: Minor spoilers and splibbery goo are contained within this review This is my opinion so y'know feel free to spite me and watch an anime even if I don't recommend it you rascals Hey it's a mystery anime that totally went past me last year. It must be a good one judging by all these scores. -Eleven episodes later- Well that was... mixed. Art is a-ok. There are some pretty nice parts, I'll spoil a bit and say they get into the water before those, but overall it was nothing special. Let's give it a 7 and this is mostly because of that damn awesome opening. Sound was existent. There was not much special about it tho that opening song was a bit above average. Here's a 6. Story takes place on an island where a murder happens and our two protagonists try to solve it. Of course this shouldn't be a hard task to them cause they are super geniuses, cause isn't everybody these days? There's a main story in current time and a side story in the past. Now the anime began with an episode that slowly introduced us to two leads and their chemistry. ,, Nice, pacing!'' I told to myself foolishly. There's a difference between pacing and slogging an anime for 8 episodes! Well that might've given my opinion on the story. Most of the anime is spent with a female main character trying not to soil her panties in public over the main lead character, and flipping out whenever a girl involved in his life shows up. There's also both characters getting involved in extremely boring conversations about life, death and breakfast. This could've been interesting, deep or thought provoking if it wasn't all on the level of a pothead reading Nietzsche. Usually theories drawn are completely face palm inducing, like considering that a person with multiple personalities is ,,the purest human being,,. Now I gotta give the anime some credit, actually quite a decent amount of it. The solution to the mystery and killer's plan was so in depth you could find oil. It did keep me in awe how complex, in a good way, it was. Howeeeever there was another bitter pill to swallow before the ending which was killer's motive. The killer tells us the alleged motive but soon contradicts it with the following action. I am aware that mysteries are slow moving but those I've seen thus far kept me intrigued. This is by no means a horrible story and I am doubtless that quite a portion of people out there will love it. From me it gets a 6. Characters are mostly a rim-ram-shim-sham of nerdy folk. There isn't some overwhelming character displayed by anybody but two main characters. Sohei is sorta cold, always thinking about life and wishes for complete freedom. His subordinate, Moe, is quite emotional which she displays whenever she feels like her feelings for Sohei are showing or a girl approaches/talks about him. Characters can pass with a 6 cause they were also annoying with their constant repetition of obvious things like ,,X was killed,, , ,,they were killed in that room,,. Seriously script writer insert whatever but stop repeating stuff. Enjoyment is 5. Enjoying 3 out of 11 episodes is more of a 3 but considering those eps were damn good I felt like it should be recognized. This anime is obviously been done by somebody who had this awesome idea for a convoluted murder but couldn't think of a way to fill the time till the reveal of the murderer and things as such.

The Perfect Insider isn’t an anime for everyone. As a mystery anime one can expect a dialogue-heavy presentation. This anime did have many expectations to exceed, due to the lack of genuine mystery anime in recent lineups. However, The Perfect Insider is quite an interesting murder mystery, as it primarily takes place in one location, focusing on a small cast of characters. Its slow pace creates tension at times, hoverer at times it can feel like a drag. Dialogue-heavy moments are at times interesting, however at times it seems it’s all leading to nowhere. However, as a mystery anime, it is important for its plot to be good, but is it? ~{Story}~ The story is about a professor, Saikawa, and his mentor’s daughter, Nishinosono, travel to an island to meet Magata, an intelligent programmer and an idol to Saikawa. When the two get there, they find out Magata has been murdered. The plot revolves around the two trying to solve the problem, with sprinkles of Magata’s past being thrown around here and there. For a mystery anime to be any good, it must present a good storyline and this anime doesn’t disappoint. Though at times, it can be predictable for some, the buildup for its plot twists make the delivery great. The ending was very satisfying, especially after many episodes of buildup before it. But here is the problem, the anime heavily relies on buildup plot points to the point where the audience lose interest. The anime’s pacing, which I will talk about more later, is unfortunately very slow, as many episodes progress the story pinch-by-pinch. And as a dialogue-heavy anime, many of its dialogue rarely move the storyline and it feels like as if the writing is stalling with the audience. However, undeniably the anime still presents a very interesting storyline and at times it can get you at the edge of your seats. Story: 8/10 ~{Presentation}~ As a mystery anime, the style of the anime does create a unique feel to it. Its cinematography style gives the anime