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- It's Isaiah Colbert, the
Otaku of Kotaku in a kotatsu,

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and welcome to "The Kotatsu Anime Corner"

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brought to you by Acura.

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This spring anime season is packed

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with far too many series

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to just haphazardly jump into

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without a proper screening
from a trusted source.

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So here we are.

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I'll attempt to answer
the critical question

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of whether or not each
anime is safe to watch

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with Normies around,

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or if you're better off keeping it solo,

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so as to not scare the homies

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with any out of context weirdness.

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For this week, we're looking
at "Heavenly Delusion".

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If you're in the market
for a post-apocalyptic show

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with an aesthetic akin
to "The Last of Us'"

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whole nature overtaking humanity thing

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and wouldn't mind a dash

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of children battling Eldritch horrors

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al la "The Promised Neverland",

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then this anime was
tailor-made for your enjoyment.

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"Heavily Delusion", otherwise
known as "Tengoku Daimakyou"

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for those who prefer the original title,

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has an A plot and a B plot.

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The A plot follows a girl named Tokio

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who, alongside a group of bizarre

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bio genetically enhanced children,

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is sequestered inside a
sketchy research facility.

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After receiving a strange message

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about the world outside of her own,

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where a person with her face resides,

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she starts planning her great escape.

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The B plot follows her
aforementioned doppelganger, Maru,

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and his bodyguard, Kiruko,

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as they wander Japan in search of Heaven,

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the facility Tokyo is being kept in.

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Along the way, the duo fend off scavengers

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and man eating monsters alike

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with Maru's supernatural abilities

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and Kiruko's kill beam:

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a rail gun that runs on AA batteries.

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What I've loved most
about "Heavily Delusion",

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aside from its impeccable animation,

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is how the anime naturally
handles its exposition.

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Unlike most shows that spell out

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their fantastical world's whole deal

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in exhausting dialogue
between the characters

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who don't need a recap
because they're living it,

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"Heavily Delusion" employs
a show and tell approach

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to its storytelling

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and trust that viewers are
intelligent enough to keep up.

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This approach not only
adds an air of intrigue

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to how Maru and Kiruko's
world became FUBAR

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but it also provides a bounty
of character defining moments

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that deepen your understanding
of their motivations.

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Like Maru's affection for Kiruko

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and Kiruko's gender dysmorphia.

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Via Hulu,

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Disney has been knocking
it out of the park recently

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in the anime streaming department

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with exclusives like "Bleach:
The Thousand Year Blood War"

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and "Summertime Rendering".

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Two shows, mind you, that are TV MA

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for all their supernatural
and realistic violence.

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While the mouse's taste for anime

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is surprisingly cultured and based,

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"Heavily Delusion" probably
ain't safe for Normies

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on account of all the
hormonal prepubescent drama

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amongst its cast

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and the life-threatening
dangers they encounter.