Yi Ren Zhi Xia

Well what have we got here? it's the seasonal worst anime award time and you guessed it, Hitori no Shita wins that award hands down. If you ever wanted to experience pain I would recommend sitting on a bed of nails or walking into a fire because this show will actually rot away your soul.

Story 2/10

I won't lie when this show first came out I was sitting on the fence. It starts off as a zombie anime but then does a full 360 and turns into a superpowered Kung fu shitfest. The story pacing is probably one of the worst I have ever seen. (Yes ... that's right ladies and gentlemen even worse than SAO.) I watched each week because I felt like it was slightly interesting and the ingredients were there for something great. After week 12 of the anime, I sat waiting for the next episode to see how this little saga would conclude. But nothing came, yes that's right, they finished off this anime with a 3 episode flashback of Houhou's past.

Art 5/10

The art wasn't bad, it was very lazy styling and it didn't really do anything to leave an impression, I don't have anything to say about this really because it was neither good nor bad.

Sound 5/10

Once again sound wise there isn't really much to touch on. The OP isn't bad but it doesn't really strike me as anything special, and sound wise through the episodes the little background music there is, is all pretty normal stuff.

Character 4/10

Now this is the part which was rather hit and miss. The MC is made out as super OP and he doesn't really have any down points . The way he reacts in all situations is pretty much how you would expect someone to so that's fine. HouHou is an interesting one and once again is strong which is interesting. To be honest, if it weren't for the fact that it was enjoyable watching HouHou kick the crap out of people I would have dropped this. As far as antagonists go I can only think of 2. One is a weak idiot who tries to kill HouHou, fails and then dies. The other was actually more interesting than the main cast.

Enjoyment 2/10

I had a shred of hope for this season and it honestly disappointed me so badly. There were a few cliffhangers which were interesting but to be honest the only time I wanted another episode was to see if HouHou was alive or not.

Overal 1/10

While the story is interesting and I feel that good things could come from this, the story never actually gets past the scene setting phase. I can not accept that someone would think that it's a good idea to air a half-assed anime like this. Part of me wants to read the story to find out what happens but honestly, it's insulting to us as viewers what they have pulled with this.
Save your time and watch something else.

My Opinion. Just babbling so might not be helpful.

You know, despite all the negative reviews I read about this anime, I have to say I am enjoying it.
It's slow in the sense that I understand the lead's situation, but it also sounds complicated which in a sense I cant imagine how it will end in just 12 episodes.

I actually am really enjoying it right now considering I haven't watched any anime lately that has caught my attention. It's slightly unique in its own way. And I do have to admit that I might be captivated because of our female lead's voice actress. Haha ... I'm a fan of her voice and tend to like the anime she voices for like Snow White with the Red Hair.

Honestly I do have to say nothing really awesome has happened, but if you're bored with nothing to watch, this isn't as horrible as it sounds.

Don't watch this anime having expectations. I just found it and started watching it without knowing anything bout it. xD

Hitori no Shita: The Outcast is an Anime series that you don't expect as at all what is the outcome at the end. This Series has suspense, mystery , fighting , love !

HOUHOU character is really interesting , her mystery keeps you in suspense. You want to keep watching the series more and more !! Chou Soran as well , i can't wait to see his power.
I like the other characters, cause each one of them is different. Every single episode is different , but yet it always gives a continuation to the main story.

And if there is season 2, i ... think its going to be as good as the fist and better.

i hope season 2 is coming out soon !!!

I thought that I would hold out longer than this but I genuinely cannot watch anymore of this.

*Slight spoilers about their powers*

Story
It's very much dull. I don't have a problem with premise itself but I do have a problem with its execution and delivery. Like a good joke, you need good execution and delivery. Nowhere in these episodes did I see good execution or delivery. For example, the first time we find out the MC is actually OP is when he defeats a bunch of zombies off screen. Then later we see he actually knows of his abilities but he's hiding it. But then ... actually, he doesn't have full control yet so he's actually not even that strong. So which is it? You feed us this impression that he's OP as hell, then tell us he's just a whiny brat? I already took a bite of that delicious steak you gave me, you can't take it back and expect me to sit still.

The comedy in this one is just *chef's kiss* magnificent. Way to ruin the flow and mood of the scene, by adding this cringe comedy right in the middle of a serious scene. This is another issue that completely ruined the anime. They can't decide if they want to be serious or not and it doesn't help that the character's themselves are inherently not funny to begin with. Take for example the glasses guy. His character has been shown to be serious, has a calm voice, and seems rational. But throw in a scene of him squawking like an idiot, you ruin his character.

