I enjoy plot twists in my stories.

Unfortunately - maybe it’s because I’ve consumed enough media - 99% of them are totally predictable. I would see the reveal coming a mile away.

So, are there any anime with an actually strong twist?

If I have to name one that truly impressed me, it is

major spoiler for an anime with title starting with the letter 'O'

Oddtaxi, with the reveal that the MC have an extreme form of visual agnosia.

That one caught me by complete surprise.

Are there are any more of such anime?

Thanks in advance.

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.socialEnglish
    3·
    38 minutes ago

    Attack on Titan starts off pretty unpredictable, but it later falls into its own formula that you can predict. The only thing that really was predictable from the start was what the titans actually are. It’s just the safest bet, and they don’t push the envelope with that. Being vague to not spoil it, even though this one has likely been seen by a majority of everyone already; possibly even OP.

  • molave@reddthat.comEnglish
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    36 minutes ago

    Your Lie in April - agreed with @cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com’s comment

    Steins;Gate - I won’t spoil it. I’ll only encourage you to watch all episodes, no matter what.

    Nagi no Asukara

    Talentless Nana

    BanG Dream! It’s MyGO!!!!! and Ave Mujica

    I Want to Eat Your Pancreas

    Sound Euphonium S3

    Orb

    Takopi’s Original Sin

  • agent_nycto@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    9 hours ago

    One that doesn’t is Madoku Magica. It’s a normal magical girl anime. JUST KIDDING SOMEONE TOLD ME THE PLOT TWIST AND SAID IT WAS REVEALED IN THE SECOND EPISODE AND IT WASN’T TILL THE END AND I WAS PISSED OFF FOREVER.

    • pastermil@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      6 hours ago

      If it makes you feel better, they made a movie that expands upon the original story (preceded by two movies summarizing it). Another one will come in like a week, finally, after being delayed for ten years.

  • Eq0@literature.cafeEnglish
    3·
    7 hours ago

    One piece

    I now know how to put the spoiler tag, thanks.

    Spoiler

    But for hundreds of episodes nobody ever dies. Never ever ever ever. Then Ace dies graphically on screen sending Luffy into utter despair. It felt like such a guy punch! It’s supposed to be a feel good story! (Still mad about it) :::

  • devaly@ani.socialEnglish
    5·
    12 hours ago

    Angel beats, Shinsekai Yori, Summertime Render, Higurashi, Nier Automata, Sonny Boy, Kowloon, Tokyo Magnitude 8

  • CerebralHawks@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    4·
    12 hours ago

    I’d say Your Lie in April qualifies. Yes, they telegraph the ending from very early on. You know it’s gonna happen. They swerve a couple times. You think maybe it won’t. Then it does. “Ah, that sucks, but I called it from the very beginning,” you say. Then the story keeps going, and just when you think “oh yeah what’s with the title? It never made any sense,” they explain the title.

    Angel Beats! is another good one. It’s about a purgatory school. They tell you the girl called “Angel” is trying to get people to move on. She kind of is, and eventually those opposing her realise that’s the right move, but there’s a lot more to it than that. Ask yourself why she’s trying to help others when everyone else is just out for themselves.

    Then there’s Sword Art Online II (the second season). The first part, with the gun game, kind of has a twist — how a guy in a video game that should be harmless is killing people IRL by shooting them in a video game. It’s pretty lame, though. The second part, the last seven episodes, if it were a standalone anime, it would be my favourite anime. The adaptation of book 7, Mother’s Rosary. The secret behind the undefeated duelist.