We find ourselves somewhere in Tokyo’s Shinjuku, in 1970 1990. There, a somewhat hot woman is doing, what you could call, detective work, for her clients. She does that with her partner Mimi. Together they have been solving cases for quite a while now, but things take a twist when Rin runs into someone who claims that he cannot remember his past, or he says, it doesn’t feel real. You see this strikes a very special note in Rin’s and Mimi’s memories – for they are both immortal.
However Rin feels compelled to help this man as his dispair sounds strangely familiar. Rin’s and Mimi’s immortality appears to originate from something referred to as Time Fruits – some sort of capsule, able to essentially halt the aging process, but also freeze everything of the condition your body is in. Meaning if you’re sick at the time of inhaling the Time Fruit, not only will you live forever, you will also stay sick forever. Rin and Mimi though were lucky.
As the story progresses we cover a timespan of 1970 – 2055, everything happening in or around Shinjuku. The story concentrates primarily on Rin and Mimi and their cases – however their cases then more and more uncover the plans of someone, and, as always that cannot be good. But also, I cannot tell you more than that.
For the most part, I also cannot post some of my favorite scenes or snapshots of them, I kinda wanna keep this place… clean. All I can tell you is that the story is brimming with sex and violence – STRICTLY OVER 18!!!!11!1!!eleven
However it is incredibly impressive, although too short in my opinion. This could and should have been a standard 26-episode-show. Nonetheless I encourage you to watch it, it is… unique. Because it’s so short I can’t write much else about it… just watch it! It’s awesome.
RIN ~Daughters of Mnemosyne~
Director: Shigeru Ueda
Studio: Xebec, Genco
Original run: February 3, 2008 – July 6, 2008
Episodes: 6 (Cats Don’t Laugh, Angels Don’t Cry, Flowers Don’t Shed Tears, Ghosts Don’t Scream, Holy Nights Don’t Shine Brightly, And Then To The Door Of The Kingdom…)
Episode Runtime: 45 minutes
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1 comment
Sarapen says:
December 29, 2010 at 6:59 am (UTC 0)
Actually, it begins in 1990. That’s why by the third episode set in 2011 Koki’s kid is only seven years old or thereabouts.
I’ve only watched up to the third episode, I’m never in the right mood to watch the rest and I can’t just watch it cold. For deep stories I have to be in the proper frame of mind to fully appreciate them. Still, I like what I’ve seen so far.