No. 6

No. 6 is a nine-volume novel series written by Atsuko Asano and published by Kodansha between October 2003 and June 2011. A manga adaptation drawn by Hinoki Kino began serialization in the March 2011 issue of Kodansha's Aria magazine. A TV anime series adaptation by Bones began airing in Japan in July 2011.

The story takes place in an ideal city known as "No. 6". Sion, a boy raised in the elite and privileged environment of his home, gives shelter to another boy, who only gives his name as 'Nezumi'(Meaning mouse or Rat)on the former's 12th birthday. After spending a rainy night with his new friend, Sion discovers the next morning that Nezumi has left and disappeared without a trace. Four years later, Sion experiences a spate of incidents around him in which a deadly infection by parasitic bees leaves its victims to age rapidly. Sion's co-worker is one of the victims and Sion is arrested on suspicion of murder. Whilst Sion is being transported to the Correctional Institute, Nezumi appears and rescues him. Sion begins to find out the hidden truth behind the Ideal City No.6. [Copy from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._6]

Sebuah anime baru yang menyita perhatianku. Plot cerita sudah ada diatas, jadi aku nggak perlu nulis summary lagi.

Genre cerita ini itu sci-fi, action, dan shounen ai. Awalnya yang membuatku jatuh cinta sama anime ini adalah genre sci-fi nya dan shounen ai nya, tapi ternyata ceritanya lebih bagus dari pada yang aku perkirakan.

Pokoknya waktu liat anime ini aku heboh banget. Sifat si Nezumi itu over-protektif banget gitu ke Shion. Ah, mungkin karena Shion yang udah menyelamatkan hidupnya kali ya?? Dan adegan penyelamatan itu mengingatkanku pada Virid dan Futaba dari manga Beyond the Beyond karangan Yoshimoto Watanabe. Agak-agak mirip gitu deh.

Lalu, mengenai lagu opening dan ending. Mungkin agak-agak gimana gitu ya, tapi menurutku lagunya enak kok. Dan entah kenapa lagu endingnya berasa galau. Tapi aku berdoa semoga ceritanya nggak galau.

Pokoknya, bagi fujoshi, ini tontonan yang so sweet banget. Dan bagi yang straight, hati-hati berubah jadi fujoshi kalau liat anime ini.

There is Shion :

And Nezumi :


Some picture I get from zerochan.net :

Well, that's all I know [atau curhatan].

Sign,

Virda Kusuma Anggraeni