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Undead Unluck

Undead Unluck

A bizarre adventure-comedy anime with such strange powers

7.6

TV Show

Japan
Japanese
Action & Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
2023
Aoi Yuki, Kenji Nomura, Koji Yusa
24 min

TLDR

Now THAT is what you call unexpected.

What it's about

Fuuko Izumo can’t touch anyone, otherwise they get bad luck, like the death of her parents. Because of this, she’s ready to die, but before she makes the jump, she meets a man who can’t die. They agree to team up in order to finally cause his death, but a mysterious organization chases after them for their abilities.

The take

Undead Unluck is such a strange anime with such a strange duo. Named after their respective powers, the undead Andy seems familiar with his Deadpool-like regeneration, albeit with such a fast rate that he can shoot out body parts with such gruesome animation. However it’s the unlucky Fuuko that brings them to the most absurd comedic scenarios, including, but not limited to, surviving a giant truck crash, a lightning strike, and a whole meteor. In order to achieve their goal of dying, they have to build up a bond to maximize her unluck. As they learn more about Fuuko’s abilities, as well as the organization hunting them down, it’s likely that they’ll go through wackier situations that will escalate as the show progresses. It’s definitely something uniquely watchable, if you can handle the off-putting gore that’s part and parcel of Andy’s powers.

What stands out

With strange powers comes strange tonal shifts in Undead Unluck. The anime’s start leads you to believe that it’s going to be a post-apocalyptic drama, with two young lovers alone in an empty, snow-ridden Japan, intercut with the airplane accident of the girl’s death. It might well end up there, but not quite yet, as it turns out that specific sequence is just part of Fuuko’s favorite manga, and Japan is still standing. The whole show shifts like a pendulum in tone, this way. The seriousness of Fuuko’s attempt to commit suicide is undone by her rescue, and her savior’s brazen nakedness. Andy’s cheerful proposition for sex is then countered with a tender scene of him cutting Fuuko’s hair. The show shifts from drama to comedy, and back, in a blink of an eye, but it’s justified with the ridiculousness of their powers and it’s still effective in building emotional weight. It’s what makes the show totally unexpected.

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