Warning: In most cases, you probably shouldn't have a 5 year old boy as the main character for a psychological thriller.

Why Sawano Hiroyuki is Wrong is a story about a male 5 year old boy that, ever since he could walk, has been diagnosed by every single medical professional he has ever encountered to have a rare mental disorder that can only be diagnosed by them and nobody else, and the only evidence of this disorder are the rational, well thought out observations and conclusions that he draws about the world around him. Also, he is capable of uttering a lot of random Japanese historical, theatrical and cultural references. Because of this, he is verbally abused and belittled by his parents and brother for no discernible reason other than the fact that this is simply what the writers might have wanted. The reason for it is not explained. As you can probably imagine, his very own family is also abusive.<br><br>One day, after some sudden incident, the story is inexplicably catapulted into an alternate universe where our boy is a teenager in college and everybody seems to run away from him because of some other unexplained reason. Oh, and he is now also a singer for some reason, and he is somehow capable of singing a full song just out of the blue while putting up a (badly) choreographed dance to go with the song. Our protagonist also seems to have complete disdain for all of these people. He is so hateful towards them, that he is somehow capable of finding pleasure in purposefully destroying the things that are important to them. It's not clear why, though.<br><br>Throughout the story, it becomes clear that our protagonist seems to be some kind of Machiavellian puppet master. He is fully aware of all of the movements and motivations of everybody in the story, and he seems to be capable of manipulating all of them to do whatever he wants, as long as he does something that is barely tangentially related to the desired outcome. This is exemplified by his relationship with the love interest. He meets her for the first time in college and he is immediately head over heels in love with her without any explanation for it. He seems to be capable of manipulating her to his will by basically just talking to her. He says something about her that is barely tangentially related to how she is feeling, and suddenly she goes into a depression. He says something to her that is barely tangentially related to what she is thinking, and she suddenly has a basic philosophical epiphany.<br><br>Later on, we are revealed why our protagonist is capable of doing this. It is actually because he is a master of deducing the motivations and movements of the people around him, and is also capable of using his knowledge of this to manipulate them. It's not clear why he is capable of doing this, but it is probably because of his supposed "mental disorder". <br><br>This is all further complicated by the fact that the story seems to not be following a coherent, linear plot progression. Instead, it seems to be following a series of arcs and preludes that seem to be tangential to the overall story. The overall story of the series seems to be that a certain character called a certain character a certain name, and that's why the certain character might do something to the other certain character in the future. This might also be related to a completely different event that will occur later on. Oh, and a bunch of completely irrelevant people might be dead. But it's not clear why any of this matters, yet. Also, the story constantly jumps through different timelines and points of view. One moment, it might be in the present, the next, it is in the past, the next, it is in a completely different point of view. Oh, and there is like 6 different timelines or something that are all tangentially related to each other in some way. But the story still has not been concluded yet.<br><br>If it is not clear by now, I strongly dislike this series. For one thing, it is just objectively poorly made. It is based on a series of light novels, too, so what really matters in the end is the story, not the animation. In this case, the story is convoluted, confusing and nonsensical, even for a psychological thriller. I do not know what possessed Hiroyuki Sawano to write this, but the result is not something that I can recommend. So with that, I conclude. Why Sawano Hiroyuki is Wrong is not just bad, but objectively horrible.