Art/animation
I thought the art was pretty solid. I'm not mad at it, but the animation can be a little stiff at times. Fighting scenes were alright as well but there's definitely weird continuity issues. The knife girl is one hell of a jumper and sometimes she looks like she's teleporting. Yes I know she's fast, but I still would have liked to see how she got to places. And sometimes it looks like she's flying. As far as I know, she jumps high, but she doesn't fly.

Sound
Nothing that comes in mind that I would consider bad. I barely listened to Op or Ed so I can't comment on those.

Character
Ah, my favorite part about reviews, is when I can talk about why I dislike characters.

MC is a drag. Literally so annoying. You've had all these questions your life about who you are, your existence has been gnawing at ya, and here, these "outsiders" who are the same as you appear with open arms, and you don't take it? What? There's also inconsistencies with him. Sometimes he asks these deep compelling questions about his powers, but at other times, he just wants to be normal person? I don't know. Pick one. Not to mention his one stand out quality as a MC. Being virgin. It's shoved in your face since episode 1 how much of a virgin he is. It's not a personality trait China, stop it. I don't care how much of a virgin this kid is, stop making it the reason for his existence. That's just bad writing. If your main character can be summed up as "he's a virgin" then you've got a problem on your hands.

Knife girl. She can be described in two words. Ninja cardboard. As I already mentioned, she is a monkey. She is jumping everywhere, slick. But she is bland. No taste. No personality in sight.

Telekinesis glasses guy. I would describe him as telekinesis glasses guy, because that's who he is. He seems rational, calm, and the one who takes jobs seriously. I don't like or dislike him. He just exists.

There's one last guy, an older man with gray hair. He just appeared in the episode before I dropped so I don't have much to say about him. First impression, I kind of like him. He doesn't look like he takes shit from people and has a clear personal goal in mind why he's interested in the MC.

Enjoyment
Nah. I saw that there was 3 seasons already so I thought this would hold me out for a while before I start searching for more anime to watch but nah, not like this.

When I watched the first episode of this anime I got triggered too just like all the people who did not like this anime. But the truth is sometimes some stories take time to gain traction and I am glad my friend made me keep watching it. The MC angered me to no end because of his complete lack of guts too. The 7th episode onwards the season becomes good and the story is so engaging that I did not stop watching till I finished the season and wanted to begin the 2nd season immediately. The first season's purpose I believe was to set the ... premise for all the following seasons. I hated this show like many others because Zhang Chulan is not the typical badass MC but I assure you, you will like him more if you keep watching and you will begin liking the other characters too. The few fight scenes that exist in this season are done well too. It's not amazing but you can see the studio put some effort into them.

okai so i skimmed though most of the reviews and was mostly disappointed to see them because they hardly did justice to it. First of all..This season of the anime was more of a setup and introduction rather than the main part.And it has done its job wonderfully.I would like to recommend action fantasy lovers to give this a try at least . Story build up and background is pretty good and animation and action is cool , brought back memories really. The feel of classic like yu yu hakusho n flame of rekka etc mixing up with modern ... animation was a treat and i guarantee you will be looking forward to the next season [if they are going to make any] for sure.

I am very confused about the ratings. I've discovered Chinese Type of anime's or donhua in college. This one is another exceptional creation, quality of artwork, plot is very close to Japanese works.

If you look closely at the low reviews you can tell these individuals watched the previews or only a episode or two. Someone rated this a 2 and compared it to high school of the DEAD. STOP WITH INCREDIBLE REVIEWS, this anime is minimum a 7!!!. in all aspects.

This is NOT a zombie title Spoiler-this is about cultivation and martial arts. A zombie ability users shows up for a episode or two at ... start but kinda goes MIA because 'side character' lol. Then the story starts to actually develop like 4 episodes in around the main character. We don't have many multiple season anime's that are re-watchable lets not put trash reviews to dissuade people. actually finish the works before you come on here and write garbage about good creations. Also more seasons to come, the 3rd season that was kind off a spin off was a mehhh for me didn't connect well.
Intricate Plot, High quality action scene's. A fight almost every episode like what, and the FL is a riot, hilarious.

Story (4): All over the place, way too many characters and techniques etc. introduced for a 12 episode season. Honestly had no real idea where any of this was going and knew very little of the world.

Art (9): Character art was amazing, worthy of a shounen

Sound (6): Nothing amazing but nothing terrible.

Character (4): Again, all over the place, characters were introduced and then never seen again.

Enjoyment (7): It was watchable.

... Overall (6); Watched it myself, would not recommend to others.

The biggest appeal of this anime to me was the humour, I found it to be pretty funny at times. I did enjoy the concepts of their powers and them being outsiders to the regular society but the same powers were not explained properly, if the show explained them better I would have likely been more drawn into it. Also if the pace was a bit slower I would have enjoyed it more.

