[00:02] you to stop scrolling for 60 seconds because this anime will rearrange your priorities. It's set in a juvenile detention facility in post-war Japan. Seven boys, corrupt guards, a system designed to crush them. The color
[00:14] palette is washed out browns and grays like someone drained the hope out of first few episodes, it's genuinely difficult to watch. Not because it's these characters go through isn't stylized or dramatic. It's ugly and
[00:29] mundane, which makes it even worse. But, here's the thing. Rainbow isn't a tragedy. It's a brotherhood story. These seven guys go through the absolute worst onto each other. Not with speeches about friendship or
[00:43] glowing power-ups, but with small painful acts of loyalty that cost them in the group and watching him carry the barely surviving himself is one of the most quietly devastating performances
[00:57] I've ever seen in anime. By the end, when these guys finally crawl out of the lives, it doesn't actually feel triumphant. It feels earned, like you went through with them. Rainbow is the anime that made me want to call my best
[01:10] for being around. If that's not a recommendation, I don't know what is.