unknowing
Since: Mar, 2014
07/04/2014 00:00:00
i dont know, i think is because this series is a shonen(that border seinen to times) but is not horror, yuki need yuno because she is skill enought to handle the other ones and since she wants yuki so much she wont bretrayal to him, therefore he is stuck with her
in the end this is a dark shonen, the focus is the action and the fact that yuki, the "usesless"(read: not super badass people want) need yuno, something it only can happen in this tournament
is not bad your review but it seen focus in how it should be horror instead of being the dark shonen it is
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Oh No, Not the Plot!
So by the title, yes, the plot is as bad as it is dreadful. The main plot focuses on 12 "Diary users" who all compete for the title of God. Now there's nothing wrong with making some kind of Action/Adventure series where you can focus on multiple characters and how the prize will benefit each other, giving the audience their own character to root for, sympathize even if they want another to win, etc. But we're mainly focusing on two Diary Users; Yuno, a 14 year old girl who has learned about this competition prior and plans to protect a boy she is madly in love with, Yuki, a 14 year old boy who learns of this competition by her and is more concerned of avoiding its dangers at all costs. My first problem is Yuno's popularity is based on her character as a yandere, a love interest that is attributed to being mentally unstable, clingy, and...you know what, I'll outright say it; she's a horror villain.
That's what I was expecting throughout this entire series; horror. Yuno could have worked as an interesting character who falls in love with Yuki, but her psychotic behavior could leave for a suspenseful, edge-of-your-seat series that would be much better to watch. There are always hints of this possibly happening, but it gets interrupted by the main plot, that we get no real characterization of Yuno and Yuki. People call Yuki useless, but his trouble should be being the victim of a controlling girlfriend, not enter in some tournament to the death. We get glimpses of why Yuno is the way she is, but again, for some reason the main plot has to be told for some ungodly reason.
I went into this because yandere characters could make for an excellent horror series that can be interesting on it's own right, but instead it feel like it's shoehorned into Future Diary's main plot as a fetish no different than tsundere or moe (did I mention they were 14, and there's plenty of creepy fanservice to go around). I would suggest reading the description before going into this. The only description I got was "examples of yandere" and Yuno being one of them. The series really should have been split into two; focus on the horrific, romantic tragedy that is Yuki and Yuno and the other with the Diary User competition. Mixing both was an agonizing mistake.