• Title: Mnemosyne ~Mnemosyne no Musume-tachi~
• Studio: XEBEC
• Genre: Horror

Ratings (out of 5):

• Story: ♥♥♥

• Animation: ♥♥½
• Characters: ♥♥♥½
• OP/ED Themes: ♥♥½
• Overall: ♥♥♥ (Less awesome than I expected, but still…lesbian torture porn with zombies? How can I resist?)

Thoughts:
Rin is a green-haired, green-eyed, at least somewhat invincible private detective. Her assistant, Mimi, plies her with alcohol and makes her go searching for cats. Instead, Rin finds a mystery: a guy who feels disconnected from his reality. Being the sort of badass samaritan she is, Rin takes on the case and does whatever killing, fighting, and seducing necessary to solve it. And she’s very good at all of those things.

The mystery leads to her being briefly captured by our bad guy (…girl) Sayara, who is obsessed with seeking immortality and with piercing. Cue the aforementioned lesbian torture porn, and boy is there plenty of it (even in the ED theme).

If that’s your bag, then this is definitely your show. Those with less affinity for blood– or who have very sensitive minds and nipples –may wish to avoid it. That said, there’s an interesting story lining up here, and we haven’t even addressed everything that was introduced in the 45-minute first episode, including an entirely separate rival of Rin’s, who is completely unexplained thus far.

That said, I think I’m glad that this is only a 6-episode show, because I’m not sure how much of this kinda thing I can take. I’m not especially a horror fan, but there’s some great dialogue and I am interested in the mystery, so I’ll stick with it.

By the way, if you’re interested, I spent a little time researching the pronunciation of “Mnemosyne,” and there are two: “ni-mah-zi-nee” and “ni-mah-suh-nee.” Enjoy! ♥

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