Freezing Review

I just want to start by saying if you saw the cover art for this anime and thought "Yay boobs!" F*** you! F*** you twice! This is a mature anime that deals with mature topics and themes, and if you're just some immature brat looking for boobs, look elsewhere, because this one deserves so much more respect than that. Now that we have that out of the way, on to the review.

    Freezing revolves around the lives of both Satellizer el Bridgette and Aoi Kazuya.  Satella is a pandora, a girl that's been implanted with stigmata  to do battle against alien invaders. For as long as anyone can remember, she has been cold, anti-social, and above all else she hated to be touched, giving her the nickname Untouchable Queen. In the opening episode, Kazuya mistakes Satella as his deceased sister, and hugs her mid battle, causing her to lose a battle against another pandora and lose her #1 ranking amongst her peers. This leads to an awkward relationship between Kazuya and Satella, in which Kazuya becomes closer to her and learns what makes her behave the way she does, as his fellow classmates ridicule and badmouth her behind her back. Even when other pandoras start a fight, the other students run off and tell a professor that it was Satella's fault.

  As the story progresses, it is revealed that Satella had a troubled pass, forced to stay with a family that hates her and her mother, and that she was molested by a younger sibling, thus resulting in her hating to be touched by anyone. Kazuya also finds out that she has a lot of stigmata from his sister embedded in her, which leads her to believe that he only wants her as his partner to be a replacement for his sister. I won't give a spoiler saying how it all ends, but it is quite an enjoyable anime, and though the fanservice is heavy sometimes, its usually done in a manner where you aren't excited to see breasts, you're upset that they're doing these things to Satella instead. Again, this anime is for the mature viewer. I highly recommend it, but don't waste time with the stupid OVAs. They're only 3 minutes each and a waste of time. they don't really fit the mood and style of the rest of the anime. If you're 17 or older and mature enough to handle it, definitely watch this anime. Its only 12 episodes long, so what's your excuse?