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| Wait I'm a little confused as to why everyone's calling the monk inari? I guess it's possible that he's the reincarnated (original) Myoue but I was thinking that [new]Koto was [new]Myoues dad instead of Inari. but that's just based off of the scene in ONA episode when Koto talks about the beginning and the end just like the [old]Myoue told to[new]Myoue in the dream flashback this episode. also, damn! Why everybody gotta have the same freaking name?! [EDIT: actually, Seeing Inari being refereed to as a fox and the rumours of [old]Myoue being half fox or something like that.. maybe both him and [new]koto are the monk |
samspot8r8sOct 12, 2013 10:24 PM
| So much things happened in this ep and also a few confusing parts, that my brain almost couldn't process it all in a chronological order... This is indeed very interesting, will continue to watch more of it. 5/5 |
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| Yay! Loved it already. It's great to see this show with slower pacing and better explanations. I'm very curious to see all of the characters. Also, who's the girl that was making out with [new] Myoue? |
samspot8r8s said: Wait I'm a little confused as to why everyone's calling the monk inari? I guess it's possible that he's the reincarnated (original) Myoue but I was thinking that [new]Koto was [new]Myoues dad instead of Inari. but that's just based off of the scene in ONA episode when Koto talks about the beginning and the end just like the [old]Myoue told to[new]Myoue in the dream flashback this episode. also, damn! Why everybody gotta have the same freaking name?! [EDIT: actually, Seeing Inari being refereed to as a fox and the rumours of [old]Myoue being half fox or something like that.. maybe both him and [new]koto are the monk I don't know if "Myoue" is his real name, but with this episode (and after watching the ONA 4), it seems that Myoue is a title. In buddhism, when someone becomes a monk, he/she will be given a new name or "title" ( I don't know if it's really like this in japan, but I think it works in the same way). And that's how Yakushimaru became the new "Myoue". So "Inari" is maybe his real name or maybe a title or maybe someone else. But I don't think Koto is his "dad". No matter how I like at it, Koto is a girl, and it looks like Myoue will develop romantic feeling for her. |
| Pretty nice intro to some actual story. I was hoping it would keep the pace/chaos of the ONA... it didn't, but I still liked it. |
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| Well this certainly made a lot more sense than episode 0, which I thought would give me some background. |
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| This is great. I've seen the original OVA, but I think I should watch the ONA's since I enjoyed this so much. The art, colors, ost, and characters were just fantastic. This is right up my alley. |
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| boring for me, have fun watching it. I won't continue ^^ |
| Stunning visuals. And story is making sense now. |
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itsTriz said: So much things happened in this ep and also a few confusing parts, that my brain almost couldn't process it all in a chronological order... This is indeed very interesting, will continue to watch more of it. 5/5 It really sounds like you watched episode 0 or the ONA, because this first episode made sure everything happened in chronological order... |
| Finally we get to see an account of the back story of the three siblings who are shown having a meeting in ep.0 and who is the "Koto" mother they are referring to. |
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
| Looks like I found my favorite anime of this season. Everything is great - visuals, sounds, story is interesting (though not sure in which direction it is heading), also it does make sense (was afraid that I'd just be all over the place, glad this isn't the case). Oh and it reminds me of Tatami Galaxy :o) |
| I did not understand episode 1 at all, can someone explain what happend? |
| HUGE improvement on the shitty 00 episode. This show has my attention now. |
| Wow, I'm surprised at how much more I enjoyed this than the OVA/ONAs. Came in expecting random happy-go-lucky fun. I'm amazed at how good it was while becoming so much more serious. I actually hope it keeps like this... reminds me vaguely of FLCL, with a mysterious girl hunting someone across galaxies/dimensions and the utter randomness, while occasionally becoming serious. I wouldn't mind some of the randomness from before, but I definitely hope it keeps this seriousness as well. |
| 4/5 While not following the ONA, this did not alter with the beginning of the animated series, which has already given from the start, with this first episode test to be quite clear as texture. Although the story was funny, I had a feeling of sadness in certain situations. Character special design and color design are really nice kit from the story, which is quite smooth. : D I hope it proves a production with a certain thickness! Belle also the BGM! * _ * For now I'll stop on a 4/5 as a vote! ^ _ ^ |
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| that was freaking great, im so entertained by the creativity and how colorful this is, the music is fantastic and the op and ed songs are phenominal I'm a bit saddened that this is only 10 episodes but it looks like this is going to be a series im going to really enjoy |
Immahnoob said: Jizzy, I know you have no idea how to argue for shit, tokiyashiro said: Jizzy as you would call yourself because youre a dick The most butthurt award goes to you And clearly you havent watched that many shows thats why you cant determine if a show is unique or not Or maybe you're just a child who likes common stuffs where hero saves the day and guys gets all the girls. Sad taste you have there kid you came up to me in the first place making you look more like a kid who got slapped without me even knowing it and start crying about it to me |
| Well count me in. This so far is the only new show this season worth watching, from what I have seen. 10/10 |
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| A little confusing but many elements are made clear in this episode. Intriguing, will keep watching! |
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| I don't understand a thing Well... pretty fun but I'm pretty confused now @_@ Edit : Oh, the thing I just watched it's ep 0.. That's why I don't understand a thing I couldn't get enough of Yase's eyes xD |
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| Pretty nice first episode to be honest but I have to say this has a totally different atmosphere around it than the ONA/OVA's and well I kinda like this as well plus the interesting backstory was lovely as well! |
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| 100x better than ova/ep00 looks very promising... I thought it was gonna be just some retarded random shit like FLCL.. Shit better not be wasting my time like 99% of anime coming out nowadays.. |
