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Beyond the Boundary
Kyoukai no Kanata
Average Rating: 5.5 / 10

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Violence: 5 / 10
Nudity: 4 / 10
Theo Theme: 5 / 10
Neg Theme: 2 / 10

Brief Description:
Akihito Kanbara is a high school sophomore in the literature club who believes himself to be a "Meganest", and although he appears to be human, he is actually half Yōmu, which makes him invulnerable to wounds, due to the fact that he can heal so quickly, and also immortal. One day, Akihito meets freshman Mirai Kuriyama when it appears as if she is about to attempt suicide by jumping off of the school rooftop. Mirai is isolated because of her ability to manipulate blood, which is considered heresy even among other members of the underworld, so she is shunned. Soon after Akihito saves Mirai, disturbing events begin to arise.

Genres: action, comedy, drama, fantasy, psychological, romance
Themes: immortality, monster hunting, monsters, urban fantasy, youmu

This is available for streaming at Animax UK, Crunchyroll, and The Anime Network.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=15546

Aired: 2013
US Licensed by: Sentai Filmworks
My Anime List Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
Beyond the Boundary is complete at 12 episodes.
User Reviews
04/09/2014: GeneD [ Already Rated ]


Violence / Gore: Well Mirai can manipulate her own blood and uses it to fight, so naturally there's a lot of that. There are physical and magical battles against youmu, a number of stabbings and a few instances of high blood spray.

Nudity / Sexual Content: Hiroomi has a sister complex and Akihito has a glasses-girl fetish. Hiroomi also teases Akihito in a flirtatious way, but it's not major. There is an episode with a number of shower scenes with all the characters (showering separately) and naked bottoms are seen briefly. Mirai gets a job dressing up for cosplay photos which Ayaka sells to customers: fanservice ensues.

Theological Themes: Most of the characters are youmu hunters who fight youmu (spirits or supernatural monsters/creatures) and can use various forms of magic/powers, the magic system isn't well defined or explained. Humans can be half-youmu and be possessed by youmu.

Negative Themes: Nothing I recall.

February, 2014: ForeverInspired [ Already Rated ]

Other potentially problematic themes: The idea of suicide is brought up in the opening scene of the series.

ALSO: If you intend to watch any of the specials, be aware that the Idol specials have a lot of sexual content (they even go so far as to having one of the main characters show up wearing only a scarf around his neck... appalling).

Added: February, 2014