a very cinematic feel which makes this anime better than what it is. However, as I mentioned before, the pacing is a massive drag at some points. You will watch some episodes, only to know the plot has moved barely an inch. Characters can talk for ten minutes, but only one is builds up the plot and two adds some character development. With the cinematic style of the anime, I couldn’t help but think how much better this anime would have been better if it was a two-hour long anime film rather than a series. The pacing would have been much more improved and it would feel more interesting for the audience. For a mystery, it is important to have a good pace to it. If it’s too fast, the suspense buildup won’t be there. If it’s too slow, it’s will start to break apart and feel less and less interesting. The Perfect Insider falls in the latter. However, its style does redeem it presentation by a bit. Presentation: 6/10 ~{Character}~ The anime consists of three main characters, and the story revolves around their relationship with one another and how compatible they are together. The protagonist of the anime, Saikawa Souhei, is a very interesting character, as he is shown as times as a genius, and other times lost. His interactions with another main character, Nishinosono Moe, is fairly interesting, as most of the anime consists of conversations between the two. If both characters were uninteresting and dumb, the anime would have felt like a terrible drag, but luckily if manages to have great characters. Nishinosono at first felt like a dumb addition to the cast, however she quickly proved that her deductive and observation skills are top-notch, and at times, better than Saikawa. The anime’s third main character, Magata Shiki, is what makes this anime better than what it already is. She’s creepy, she’s mysterious, and she’s the one who leaves more questions unanswered than answered. Throughout the series, there’s sprinkles of her backstory here and there and they all manage to build up tension. This anime does have a sort of love triangle situation in some ways, but it’s too unique to be considered as one. Character: 8/10 ~{Art}~, As it is an A-1 Pictures anime, one can expect a lot to be delivered from here, and they didn’t disappoint. The art style however is far different from what they normally use. At first you will notice that the color palette is very limited, as every color has a greyish tint to it. This adds for a subtle, mysterious style for the anime and manages to make the situations feel more and more tense. And as most of the anime takes place in a facility, you’ll be seeing the color grey quite a lot. The backgrounds are very well detailed at times, and some of the more strange settings look great with their color palette. Character designs are also quite unique. Their facial structure has some depth shown, such as their eyes being more inside their face, and their skin color having a greyish tint to it. The art style helps in adding more to its mystery genre, and it make it stand out more than the rest of the other anime in the lineup. Art: 8/10 ~{Animation}~ Animation quality is also top-notch, which is to be expected from A-1 pictures. The animations are fluid and very organized. And the animations have a realistic feel to it, just like it’s art style, therefore the two perfectly blend together to create a unique presentation. As a more of a different anime for A-1 Pictures to do, they managers to be consistently good with the animation quality of this anime. Though some of the CG usage can feel weird at times, specifically at the movement of vehicles, but overall it isn’t anything too bad. Also it’s rotoscoped OP is pretty cool, as rotoscoping was done properly there. Animation: 8/10 ~{Voice Acting}~ The main cast of the anime is voice acted by, well, pretty unknown seiyuu. Kase Yasuyuki does Saikawa well, even though he is unexperienced with doing main character roles. However he is able to give a more mature feel to Saikawa pretty effectively. Tanezaki Atsumi does Nishinosono pretty well to, and gives the character a decent range of tone depending on the situation. At first I thought Hanazawa Kana did Nishinosono, because Tanezaki does almost just like her in this anime. Kido Ibuki does Magata Shiki, which happens to be a totally unique role for her as she mostly did jolly type of characters. She manages to do well with Magata, giving the character a solemn and mysterious tone, and bring the character to life. Some popular seiyuu such as Horie Yui and Hikasa Yoko also have a role in this anime, but it’s barely there to notice that they were part of it at all. Overall, the main cast does a decent job with the voice acting. Voice Acting: 7.5/10 ~{Music}~ The opening of this anime really reminds me of Death Parade, because the tone of the OP is different from the tone of the anime. The OP “talking” is quite catchy and ended up being one of my favorite OP of the season. And the rotoscoped presentation of the OP really looks good. The Ending is really good to, and I’m not quite sure if it’s matches the tone of the anime or not. The ED “Nana Hitsuji” is really good to listen too. However the overall OST and background music is okay. The background music rarely adds to the suspense of the anime, if it’s there that is. For most of the time, the anime lacks background music. At times it works, at time it doesn’t, especially when some scenes crave for some background music to add suspense. Even if the OST is a mixed bad, at least the OP and ED is fantastic. Music: 7/10 ~{Enjoyment}~ The anime would have been a lot better if the pacing was better. Most of the episodes, I started losing interest, and It made me check the time over and over again. And some of the dialogue in the anime is there just for the sake of dragging this anime, rather than actually adding something. However this is such a shame, especially since the plot and characters are great, and those the major reasons why the ani…

