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This series follows a group of characters who each have a specific power. Our introduction to the group is through Shintaro; an eighteen year old hikikomori who is forced to go out for the first time in ages when he spills a drink on his keyboard and needs to replace it. The shop he goes to is taken over by a group of thieves but they are stopped by the "Mekakushi Dan"… the Blindfold Gang. They have powers related to their eyes; as does Shintaro. He is then 'recruited' into the group. Over the course of the series the group have a variety of encounters; these are frequently unrelated to what went on before.

When this series started I thought it was going to be just another 'people with powers' series; it is a bit different though as their powers tend to be less dramatic than most. Early on the story kept be gripped but I soon got confused trying to follow what was going on in each episode. Perhaps it is easier to follow if you watch several episodes at once rather than once a week mixed in with several other series! On the plus side I did like the look of the series. Overall it is hard to recommend as I found it confusing… but who knows, it might just be me; watch a few episodes and you might think it is good!

The anime is somewhat disappointed me, and stands no where near the manga (Kagerou days). The art was good, but not as the manga. The plot and way to described is too confused that I have to watch again three or four times to understand it. But the one which makes me disappointed the most was actually the music. I watch the project songs before and it's great (sang by the Vocaloids - IA and Miku) but the voice actor who sang those songs was ... Ughhh... So, at the end I think the manga was much better. If you are going to watch this, recommended you to watch the manga instead. The anime wasn't s good as I think, but still the plot was good.

The 6/10 represents the series as a whole. The show is a bunch of shorts loosely related to each other. Know that going in. Because of that, some shorts are going to be better than others. This is definitely the case here. I strongly recommend watching the fourth episode only, as it never gets better than that. I could barely finish the last few episodes. Points to soundtrack. The editing and pace of the show is a very strong plus. I wish more anime was like this, as most anime shows draw out dialogue and character and camera movements are really slow and stale. I hope more shows adopt this formula in the future.

Too confusing for anyone who hasn't read the manga, light novels, AND watched all the MVs. It had a lot of potential but it's just too hard to follow. It had its good points, but the closer to the end the more confusing it got. If you overlook your confusion throughout the whole season, the anime as a whole is all right. The animation is nice to look at. They picked good voice actors for the characters. And the covers of the songs were good. Still could have been a lot better.