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| Oh. My. God. I already know I am going to love this. It reminds me of FLCL and I absolutely treasure that anime. |
| Men always seem to think about their past before they die, as though he were frantically searching for proof that he truly lived. |
| I don't understand a single damn thing in this episode. But I enjoyed every second of it so that's fine, I guess. >_> |
| So that's how Koto got that hammer. Things are starting to kinda make sense. |
| Just one episode and I already love this anime. Soundtrack, art, and the characters are fun to watch. What a kickass ED song too. |
| I am so happy I picked up this show! Ive been putting it off (since it came out it seems, didn't even realize its only like a little over a year old) I'm so happy this amazing little series is getting a story and background and it still rocking the amazing color! Also little Koto is the freaking cutest. I want one. |
| Be sure to message me if you quoted me and want me to respond! Just give me a link to the forum, because usually I leave my comment, then leave the forum. |
| Wow that was a great first episode. The visuals in this anime are beautiful so far. The ending song is rlly good!! |
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| dat shot composition 10/1 |
| Such a densely packed episode. I had to look it over a second time to get some of the details right. For example, Yakushimaru has blue eyes, and O.G. Myoue has red eyes, but otherwise they look almost exactly the same as adults. All that I really feel like I know is the family we were introduced to, and I'm guessing the scientists are the ones who oversee the world lines, but everything else is a mystery. |
LeeTailorApr 28, 2017 1:02 PM
| This made zero fucking sense. |
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| It was weird and messy. I'm not sure if I liked or disliked it. 3/5 |
 I'm watching anime since 2012. I also play games, sometimes. Don't bother me if you want to 'become friends' or things like that. It's tiresome. I know you just want to collect some meaningless numbers. Thought: How many people sparked H. Charlotta just for blue pot? |
| Haven't seen any other Kyousou Giga stuff so I was a little surprised to see how much comments in this thread expressed familiarity with the story, guess I should've paid more attention to the series page before starting but it doesn't seem like I missed anything pertinent to understanding, cause this was pretty straight-forward (really weird mind you, but understandable) and I loved it. I mostly wanted to watch this because of Rie Matsumoto's involvement, loved her work on Kekkai Sensen, and in terms of visual direction, Kyousou Giga did not disappoint. The crazy banana world of the Looking Glass provided some colorful and bizarre visual spectacle (especially in Koto's appearance), there were a few of those fun choices (the word Love over that Rose/flower near the beginning in the first chapter), and the shot composition had some really beautiful moments (Myoue Elder & Koto Rabbit's decision to leave moment was fantastic). Myoue's dislike of the Looking Glass and it's particular rules and set-up, as well as the focus on familial love, do lay the ground work for some interesting thematic purview's, so it'll be interesting watch to see if those threads roll out as the series continues. |
| On EP3 now but anyway this was simply instant love. If I like the rest anywhere close to the opening episodes it's straight to the top end of my favourites. I even like the OP/ED. That's coming from a chronic song skipper. |
| Oh god. After just finishing my rewatch of Evangelion and starting this show, hearing Kaworu's voice right off the bat was a shock to the system. lmao |
| I don't understand a thing??? What's going on |
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Niello said: Fuzzylumpkins said: I don't understand a thing??? What's going on Are you sure you watched episode 1 and not episode 0? Episode 0 is just the OVA that came out years before the TV series. It, frankly, is not supposed to make much sense and just be a display of chaos and concept. The TV series just slap it in as episode 0. Episode 1 is simple enough, A monk who has the ability to create life from drawings was feared by people in the village. A rabbit he drew to be the god of a city he created on paper had a crush on him and a bodhisattva helped by letting the rabbit borrows her human-shaped body. The two live together and eventually adopted some children. But then the family weren't allowed to live there anymore and they chose to all go live in the city the monk created. They lived there happily but with the bodhisattva power in her, the rabbit sensed a bad premonition will happen to the city. Both the monk and the rabbit decided to leave to deal with this and left their children there who awaited their return. After several hundred years someone enter the hidden city for the first time but it wasn't their parent. Instead it's a girl named Koto, same as their rabbit parent. Just realised I watched episode 0. Lol whoops! Must have gotten it mixed up. Thanks for the help and extra explanation! |
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| I am in utter awe with this first episode right now. Good shit |
| Watched ep. 1 without anything like specials/recaps/older ONAs, great stuff. Very vivid colors, interesting shot composition, and a lot of symbolic things that I'm eager to decypher! "Koto" means "ancient city/former capital", funny "Kawaii koto" - now that's a nice pun. I have a suspicion that Koto and Koto (lol) are somehow connected. Is the rabbit Koto the "guardian" of the hammer Koto? And her sensei is probably an alternate dimension version of Myoue - I mean, they even have the same voice. So, Yakushimaru is the only *real* child, huh. And he's entrusted with the most important role. The short priest meeting was *amazing*. I got SEELE vibes xD Koto and Myoue had a strange dialogue while their new city was being introduced which I didn't quite get. P.S. What's with those animals in the background? A rabbit, a monkey and...a frog? They're certainly from some traditional myths. Chōjū-giga? |
St0rmbladeNov 26, 2020 1:27 PM
| Interesting to watch this after watching the all the ONA's. Definitely makes me appreciate the world of the ONA's much more. Coming after the ONA's,it also clears up a lot of my confusions. Although I'm guessing that there are going to be some changes from the continuity of the ONA's. |
| That was undeniably interesting, there's stuff that intrigued me as there is stuff that I felt went over my head, it seems to be some allegory about building up a family and the importance one gives to their partner meanwhile there is something about society expectations. Let's see how this unfold. |
| Looks like my anime randomizer has led me to a quite an artsy one this time. This episode alone felt like an entire movie happened. Really looking forward to the next 9 episodes. |
| After watching ep 0 and now go on this, i think a bit understand about the story. Still out of the blue, need to watch another episode. |
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