There are many animes, especially in the mystery genre, that either go way above-the-top and become unrealistic or supernatural in trying to appeal to its viewers or follow a very tried-and-tested route and become too cliche and simple and are unable to satisfy its audience. Its not an easy act to obtain a balance and I feel 'Perfect Insider' manages to do just that. It brings a few new things to the table and keeps it all real and consistent throughout. Episodes : 11 Genre : Mystery, Thriller Format : One long mystery from start to end that spans across 11 episodes People it might appeal to : People who like a good mystery and are fans of detective series or novels. People who don't mind a detailed in-depth case that takes its time to present all the facts and delve into the motives and psychology behind the suspects and victims. People it may not appeal to : People who want things crisp and quick and with a good dose of action. People looking for over-the-top action or comedy and expressive characters. People who get turned off by the slightest hint of psychology discussions, self-questioning, existentialism debates etc. Story : 9/10 The synopsis explains the premise well. I wouldn't want to give further details coz its a mystery plot but I would like to say that overall its a good story. It has its exciting moments and a very fulfilling conclusion that befits the tone set at the start. It keeps you engaged throughout with new discoveries and clues in every episode that keep adding to the mystery. I cut 1 point because there are some very minor loopholes I could catch. Art : 8/10 I really like this type of art. To give you a good idea the art is very similar to Ao no exorcist or Shin Sekai Yori. Its not very colorful or bright to be honest which I didn't mind. The characters are very well drawn with a focus on their facial expressions. At times though, there is a feeling of rigidity in scenes involving long conversations between characters. Sound : 8/10 I totally loved the opening and ending themes and the visuals along with them. They are very different from your usual stuff and really caught my attention. I found myself listening to them in every episode without fail. Regarding the background score of the anime, I would say its ok. Nothing great. I guess the similarity of the tone and setting throughout the anime doesn't really give too much scope for a varied musical score. Character : 9/10 This is where I feel the anime really scores. Lots of times in mystery anime or novels, the characters just end up being mediums for discussion of the case and don't have real personality. Here, that has been avoided. Our main 3 characters are wonderfully done and each his/her own unique traits and habits. Saikawa-sensei beats down many cliches with his calm and almost lifeless demeanor. I actually enjoyed his character a lot. The crazy genius of Dr. Magata Shiki came across brilliantly and towards the end you start understanding her psyche. But, my favorite was Nishinosono who totally looked like someone who might irritate me at the start (Dont judge a book by its cover. Lesson learnt) but turned out a joy to watch. She's been crafted as a very smart and confident girl who has her weaknesses and demons too. Again the anime displayed a good balancing act by not making her too overbearing and all-knowing or damsel-like and ready-to-cry either. The interactions between these 3 are the highlights of the series. Again I've cut 1 coz the other support characters never really came out much Enjoyment : 10/10 I found myself wanting to see the next episode immediately after I completed one, was making guesses and theories after each clue was discussed and was amazingly fulfilled with the solution and conclusion of the case. If that doesn't count for a 10/10 on a mystery case, what does? Also, I really liked the conversations about existentialism, psychology etc. between the main characters. It never felt like going to the mind-fuck or above-your-head range (yes, I'm looking at you GITS!) but it presented some crazy ideas and theories nevertheless. And all of them were very relevant to the case not random plants to further the creators theories or anything. Overall : 9/10 All in all, Perfect Insider gets a 9 from me. I might have been a little soft on this one coz I know its not easy to come up with a really good mystery. The anime has its minor flaws but I'm really willing to overlook them for all the good stuff it manages to do by the end of the ride. I was only wishing there were more mystery anime involving Saikawa and Nishinimono like the novels. If a good mystery or thriller is what gets you going, don't miss this one.

