9 Anime That Will Challenge Your Moral

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Not every story has clear heroes and villains.

By Baam Amaam - March 19, 2017

Mostanimehaveclearcutheroesandvillains.Alotofstoriesmakeit
clearwhoweshouldberootingforbasedoncharacterdesign,howthe
storyprogresses,orjustbytellingusatthestart.

But,therearesomeworksthateschewthiswritingmechanic.These
animearemorallyambiguousandaremoreinterestedinhavingthe
viewerchosetheirownside.

1 Shinsekai Yori (From the New World)

YusukeKishi/KodanshaLtd./A1PicturesInc./FromtheNewWorld
ProductionCommittee

FromtheNewWorldwillscrewwithyourmoralcompassharderthan
anyotheranime.TheseriesfollowsSakiWatanabeandherlifelivingin
Kamisu66.Humanshavedevelopedpsychpowersandliveinapeaceful
agrariansociety,butSakisoonlearnsthatherpeacefullifemaybealie.

2 Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion

Sunrise/CLAMP/ProjectGeass

CodeGeassfollowsarevolutionarywarthatLelouchLamperougeleads
againsttheHolyBritannianEmpire.Insteadoftakingtheidealisticroute,
LelouchcommitsatrocitiesonparwiththeEmpire,allinthenameof
peace.
 3 Death Note

TsugumiOhba/TakeshiObata/ShueishaInc./MadhouseInc.

WhenLightYagamidiscoversaDeathNote,hevowstoruleasagod
aftercleansingtheworldofcriminals.However,Lightquicklybecomes
corruptedbyhisownsenseofjusticeandtriggersanInterpol
investigationintohisactions.

4 Mobile Suit Gundam

YoshiyukiTomino/SunriseInc./BandaiVisualCo.,Ltd.

TheGundamfranchiselovestoplaywithmorality,especiallywithinthe
UniversalCenturytimeline.Thetwomainplayers,TheEarthFederation
andThePrincipalityofZeon,havetheirownvalidreasonsforbeingat
war.Tomakethingsevenshakieristhatbothsideshaveequallygood
andevilmembersparticipatinginthewar.

5 Black Lagoon
ReiHiroe/ShogakukanInc./MadhouseInc./BlackLagoon
ProductionTeam

BlackLagoonwastesnotimeestablishingthatitsworldisfilledwith
viciouspirates,mercenaries,andterrorists.TheLagoonCompanyisa
groupofmercenariesthatspecializeinsmugglinggoods,buttheywill
happilytakeoncontractsthatinvolvekillingdangeroustargets.

6 Psycho-Pass
ProductionI.G.,Inc./NitroplusCo.,Ltd./PsychoPassProduction
Committee

Wouldntsocietybegrandifanallknowingandaneutralsupercomputer
ranthings?No,itwouldnt.PsychoPasstakesalookjusthowscrewy
thingscangetifyoutrytostripsocietyofhumanjudgment.

7 Legend of the Galactic Heroes

YoshikiTanaka/NaoyukiKato/YukihisaKamoshita/TokumaJapan
Corporation

LegendoftheGalacticHeroesisbasicallyGameofThronesinspace.
Itsfilledwithpoliticalmaneuvering,betrayals,andepicbattles.You
wontknowwhotocheerfor,butyoullstillfeelsadwitnessingsomeof
thedeaths.

8 Katanagatari
NisioIsin/Take/KodanshaInc./WhiteFoxCo.,Ltd.

Onthesurface,Katanagatarilookslikeagenericadventureseriesabout
awarriortryingtocollect12legendaryswords.Butasthestory
progresses,wefindthatTogamehasaselfishreasonforusingShichika
forcollectingtheswords.

9 Fate/Zero
GenUrobuchi/TakashiTakeuchi/TypeMoon/Ufotable,Inc./FZPC

Fate/ZerotakesplaceduringtheFourthHolyGrailWar.TheEinzbern
familywillnotacceptanotherfailure,sotheyelecttobringKiritsugu
Emiyaintotheirranks.Emiyaisahatedmagushunterandwilldo
anythingtoaccomplishhisgoals,evenifthatmeansdestroyinghisown
family.

Whatareyourfavoritemorallyambiguousanime?

Baam Amaam
Ireallyliketolookatthedarkersideofthings,likeashadowfollowingyouatnight...ormaybeI'mjust
tryingtoohard?Anyways,Personaismylife!

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