If you haven't heard of Made in Abyss, you NEED to watch it. It's a gorgeously animated masterpiece that will wrench your heart open and fix it and warm it and the wrench it open again
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Okay, I wouldn't recommend it to absolutely everyone, because if you're squeamish with blood (It doesn't overdo it with blood, but there is some) and there is some things in there that might make some people uncomfortable, but MAN THIS SHOW
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Made in Abyss is basically about this spunky, optimistic little girl called Riko, and her best friend, an amnesiac cyborg kid named Reg, as they journey to the bottom of the famous, mysterious abyss to find Riko's legendary mother, Lyza. The Abyss is split into different layers (The 4th Layer, The Goblet of Giants, The 5th Layer, The Sea of Corpses, etc.).
Made in Abyss explores deeply into psychology, temptation, morality, and a harsh, gritty reality. Curiosity and willpower are amazingly portrayed in this anime. If you want your mind blown by stellar backgrounds, mind-boggling plot and lore, and AMAZING characters, you should watch it!
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The Abyss is a mysterious hole that just goes straight down. Nobody has ever reached the bottom of it, and the furthest layer anyone has every seen is the 7th Layer, The Final Maelstrom, 15500 meters below sea level. You can go down as far as you want, but each layer has a Curse, which affects you going up. You can let your curiosity take hold of you and go down to the 7th Layer, but the Curse will prevent you from ever going up again.
The Curse gets progressively worse the farther you go down. At the 1st Layer, you will expereience nausea. At the 2nd Layer, you might vomit. At the 3rd Layer, you hallucinate. At the 4th Layer, you bleed from every hole in your body. (Yes, you butt too.) At the 5th Layer, you experience complete sensory deprivation. At the 6th Layer, you become inhuman. At the 7th Layer, you die.
There are also different classes of people who have permission to go down certain lengths, such as black whistles, who can go down to the 4th Layer. Red whistles can only go down to the 1st Layer. White whistles can go anywhere, and there are only a few legendary white whistles.
The worldbuilding in this is absolutely spectacular. I'll stop rambling and YOU NEED TO CHECK THIS OUT OKAY
Also check out this fuzzy tsundere NANACHI!!!
If you are a furry you will love Nanachi ,<3
Here is a link to the trailer for the English dub. You can watch an English sub in the meantime :3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiUKh_MjsI0