The following review, while it doesn't contain spoilers, may give you more insight into the structure of The Perfect Insider than I would personally have wanted to have going into it. Heck, I didn't even know that it was a mystery (which was a nice treat for me), but I'm assuming you know at least that much if you're reading this. Anyway, I recommend watching this, especially if you're into thinking philosophically and solving mysteries as it's one of the best shows/movies I've seen in that regard, never mind just in the anime. You can come back and read the review later if you don't want to be expecting certain general things to come up during the show, which I think would provide the best experience. ---------------------------------- Do you know how mystery television or film falls into two categories? The ones that throw bogus clues and evidence out there to mislead you until the grand reveal and the ones that give you legitimate clues you can use to figure everything out without having to guess at some point before the end? Well, fortunately, this show falls into the latter category, and damn does it do a good job of it. I haven't had the pleasure of watching much, if anything, that struck this kind of balance in a long time. Generally speaking, I either have everything figured out, or there isn't enough info/too much misleading/incorrect info to get to a conclusion without a leap of faith or without waiting until right near the end. This anime gave us all the clues we needed to solve the mystery within the first 3 episodes if I remember correctly which is coincidentally around when the mystery starts. It's kind of novel to have a show give you everything you need to solve the mystery right around the time the mystery is in place. Well, to a certain extent anyway. There's more that gets filled out as you move through the story that could be considered key to figuring out what happened, but even those final bits are given to you a decent enough chunk of episodes before the end. Now that I've established that they did the whole mystery thing basically flawlessly in my opinion, I would like to say that it has also been a treat to have one of these shows conduct themselves fairly and still manage to trick me, even while doling out clues the whole time. That doesn't happen very often. If I had to pick a criticism of the mystery, it's that if you're not paying very close attention, and if you're not...well, clever at this sort of thing, you may feel that the reveals come out of left field and are a load of crap - as many people who have reviewed this do. Onwards! The art and animation is really well done and the sound is definitely a treat. Their attention to detail really shows, especially during one of the best openings and one of the best endings I've ever seen. The questions I found myself musing after and during every episode were also really well posited, if maybe a little shoehorned into things. That being said, I felt like it was in one of the main characters' nature to speak the way he did and I found myself identifying with him more than anyone else. So while it was shoehorned, the character who was doing the philosophy shoehorning was doing it believably (for me at least - there are enough reviews that disagree, and I won't bother using the old "They didn't understand" or "They didn't get the character" arguments). For a longer, clearer, picture of why I liked this part of the show, read this review since I agree with pretty much everything they say http://myanimelist.net/reviews.php?id=205880 Now to the negative. The main bad thing I have to say about all of this (minus the usual personal opinion stuff that you'll decide for yourself if you watch it) is that the characters were pretty weak overall. I thought that each one served a purpose, and some of them were interesting enough, but it was definitely the plot, story, philosophy, and them making me think all the time that took me through this. If it was just the characters alone trying to carry this in a different situation, I don't think I would have been interested past the philosophical questions that the main character I was talking about spits out. This is in contrast to say, Death Note as the easy example, where I could watch L and Light trying to open competing hotdog stands and it would be enthralling. In The Perfect Insider, the characters are a vehicle for the story, not the other way around. Anyway, to sum it all up, just read the first part of the review that warned you not to read the review ;) Enjoy!

