ChäoS;Child

Chaos;Child is the sequel to the anime to Chaos;Head that aired 8 years ago which is more or less the time gap between the two shows in series. after the events of chaos;Head, where at the end of that show a major earthquake had struck the town, by the time Chaos;child starts most of the city has already been rebuilt.

Story- the story follows Takaru and the all the members of the newspaper club as they start to notice and investigate strange deaths that have occurred in the city recently. after connecting some dots they realize that the murders happening right now are similar to the ... ones that occurred 6 years ago in Chaos;head. the show then follows the group investigating the deaths and where the next possible murder will take place. the show reveals that there's more to the murders than a simple copycat as human experimentation and psychic powers are thrown into the mix, which is all well until you remember that this is chaos;child. the show reverts back to gilgomaniac and di-swords while also puling of plot twists after plot twist to keep the viewer entertained, but in the end feel ridiculous and contrived. a lot of the mystery of the show is ruined as many of the clues are just handed to them or solved in to most convenient way that it just feels impossible. also the antagonist just reveals who they are by the end of the show through exposition and info-dumping, and their motivation for all this being plain ridiculous. only for that to be topped of by the ending that is a bit sour&sweet but is mostly lacking and inconclusive.
3/10

Characters- what the show does better than it's predecessor is with its characters. Takaru is more of a proactive character as he wants to investigate these murders even if they might be dangerous. you get an idea for his motivation, but the failure in that is that it is revealed by another person. most of the cast like the previous show mostly consist of women. what sets them apart is that several do extend a bit beyond the usual arc-type that they are placed in, although this is for a few which leads to other characters having limited screen time and dialogue(if they had any at all) then what they needed in order to become proper characters. since most of the show is riddled with plot twist so are the characters in the show as several characters have personality switches in order to appease the plot, because it was a ruse all along. in the end most if not all the characters are 2-dimensional at best.
4/10

art/animation- the art and animation are better than it's predecessor. the background setting and the character designs look a bit more polished. the animation looks more fluid even if there's not much happening in the show in terms of actions. yet than again this is pretty standard for modern anime which I've said enough times that it's not even worth repeating for each modern anime now
7/10

Sound- not much worth mentioning. the soundtracks are mostly plain and forgettable. the voice acting is decent and better than the annoying voice acting from chaos;head.
6/10

enjoyment- the show was rather interesting at first, but as soon as it hit the halfway mark it was very unsatisfactory.
4/10

overall it's better than Chaos;Head, but being better still doesn't make this show any good
4/10

Before you even start reading this, I have one thing to say. If you are even remotely interested in the story that is Chaos;Child, keep as far away as possible from this adaptation. The visual novel that this pile of trash is based on is one of the best VNs you could possibly read, so forget that this anime even exists, and do yourself a favor by playing the source material. You will not regret it.

This anime is an absolute travesty.
It might be the worst adaptation I have ever seen in my life. Trust me when I say that you would be better off ... watching paint dry than sitting down and suffering through this amalgamation of an anime. I simply can not understand how anyone thought that adapting a ~50-hour long visual novel into a 14 (12 + 2) episode series was a good idea. As a result, nearly everything that made the original game so memorable and amazing is just straight up missing.

The Science Adventure series in general heavily relies on its characters to drive its narrative, in other words, these are all character-focused stories. The visual novel does a great job of making the reader form an attachment to Takuru and his friends so that we will care about what happens to these people throughout the rest of the story. This anime has none of that. Important moments of characterization are completely left out, leaving us with bare-bones, one-dimensional versions of otherwise astonishingly well-written characters. And because the narrative hinges on these characters, the entire thing comes crashing down. Watching this is like looking at a notebook that has nothing but the basic plot points of the story written down. This makes this anime even worse than what they did to Chaos;Head's adaptation, since it just about spoils every single plot revelation of the story while failing miserably on trying to sell you why you should care.

"But there's got to be something here for those who have played the original, like seeing their favorite scenes animated, right?" you may ask.
No. The art design of this anime is god-awful in my opinion. There were several times where I couldn't stop laughing at how terrible some of the scenes looked. And the worst part of it all was that these were supposed to be the most thrilling and exciting parts of the story, but they completely butchered it.

