ChäoS;HEAd; (カオスヘッド )Review

By Miki

The confusion starts with Takumi Nishijō (西條 拓巳) a shut in, anime, gammer, and nerd. He has an imaginary girlfriend Orgel Seira (星来 オルジェル). She is also an anime character and his greatest delusion.  He skips school and has a little sister Nanami Nishijō (西條 七海) who tries so hard to get through to him.  While he refuses her help or a phone to keep in contact, she finally talks him around.  While at school he relizes the Demon girl he sees committing murder is his best friend and classmate Rimi Sakihata (咲畑 梨深).  There is also Daisuke Misumi (三住 大輔) his other best friend.  Daisuke is a pretty boy player. Daisuke gets jealous as he sees all these girls around Takumi.  The boys go to a concert of the indie group “Phantasm” (ファンタズム) and the lead singer; Fes aka. Ayase Kishimoto (岸本 あやせ) goes to their school. Daisuke falls for her immediately but Takumi’s interest is in her sword no one can see and the lyrics to her song.  Sena Aoi (蒼井 セナ) also has a large invisible sword and tells Takumi it’s a D-sword and he better hurry and find his if he wants to survive.

The story is very convoluted.  We start thinking it’s a dark slice of life series with schizophrenia undertones, but by midway through we start questioning reality.  Does the mind create the world or is Takumi just crazy.  There is a war going on under the surface and a game of murder called the “New Generation” (ニュージェネレーション^?) Madness.  The General speaks in a very cryptic and confusing manner, leaving Takumi nervous.  Takumi is convinced the General another online contact and the girl he saw committing the murder are somehow connected. He meets Grimm online who is trying to bring Takumi up to speed about the recent New Generation events.  Takumi tries to avoid getting involved with other New Generation events. However, as Takumi begins attempting to distance himself from the crime he witnessed, he soon catches interest of the police.  The general also sends him a link of the murder the day before.  After a blonde beauty Yua Kusunoki (楠 優愛) befriends him and he feels like she might be really into him.  He then finds out she’s been studying him thinking he is the killer.  She has lots of proof that his conversations with the general don’t add up.  He starts to question his own sanity. He starts worrying that he’s sleep walking and committing the murders and goes to a doctor but then the doctor is removed.

With the police suspecting him, and himself convinced that he is being targeted by the General Takumi finds himself caught in a spiral of delusions and paranoia, as he desperately tries to keep himself safe and figure out why he is apparently being targeted.  He eventually comes into contact with several other people related to the events. The Seven Black knights or Gigalomaniacs (ギガロマニアックス) are Rimi, Ayase, Yua, Sena, Kozue, Nanami, and Takumi.           These seven heroes are fighting Nozomi to save the world.  Unsure of what is real or who he can trust, Takumi finds himself thrust into a much larger scheme than he ever thought possible.  As the mysterious company NOZOMI carefully plots something from behind the scenes.  A machine called Noah II must be destroyed for the sake of all humanity.