Hello reader! You're in luck. If you're reading this, chances are you're interested in watching this show. This is one of the shows that are better as a binge watch than as a show that you pace yourself with or follow week per week. That's why you're lucky you get to watch this in one or two sittings! I was not so lucky and let me tell you why (just to brace yourself for what's in store for you). The main reason had to be the story's pacing. It's horrible. There are lots of arguments saying that this is the kind of show that doesn't spoon-feed you the answers to the mystery and that it expects you or allows you to solve the mystery with them. So definitely expect to have more and more questions instead of answers at the end of each episode (yes, up until the last one, too!) It can be frustrating, but once the reveal is there, it makes you want to rewatch earlier episodes to see what you have missed or if they have been building up for it all along. Subete ga F ni Naru's 1-cour season can actually be summed up in around 4 episodes, I feel like. Just in case you're not familiar with the source material, our main characters, Moe and Saikawa are kind of a Sherlock & Watson pair who deal with strange cases. There's also a Japanese live-action dorama already out where it chronicles their adventures. In it, what they have gone through in 12 episodes in this show is told in 2 episodes tops. So that's not to say that there's more tighter and more concise way of telling it. There's really not too much action as most of the time is spent on discussions and dialogue. If that's your thing, then do check out this show! By any means, it's not a bad show per se. I find it hard-pressed to just write it off as bad, but it is indeed flawed. Without dragging this review on for too long, I do find its dialogue to be its best. We get to learn how the characters think, how they feel, and what they believe in without getting too on the nose. (Actual philosophy majors might actually be turned off from this though. The show can get pretentious at times and over-reaching to portray the characters as oh-so smart and deep.) However that alone couldn't save the whole storytelling of the series in my opinion. (If that's your thing then be my guest! Have at it!) There's only so much discussion and over-wrought ideas to be thrown around until it gets tedious and you're just left going "Okay, we GET IT! So what now?" Overall, would I recommend this show to anyone? Perhaps not. It's a polarizing show and I find myself in the 'No thanks, skip this one!' camp. Based on my experiences so far (after finishing the finale) I find myself telling my anime friends not to watch this show. But like I said, if you're into "modern" locked room mysteries with a dash of philosophical ideas on the side and wouldn't mind like 8 episodes of basically filler and talking, then you should give this a shot!

The first three chapters take a slow pace (a little bored for many) but later takes an incredible force, supporting the spectator looking at the screen every detail not to get lost on the mystery. The animation and the soundtrack (removing the wonderful opening) are regular. The characters (Emphasizing Saikawa-sensei and Magata) are interesting. But what really safe the anime is the plot. Conclusion: Subete Ga F ni Naru: The Perfect Insider, it is a good one anime of mystery, not ideally if you will begin to see it to the night and you have plans to sleep early, surely you will continue thinking that was happening in the anime

Subete ga F ni Naru follows Moe a girl who after the loss of her parents in a plane crash is helped raised by Souhei a student of her fathers. Moe meets Dr. Magata a very bright women with a very corrupt state of mind. Dr. Magata as a child killed her parents and was sent to a island to stay captive in her own world due to her split personalities. Souhei admires Dr. Magatas work as a scientist and Moe takes them to go see Dr. Magata. This is where everything takes a turn for the worst while waiting for Dr. Magata to see them a huge twist happens the lights go out, the sealed door where Dr. Magata stays that never opens has opened up and rolls out a body with its arms and legs cut off which seems to be Dr. Magata. Throughout this series they must unravel the clues left by the killer and find out why this happened and how this happened. This series is very creepy and very dark. It has a very mysterious vibe that continues through this series until you come across the conclusion. I believe its very hard to cut a clear picture till everything is done you are hinted and given little clues a long the way. Then right at the end everything locks into place. I feel like this series had a very interesting story and plot to it. With out of the ordinary characters and really awesome visuals this was made out to be a awesome mystery anime series.

This may be the most pretentious anime out there. At first the story seems like an interesting mystery set out to be solved by a genius teacher and his moe pupil, oh wait, it's her name that's Moe. Why? Anyway the characters are pretty bland. You have the genius teacher who wants to use logic and unintentionally makes everyone feel like an idiot. Then the student who's in love with said teacher for some reason. The most interesting character is the mysterious unaging Dr. Magata, who is another genius in coding and other unexplained programming. Seriously, the don't explain what she really does in the slightest. The problem is, once you get dialogue out of her, it's ambiguous statements about how life is a disease and death is the natural state of being. In the end the mystery is solved thanks to things no one would really figure out due to all information being processed mostly under unforeseen circumstances. The music and art is pretty good, but for the most part, everything else is pretty bland. It's nice to have characters that aren't all high schoolers for once, but there's nothing really special here. It's not bad, but not great.