Finally, perhaps the only thing that is somewhat enjoyable about this mess is the sound design and the OST. There are some really good tracks in there, so if you have finished the game, it may be worth listening to. The opening song is pretty great as well, so props to Itou Kanako for delivering another great opening for the series.

Overall, in my opinion, this is a horrible viewing experience for both those who are unfamiliar with the VN, and for those who have played it. And I may have been overly harsh in this review, but I hate seeing one of my favorite stories of all time handled so awfully. So it may technically deserve more, but I cannot give this "thing" more than a 1, because it may as well have been a series that could rival the popularity of Steins;Gate, had it been adapted appropriately.

This review has spoilers, HUGE SPOILERS!

English Version:

once Upon a time, an anime called ChaoS: HEAd came out, everyone hated and I wanted to know why, the result of it was one of the worst anime I've ever seen, when ChaoS; Child, the sequel, came out, I tried to avoid it, but now that I saw, I can finally tell you all about this abomination called ChaoS; Child:

Story (3):
The premise was interesting, but the execution was terrible, the mysteries of the "next gen" are back, murders are happening and no one knows who is committing the crimes, Takuru, MC and his high school friends try to ... solve it, plot starts very well, the first 7 episodes were very well done, with plot twists, plot points and the mystery getting more and more interesting, but in the end, it all went to shit. As if you did discharge and the shit clogged the toilet, even if you call the plumber, he could not unclog and all that exploded and hit the wall and never left, as a punishment for you, that was how I felt after finishing seeing ChaoS;Child. So all that happens throughout the anime was because the MC wanted to do something to enjoy it, all of the deaths, tragedies, blood was because the MC made a stupid desire, not only that, the decisions he takes throughout the story were made because he forgot his own desire, I wonder if he has amnesia to forget something so specific...

Art / Animation (3):
Weak, typical of every horrible anime season, a simple and bland animation.

Sound (6):
Average, the tracks are very good and some are beautiful, but forgetful because of how bad the anime is. the ED is medium and the OP is good, nothing relevant and that can stand out.

Characters (1):
Miyashiro Takuru: An idiot boy who made a wish and foolish decisions leaving all stupid, not only that, knowing the person who killed his younger sister and tried to murder his middle sister, tried to dialogue with, showing how he was feeling hatred for her , then kill her, and then apologize for killing her, as if it was a wrong decision to kill the person who married all this pain and who made his life a hell, beyond himself.

Onoe Serika: A girl who had no importance in the story until the last episodes, she is the person who kills Takuru's younger sister and tried to kill the middle sister, with the justification that it was all for him, all for his desire , because it is very interesting to kill the family you love and then to say that it was all for you and to say that you will always be by your side, what a beautiful sense of love right... a stupid desire needs a stupid character to perform it.

Kurusu Nono: The middle sister of Takuru, a person who decides to die to also leave things more interesting to Takuru's desire deserves no better description than this, and of course, decided that instead of, perhaps, KILLING THE PERSON THAT KILLED HER SISTER.

Other characters: No one cares, zero importance.

Enjoyment (1):
it was painful, it took 1 hour to watch the last episode, watching this was like being tortured for hours and hours.

Overall (2):
Exactly what I expected, crap, do not waste your time on this, ever.

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Brasilian Portuguese Version:

Era uma vez, um animê chamado ChaoS:HEAd que todo mundo odiou e eu queria saber o porquê, o resultado disso foi um dos piores animê que eu já vi, quando saiu sua sequência, ChaoS;Child, eu tentei evita-la, mas agora, finalmente falarei dessa abominação chamada ChaoS;Child.

