[C] The Money of Soul and Possibility Control
Title: [C] The Money of Soul and Possibility Control
Type: Anime
Genre(s): Action, Angst, Dystopia, Shounen
Summary: Kimimaro, raised by his maternal grandmother after the disappearance of his father and the death of his mother, is a scholarship student whose only dream is to live a stable and normal life. One day he is visited by a peculiar man who forcefully offers him a large sum of money with the collateral being his future. Doubting at first, he decides to use the money, causing him to be immediately taken into a mysterious area known as The Financial District.
Action Action anime usually involve a fairly straightforward story of good guys versus bad guys, where most disputes are resolved by using physical force. It often contains a lot of shooting, explosions and fighting.
Anime: Complete, 11 episodes
Review: A strangely unique series about money basically. Probably, a finance or business orientated person may find more of a connection to this series, however it was still an interesting plot. In some ways, the artwork is reminiscent of "Gankutsuou: Count of Monte Cristo", but much prettier.
Kimimaro gets forced to participate in a sort of game in an AU where his future is put up as stakes in a game that he is forced to duel other participants on a scheduled basis. If he wins, he gains his opponent's money. If his opponents go bankrupt or even looses, then they loose part or all of their future. The future may be anything they care for like their children. Regardless of the outcome, what happens in this AU affects the real world financially in disastrous ways. To fight, the participants use a special credit card that can call upon an asset that is sort of like an avatar w/ special powers. To use their powers, they have to charge a certain amount. Sometimes, they can sell part of their stocks or even go public w/ others buying your stocks. It’s a strange mix of financial terminology and typical shounen style action fights. The other strange perk of the story is that there really isn't a so called villain in the story. Everyone has their theological stance on how to deal w/ society's debt, and no one method in treating debt is quite wrong. There is one theory that if you sell off your future, you can save the today's world by buying up all the bankrupt businesses. Another way is to get rid of your financial backing on the yen and use American money instead. In other ways, it's to gain as money as you can for philanthropist reasons.
Overall, I liked it for its uniqueness and it’s artwork. It ended on a happy ending in which I found to be too tidy, but it was still an interesting premise. If you’re interested in questions of business finance or national debt, you may be interested in the series.
Rate: 6/10