The story 7/10

The story was enjoyable for me, to summarise it: it's very shounen. It's a story that I've seen a lot of times before in other shows, it was well executed and the pacing was good. The comedy was also funny at times, it was at least appropriate and never came out of left field.

The art 2/10

The biggest problem I had was with the animation. The characters seemed to have changed art styles every other scene and the fight scenes were terrible. There were also a lot of weird choices made concerning the camera angles.

The sound 6/10

It was okay, nothing special and nothing ... terrible. One thing that irked me though was that volume of the voices seemed to change randomly. Sometimes it was okay and sometimes it would suddenly be too soft to hear. This was most notably during scenes with lots of action, the fight music would drown out the conversation.

The characters 6/10

The characters were okay, they were not the deepest characters but none were so bad that I wanted to punch them in the face.

Enjoyment 6/10

I personally like shounen. So I enjoyed it. I'm also learning Chinese right now, so it really helps to watch this series to learn Chinese.

Overall 6/10

"you won't get the anime vibe from this not so anime"

In my opinion, I would rather watch "happy sugar life" than this.

The protagonist is really worst and the gags are really lame there are many anime where girl dominates but this really is worst and it really does not give the anime vibe which Japanese anime has as it is Chinese.

Story : 1/10
I could not watch more than 6 episode as the story is lame and I lost interest in it.

art : 2/10
... anime is all about the art and that was awful as it really ruined the anime an d

It really would not be called anime as it does not have that vibe as of Japanese anime.

characters : 2/10
these character are lame really lame and above all the protagonist is dumbfuck

enjoyment : 1/10
i didn't enjoyed it but masochist can.


if you can't pull off the complex story don't start it i really hoped there would be change in the story but there was nothing till episode 6 so it would be foolish or masochist of me to continue any further.

And the dumb ass people give this not so anime 6+ rating are you binld or newbie in anime to give such high rating.

at last don't torture yourself watching this shit.

For those of you who don't know, this anime is co-produced by Chinese and Japanese studios, as an adaptation of a Chinese manhua. There are two dubs for this anime. A Japanese dub and a Chinese dub.
I highly recommend the Chinese dub because the Japanese dub censors/cuts off some pretty important scenes that lessens the impact of the story.
Even if you chose to watch the show in Japanese, at least watch the last two episodes in Chinese. The animation quality is also better with the Chinese dub.
The budget for this series is not that high, but they made it work with that they had. I ... personally feel that the fight scenes are really smooth and enjoyable.
The story is a slow burner because it does a lot of worldbuilding that is fleshed out throughout the series. This whole first season is like a prelude to a much bigger story. For the first few episodes, we only get introduced to the main characters and the plot advances kind of slowly. But it is very interesting and well thought out. There is a huge cast of characters in this show and each of them is unique in their own way.
The power system in this world is deeply rooted in Chinese folklore and religion, mainly influenced by Taoism. So sometimes the series will bring up references that is completely missed by the average viewer. But it also has lots of creative elements that anyone can enjoy.
However, you really need to pay attention to the exposition provided by the characters or you will be totally lost on what is happening.
I also want to point out that the original manhua that the anime is based on is still ongoing. Currently, the manhua is reaching 500 chapters and the story is still nowhere near finished. While the first season of this anime only covers Chapters 1-57 of the manhua. The second and third seasons that are currently out only goes up to around Chapter 200 in the manhua.
So unfortunately, you most likely will have a lot of unanswered questions about the story. But the plot is really interesting and I highly recommend you at least give it a try.
I must say however, I believe the original manhua has a much better quality than its adaptation. Unfortunately, most of it is not available in English and the translated parts cannot really reflect the style of the story.
Overall, I think this anime is really worth it for those willing to try it. However I must warn you that the first few episodes will seem pretty cringeworthy, but it definitely improves mid-season.
I will also list elements you should NOT expect from this story.
THIS IS NOT A POWER FANTASY: Although this series contains a lot of action scenes and a complicated power system. The main protagonist does not fight his way through all his problems. He starts off the series already with a average level of power and gradually gets stronger. But most of the time his opponents are way stronger than him. He really has to rely on his wits, the help of his allies, and employ underhanded tactics to solve the situation. This is will be evident in seasons 2 and 3. While in season 1 the main female character handles most of the fighting.
THIS IS NOT ECCHI/HAREM: There will be some "fanservice" scenes throughout the first season. But they will be non-existent later down the story. The protagonist literally have no genuine love interests even at this point in the original manhua.
THIS IS NOT A HERO STORY: The main characters are not "heroes", they do their jobs and does help people in need. But they are mostly after their own goals and does some "unheroic" things to achieve them. The antagonists are not all "villains". Most of the time they are just in conflict over their goals. There are full-on evil villains, but even then they are not always in conflict with the main characters. This will be evident in Season 2 and 3.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT ZOMBIES: While they make a huge impression in episode 1. The zombies, or actually "jiangshi", only appears as the powerset of one antagonist who is relevant only for the first season. But don't worry, the series will introduce tons of different unique powersets later on.