I would liken this anime to a peaceful dream. I'll rush past art and sound since my years of watching anime has convinced me that they're highly subjective, so the only thing I can objectively say about them is that they draw together nicely and have a flow to them as do many anime. As for the story, the main plot line itself, the mystery about which it all revolves, I confess I did not find it too interesting and found myself asking a question at the start which proved to be the correct path of reasoning. Still, I quite enjoyed this anime, and will go on to explain why I do liken it to a peaceful dream. In this anime our primary characters are all geniuses who can perform calculator operations in their heads without a moment's thought, are well regarded by the world despite each begin a recluse in their own way, and strangely enough within this anime their genius means they're each philosophically inclined. Now as often happens when writing about people smarter then ourselves, many of the arguments, chains of reasoning, and claims of these characters could be easily poked full of holes by any deeper thought, but the real guts of the anime are the philosophical abstractions that get tossed about, or at least they are in my book. Are we really meat and bone, or are we consciousness? What can we define as a distinct individual when we collect multiple personalities within an individual, or when we acknowledge that no one personality is necessarily inherent to a body in and of itself? Now, because they're all geniuses discussing deep topics the story does not scrutinize their thoughts to the extend to riddling them with holes, but rather glides along with them, much as logic might follow in a dream where in truth the contradictions matter little in the face of the new thoughts and ideas they might give birth to, and to me this seemed to be the dominant theme of the anime. Still, having given critical and non-critical thought alike to the anime, I enjoyed the notions it expressed. While it's not too hard to find anime that tackle the nihilism behind our not knowing precisely why we exist, this anime deviates from the grittier dark side of not knowing, and instead embraces that whilst we do irrationally fear "death", and we don't really know the answers to the big questions about life, accepting its lack of logic at times and emphasizing that that sometimes the simple seemingly random habits of life themselves are the answer to these questions however nonsense that may be. I also enjoyed that this anime did not belabor the point by lingering endlessly on just these questions, delving into deep brooding depression for episodes on end as the characters thought their way through them, but rather it somewhat playfully tossed out questions and answers both as free floating thoughts more in the spirit of a stream of consciousness then as a logically defined argument or a dramatic plot line. And that is why it is that I associate the feel of this anime to that of a peaceful dream, flowing on through ceaseless thoughts without violent refutes or blood rushing excitement. I cannot say if you'll like this anime as I have, but that is not something for me to decide, it's something for you.

I never felt especially into Perfect Insider. Oh, it's competant enough; the pacing is fine, some of the characters are engaging, it's intriguing, and it was always a nice change of pace from superpowered teens at school going on about how much they want to have sex but never actually doing it. But I didn't really get much out of it. It's necessarily slow paced to build atmosphere and mystery, but that often made it a bit boring. When everything was ultimately revealed, while it was kind of clever, it just didn't make much of an impression on me. Part of it is that there's so much empty philosophizing. Especially in the ending. The revelations just get bogged down in all this clever and insightful dialogue that really isn't either of those things. I kind of checked out halfway through episode 10 if I'm honest. With something uninventive but servicable, it's tempting to use the analogy of a plain, buttered bagel. Well this is a little better than that. It's a raisin bagel.

Prepare for a hurting in your brain. "Subete fa F ni Naru: The Perfect Insider" is heavy with philosophical concepts about LIFE, so if you don't like that kind of stuff, stay away from it. I mean, you could watch it for the mystery (which is also very intriguing mind you) but it's biggest theme is on the meaning of freedom so pick and chose. The mystery itself is very well done. It spends a good bulk of the series trying to figure out how the mystery was completed as well as the why. It was kind of frustrating though when Saikawa says he's found out the mystery half way through the series but doesn't tell you since you are on the same side as Nishinosono, who's trying to figure out the mystery for herself (but never does and the solution ends up getting explained by Saikawa in the second to last episode anyway). Each episodes does a good job in setting up for the next one, and curiosity will get the better of you and force you to watch the whole series just to figure out how this act was committed. If you like philosophy, the series is also a good watch. The characters are thoughtful characters (Well two of them are) who think about the meaning of a lot of things. You also get a good look at the thought process of Magata Shiki, who is the main focus of the series. I actually still can't decide whether Magata is delusional or a genius, but she certainly as an interesting way at viewing life. Saikawa is the more down to earth version of Magata who makes Magata's thought process a bit easier to understand. All in all, her view of the world and on life and death is kind of insane but also makes a sort of sense. I can see where she came from even if it's completely insane in your head. I wish I could voice the sentiment a bit more eloquently but I don't think I can so I recommend you watch the anime and come up with your own answer and opinion about Magata Shiki. It was a great watch and each episode got me wanting more. The story isn't cliche at all despite the mystery being the great "locked room" case. I mean, my brain hurt a bit trying to organize and process all the information into my head, but all in all, it was a great series! You just have to think a lot while watching it. Heh.