Customer Ratings & Reviews

This is a fantastic series, one of my new all-time favorites. As I've already stated, the story is phenomenal, and the characters are original, and some of the most deeply written I've seen in a while. The story focuses on Yukiteru, a young man who is incredibly anti-social. To occupy himself, he has an imaginary friend, Deus. As it turns out, Deus is real, and he's the god of time and space. He is also dying, and needs to pick a successor to his throne. To this end, he decides to have a group of people engage in a free-for-all death match using "Future Diaries." These diaries grant each user a particular glimpse into the future, based on how they observe the world around them. I won't get much further into the story, except to say that the other main character, Yuno, provides so much mystery and tension throughout the story that it makes the entire series so painfully suspenseful because you can never pin down her motives, mostly because of how inherently unstable she is. You still need box set 2 to finish the series, but I highly recommend it to anyone who likes a good, original story, and original, well-conceived and acted characters.

Future diary is not for the faint of heart. It does have a love story and a lot of violence but the whole story about it comes together so perfectly that you wouldn't want it any other way. Pick this up

This dvd set was a birthday gift for my daughter's boyfriend.

Genre: Horror, Action, Romance, Drama Length: 13 episodes Correction for Best Buy: This is the Limited Edition for anyone looking for it. I pre-ordered the other which listed as the LE and got the regular. Luckily the store in town had the LE for me to exchange for! "Reality quickly unravels for antisocial Yukiteru when Deus Ex Machina calls him into a death match to determine the new god of space and time. Each mentally scarred player possesses a prophetic device tuned to his or her personality disorder, giving them control over their future, and the fate of their opponents. It's their strongest weapon -- and their greatest weakness. Within hours of abusing his digital diary's predictions, Yukiteru is cornered by a crazed classmate, Yuno -- who is obsessively stalking him with her own psychic cell phone -- is cute, sharp, and great with an ax. Still, her psychosis hides a vile secret. As a serial killer, a cult priestess, and a volatile escape artist take a stab at eliminating the teens, Yuki can cheat death under Yuno's maniacal protection or--- dead end." Future Diary, AKA Mirai Nikki, has been one of my favorite series ever since I streamed it on Crunchyroll in early 2012. Yukiteru is kind of your typical no-backbone male lead character although he does come through when it's needed. And Yuno is is a yandere, a female character that swaps from super-loving to super-obsessive/psychotic at the drop of a dime. They'll make the best couple ever if the other ten diary holders don't kill them off first. Plot: The story is quite original in some aspects. The use of yandere characters is pretty rare with the notable others being from Higurashi and School Days. Yuno doesn't just try to kill the other diary holders who are after Yuki; she's also ready and willing to kill anyone who even tries to get friendly with her man. While the battle royale element isn't new, the role of the diaries each member uses definitely is. Yuki's diary can tell the future. Yuno's diary tells her everything that is going to happen to Yuki. 9th's diary is an escape diary. Each is unique in what it can do and ties into their personality. Graphics: I really wish that they had released a Blu-ray version. Sadly, Kodansha is a pain in the rear and won't allow Blu-ray versions anytime soon due to the fear of reverse-importation back to Japan. Still, the graphics are done very well. It's still HD and I can't find fault with anything. I suppose that having richer-colored blood splatter could be nice... Acting: The Japanese vocals are amazing and so are the English. You can't go wrong no matter what you choose. I do have to give an edge to the Japanese audio for Yuno, though. Don't know if I've ever heard a part played so perfectly. The music for season 1 is amazing, too. The opening theme, Kuusou Mesorogiwi, and the ending theme, Blood Teller, are huge personal favorites of mine. Very strong starts to the songs with lots of bass and a good rock feeling. Should be receiving the CDs for both in a couple weeks from Japan. Extras: Pretty standard. You've got a couple episode commentaries, trailers, clean opening and ending themes, and original Japanes ads. There's also an alternate for episode 5...although I didn't notice a difference after watching it. Must have just been subtle dialogue changes. Future Diary is a must-own in my book. Amazing series that I have no problem watching more than once. Even got my brother to watch it with me, too. Time to crack open part 2!