Ikoku Nikki

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Journal with Witch

Score: 8.75

#30 TV in Drama

"Noble intentions save it from two stars. Terrible execution- sluggish pacing, near-colorlessness in the drama department, and huge gaps in the story in particular- prevent it from being four star(...)"

Neutral

Allen Moody - T.H.E.M Anime Reviews

2026-09-17

full review

" I’m not being hyperbolic when I say Ikoku Nikki is one of the best and most realistic depictions of depression, grief and adolescence in anime history as well as one of the best anime I’ve ever(...)"

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Marinate1016 -

2026-03-29

full review

" Ikoku Nikki takes the delicate subject of grief and tells us that emotions are not linear, but rather, something that does not arrive as one wills it to. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, in her 1969 book(...)"