History Anime / Kiznaiver

* EnohaticEnvoronment: The climax of Maki's character arc has it suddenly rain after Nico tries to reach out to her at her house. At first the rain signals her conflicting feelings towards Ruru, but it becomes something of a healing rain after she finally finds closure.

** Tenga - "[[HairTriggerTemper Musclehead Thug]]" ({{wrath}}ful actions meets sloth laziness)

* FieryRedhead: Both Chidori and Tenga, the latter as a stylized example.

* FieryRedhead: Chidori and Tenga, the latter as a stylized example.
** Tenga also shares traits with a male RoseHairedSweetie.

* [[{{Irony}} Situational Irony]]:
** [[spoiler: A main plot point lies in the fact that the Kizna Experiment was designed to facilitate empathy and, ultimately, a feeling of happiness and brotherly love among groups that were previously known to have had tensions or a lack of understanding toward each other. However, after experimenting on children by linking the pain they felt between them, the idea quite literally backfired; due to one simple miscalculation, the children ''lost'' much of their sense of feeling, and some of the children lost their ability to ''feel'' entirely.]]
** The series seems to be fond of it, as [[spoiler: Honoka distances herself from Ruru right before she dies to avoid the pain of losing her, a decision the effects of which cause Honoka immense guilt, grief, and psychological trauma that may have lasted her for the rest of her life had not the Kizna Experiment intervened.]]

* [[{{Irony}} Tragic Irony]]:

Creator/AniplexUSA will be releasing this series in home video in North America with an English dub co-produced by Creator/{{Crunchyroll}} and Creator/TheOceanGroup, making this their first English dub done in Canada rather than their usual dubbing studio with Creator/BangZoomEntertainment.

*** A prominent example of this is when he literally ''jumps off an overpass and onto moving traffic'' while on a mission to [[spoiler: prove to the seventh Kiznaiver, Hisomu Yoshiharu, that their bodies are truly connected]]. Upon jumping, he hits the top of a truck and ''bounces off of it'', landing (conveniently) on the backseat of an open-roof car. He proceeds to ''sit up'' and ''apologize'' to the passengers of said car as if ''nothing'' happened, going so far as to ''ask about the car's welfare'' as Chidori and Tenga rush over to him.

-->'''Honoka:''' [[spoiler:Truth is I've killed someone before]].
** Actually, [[spoiler:[[IWasJustJoking she was just kidding.]]]]
*** Actually, [[spoiler:[[DoubleSubversion it's half-true]]. She feels [[FailureToSaveMurder guilty of her friend's death]].]]

** The human need to connect with others and how these bond happens. As Sonozaki states, it's only natural for someone to want to leave their mark in someone else and make a meaningful connection, no matter wat kind. Not even she is excused, and it's shown throughout the series that all characters that were alone, in one way or another sought a way to bond with someone (part of the reason the 7 Kiznas were chosen was because their friendlessness) not even Sonozaki herself is exempt of that.

Creator/AniplexUSA will be releasing this series in home video in North America with an English dub co-produced by Creator/{{Crunchyroll}} and Creator/TheOceanGroup, making this the first English dub done in Canada rather than their usual dubbing studio with Creator/BangZoomEntertainment.

Creator/AniplexUSA will be releasing this series in home video in North America with an English dub co-produced by Creator/{{Crunchyroll}} and Creator/TheOceanGroup, making this the first English dub done in Canada rather than their usual dubbing studio with Creator/BangZoom.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Sonozaki has blue hair. Outside of that, Tenga has pink hair, Hisomu has purple, Yuta has teal, and Katsuhira has white.

The brainchild of prolific anime writer Mari Okada (''Manga/BlackButler'', ''Manga/RozenMaiden''), '''''Kiznaiver''''' is the latest anime series made by Creator/StudioTrigger and produced by Creator/{{Aniplex}}, featuring character designs by mangaka Shirow Miwa (''Manga/DogsBulletsAndCarnage'') and Mai Yoneyama. Hiroshi Kobayashi, known for his work as assistant director in the anime ''Anime/RageOfBahamutGenesis'' and as episode director in ''Anime/KillLaKill'', makes his debut as a director with this show.

* AdultFear: [[spoiler: You buy into the possibility of world peace that the Kizna System is promising to achieve, and happily support it as a benefactor, going so far as to allow your child to take part in it as a test subject. When they return to you, they're a little more than emotionless shells of their former selves who have been subjected to so much physical and emotional agony that they can ''no longer feel any pain whatsoever''—that is, if they're in a stable-enough condition to be returned to you at all.]]

** Sonozaki is a diluted [[Anime/KillLaKill Satsuki Kiryuin]] with her sadistic qualities intact.

** It gets worse. [[spoiler: One of the children who was a test subject in the first experiment—Sonozaki—ended up taking on the pain of ''all nineteen test subjects'' including herself, and has continued to do so for ''well over a decade''. This has completely destroyed her psyche over time, and she has become convinced that taking on the pain of others is ultimately the only way that she can achieve true happiness.]]

** Katsuhira, when he is seen acting aloof in a rather comical manner in situations where one would normally be in pain.
*** A prominent example of this is when he literally ''jumps off an overpass and onto traffic'' while on a mission to [[spoiler: recruit the seventh Kiznaiver (Hisomu)]]. Upon jumping, he hits the top of a truck and bounces off of it, landing conveniently into the backseat of an open-roof car. He then sits up and apologizes to the passengers of said car as if nothing happened, going so far as to ask about the car's welfare as Chidori and Tenga rush over to him.

* ArcWords: "One for all, all for one" is mentioned a couple of times in Episode 1.

* Delinquent Hair: Tenga.

* HappyRain: Happens in Episode 7.

** Tenga also has his moments, particularly when he is seen [[spoiler: running away from dogs]].
** Yuta is also this to an extent, especially when he is seen running or is interacting with Honoka.

** It gets worse. [[spoiler: One of the children who was part of the first experiment—Sonozaki—ended up taking on the pain of ''all nineteen test subjects'', and has continued to do so for ''well over a decade''. This completely destroyed her psyche over time, and she has become convinced that taking on the pain of others is ultimately the only way that she can achieve happiness.]]

* ArcWords: "One for all, all for one" is mentioned twice in Episode 1.

---> '''Tenga:''' ''You're not fine at all''!

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: How the LoveDodecahedron below resolves itself:
** [[spoiler:Chidori]] realizes that [[spoiler:Sonozaki]] can change [[spoiler:Katsuhira's]] life for the better more than she ever could, and decides to support their relationship because of that.
** Tenga initially decides to help Chidori nab Katsuhira, [[spoiler:but becomes more transparent with his feelings once it becomes apparent that Katsuhira will only break her heart. He asks Chidori to reject him in episode 10 when he realizes that she won't be happy in a relationship with him; ironically, it's his bluntness which forces Chidori to confront her selfishness and ultimately come to terms with Katsuhira loving someone else.]]
** Even though Nico has strong feelings for [[spoiler:Tenga]], it's revealed in the epilogue that she's going to give him a chance to be with [[spoiler:Chidori]] first since it finally appears that their feelings are becoming mutual.