Viewers will relate to the agony of puberty, but will also find themselves attached to these strong-willed kids who continue to fight even though the odds are stacked against them. While the show features beautiful, fast-paced mecha battles, it’s actually the relationships between the children of Plantation 13 that bring the suspense and drama.įrom crushes to jealousy, the children experience emotions that, thanks to their sheltered upbringing, they just can’t put to words. Not only does her addition to Squad 13 give Hiro the will to pilot again, it also leads the squad to question everything they know about themselves and the mysterious world they live in. That is, until he meets a mysterious horned girl, called Zero Two. Unfortunately, he goes from being a child prodigy to being unable to pilot a mech (called FRANXX) at all, a fate worse than death. Hiro, code number 016, is one of those children. Those who show potential move on to live on plantations - facilities that house parasites - the others disappear, never to be heard of again.
In a distant dystopic future of DARLING in the FRANXX, children are raised without love, freedom, names, or knowledge of the world beyond the Garden, the facility that trains them to become Parasites, male-female mech pilot pairs.
