Psyren

Any hope of a normal training arc went out the window the second Nemesis Q popped up behind Oboro on live television. Tenjuin Elmore knowing about all this already and just treating it like a hobby is the thing I keep thinking about. The old woman had more menace in her few minutes than anyone else all episode and she barely raised her voice

I did not expect to actually feel bad for Sakurako when she talked about her parents like that. The detached little smile while describing them losing interest in her was worse than if she had cried. Then the puppet shows up and I'm laughing two minutes later. Whiplash but in a good way

Ageha blowing a literal hole through Sakurako's wall and then taking a picture of it to show off is peak teenage boy behavior. She should have kicked him out the hole. For real though the way his burst comes out as raw destruction while everyone else does delicate stuff says a lot about him

The guy trying to sell his card and just getting erased mid-sentence was colder than anything else this episode. No fight no warning just gone. Makes you wonder what Nemesis Q actually is and why it bothers keeping anyone alive

Matsuri pulling a tiny planet out of her coffee cup was the moment I decided PSI is worth caring about. Latte art as a power flex is such a specific flex and I love it

Oboro just casually getting strangled on live TV while the host thinks it's a stunt is the kind of casual dread this show does well. The blurry shaky frames did look cheap though. Couldn't tell if that was intended or the studio running out of money again

Asaka pulling off the PSI hand before Ageha is the best thing the show has done so far. The nosebleed the collapse the jealousy on Ageha's face. Perfectly sets up why Ageha is about to do something stupid. Natural underdog setup without the usual speeches

Oboro getting strangled on live TV and then the whole broadcast just cutting to a slide is the kind of cold move you want from a show like this. The camera shake annoyed me though. Felt like they were hiding something they couldn't animate

I did not expect Ageha's first real PSI burst to blow a hole in a wall and scare the living daylights out of Amamiya. That dark swirling blob made him look like a villain not a hero. Better than getting a clean power-up though

Wayy too low budget on the first episode, the main character is very unrelatable, the characters are very oldschool cringe. There better anime to spend time on.

The Burst Rise Trance breakdown gave me major Nen flashbacks which isn't a knock. The way the show explains psychic powers as literally just using the brain at full power is simple enough that it sticks. Sakurako tying them to chairs was a nice touch too

Amamiya being a tough mentor one second and a lonely kid talking about her parents the next hit me harder than I expected. Her sad little smile when she described her mom leaving. That was the real moment of this episode for me

Interesting setting and story but as a first episode it doesn't really show what the anime is about and lacks the charm to pull you in. The animation doesnt look that good also, characters also feels abit old school

Asaka breezing through the first try and then immediately getting a nosebleed and collapsing kind of annoyed me. Ageha watching him from the side and stewing was rough to sit through. Too much of the poor guy getting left behind this early

That puppet named Andrew got me. Sakurako doing a squeaky voice to teach them about Burst after that whole lonely speech about her parents was a weirdly sweet mix of sad and silly

The three branches thing is fine but the way Ageha's conviction turned into an actual explosion instead of a neat little hand is the detail I keep thinking about. Sakurako's tackle probably saved his life and she knows it. And the phone ringing right after everyone was laughing is a dirty trick to pull on the audience. One week turned into nothing

Ageha taking a photo of the giant hole to send to Asaka while Amamiya is about to murder him is peak idiot dork energy and I respect it. The guy has zero self preservation and it is going to get someone killed eventually

Kabuto showing up for a cup of coffee's worth of screen time just to flirt and run away. Barely a character yet. They could have saved him for next week instead of cramming him in with Oboro

That man screaming about his debt and then getting disintegrated by Nemesis Q in the rain. Two seconds of screen time and more dread than the whole Oboro broadcast. The card snatching itself back at the end gave me chills

Burst Rise and Trance is just Nen with a different label and you can tell from a mile away. But the puppet Andrew explaining it was funny enough that I stopped caring. Functional system. Nothing special yet