When the anime adaptation of Naka no Hito Genome Jikkyouchuu was announced many thought it was a Danganronpa the Animation 2.0. However they were right and wrong at the same time. WARNING: SPOILERS Naka no Hito Genome Jikkyouchuu The Ones Within for short tells the story of Akatsuki Iride and seven other fellow gamers who are caught by a guy who for some reason is covers his head with an alpaca one and are forced to play different games or else will die... figuratively because thats the first problem of the series. Although throughout the series Paka and the anime in general tries to make us feel worried about the safety of the protagonists it fails miserably. Because although The Ones Within is supposed to be a game of life or death there are few moments when the characters are really in danger. I mean they are obviously in dangerous situations in almost every game but none of these situations feels this way for the viewer too. Being a series that tries to mix mystery and comedy at the same time its not surprising that one of the genres intercepts in scenes that it shouldnt and therefore the scene doesnt manage to create the atmosphere that it wanted mostly comic themes in scenes that try to be serious. Although I could give examples I wanna try to use spoilers as few as possible. On the other hand another serious mistake made by the adaptation is to skip all content of the manga related to the context of the kidnapping the goal of the games existence the actions of the participants family after discovering their disappearance Irides past etc.. Because of this the anime became much simpler than the story really is leaving in its adaptation only the games in which the characters participated and maintaining an episodic formula. Therefore its not surprising that the ending is unsatisfactory leaving many loose ends for a second season that will probably never come at the time I write this there is an OVA to be aired but being an original story it doesnt change the animes current state so much. However not everything is mistakes in The Ones Within only its structure. Most of the characters however do work for their purpose. Each of the eight gamers is a specialist in a different genre of video games but I wont touch on this subject because its almost never important in the anime with small exceptions. First we have Iride who is the main character and the worst in the octet in terms of development. Throughout the anime a mystery unfolds about Irides past and his person which never comes to anything. Although I understand that even the source the manga isnt over Im sure there are better ways to deal with a mystery of this kind that simply presenting it and hoping for people to read the manga to know the answer. Thanks to this Iride has no evolution throughout the anime unlike the other participants. On the other hand characters such as Onigasaki Roromori Oshigiri and Kudou do develop throughout history which causes one as a spectator to become fond of them to a greater or lesser extent. Finally we have characters like Karin Aikawa and Paka himself who are only there and maintain a static personality state during the course of the series. However aside from what I have said I must admit that the series IS indeed enjoyable. If you put aside those problems with Iride or the characters that do not advance each episode is entertaining. In fact although I said that the fact that we cannot feel fear for the safety of the characters is a problem its also a plus point. By this I mean that since we know that the characters always end up safe and sound the viewer can relax and enjoy the show for its comic side. Although Naka no Hito Genome Jikkyouchuu failed to satisfy the expectations that the mystery tag entails its charismatic cast and simple humor makes it a fun watch.