Should you watch Kiznaiver?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.

Kiznaiver
Anime · 2016
The anime's setting is a fictional Japanese city named Sugomori City. One day, Noriko Sonosaki tells her classmate Katsuhira Agata, "You have been selected to be a Kiznaiver." The Kizuna System, which allows Katsuhira to share his wounds, connects him to the classmates whose lives and personalities completely differ from his. The Kizuna System is an incomplete system for the implementation of world peace that connects people through wounds. All those who are connected to this system are called Kiznaivers. When one Kiznaiver is wounded, the system divides and transmits the wound among the other Kiznaivers. Sugomori City is built on reclaimed land, but as the years go by, the city's population is decreasing. The story is set in this town where Katsuhira and the others live.
The sides of Kiznaiver
- Classmates linked so they share each other's pain
- A boy who feels almost nothing
- A shrinking city built on reclaimed land
Kiznaiver is good for you if…
- you like strangers forced to become friends through their wounds.
- you want teenagers learning what they really feel.
- you like a tangle of unrequited crushes.
Kiznaiver is bad for you if…
- you don't watch anime.
- you need the science behind the pain-sharing system to make sense.
About: connection · pain · friendship
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