Story (3):
A premissa era interessante, mas a execução foi terrível, os mistérios da "next gen" estão de volta, assassinatos estão acontecendo e ninguém sabe quem está cometendo os crimes, Takuru, o Protagonista e seus amigos do ensino médio tentam resolve-lo, o enredo começa muito bem, os 7 primeiros episódios foram muito bem trabalhados, com plot twists, plot points e o mistério ficando cada vez mais interessante, mas no final, tudo isso foi para a merda. Como se vc desse descarga e a merda entupisse o vaso, e mesmo vc chamando o vizinho, ele não conseguiria desentupir e tudo aquilo explodisse e batesse na parede e colasse la, eternamente, como uma punição para vc, foi como me senti após terminar de ver ChaoS;Child. Então tudo aquilo que acontece durante todo o anime foi porque Takuru queria fazer algo, se entreter. Todas as mortes, tragédias, sangue foi porque o PP fez um desejo estúpido, não só isso, as decisões que ele toma durante toda a história foram feitas porque ele esqueceu de seu próprio desejo e não sabia das consequências disso, me pergunto se ele tem amnésia para esquecer algo tão especifico...

Art/Animation (4):
Fraca, tipica de todo anime de temporada horrível, uma animação simples e sem graça.

Sound (6):
Mediano, as tracks são muito boas e algumas são lindas, mas esquecíveis por causa do qual ruim o anime é. a ED é mediana e a OP é ótima, nada de relevante e que possa se destacar.

Personagens (1):
Miyashiro Takuru: Um garoto idiota que fez um desejo e decisões idiotas deixando tudo idiota, não só isso, sabendo da pessoa que matou sua irmã mais nova e tentou assassinar sua irmã do meio, tentou dialogar com, mostrando como ele estava sentindo ódio por ela, depois a mata, e então pede desculpa por mata-la, como se fosse uma decisão errada matar a pessoa que causou toda essa dor e que fez de sua vida um inferno, além dele mesmo.

Onoe Serika: Uma garota que não teve importância na história até os últimos episódios, ela é a pessoa que mata a irmã mais nova de Takuru e tentou matar a irmã do meio, com a justificativa de que foi tudo por ele, tudo por seu desejo, por que é muito interessante matar a família de quem vc ama e depois falar que foi tudo por vc e falar que sempre vai estar ao seu lado, que belo conceito de amor... um desejo idiota precisa de uma personagem idiota para realiza-lo.

Kurusu Nono: A irmã do meio de Takuru, uma pessoa que decide morrer para também deixar as coisas mais interessantes para o desejo de Takuru não merece nem descrição melhor do que essa, e claro, decidiu isso ao invés de, talvez, MATAR A PESSOA QUE ASSASSINOU SUA IRMÃ.

Outros personagens: Ninguém liga, importância zero.

Enjoyment (1):
Foi doloroso, demorei 1 hora para assistir ao último episódio, assistir isso foi como ser torturado durante horas e horas.

Overall (2):
Exatamente o que eu esperava, um lixo, não perca seu tempo com isso, nunca.

As per instructed by the guidelines, I will not give you a summary of the anime. I will not include any spoilers.

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So - my boyfriend and I are trying to increase our numbers of animes we've seen. We picked this anime in hopes that...it would provide entertainment, but honestly...I'm disappointed.

This anime feels incredible rushed. It starts out with the plot of murder mystery, and while it "technically" keeps that storyline...it's as if the writers/directors threw in a bunch of convenient excuses to make things stretch out to appease the ending. It had a lot of potential, giving me the type of feel ... that the anime "Another" did. The murders were gruesome as hell and immediately hooked you in. Then...it just kinda fell off. They introduced a weapon-mechanic to the anime with no explanation, got rid of a main character by the 8th episode and she was never seen again...EVEN THOUGH she had a huge part in the anime...man, I don't know..there's a serious lack of explanation during several parts of the anime.

I want to like the anime, I really do. But it just fell short. If you're looking for a murder-mystery anime...Another would be the way to go. By the 6th episode of Chaos Child, I had a hunch that I was going to be disappointed by the ending, and I was.

I have a feeling that if you've seen Chaos Head, things might make more sense...but it gave you the sensation that it could be a 'stand-alone' anime. They even provided their first episode as a break-down of Chaos Head, but yeah. Weird. Watch at your own risk.

