During The Spring 2019 season we got watch many fantasy, isekai and supernatural anime. One of them is a masterpiece work and very interesting show, Mayonaka no Occult koumuin (Mightnight Occult Civil Servants). The anime focuses on supernatural species called ‘Another’ which are being dealt by good-looking government employees. A mixture of mythologies and character development has some epic moments in every episode, so let’s discuss about the top five most powerful and pivotal moments of Mayonaka no Occult Koumuin.
Seimei’s Garden
At the end of Azazel’s story, where Kohaku’s darker side is revealed, Arata finds out that he might be an offspring of Abe no Seimei. This fact was lurking heavily since episode one, Arata now reflects on his existence and the Anothers he has been in relation with. While on a journey to Seimei’s Garden alongside Huehuecóyotl, looking for the garden they had run into many other Anothers asking them about the garden. That’s when Arata and Kohaku have an emotional moment, where Kohaku tells him that he hasn’t really existed for a thousand years. It doesn’t seem like he really mean it literally, but in this moment Arata starts to realize how Kohaku actually feels about him.
The emotional scene gets even more heartwarming when Arata finds out that the beautifully composed gardens are invisible to the eyes of all but certain life forms, which made us all moved with its beauty.
Dream Demon
Dream Demon scene is arguably one of the most important and powerful scene of the anime during episode 9. In order to meet with two people from another ward, Arata is deployed to help improve relations. While investigating the case regarding the nightmare of a member’s son leading to coma, Arata makes a deal with the demon to releasing the children in comas and to stay away from them in exchange of helping him get friends.
Kanoichi, who is member of main government office, banishes the demon as soon this pact was completed. This is a critical scene where we find out that there are three categories in the anime. Those like Theo, who sees the good side of Anothers yet refuse to treat them like human as they are not one of them. Those like Kanoichi, who see Another as a menace that humanity needs to get rid of; and lastly, there is Arata, who sees the Another and befriends them since he can talk to them and help them.
Opening Scene
Tengus and Angels are known to be the two different classes of Anothers who are enemies of each other but in the opening episode of anime there is a love story like Romeo and Juliet involving these two classes. Their love story when spread causes a riot, which nearly started a war between the two classes. However, this is the moment where Arata’s hidden abilities comes to light, showcasing how he can interact with both Anothers and humans. It was a great opening scene
Resurercting Dead
One of the most disgusting and significant scene is when Azazel tries to bring his beloved back to life. His hard work finally pays off and he is very close to bringing her back from dead by getting her a new body that he had been making from many women for years. Good thing is that Kyouichi’s sister and Arata’s childhood friend Izumi alive. This heart wrenching scene gets more disturbing when Arata hears the scream of that woman who begs let her be dead as she is disgusted with the idea of being some else’s body. He has not done this for the first time that terrified Arata but to his relief, Kyouichi’s sister and Izumi and other women got back what they had lost with the help of a demon
Avoiding Destruction
It can be said that the climax scene which is indeed the most interesting one in which Arata kind of saves Japan from a big by going against Kanoichi. Kanoichi get confused by the situation at Olympic Stadium and pressurizes Arata on destroying the cocoons which belongs to a powerful Another, Manari-Sama. To survive the winter, she had her babies turn their silk into thread to get to Izumi and offer it to sun god, Oshira-Sama so that he could give her his blessings. She had almost destroyed the entire Japan by nearly turning into tatarigami. Arata delays it by using his heritage and gathered as many Another as he could by using promising favors. He somehow managed to stop Kanaoichi from doing something wrong. It is the by far the most vital scene of the series where a massive destruction could have been caused with some wrong decisions.
Mayonaka no Occult Koumuin is the anime from spring 2019 that has grab attention of many. It has much to offer with interesting characters and interesting scenes. The concept of the anime is quite unique and the animation style is captivating.
