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54. Mirai Nikki - Ks Mesorogiwi - paulg235
https://youtu.be/ql0NtjXIv_s

Unique: 5.5
Story: 4.25
Music: 5
Animation: 5.5
Personal: 3.75
Average: 4.8

This is a really dark intro. Its almost entirely imagery involving blood, weapons, or having something to do with death. So its not difficult to get a feel for the tone of the show. But while the intro, if anything, overemphasizes the violent nature of the show where a bit more subtlety might have worked better, the intro gives hardly any clue as to what the show is actually about. Theres still enough emphasis on tone to leave the viewer with some impression of story, even without knowing anything about the characters depicted, but the intro lacks the depth needed to tell a more meaningful story through imagery.

While its mostly a series of clips, the intro has a distinctive feel with some novel parts, such as the way the text appears early on, and the violent struggle of the silhouettes near the end. And the animation looks pretty good for the more inventive scenes, although too often the intro just displays still pictures that are far less impressive.

As for the theme song, I really liked the operatic part near the start and would have preferred to hear them lean more into that, instead of the less interesting rock music that it turned into. Thats not to say the song was ever bad, just that like the rest of the intro, it isnt grabbing me and making me care.