Please guys this is only my opinion.

Trust me you don't want to watch this show.

I think watching porn it's more interesting than this the story is shit it's starting from nowhere and I ended to nowhere but I kind of like the opening and ending song

the characters oh my god they are the worst on the other hand the story was not understandable I think like the studio summary like fifth 10,000 books into 12 episodes also I didn't enjoy the anime I only finish it because I hate to start anything and stop in the middle now I'm going to shift-delete all my ... memory from this show.

And to conclude don't watch it

This is my first review on this site (I won't write college essay long paragraphs for this ill get to the point)

This anime is an adaptation of the visual novel of the same name, I finished the vn and i thought it was pretty good, but when I watched the anime...
It came to a point where I just gave up on trying to fill in all the missing gaps. There were so many scenes that lacked meaning due to them being cut, the music direction was just bad. Many time were it mostly needed to be silent or the music needed to be suspenseful, It ... just didn't. A lot was off about the music and as an adaptation... It's like I pressed the control key on the vn to get the alternate endings, but pressing control was slower somehow. To sum this anime up it's just a mess I would recommend to read the visual novel if possible.

ChäoS;Child is guro porn for the sick freaks who froth at the mouth at little sisters being dismembered and pee fetishes. If you’re a normal person, who doesn’t like edgelord/shock value shlock, then stay far away from this series. This is the worst representation of visual novels ever, for those who think that visual novels are all over-the-top gross-out fiestas with porn, i.e. Saya no Uta, then this series just reaffirms that bias.

• I don’t like negative representations of visual novels, most are bad, but sometimes they can be accurate representations of what it’s like to be stuck inside of your own head. If ... you like this series, you may enjoy the visual novel Sweet Pool. Wait, no, don’t play that! ChäoS;Child feels smashed together and hard to follow, probably because they took the gameplay of the visual novel and tried to abridge it as much as possible.

• There’s far too many characters to keep up with and too many plot points that are injected into its vein.I had to constantly remind myself of all of the plot points and logic that the show explainedーwhen going into each episode. Or else, I was just baffled and confused as to what was going on. The twist at the end, the climax, is probably the only interesting part of the show, but that also seems weirdly contrived.

• ChäoS;Child is yet another example of a show that has some good ideas, but over-saturates itself with everything that SOUNDS cool, leaving viewers like me, who didn’t play the visual novel in somnambular confusion while there’s a heap of bile climbing up our throats. Oh, look, there’s a pretty twin-tail girl! Since she’s from a porn game, let’s have the most graphic scene of her pissing herself ever!

• The “movie”, if that’s what you want to call it. Is equally as confusing, more laughable, and has barely any semblance of a budget to stand on. ChäoS;Child is a low peg in the Scientific semi-colon series, but that’s not really saying much. BUT Steins;Gate is really only the okay one, so far, and the anime lags where the visual novel succeeds.

• I have the Steins;Gate visual novel to thank for the many lucid dreams I’ve had about time travel. But back to Torture Porn: The Animated Series. I give the film a 2/10 and the series a 3/10.

Another day, another butchered adaptation of a SciAdv masterpiece.

Much like ChaoS;HEAd's anime, ChaoS;Child was horribly rushed and suffers greatly as a result. The visual novel in its entirety took me over 70 hours to complete, so squeezing that into 5-6 hours of content was a herculean task from the start. Integral parts of the story are either reduced to minor events or flat out just not included at all, and the characters and relationships are criminally underdeveloped. Core parts of Takuru's character are just left out, and characters like Hana and Uki are almost nonexistent throughout the anime, as opposed to their fairly sizeable ... roles in the visual novel.

It's not quite the same as the slap in the face that was ChaoS;HEAd's anime, but there are times that I, as a big SciAdv fan, felt quite insulted by this show and some of the horrible choices that it made. It was especially painful to see that the Silent Sky portion of the adaptation was significantly more faithful than this botched combination of the common and character routes from the visual novel.

In summary, do not watch this anime. If you want to experience something truly beautiful, read the visual novel, because you won't find it in this trainwreck of an adaptation.