Yandere is a Japanese term for a person who is initially very loving and gentle to someone before their devotion becomes destructive in nature, often through violence. The main heroine in Mirai Nikki is a yandere. As awesome as she may seem at first, she became a pain to watch after a while. And it doesn't help that the story mainly revolves around her and her love target. Given how the story started and how the plot moved, I was hoping for a spectacular and gruesome ending. Unfortunately, the ending is totally different and surprised me in a bad way. I've been told by many friends that I'm heartless just because I tend to hate happy endings. Frankly, it's not that I hate happy endings but many happy endings I've watched felt forced and unrealistic. I prefer endings which are realistic to the setting of the story. Whether is it a happy ending or sad ending, I like it so long as it flows with the plot. Mirai Nikki is a series with a surprisingly happy ending and frankly, I hate it. Story: (7/10) – Fairly Good The story is supposed to be about how 12 future diary holders battle out one another to achieve the status of God. It was what it was supposed to be for the most part of the series and I quite enjoyed the plot twists, even though many of the twists didn't quite make sense. However, the last few episodes focused more on the immature romance between the 2 main characters. One is a wimp who can't do anything on his own and the other is a yandere stalker who is a b*tch (even after watching the last episode, there's no feelings of sympathy.). *Spoiler Alert! I always think that it's very lame to bring back dead characters using parallel worlds. In order to display Yuno's craziness and 'love' for Yukki, most of the characters are killed by her. And to make the viewers sympathize with her, we are brought to a parallel world with a younger and purer her, and all the characters she killed are still alive. In my opinion, that's a very forced happy ending. I've read the manga ending and I was disappointed that it's much worse than the anime ending. Actually, the only difference is that the anime left out the last chapter in the manga. I think that's a good thing as I hated that ending even more than the anime ending. Seriously, neither Yukiteru nor Yuno deserves a happy ending. *Spoiler Alert! My first impression after seeing Yukiteru as a God is... 'I wouldn't want such an emo guy as a God'. Anyway, it's creepy to hear Yuno's voice at the end, but I'm glad they didn't show what happened after that. That happy ending in the manga is really disgusting. Character: (8/10) – Good I seriously hate yandere. They are quite fun to watch initially but I get sick of their crazy antics after a while. I hate Yuno, not only because she's a yandere but also for what she did in episode 22. I also hate wimpy characters and recently there seem to be more and more of such characters. =.= Yukiteru is also one such typical wimpy character. He's cowardly and depends on his girl to do all the dirty work. =.=|| Favorite characters: Akise Aru - he's cool, intelligent and rational. The only thing he did wrong is to like Yukiteru and being too soft with that yandere. Uryuu Minene - she's cool and I like how she lectures Yukiteru. Art/Animation: (8/10) – Good The art and character designs are good. The animation is decent too. Music: (8/10) – Good The song choices are good and fit the theme; though not may cup of tea. Enjoyment: (7/10) – Fairly Good I enjoyed most part of the series but it started going downhill for me after episode 22. Overall: (7/10) – Fairly Good Despite not liking the main characters, I decided to continue watching because the story seemed interesting. After watching everything, I wouldn't say I regretted watching as it was quite entertaining for the most part but I was hoping for something better.
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