The Ones Within

What impressions did Danganronpa, Sword Art Online, and Code Lyoko give you? Indeed, these are the kinds of lifelike simulations that gamers only dream of day and night; nonetheless, let's take the looming element of death out of each episode, which will make everything more fun.

Shin Oonuma and Silver Link created the anime "The Ones Within," also known as "Naka no Hito Genome." Kento Shimoyama wrote the script, Mizuki Takahashi created the characters, and Junichi Satou of the band Fhána made the music. It was broadcast on AT-X, Tokyo MX, KBS, SUN, BS11, and TVA from July 7th to September 22nd, 2019. In Southeast Asia, Muse Communication owns the rights to the series, but Funimation has a license to do a simuldub outside of Asia.

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There are a total of 12 episodes in the series. Since 2014, Osora's Japanese manga has been available online at the Pixiv Comic website. Media Factory has compiled it into 10 Tankbon volumes, and an original video animation was included in the 10th volume of the manga, which was published on February 27th, 2020. This 12-episode animation was based on the web manga series "The Ones Within." Each episode lasts 23 minutes and has a mix of comedy and drama, with the primary theme being video games. The television show received a PG-13 rating for teens 13 and older.

Across Japan, there have been a number of bizarre disappearances, but despite the police's best efforts, no leads have been identified beyond the fact that the victims were all young people. Akatsuki Iride, a well-known "Let's Play" video uploader, just uploaded a free-to-play game called "The Ones Within-Genome." Akatsuki has no idea what is going on until the rumors are proven true and he is taken to a different world where he meets other teenagers like him, like Karin Sarayashiki, Kaikoku Onigasaki, Himiko Inaba, Anya Kudou, Yuzu Roromori, Zakuro Oshigiri, and Makino Aikawa.

The game is said to cause anyone who completes it to vanish. A strange man who goes by "Paca" and wears an alpaca mask greets the eight teenagers. He tells them that their job is to work together to finish the game's stages and find the "chromosome," a token that looks like a keycard, so that the livestream can reach 100 million viewers. Injuries and deaths are possible in this livestream.

Resistance is not accepted, and those who do resist are locked away in the "White Room" to wait by themselves for the other players in the Avenue to finish the game. Their struggles to complete the game begin now, but they will face more than just perilous challenges since each player has a secret past and terrible secrets of their own.

The main character of the story is Akatsuki Iride, a cheerful and friendly gamer who is good at escape games. Even though Akatsuki is always happy and upbeat, she has a pretty shady and questionable past. He is shown to be a generally nice and understanding person who doesn't get angry easily about anything or anyone.

Ms. Karin Sarayashiki, a beautiful and well-liked horror game streamer, has been named the best female streamer on the internet by the gaming community. Among all the girls in the 13th district, she is the tallest. She was already under a lot of stress because of what her parents wanted from her before she was taken. At first, she was hesitant to trust others because she wanted to keep herself safe.

She had an apathetic disposition by nature toward most people and only let her guard down around those she felt at ease with. Kaikoku Onigasaki is known for uploading Japanese-style and Sengoku-era games. He is known for being calm and relaxed, but when the situation calls for it, he is very capable and quick to act, making him the best candidate for unplanned events.

It might be a bit excessive to give the characters high praise, but like its predecessor, Danganronpa, the characters really make the show. The girls and the boys are both fantastic, and they're all memorable, odd, and enjoyable! When there are a lot of characters, some may fade into the background or be treated unfairly, but in reality, they are all important and interesting. The main character is currently the weakest, but this is to be expected in these kinds of stories, and at least the narrative is self-aware enough to feel like a satire on the "hope-inspiring protagonist." As was already established, all of the characters are let's players, which results in some wonderful gap moments.

The main characters are all good at different kinds of games. Akatsuki is good at escape games; Himiko is good at simulating motherhood; Yuzu is good at solving puzzles; Zakuro is good at being sneaky; Anya is good at fighting; Karin is good at horror games; Makino is good at dating sims; and Kaikoku is good at Japanese games.

To clear the many stages, they rely on their unique gifts, and in actuality, without their unique talents, the characters would struggle much more. Even though there is sometimes trouble between them, the characters mostly get along as a group. Although the primary cast all have rough pasts, the comedy is usually cheerful, and even the hardest of hearts will begin to soften a little bit because of the wonderful twists in their characters. It's also really lovely to see the unadulterated devotion and passion that each character has for the type of game they play.

One of the nicest aspects of anime is undoubtedly the art. I'm surprised that most viewers haven't liked it yet because each episode has so much information. It's what they do with these characters that makes the art style, which is rather "Pixiv-esque" (you’ll know what I mean when you see it), seem basic. It's a big deal in and of itself because I can't think of any obvious times when they didn't follow the model and just looked like blobs in the background.

Compared to the animation and music combined, Tasuku Hatanaka's "not GAME" has a better style and tone. It really portrays the personalities of the people, and the vibrant color scheme is a welcome change from what we typically see on television. Tasuku Hatanaka, Anya's Japanese voice actress, performs the song, which has a fantastic beat and keeps up with the images, making this opening particularly effective.

The ending sequence, "Boku wo Mitsukete" by fhána, does a good job of showing what the characters are like, though I don't think it does it as well as the beginning. The music is overall pleasant and peaceful as we experience the finale. It is, however, not quite as fantastic as the opening.

What you want to get out of this show is a crucial question to ask yourself. Is it the psychological components present in each episode's plethora of mind tricks? Is it to determine if the characters can successfully complete the challenges? Or are you interested in seeing the show to see how it handles such a mysterious premise? All of these qualities are present in "The Ones Within," along with some humor. Even though the stakes are high, I won't lie; for a mystery program, it occasionally lacks seriousness.

This isn't one of those suspenseful psychological thrillers with jump scares. In reality, it is more like watching a game show at the end of each episode than a mystery thriller. This program gets more and more interesting as you learn more about it. What else needs to be said, really? Despite having a cliched plot, the characters and graphics make it a really fascinating series. In my opinion, calling this anime an Alice in Borderland or Danganronpa knockoff, or simply "another death game," is quite offensive. Highly recommended!