Right now you can watch YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of This World in Australia on Crunchyroll, and in the US on Crunchyroll — and it goes further with its ideas than most genre entertainment bothers to. A compact run that never overstays its welcome. A 7/10 rating says what the writing already makes obvious: this one works. Yuu Hayashi's performance is the anchor the more ambitious scenes need. Start it on Crunchyroll whenever you need something guaranteed to land.

There is a reason YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of This World keeps coming up in conversation. YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of This World treats its concept seriously enough to follow it all the way through. Arima Takuya is a young student whose father, a historian who has conducted various researches, disappeared recently. During a summer vacation Takuya receives a peculiar package from his missing father, along with a letter containing information about the existence of various parallel worlds. At first Takuya doesn't take it seriously, but soon he realizes that he possesses a device that allows him to travel to alternate dimensions. Yuu Hayashi leads a cast that keeps the bigger ideas grounded in something human. YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of This World premiered in 2019. The world-building is meticulous enough to sustain multiple rewatches, with details early on that only make sense later. It knows exactly what it is, and does not try to be anything else.

YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of This World is satisfying on multiple levels — something to watch and something to think about after. If you have already watched Jack-of-All-Trades, Party of None, YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of This World is a natural next step. Short enough to finish in a weekend, substantial enough to feel satisfying. Yuu Hayashi's performance is the anchor the more ambitious moments need. The world-building pays off in ways you will not anticipate on a first watch.

YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of This World wrapped up in 2019 — and 1 season is available to watch from start to finish. Find exactly where it's streaming below, and TV Butler Pro's free voice app makes it effortless to track your progress as you go. Just say the name, and Butler finds it instantly, tells you which service has it, and remembers exactly where you left off.