Mirai Kuriyama ( 栗山 未来, Kuriyama Mirai ) Voiced by: Risa Taneda (Japanese) Krystal LaPorte (series), Kira Vincent-Davis (films steelbook Blu-Ray) (English) Mirai is a first-year high school student with short, light pink hair styled into a bob, and wears red-rimmed glasses, leading Akihito to call her a 'bespectacled beauty', much to her dismay. Akihito's youmu half holds the greatest destructive power of all youmu and is referred to as "Beyond the Boundary". Following a youmu transformation, Akihito falls into a state of depression due to almost killing Hiroomi in a past rampage. Akihito implies that because of his youmu half, the Nase clan are not exactly his friends but instead people who are tasked with watching him should his youmu-half ever go berserk and killing him if necessary.
Akihito's youmu half is extremely powerful, able to easily overwhelm supernatural cages and barriers that attempt to contain it in addition to having enough destructive force to physically devastate whatever landscape surrounds it. If Akihito's physical human body finds itself in a severe weakened state, his dormant youmu half emerges, physically changing his body into a hideous feral appearance which then proceeds to go on a rampage. He has an attraction to girls with glasses, as shown by his spontaneous compliments to Mirai as well as being disdainfully teased for it by Mitsuki. Due to this Mirai uses him as practice to help overcome her fear of killing youmus. He has the ability to heal quickly from any wound albeit still experiencing pain. Dreamshade Stone) which can be appraised and traded, hence providing a source of income for a Spirit World Warrior.Ĭharacters Main Akihito Kanbara ( 神原 秋人, Kanbara Akihito) Voiced by: Kenn, Mei Tanaka (young) (Japanese) Clint Bickham (English) Akihito is a second-year high school student with short blonde hair who is an immortal half-youmu, the offspring of a youmu and a human. Upon death, a youmu produces a Youmu Stone ( 妖夢石, Yōmu Ishi, alt. However, there are times when a youmu's behavior upsets the balance, so the Spirit World Warriors are sent in to kill them. Most youmu are relatively docile and coexist with humans without them even being aware of their presence. There are also rare cases when a youmu and a human mate may produce an offspring, which is called Half-Youmu ( 半妖, Han-Yō, "Half-Shade"). They can exist in many types of shapes and forms with some even having a human appearance. They are said to be the physical materialization of human animosity such as negative emotions including hatred, jealousy and malice and therefore as long as humans exist, youmu will continue to exist.
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Dreamshade) are supernatural creatures that appear throughout the series and can only be seen by those with a supernatural affinity. After learning that Mirai is a Spirit World Warrior ( 異界士, Ikaishi )-specialists who protect humans from being affected by youmu-and the last surviving member of her spirit hunting clan, their lives become intertwined as Akihito seeks to help Mirai gain the confidence to kill youmu so that she may stop attempting to kill him as practice. Following his pleas, Mirai suddenly stabs Akihito with a sword formed out of her own blood and is shocked to discover that Akihito is an immortal "half-youmu"-the offspring of a supernatural creature, called a youmu, and a human. One day, high school student Akihito Kanbara instinctively goes to save his fellow schoolmate, Mirai Kuriyama, from committing suicide.
Seishin Gakuen Secondary School in Kashihara, Nara is where the series is set. Sentai Filmworks licensed the series for North American audiences with an English dub released in 2015. A two-part anime film premiered in March and April 2015. An original video animation episode was released in July 2014. After Akihito saved a girl named Mirai Kuriyama from committing suicide, he learned that she is a spirit world warrior their lives become intertwined.Īn anime television series adaptation, produced by Kyoto Animation, aired in Japan between October and December 2013. Set in Kashihara, Nara, this story follows a young boy named Akihito Kanbara who is an immortal being and half a spirit. Kyoto Animation has published three volumes since June 2012. The work won an honorable mention in the Kyoto Animation Award competition in 2011. Beyond the Boundary ( Japanese: 境界の彼方, Hepburn: Kyōkai no Kanata) is a Japanese light novel series written by Nagomu Torii, with illustrations by Tomoyo Kamoi.
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