Of course, this was all revealed to me in the coming episodes, and it was a story more tragic than I could have ever anticipated: Nine and Twelve were part of a top secret project that gathered gifted orphans and were experimented on using a brain function drug accidentally developed by a Japanese pharmaceutical company in the 90’s. Sphinx’s video on anime-YouTubeĪs viewers, from the beginning we’re asking all kinds of questions: why do the boys call each other numbers? How the hell do two teenage kids know how to make bombs? At first I thought well hey, I guess you can find out anything from the internet nowadays, but the motive, what’s the motive? Naturally they want something, but what’s the point of giving the police a chance to stop the bomb using riddles? And they go out of their way to cause black outs, trip fire alarms and detonate bombs after-hours to ensure there are no casualties. They’re known as “Sphinx” after they post a video on the Internet wearing masks and warning of an upcoming bombing in the Tokyo metropolitan area, which happens, and throughout the course of the anime Sphinx gives riddles in their videos to the Japanese police, who must solve them without ‘cheating’ in order to stop the bombs. The premise of Terror in Resonance is appealing at its core: Nine and Twelve are two teenage boys. I’m gonna spoil the whole damn show, so turn back now while you can if you haven’t watched it already! And I’ve just finished the last episode 15 minutes ago, and I am still reeling from a massive headache. Terror in Resonance / Zankyou no Terorr is an anime I’ve known about since they hyped it like crazy during last year’s Anime Expo but I never got around to watching it ’til this week.

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