This is a good anime! The main characters are likeable and round, and the story is interesting and unique. Most characters have interesting back stories, and you felt affection for most of them as well.

I do have several tips for watching it: 1) watch it in Chinese, that's the original language, Japanese is an awkward dub. 2) watch through a couple episodes before making your judgement.

The animation quality is not so great at the start, but keeps getting better with each episode and gets a huge boost in the second season. Seems like they didn't have a lot of budget at the beginning.

Overall score : 7
This is a decent anime, albeit a pretty bland start because it looks like your generic shonen shit at first glance (assuming you're using 3 episode rule).

The story itself wasn't about zombie, nor shonen hero MC (retarded justice). It's about a successor of a hunted legendary martial artist. It starts with MC seemingly being a normal guy, and gets exposed to the world of outsiders/outcasts.. nah not really, MC actually has the knowledge and shits, just zero contacts with this world, which he was trying to avoid, thus him being clueless most of the time.

I shouldn't really comment on other review ... but seeing that some people trying to paint this series as something which it isn't, maybe i should. The 1st season starts slow, but it gives the groundwork for the exciting 2nd and 3rd season. The 1st season gives the knowhow about this world of outsiders/outcasts, while revealing some mysteries about the casts. It's not about zombie nor stupid justice type heroes. The MC develops (or actually regress back) to his 'outcast' mental state as the series progress, while staying comedic. He is pretty cunning himself, while not being a completely scheming type, he'd need more than just brawn to unravel his predecessor past, and his own story.

I kind of get it that some people dislike wuxia type stories, or find them unfamiliar and strange so they will have varying opinion on this donghua. However, i myself believe that this donghua is in the rank of being decent as wuxia.

The art itself (or the animation) is pretty meh, they have problem doing fast action scenes, and this lasted till the end of 2nd season. The 3rd season is on another studio with better animation and better action scenes.

The sound (BGMs) is pretty standard, the voice acting is decent, and the OP and ED is actually pretty interesting ( the Chinese version), the JP ver. however, sounds very bland,the voice acting was really dead and the jokes didn't translate well as speech, resulting in the seemingly weird nonsense dialogue without tonal feature that tells you 'it's a joke'. The OP ED of JP ver., i don't really remember, it doesn't really leave any impression and im not really bothered to relisten.

I'd tell people who are planning to watch this to start with the Chinese version, but it all boils down to preference, I've met people that actively dismiss donghua simply because 'Chinese sounds weird' in their ear.

The story is really intereresting and it's different.

It's a mystery, but you do not have a feeling of a mystery story because it's made like a comedy.

All in all, this review is SPOILER FREE.

You should keep in mind this is a CHINESE STORY, DONGHUA NOT ANIME.
The main DIFFERENCE between most DONGHUAS and ANIMES is that anime shows a ''complete'' story (at least an arc per season) and adds something at the end so you know there will be another season, but DONGHUAS show parts of the story through every season and usually have multiple seasons, not always, but in a lot of cases (Fox ... spirit matchmaker has 10 seasons out, 11 is announced and it doesn't look like they will stop there; it's the best example of non-3D Chinese franchise (I personally prefer drawn, not 3D donghuas and animes); there is also A Will Eternal with 52 episodes in season 1 and it will have season 2, or Mo Dao Zu Shi with 3 seasons and the whole story is completed and explained in the last season; there is Cinderella Chef as well where they just continued the story in 2. season; than there is Be My Wife (Xie Wang Zhui Qi) which is in my opinion awful anime, but second season is a bit better than the first one, and in the end of the second one there is clearly shown there will be 3. season if not more; etc. there's a lot more examples).

SO DO NOT JUDGE THIS DONGHUA BASED ON YOUR ANIME EXPERIENCE IT'S NOT JAPANESE IT'S CHINESE. EVERYTHING IS DIFFERENT.
From what I watched Chinese donghuas tend to have more comedy side to them even in more ''serious'' settings, like Shuangsheng Lingtan.

That's the most common problem with this donghua I saw in reveiws. You all expect Japanese style and way, but it's not, of course, it's different when it's Chinese, and China can make some masterpieces like Mo Dao Zu Shi and this one has a lot of promises, just wait until the last season (maybe it will be 4. that is currently airing or 5,6, or 20. you never know whit Chinese animation how many seasons and episodes you will see, they usually are long).