Introduction
The Taishou era didn't end in 15 years, but went on for another 25. In order to protect her waning family, a girl resolves to marry a man she doesn't even know the name of. However, just before the marriage was to take place, the girl's younger brother mysteriously committed suicide by self-immolation and was found holding an old book in his hands. Appearing before the bewildered young girl was the "Imperial Library Intelligence Asset Management Bureau," more commonly referred to as "Fukurou." According to these men, there exists "Maremono," which are books that greatly affect their readers. On top of that, ever since the incident involving the girl's younger brother, she unwittingly gains the ability to see "Auras" (the sentiments of the Maremono which manifest as bright lights and are usually invisible to humans). It was as though fate were trying to drag the young girl in its flames. And then, even though apprehensive, the girl chooses to venture outside her bird cage. Jealousy, hatred, scorn, compassion, and love. What awaited the girl was the darkness of betrayal that had already begun to bewitchingly inlay the imperial capital. Toyed by and swayed within that darkness, will the young girl finally reach the truth after her struggles, or...?
(Source: MAL News)
Audience reviews
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EndoWarrior
I'm rating this a 10 because I am SO INTRIGUED with the plot, that I bet the game is WAAAYYY better than the anime. Kinda like how watching Norn 9 and Code Realize, etc...the introduction to the anime for the visual novel. Unfortunately, I cannot find the game in English nor online as a rom. I'd love to use my phone to translate the game to play. if anyone knows where to play the game, I'd appreciate it! I love the guys in the anime, except one...he looks like a kid ahah. But I really hope they port this to the USA! I'm dying to know the deeper stories that aren't rushed.
Read at the sourceMiriam22
Taishō era, early 20th century.
To protect her family’s reputation after their fall from grace, Tsugumi Kuze reluctantly agrees to an arranged marriage.
Plans change when her younger brother attempts suicide, setting himself on fire while holding an old book. He survives, but with severe burns.
According to the agents of Fukuro, the Imperial Library’s Information Management Bureau, it wasn’t a suicide attempt at all: the cause was the book itself — a Maremono, a cursed tome capable of overwhelming the mind of whoever reads it.
After witnessing the incident, Tsugumi discovers she can see the auras surrounding these cursed books. Fukuro asks for her help, and she accepts, hoping to solve her brother’s case as well.
It’s technically a reverse harem, but never to an excessive degree. The…
Read at the sourcephoepb
This anime makes you WANT to play the otome game to find out what happens next in the story but also tells you enough about each character and their backstory. Their personalities were well portrayed and their behaviours are explained, even if briefly.
I liked that you can see character development / resolving their own problems in this anime, you can see that they have been enlightened and learned to see things in a new perspective.
Overall I enjoyed the plot - there were some episodes where they talk a bit too much between the baddies (the conversation is quite predicatble so I did skip a bit).
Would love to play the game if it gets released in English!
Read at the sourcebisexual_chuuya
A historical reverse harem with supernatural elements? What's not to love?
I was pleasantly surprised by how dark, unique and overall well done this otome adaptation was. It took me two tries to get into it I'll admit (first time i watched only 4 eps, second time i completed it) because it was just not what I was expecting from a reverse harem anime and I suppose I needed to be in the right frame of mind to fully enjoy such a heavy anime. Mayhaps I cried at times. The dark themes include suicide and rape (the rape is of a minor character and it is not graphic but still can be triggering to watch so be warned), and prostitution. (There may be more but these r the major ones I can think of rn.) The characters are all interesting, well-rounded and ofc incredibly handsome, with even minor cha…
Read at the sourceSupremeArchangel
Story: 5
The story is really mediocre, there are a lot of cliches and you know a lot that is coming. The cursed tomes idea is great, maybe if the focus was the action and mystery they could do something better, but I just smell romance everywhere, everything that happens gives a reason to the romance (yeah, josei, i know!). So... the main idea is good (cursed tomes), but I don't think it was well explored. The author could work with romance and the action/mystery in a better way.
Art: 10 | Sound 9
They are really great, the first episodes were funny cause the sound and the scenes to express surprise... oh boy, they were so funny, really bad that turned into comedy, but that happens only in the first episodes. The anime has a great design and nice soundtrack, I am not a big fan of the femi…
Read at the sourceAnastasiyaV
[STORY] - 10/10
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This anime's story and plots were very interesting. I really liked the fact that they added a very mysterious vibe in the beginning of episode 1, because it really grabbed my attention. I personally love short animes that have around 12-25 episodes. Unlike other 12 episode animes, this anime really included various details and plot twists in each episode, even though it was so short. This anime was released in 2018 (the year I'm writing this review), so there might be a second season! Although, if there isn't, I wouldn't be disappointed, because the ending left me in tears of joy.
[ART] - 9/10
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The graphics of this anime was perfect. The quality was high, and it was very clear to see when the scenes were dark. The details that the producers put into…
Read at the sourceMaki_3nzie
I watched this anime when it first came out a couple of seasons ago and as someone who enjoys the occasional reverse harem anime this one is pretty bad. There wasn`t much appealing about it, it`s probably for the best if you just skip this one.
UHH the thing wants me to actually write a longer review about it so I guess I have to talk about it more??
The characters were dry as heck and the main harem wasn`t interesting whatsoever in my opinion, at least from what I remember about it from watching it a couple months ago. Also the plot is pretty lack luster and dry. There are better anime and reverse anme out there to watch so just keep this one on your to watch list, or better yet just remove it and forget about it. Trust me, you lives will benefit from never wasting your time on this an…
Read at the sourcepomegranit
*spoiler free*
I'm an girl who kinda likes gaming and reverse harems, so it's not a big surprise that I've gotten involved in otome-style games in my life. Despite being such a big otaku and otome game fanatic, I have not yet found an anime or manga that really displays the otome aspect in all it's glory-- perhaps I have bad luck, or maybe it's just that it's really difficult to put such a strange game format into a cohesive storyline.
I've seen a lot of the more popular animes of this genre, including Amnesia, Kamagami No Asobi, Diabolik Lovers, and others. As of now, I can say that this is one of the better anime I've seen of the sort. This is mainly because it focuses a little more on the plot aspect than it does on the romance-- in fact, there's barely any romance at all, if you as…
Read at the sourceAngeVGC
This anime had a very interesting premise about magical cursed books as seen in the synopsis.However,this anime fails to make use of its premise and becomes an absolutely dreadful show.The few good points of the show would be its decent music and art,plus the fact that it is so bad that it is comedic.Other than that,if you are here for a deep and intriguing plot,you have come to the wrong place.
As usual from a reverse-harem anime,we have boring one-dimensional male characters.This is especially so in this anime as most of the cast cannot even identify cursed tomes,and they cannot even be security men well,making this series pretty painful to watch.It really makes one wonder why the government in this fictional world actually thinks its a good idea to waste taxpayers' money on the Fukurro…
Read at the sourceKANLen09
“It is the 25th year of the Taishou era (in an alternate setting that’s similar to real-life happenings), where a girl, once caged, has decided to fly out of her comfort zone. With all that’s happening, and a slight twist of fate, this is the story of Kuze Tsugumi and her encounter with cursed tomes, a man-made phenomenon that only the handful could see that strikes the Imperial Capital without question and joins an organization to rid of the tomes that held her life hostage.”
At the heart of it all, Nil Admirari no Tenbin: Teito Genwaku Kitan (or The Scales of Nil Admirari ~The Mysterious Story of Teito~) is a visual novel, otome-game, but don’t let the entire setting fool you that it’s the typical otome style show, because it doesn’t present itself as is, and as a guy, I do appreciate t…
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