There is a Gnosia Among us Gnosia is best experienced going in with as little foreknowledge as possible. To give a brief spoiler free recommendation: If you like time looping mysteries and/or watching people play social deduction games e.g. among us werewolf mafia Gnosia is for you. Aesthetically Gnosia is closer to Among Us with the space ship setting but mechanically its a lot more like werewolf or mafia. It reminded me of fond memories of both playing and watching lets plays of Among Us during the pandemic. As an adaptation of a visual novel especially a visual novel with actual gameplay I did not have the highest expectations for Gnosia. It does start off as probably only ok the early couple episodes feel a bit like a tutorial probably because they are both for Yuri and for us. Once Gnosia gets past that tutorial phase it sorta just keeps getting better as it goes on. Most of the loops only take an episode some less some more. You may think that a 21 episode show of what is essentially someone playing mafia over and over again would get stale after a while. Clearly Gnosia agrees as it never sticks to one thing for too long. It really knows when to change things up a bit to keep you interested. The Cast Gnosias greatest strength is its ensemble cast. Some certainly have more depth and narrative importance than others but all get at least some time in the spotlight. By the end of Gnosia I was genuinely a bit sad that I wouldnt be seeing more of these characters each week. I do admit that some of their character designs were a bit much for me at first but they did really grow on me as it went on. Ill give special credit to Gnosias protagonist Yuri. Gnosia The game has a custom protagonist so they had to create a new character to take that role for the anime. I think they did a good job Yuri is a likable little goofball. I wanted to see them happy. Although Yuri could be a little overly reliant on a certain other character when it came to decision making Which kinda fit honestly and made sense considering the whole vibe. Explained in spoilers: The Mysteries Another of Gnosias strengths is that it sets up a lot of mysteries and actually gives satisfying answers. It constantly kept me guessing and was able to keep some of its reveals to the very last episode in a way that again was quite satisfying and brought things full circle. The way the anime drip feeds both new mysteries and solutions to existing mysteries is good for maintaining interest. It left things to speculate on and keep the show in my mind. The Game The game starts of very simple with the characters and us having nothing to go off of and basically just accusing at random. But as more characters and very minor spoiler get introduced the game starts to become quite entertaining. My one complaint with them is that the games as an episode focus kinda disappear in the last act and I like the games so I wanted to see more of them Minor spoiler more regarding the structure of the anime and how the games fit into it: The Bad While very good there were few issues I had with Gnosia. some of which could possibly be issues exclusive to me. 1. I really didnt like the first ending song. Im not sure I quite hated it but it was close. As someone who likes to listen to the ed after watching an anime as a way to chill after an episode and maybe think over what Ive just watched it was a drawback. The second ed was better but I still wasnt a big fan of it. 3. The animation could look a little off at times. Nothing necessarily bad or anything maybe just an expression or movement that looks a little goofy here and there. 2. There were a couple weaker episodes. No bad episodes just a few that felt not as good as the others. Spoilers for exact episodes: Conclusion Gnosia is very good. Definitely the best time looping piece of media Ive consumed in a while. If you like time loops and mysteries youll probably like Gnosia.