Knives Out: Sharpest Writing of 2019?
Knives Out doesn’t just defy the whodunit narrative, it uses the weaknesses to its advantage. It’s well aware of the genre’s faults and tropes

Growing weary of his girl friend, Kentaro moves to a new apartment. One day in summer, he sees his ugly neighbor come out from the room together with many beautiful women around. It bothers him big time and eventually he reaches to an answer to this mystery: the very existence of a certain can named "BIJO-CAN". Kentaro, getting hold of this"BIJO-CAN" , finally succeeds to produce his own ideally beautiful woman, Yuki.
Knives Out doesn’t just defy the whodunit narrative, it uses the weaknesses to its advantage. It’s well aware of the genre’s faults and tropes
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