ID: Invaded...
I ventured out into the stream once again to have a look at ID: Invaded...
In ID: Invaded, when diving into a criminal mind, the diving person must be someone that has killed before and the diving person always enters without previous memories of who they are. The diving person assumes the identity of a brilliant detective and is always presented with the same unknown person's dead body, fleshly killed to reflect the unique circumstances of the particular case the detective is trying to solve. Another curious aspect of the mind-diving technology is that no one knows how it actually works.
The murders themselves are presented in gruesome detail with copious amounts of red ink where necessary. There are quite a few dead bodies where severe trauma to the victim is evident. In many ways, ID: Invaded was somewhat unpleasant to watch. The pace of the series starts out fairly nice, but, slows quite a bit in the middle as one particular character finds oneself stuck in a mental loop. After, the loop, finally, the pace picks up again. The story is not all that convoluted, but, the loop period, in my humble opinion, does drag on quite a bit longer than necessary.
ID: Invaded was quite an intriguing story. There is a lot of violence and red ink abounds, but, the pace of the series is a bit slow in the middle. Overall, I liked the series, but, it does have some flaws. I would give ID: Invaded a 3 out of 5.
On it's face, ID: Invaded is a mix of futuristic precognitive law enforcement as envisioned in the big-budget Hollywood movie, Minority Report and the classic anime Cyber City Oedo 808, where criminals are employed to assist law enforcement. The series takes the viewer through the dark underbelly of the human mind, as we explore a series of grizzly and seemingly random murders from the inside-out using advanced technology that allows a person to literally wander around the inside of someone else's mind.The Mizuhanome System is a highly advanced development that allows people to enter one of the most intriguing places in existence -- the human mind. Through the use of so-called -- cognition particles -- left behind at a crime scene by the perpetrator, detectives from the specialized police squad Kura can manifest a criminal's unconscious mind as a bizarre stream of thoughts in a virtual world. Their task is to explore this psychological plane, called an -- id well -- to reveal the identity of the culprit.
Not just anyone can enter the id wells; the prerequisite is that you must have killed someone yourself. Such is the case for former detective Akihito Narihisago, who is known as Sakaido inside the id wells. Once a respected member of the police, tragedy struck, and he soon found himself on the other side of the law.
Nevertheless, Narihisago continues to assist Kura in confinement. While his prodigious detective skills still prove useful toward investigations, Narihisago discovers that not everything is as it seems, as behind the seemingly standalone series of murder cases lurks a much more sinister truth.
In ID: Invaded, when diving into a criminal mind, the diving person must be someone that has killed before and the diving person always enters without previous memories of who they are. The diving person assumes the identity of a brilliant detective and is always presented with the same unknown person's dead body, fleshly killed to reflect the unique circumstances of the particular case the detective is trying to solve. Another curious aspect of the mind-diving technology is that no one knows how it actually works.
The murders themselves are presented in gruesome detail with copious amounts of red ink where necessary. There are quite a few dead bodies where severe trauma to the victim is evident. In many ways, ID: Invaded was somewhat unpleasant to watch. The pace of the series starts out fairly nice, but, slows quite a bit in the middle as one particular character finds oneself stuck in a mental loop. After, the loop, finally, the pace picks up again. The story is not all that convoluted, but, the loop period, in my humble opinion, does drag on quite a bit longer than necessary.
ID: Invaded was quite an intriguing story. There is a lot of violence and red ink abounds, but, the pace of the series is a bit slow in the middle. Overall, I liked the series, but, it does have some flaws. I would give ID: Invaded a 3 out of 5.
