29 year old man has a 17 year old girl co-worker who likes him, creating uncomfortable feelings he internalizes.

The 29 year old main character wakes up in a hospital and as he opens his eyes he looks at his 17 year old co-worker's thighs (she is wearing a short skirt while sitting down with knees together and hands clasped on her lap.

A young boy finds a young girl in a shed, beaten and wearing a nightgown.

A young girl has large bruises on her upper legs, which a young boy takes notice of.

A young man is seen with what appears to be pornographic magazines, though nothing is seen aside from the covers briefly. He's then accused of having pedophillia-based media, though this wasn't true.

A woman and young girl have a bath together, we see the side of the woman's breast briefly though nothing else is seen (this scene is entirely non-sexual).

A man states that he's been trying to get close to a girl and using what could be considered "illegal moves".

Violence is severe, but is more psychological than gory. There are descriptions of severe violent acts against children.

Violence is infrequent, but quite disturbing and severe when it happens.

The series doesn't focus on violence, and even when it happens (with some blood), it is never graphic or gory. However, it is never glorified and is presented in a realistic and quite harrowing way.

A girl is found unconscious and beaten in a shed and left to freeze to death, but is saved. No blood is present, but the girl is barely dressed and severely bruised. The scene is extremely disturbing and horrifying.

Infrequent violence with mild to moderate blood

Less violent than other psychological thrillers. Severe violence against children is a main theme though.

More focus on the emotional impact than on the violence

There is graphic child abuse present in many of the episodes.

A man kidnaps children and brutally kills them.

A woman forces a young girl's head under icy water to make her bruises go away (to hide the fact that she has been abusing her). The young girl is shown struggling and gasping for air, nearly drowning.

A young girl is shown with bruises all over her body.

A teen girl punches a man in the face, blood and bruises are seen.

A teen girl's house is set on fire by an unknown assailant. She collapses from lack of oxygen, but a man manages to get her out in time. Stressful and intense.

A young boy attempts to kill a woman by pushing her down the stairs, but is stopped by another boy.

A woman attempts to beat her daughter with a shovel, another woman stops her.

A man attempts to force another man to kill himself.

It's stated that a young girl was kidnapped by a man, and then froze to death.

A woman is stabbed to death. Graphic and extremely emotional.

A child is locked in a car that had been driven into a river, an adult watches him drown. Intense scene, especially given that after the child passes out the episode ends.

After a stand off, a woman is beaten with a shovel.

A flashback shows a woman with an abusive husband. We see blood as she's beaten and a lot of bruises and bandages. She then starts abusing a little girl (her daughter) out of completely blind anger.

A man threatens to poison a young girl, but ultimately fails.

The language is cleaner than most shônen anime, but some subject discussed are serious topics, that younger kids may not be prepared to understand without parents' guidance.

No explicit profanities.

Fuck is used I ep 2.

It should be noted that the manga has A LOT more language

A few of the characters smoke.

A woman and her boyfriend are alcoholics and are seen drinking alcohol. Some adult characters are seen drinking beer at a gathering.

A boy slams his fist into a desk and yells at one of his classmates. Not too intense but frightening since it happens with no warning.

Highly emotional and intense, with some disturbing scenes and images

If this series were to be rated by the MPA it would be rated PG-13 for strong violent content, some bloody images, mature thematic elements and language.

This show's story is about the protagonist preventing the kidnapping and murder of innocent children. There are moments that are darker because of dealing with themes of domestic abuse. Many scenes are intense and extremely emotional.

A boy is riding in a car. The scene and music change to an eerie mood to reveal that someone in the car is a murderer. The environment turns red and the murderer has a ghastly smile and blood red eyes.

A man locks a child in a car, which he drives into a river (he escapes), intending to drown the boy. Very intense.

A young girl is constantly abused by her mother for no reason, she suffers physically and mentally from this, and is said to be completely alone and having no friends. Disturbing and emotional.

A child believes he has saved another child from being murdered, but it is revealed moments later she was killed after the other character left her. He screams in disbelief and agony after realizing this. Very emotional and sad scene.

A child discovers his friend locked in a shed. She is revealed to have been beaten and left to freeze to death by her mother.

A young girl gets trapped in an abandoned bus with a serial killer, as she tries to hide from him. This is VERY intense.

Episodes 5, 7, 8, and 9 in particular are INCREDIBLY intense, suspenseful, and stressful as well as emotional.

The main villain mentions how his classmate gave him a few hamsters, and he dropped them in a bowl of water to let them drown.