Tegami Bachi is the story of a 12 year old boy Lag Seeing and his journey to become a Letter Bee. Letter Bees are basically postmen of Amberground employed by the national government. Lags journey to become a Letter Bee begins when his mother got abducted by the capital officials therefore he was sent as a package to his nearest relative. He got picked up by Gauche Suede a top Letter Bee whom inspired him to become one as well. Later it turned out that Gauche Suede has been missing for years and it became Lags goal to search for him. The premise is certainly different enough to catch ones attention. This is after all a story about letters. 500https://s1.zerochan.net/Tegami.Bachi.600.1279311.jpg The majority of this show is centered towards Lag Seeing growth one letter delivery at a time. Meeting new people funny moments coupled with emotional ones but with dark undertones that everything is still a mystery waiting to be revealed. This is the first time I liked a crybaby character this much. Tegami Bachi is certainly a pleasant surprise since I thought it was just another mediocre shounen show. What I got is certainly one of the better written shows I have encountered in a while. Empathy. The way this anime was written is filled with empathy and is certainly good at expressing this to the viewers. The MC cries all most of the time because he also feels the emotions of the people he interacts with on his journey. I find it suitable to say that this shows theme is Heart: the letters are peoples hearts the monsters called Gaichuu eats people hearts their weapons shoot peoples fragments of hearts and most of all Lag Seeing has the heart to feel the people he encounters through his journey. I must admit I cried at almost every episode. The animation in this anime is pretty average save for the time when they CG the monsters called Gaichuu then its just hilariously horrible. The art is notable as it doesnt look like your average shonen show. The color palette in this anime mostly consists of violet which I think is pretty appropriate for a fantasy land where the sun never shines. 500https://3.goodfon.com/wallpaper/nbig/c/ae/arthiryukiasadategami4765.jpg Speaking of setting the audience are shown that this place called Amberground is shrouded by mystery. People are essentially segregated by economic class: Akatsuki the rich and flourishing capital underneath the artificial sun Yuusari the area of middleclass people and lastly Yodaka which lies in the outskirts far from the sun and where people are basically living in extreme poverty a place where Lag comes from. Travel between areas is prohibited and heavily guarded by the government except for chosen people including the Letter Bees. Lots of mysteries surrounding the show are waiting to be uncovered and it looks like that Lag is caught up in the middle of it without knowing. There seems to be something in Lags past that happened which may be connected to the kidnapping of his mother. And why does this kid from the outskirts of the dark lands have a spirit amber as an eye. Conclusion This season ended in a cliff hanger and youll see me watching the second season. Watch this if you want a shonen show that has an actual wellwritten story and characters. It probably looks childish but this show has enough dark undertones to keep your attention. Dont watch this if you dont like main characters that cry a lot because you have been warned Lag Seeing cries a lot.