Future Diary

Yukiteru "Yuki" Amano is your average loner who spends most of his time writing in a diary on his cell phone or talking with his imaginary friends Deus Ex Machina, the God of Time and Space; and Murmur, Deus' servant. One day, Deus gives Yuki a special diary and mentions how it is related to a game that he could play, strangely Yuki's new diary has entries in it spanning the next 90 days and have entries about the future that he finds are coming true. Deus, as it turns out isn’t so imaginary after all and is really a God that can manipulate time and space, he forces Yuki to participate in a competition with eleven other people, each of whom also has a diary that can predict the future in some unique way.  Each of the contestants must try to find and kill all the other contestants before the world ends on Day 90, and only the last one standing can prevent the world from being destroyed and become the new God of Time and Space. Things escalate quickly for Yuki, who initially has no intention of being a part of the game, is thrust into trouble as Deus informs the other contestants that Yuki, as the "1st" Diary owner, is his favorite to win the game. Yuki is soon left with teaming up with his obsessive stalker, Yuno Gasai, in order to survive the constant attempts on his life by the other diary users, who see him as the biggest threat. Although Yuki only feigns affection for Yuno to manipulate her into protecting him, he soon becomes too afraid to spurn her after witnessing her psychopathic obsession go to new heights to protect Yuki against anything that threatens their future together. Never the less the two work together and fight to survive in a game of mad men and murder.

“Future Diary” is a show that you can find very easy to enjoy and pick up, the show offers a crazy over the level degree of insanity and mayhem that will have your jaw on the floor and laughing nonstop. Right from the get go there is cool and catchiness with each of the eleven characters in the “Diary Game” having a unique personality brought to the table and the show doesn’t leave you with any lulls in dialogue or story which keeps you hooked all the way through. The main characters, Yuno and Yuki, are initially characters that come across as childish and spoiled with Yuki being a person who just uses Yuki to save his own skin and Yuki a loved crazed girl whose desperation is a little off putting however the show does a good job of developing them into characters worth caring about as the story progresses. “Future Diary” is not something for anyone who is not looking for insane action however, the show is insanely over the top with its antics and violent tone with everything that is great about loud, uninhibited storytelling is here for the taking. The violence in the show is in fact the hook for anyone who intends to watch between gruesome deaths, massive explosions and booby trapped houses, “Future Diary” brings it all and doesn’t pull any punches.

Good:

-Appealing characters

-Incredible story

-Insane and crazy over the top madness

-Sleek fluid dialogue

Bad:

-Definitely not for anyone who’s squeamish about blood or insane amounts of chaos and craziness because that’s what “Future Diary” is all about

Scully Rating: 9.5 out of 10

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