Throughout the first five or so episodes, confusion and some frustration with the pacing of the anime can be evident, as it certainly was with me. The series delves right into the action, leaving viewers intrigued and wanting more, before cutting back toward a slower pace and dragging the story on in an effort to build the world in which the characters live, as well as their relationships with one another.

Guilty Crown’ s pacing is slightly haphazard. Caught in between, Shu inadvertently gains the ‘Power of the King’, an ability to pull out and use a person’s ‘void’, a weapon which stems from their hearts and inner self. The series follows Shu Ouma, an average high school boy who accidentally stumbles into the conflict between the corrupt government organization known as the GHQ and the resistance group known by the ominous name, Funeral Parlour, who work to restore Japan’s independence.

Guilty Crown first released in 2011 as two separate volumes, however recently, the series has been re-released as a complete series collection. Unfortunately, my enthusiasm for the series dwindled the more I watched. Being an anime series directed by the same man behind anime greats such as Death Note and Attack on Titan, I was certain that Guilty Crown would be a series that I could get into and really enjoy. Guilty Crown has been on my radar for a very long time.

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