Q 01/05

In Beyond the Boundary, what is the sword wielded by warrior Mirai Kuriyama formed from?

A) Her own blood

B) Frozen moonlight

C) Her family's ashes

D) A fallen star

Answer · why

A) Her own blood

Her own blood hardens into a carmine blade, a power so feared that the rest of Mirai's clan was wiped out because of it.

Q 02/05

Which trait of Akihito Kanbara lets Mirai Kuriyama stab him again and again as battle practice?

A) He feels no pain

B) He cannot die

C) He can stop time

D) He turns to mist

Answer · why

B) He cannot die

He cannot die because Akihito is a half-youmu, the child of a human and a youmu, yet every wound still hurts before it heals.

Q 03/05

Akihito Kanbara is teased throughout Beyond the Boundary for his obsession with girls who wear what?

A) Kimonos

B) Ribbons

C) Glasses

D) Headphones

Answer · why

C) Glasses

Glasses are Akihito's great weakness, and the Idol Trial web shorts put him on trial for it, with evidence that he stares into an eyewear store for ho...

Q 04/05

Where is Mirai Kuriyama standing when Akihito Kanbara first rushes to save her in episode one?

A) A railway footbridge

B) A shrine gateway

C) The school rooftop

D) A river bank

Answer · why

C) The school rooftop

The school rooftop is where Akihito thinks Mirai is about to jump, and she repays the rescue by running him through with her sword.

Q 05/05

Which studio, also known for K-On! and Violet Evergarden, animated the Beyond the Boundary anime?

A) Studio Pierrot

B) Tatsunoko Production

C) Production I.G

D) Kyoto Animation

Answer · why

D) Kyoto Animation

Kyoto Animation did more than animate it: the studio also published the original light novels under its own KA Esuma Bunko imprint.

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