Will you kill someone you love, because of love?

Ga-Rei Zero 

The subtitle for this particular anime is this: Will you kill someone you love, because of love?

Sounds familiar? We get this a lot in fiction books -- especially supernatural or/and fantasy books targeted at teens. (e.g. Vampire Academy) but that's not the point. It also sounds strangely like euthanasia but that's not it either. It also sounds like star-crossed lovers but that's not it too. Since this isn't a romance anime. In this anime, two girls are forced to make the choice. Any ways, I'll begin with the Opening theme!

And oh, do not judge this anime by its first episode. The first episode is not what it seemed to be. It's actually... well, the start of the ending of the anime.

This is a heartbreaking, tragedy, supernatural story (maybe horror?) about  two sisters, Kagura and Yomi and the choices they made and how it impacts everyone. Yomi's choice in killing Mei, and accepting the sesshouseki (some weird red stone that makes her go all bad and stuff), and finally, her choice of being killed by Kagura. In Kagura's case, her choice in killing the school nurse and her beloved sister, Yomi. Basically, it's beautiful story of sisterhood, love, as they are forced to make inevitable choices.  

What makes this a really sad anime is the fact that you already know what's gonna happen and you're watching it happen. You're relieving Kagura's and Yomi's past memories, all the fun and sad times that shared as they grew closer and closer as sisters as they work in the Supernatural Disaster Countermeasures Division, battling paranormal forces as part of their everyday job after school, along with other side colleagues and friends.

(Left) Yomi and (Right) Kagura
Aren't they cute? >.<

Thoughts

The story was captivating, touching and heart wrenching to the point that I got a little depressed after finishing this anime. It's definitely a tragedy type of anime but it has its share of humour as well, usually generated between Yomi and Kagura as well as Yomi's fiancé, Noriyuki.

I liked how the deep bond between the sisters were portrayed in the anime and how its was an emotional roller coaster ride from the beginning. Speaking of the beginning, I almost stopped watching after the first episode. You shouldn't stop watching after the first. Keep on watching. It's gonna get awesome and more awesome. This anime doesn't follow the cliché start. One of its notable points is how uninteresting and how irrelevant the characters in the first 3/4 of episode 1 are. They all died, basically. I'm gonna spoil this so hang onto your seats. Yomi killed'em.

Poor poor poor Kagura, she had a hell of a traumatic experience one after another in the anime and Yomi...well let's just say that she isn't living in a paradise either. She has her own share of issues and problems due to her being an adopted child and such.

Did i mention that this is a prequel to the Ga-Rei? It's a manga series which i haven't got around reading. Kagura looks quite different there though.

Well, I'll keep this post short(er) and I'll end off with this question in mind:

Will you kill someone you love, because of love?

Personally, I would.